Daintree Rainforest

The Daintree Rainforest is located north of Mossman and Cairns on the northeast coast of Queensland, Australia. The Daintree, with its 1,200 square kilometers of tropical rainforest, is Australia's largest continuous stretch of tropical rainforest. The Wet Tropics of Queensland Rainforest, which spans the Cairns Region, includes the Daintree Rainforest. The Daintree Rainforest is part of the Wet Tropics Rainforest, which is the world's oldest continuously surviving tropical rainforest. The tropical forest extends right down to the edge of the water along the coast north of the Daintree River. The Daintree Rainforest was named one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland as part of the Q150 festivities for its role as a natural attraction.

The Daintree Rainforest is home to 30% of Australia's frog, reptile, and marsupial species, as well as 90% of the country's bat and butterfly species. This area is home to 7% of all bird species in the country. The rainforest is the habitat of approximately 12,000 insect species. All of this diversity is housed inside a region that accounts for 0.12% of Australia's landmass. The Daintree National Park protects a portion of the forest, which is drained by the Daintree River. The roads north of the river wind through lush woodland and are designed to have as little damage as possible on this historic environment.