Daintree Rainforest Wildlife

The Daintree Rainforest offers the most ancient wildlife encounter on Earth, with an estimated 180-million-year-old ecosystem that is 10 million years older than the Amazon. Here, you can spot the endangered southern cassowary, which stands up to 1.8 meters tall, and the rare Bennett's tree-kangaroo, a marsupial unique to this region. With over 430 bird species and 3,000 plant species, it outperforms #6 Ningaloo's marine biodiversity by 15 times in species richness per square kilometer. The average visitor sees three times more endemic species here than in any typical Australian national park, making it a must for serious naturalists.