Daintree River Cruise

Next: the Daintree River cruise.
The views were great, and I was hoping to soak up some rainforest atmosphere, the lovely sounds of the forest — but the group of 25 (mostly 18–20-year-olds, plus one older lady (not me! - though I am getting up there…) was more into being loud than listening. Still, the best part: we saw a croc. There were quite a few, lurking beneath the murky surface. The guide warned us repeatedly to keep our limbs in the boat — apparently a croc could leap up to the roof of the boat if it chose to. Wild. 🐊
He also said large crocs can slow their heart rate way down and under certain conditions stay underwater for extremely long stretches — though usually they stay submerged closer to 1–2 hours.

Then it was lunch. In the trees above, I counted maybe 200 bats (likely spectacled flying foxes) — they were loud and frenetically flapping their wings to cool themselves down. I also saw a few bright blue butterflies flitting by, too fast for my camera. Well, not too fast for the camera, just too fast for me to keep up.Läs mer