Jindalba Boardwalk — Attraction in Cow Bay

Excellent immersive experience hiking in the daintree. We stopped at the discovery centre first but finding out it was only a 1km walk and was $37 entry per person, also appeared to be targeted to families with younger children with the whole dinosaur theme, we opted to head a little further up the road to the board walk. I couldn't find a lot of detail on line but its all clear when you get there. Its part of the national park so has free entry. It has a 1.5km board walk through the rainforest, this is an easy loop but is not wheelchair accessible as it has a few steps throughout. But before doing the board walk we did the 2.8km walk through the forest. This is not an easy walk, im fairly agile and fit but the path is very narrow, slippery and steep in places. This made the walk a lot of fun, but it is probably not appropriate for people who don't have a great fitness level or are unsteady on their feet. I stopped to take a lot of photos throughout but it took us probably about 1.5 hours to get through. Even without taking photos I think you wouldn't be able to take much time off if you want to enjoy it, because when walking you need to pay a lot of attention to your feet so to enjoy the rainforest you need to continually stop to look around. The path is well marked with pink and orange tapes and orange directional reflectors, so you shouldn't get lost. We really enjoyed the walk and would recommend it to others. There are picnic tables available on site and also toilets so good for a trip out. I will add photos when I've...

Amazing! I loved Jindalba so much that I came back twice during my stay in the Daintree. I did the longer track walk rather than the boardwalk, and didn’t see another human until I got back to the car park. Saw and heard heaps of birds - including the Wompoo fruit dove and a cassowary! Also saw heaps of lizards and cool insects. It’s a great walk, it is steep in places and there are lots of tree roots on the path and a couple of creek crossings so make sure you wear sturdy footwear. The trees are absolutely amazing, you are really in amongst the rainforest.

Go early in the morning or late in the afternoon to avoid all...

We did three of the boardwalks in Daintree and this one felt magical. Theres a creek that runs through it, lots of scrub fowl making wonderful sounds and scratching along. Jindalba Boardwalk feels similar to what the walks are like in the Daintree Discovery Centre, whereas the other boardwalks more north featured mangroves specifically.

As we were leaving the carpark we just happened to see a Daddy Cassowary with 3 chicks! We called the Daintree Discovery Centre so they knew as well (read someplace that this was the...