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Blue Adventures Wildlife Safari
5.0
119 Ratings
Yungaburra
Explore Port Douglas’ wildlife and rainforest with Blue Adventures. Spot kangaroos, platypus, and more in stunning World Heritage locations.
Explore Port Douglas’ wildlife and rainforest with Blue Adventures. Spot kangaroos, platypus, and more in stunning World Heritage locations.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Lake Barrine - Enjoy a river cruise and lunch with a view of the crater lake.
- Curtain Fig National Park - This park safeguards the endangered Mabi forest, known for its semi-deciduous canopy trees that allow plenty of light to reach the forest floor. It features a remarkable fig tree with extensive aerial roots creating a dramatic “curtain”…
- Lake Barrine - Enjoy a river cruise and lunch with a view of the crater lake.
- Curtain Fig National Park - This park safeguards the endangered Mabi forest, known for its semi-deciduous canopy trees that allow plenty of light to reach the forest floor. It features a remarkable fig tree with extensive aerial roots creating a dramatic “curtain” effect. The strangler fig, which started from a seed high in the canopy, gradually overtook its host tree, resulting in a freestanding fig tree estimated to be over 500 years old, nearly 50 meters tall, with a trunk circumference of 39 meters.
Blue Adventures Wildlife tours is partnering with ReForest Australia to plant trees and help restore the region to its pre-industrial logging state.
- Granite Gorge Nature Park - Our private wildlife tours include a visit to Granite Gorge Nature Park, where you can observe the Mareeba rock-wallaby (Petrogale mareeba). This rare rock-wallaby species, native to the Mareeba area, was officially recognized in 1992. It’s an opportunity to experience the unique biodiversity of the region firsthand.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Driver/guide
- Lunch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Boat cruise & electric buggies where applicable
- Tea and coffee
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Driver/guide
- Lunch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Boat cruise & electric buggies where applicable
- Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Additional Information
Venture off the beaten track and explore the diverse Port Douglas region with Blue Adventures. Our tours have an emphasis on seeing wildlife and we spend time exploring World Heritage rainforest, cruising on a rainforest fringed volcanic crater lake and taking relaxing nature walks in some stunningly beautiful locations - all areas rich in native…
Venture off the beaten track and explore the diverse Port Douglas region with Blue Adventures. Our tours have an emphasis on seeing wildlife and we spend time exploring World Heritage rainforest, cruising on a rainforest fringed volcanic crater lake and taking relaxing nature walks in some stunningly beautiful locations - all areas rich in native Australian animals. On tour we regularly see wild animals including kangaroos, platypus, emus, wallabies, tree kangaroos, lizards and prolific birdlife. * Please note that we require a minimum of 2 passengers to confirm a small-group wildlife and rainforest tour. If we do not meet minimum numbers we will contact you to discuss alternative dates or other our options.
- Guests under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- A minimum of 2 guests are required for a trip to proceed. If minimum numbers are not met we will contact you in advance with an alternative tour option or full refund
- Subject to favourable weather conditions. We occasionally have to make changes last-minute changes to itineraries due to road closures and/or weather events. If a tour is cancelled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund
Location
Lake Barrine
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(119 Ratings)
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Wendygp9355no
Nov 17, 2025
Top notch tour - We had an absolutely amazing day with Mark as our guide. He was very knowledgeable about the history, geography, wildlife and more. Mark went the extra mile to provide us with an experience that will be remembered forever.
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Vacation66863450410
Nov 17, 2025
Do this wildlife tour. - I spent a great day with Mark that made me kick myself for wasting my time in zoos in Brisbane and Sydney. We began the day with a koala petting and photo op, and a quick visit with a cassowary. Followed by feeding wild wallabies, reviewing hundreds of giant fruit bats, and stalking the elusive platypus. Finishing up by spending quality time with 150 wild kangaroos. Mark was extremely knowledgeable and made the experience unforgettable by taking professional quality photos along the way.
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Hyman
Nov 12, 2025
Up close and personal day of wildlife exploration. - Spending the day with Mark was a terrific experience and exceeded our expectations about the variety of wildlife and nature we could see and interact act with on our travels. He is extremely knowledgeable about the area and the wildlife of the area. Our adventure covered a wide area involved many close encounters with wallabies and kangaroos especially. Our close interactions with the kangaroos was a highlight of our trip that we will long remember and cherish.
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881florah
Nov 10, 2025
An unmissable experience - We had a fantastic time on the tour led by Mark - we saw flying foxes (including a rescue pup!), a green tailed possum, freshwater turtles, many birds including stone curlews, and rock wallabies (which we fed!). Most of all we enjoyed our time with the Eastern Grey kangaroos - it was unbelievable that we would get up so close to them that we could see the faces of the joeys in the pouches! Mark was a knowledgeable tour guide and we learnt a lot about the local context which was very interesting. Really grateful to him for this excellent tour and would highly recommend to anyone looking for a wildlife tour around Port Douglas.
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Sightsee559527
Oct 19, 2025
Amazing Wildlife Day! - We had an amazing day with Mark as our private guide! We checked a few things off our bucket list — kola, kangaroos, and feeding the wallabies.
We covered a lot of ground and saw so much Australian wildlife including the following:
A Duck-billed Platypus close up.
Endangered Spectacled fruit bats.
An Emerald Dove.
2 species of Kangaroo and Wallaby; Hundreds of Eastern Grey Kangaroos (many with joeys in their pouches); Mareeba Rock Wallabies
Koalas and Cassowaries at the Wildlife Habitat.
Birdlife: a Stone curlews, Brush Turkeys, Kookaburra, Black kites, Sulphur Crested Cockatoos, Peacocks, multi-coloured Crested pigeons.
Strangler Curtain Fig tree.
Saw-shelled turtles and Kreft's River turtles.
Lake Barrine volcanic crater lake in the Rainforest.
Granite Gorge
Yungaburra village.
I can’t forget our lunch stop at Lake Barrine was beautiful. We especially appreciated Mark taking pictures throughout the day, so we could enjoy the moment, and him sending to us afterwards.
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Passport704289
Oct 3, 2025
The ONLY TOUR GUIDE COMPANY YOU NEED! - An unbelievable experience! I can't recommend Blue Adventures enough. There isn't another tour company or guide we would ever even consider.
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M6498vfmikel
Sep 28, 2025
Nature Tour Port Douglas, Queensland. - Mark was a very informative, well -read authority on the flora and fauna of Queensland.
We had such an enjoyable day driving through rainforest and plateau regions as he explained the environment that we were experiencing.
Saw Wallabies, kangaroos,Koalas, birds , tree bats. We even saw the elusive Platypus. 4 platypuses at riverside at one viewing !!
Overall a great day experiencing Australia !
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Lorrid238
Sep 7, 2025
Great trip with a great guide!! - Excellent experience!! We did and saw many unique Australian things and our tour guide did an excellent job!! Highly recommend!
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Jenniferfv8033ab
Aug 18, 2025
Unique Experience - We had an amazing day with Mark. I was impressed with his communication and the fact that we did everything that he said we would do. I have found that many tour operators promise something and then change it unbeknownst to you. Mark is knowledgeable about Australian history and its biodiversity. We saw many different animals that we NEVER would have found else where or on our own including an unique kangaroo experience. Not only were we off the beaten path for these experiences, but Mark also took great pictures of our day with his state of the art camera that he promptly emailed me after the tour. It was an unforgettable day that every one should try.
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Sharonsh8589ef
Jun 14, 2025
The Best Tour - Our tour with Mark was an absolutely amazing day, from petting Teddy the Koala, to seeing hundreds of Eastern Grey kangaroos, Mareeba Rock wallabies, SO many different kinds of birds, the amazing Curtain Fig tree, all while listening to Mark's wonderful descriptions of wildlife in Australia and many personal stories. I highly recommend Blue Adventures, you won't be disappointed.
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