Aboriginal Tours

Kuku Yalanji Cultural Habitat Tours. On these relaxed, two-hour coastal walks, Kubirri Warra brothers Linc and Brandon Walker, members of the Kuku Yalanji bama (people), take turns guiding groups through three diverse ecosystems along Cooya Beach, demonstrating traditional plant use, pointing out bush tucker ingredients, recounting Dreamtime legends, and sharing their prodigious cultural and local knowledge, with plenty of jokes thrown in. Wear wading shoes, light clothing, a hat, insect repellent, and sunscreen. Return transfers to the Port Douglas area are A$30. Mossman Gorge Rd., Mossman, Queensland, 4873. 07/4098–3376; www.bamaway.com.au/kuku-yalanji-cultural-habitat-tours. From A$230.

Walkabout Adventures. Personable indigenous guide Juan Walker takes small groups on fascinating half- and full-day rain-forest safari and coastal hunting trips, and personalized tours on request. These excursions visit the world's oldest rain forest, Mossman Gorge, and coastal mudflats, mangroves, and beaches, with swims in rain-forest streams, foraging beach and mangrove walks, and lessons on spear-throwing. Daintree, Queensland, 4873. 0429/478–206; www.walkaboutadventures.com.au. From A$75, transfers extra. Daily, morning pick-ups 8–9 am, afternoon pickups 12:30–1:30 pm.