Stunning early morning trip - beautiful, peaceful and highly productive - great-billed heron, Pheasant Coucal, Mistletoebird, various Kingfishers, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Scrub Python and many more. He even found us a Wompoo Fruit Dove on request! Alex our guide was so kind and quietly knowledgeable on every topic, not just the birds but also the trees, orchids, other plants and our questions like birds’ use of structural colour and iridescence vs pigments. The custom-made boat is a delight - silent electric drive, individual swivel seats, perfect view all round. Can’t recommend too highly. Definitely the highlight for us.

Loved this cruise. We chose this because of the smaller boat (everyone on board was next to the side of the boat) and also because we wanted to see more than crocodiles! It wasn’t great lighting for photography, being overcast, but we still saw a fair bit (with the assistance of the guide - I’d have missed most of it otherwise).

Such a great experience with Sauce. He was very knowledgeable about all of the animals and nature as well as really friendly. Would recommend to anyone !

We were the only ones on this sunset tour which was superb. Stunning scenery and Alex knew where to find the wildlife. My husband is a bird watcher and we saw many different species, had plenty of time for photos, saw a small croc, and the head of a massive one! Highly recommend this trip.

We took our two children on the sunset trip and it was our favourite part of our holiday in Cairns. Ian has a wonderful knowledge of the wildlife and in particular the birds. It was the most relaxing two hours. We slowly made our way along the river and saw so many species of birds flying and nesting. It was very peaceful and there were only four other people on the boat. On the way back we spotted a massive male croc who slowly swam along on the other side of the river. Incredible experience. Ian is so knowledgeable, warm and friendly. We would definitely recommend this experience. Thank you Ian.

A last minute decision to do a 2 hour afternoon cruise with Alex. We had our own private tour which was great. Alex knows the area like the back of his hand and took us to see Papuan Frogmouth on her nest, Kingfishers (not the Azure), Barrett the Saltwater Croc, Great Billed Heron, Osprey and lots of usual suspects. Fantastic seeing all the Cattle Egrets off to roost for the night. Really great trip and worth every cent.

A fabulous morning cruise with Alex, perfectly timed with the dropping tide to see numerous crocs, from a 60 cm '2022 model' up to a 5m monster - 'Captain Hook'. For me, the birds were possibly even more exciting, especially the three baza and the great-billed heron, along with about 20 other species. Alex is knowledgeable and easy-going, and pitched the information perfectly. Highly recommended.

Alex was a superb guide and manoeuvres the boat so we got to see some amazing birds and flora and even ended the tour with spotting one of the big make crocodiles swimming in the river. Boat was comfortable and with great sight lines and the jetty easy to find in Daintree. Highly recommend.

We both did the sunrise tour for the forth time and we had the legendary Sauce as our guide. His knowledge and love of the Daintree and wildlife, especially the birds was a absolute pleasure to listen to for 2 hours. Mark and Lee.

Thanks to Alex’s verbal instructions we arrived at the correct place (it can be confusing) and saw, to our delight, a small boat which looked ideal for an intimate experience on the Daintree River. We were not disappointed. Alex was relaxed, knowledgeable and we got the impression that he tailors his chat to the group he has on the day. It was like being taken out on the river by a friendly neighbour on a Sunday afternoon. We had had a great day driving up to Cape Tribulation and enjoying the scenery and a pleasant lunch but being on the river with Alex absolutely made our day. Stunning river and rainforest scenery, amazing birds and even a crocodile - by no means guaranteed. As Molly Meldrum used to say: “Do yourself a favour…”

Whenever we go to the Daintree, we always book this tour. You get to see a range of different birds and wildlife in different seasons. Kingfishers we saw were amazing! The tour guide, Alex, is so knowledgeable! Don’t forget to take a jacket as it can get cold sometimes on the boat.

Excellent tour, even though we visited during a time of heavy rain. We came dressed for the conditions and our guide John had ponchos on hand, which came in handy. We enjoyed seeing a number of wildlife, including numerous azure kingfisher, cattle egrets, and other birds and a crocodile. Apparently during times of heavy rain you don’t see as many crocodiles, but we got a wealth of other learnings about the flora and fauna of Daintree that was fascinating, and John was a great storyteller about what we were seeing. I got the impression that other tours of the river were very crocodile centric, whereas we wanted to learn about this ecosystem and weren’t just there for the crocodiles. If that’s your preference too this is a tour for you!

I did an early morning tour with Sauce. He was a great guide, knew his birds and handled the boat well when needing to stop for photos. I got great shots of the Great Billed Heron.

Did both a morning and afternoon cruise with Sauce and Alex. They were very knowledgeable and found a good range of birds along with cross and a snake or 2.

The cruise was just magic. Alex found so many birds for us and we got great photos of some special ones we were really after, incl great-billed heron and black bittern. Alex also found some orchids for us, which we're also interested in. Alex is a great boatman, very knowledgeable and a real gentleman.