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Cooper Creek
Cooper Creek is located midway between the Daintree River and Cape Tribulation. This area of the Daintree Coast is renowned for its biodiversity and its uniqueness as a refuge for rare, ancient and endemic flora and fauna that have remained largely unchanged since Australia was a part of the great southern supercontinent 'Gondwana'.
Thornton Peak dominates the skyline over the Daintree rainforest. This 1374-metre mountain is sacred to the traditional owners, the Kuku Yalanji, and shrouded with mystery and legend. It is the guardian and protector of the remarkable natural values that have led to the area’s listing as World Heritage.
Luxuriant green vegetation cascades down the mountainsides from the granite pinnacle, to plummet into the blue Coral Sea. At the base of the mountain, an amphitheatre of rarity and biodiversity is unequalled anywhere else on earth. The Cooper Creek catchment contains a treasure trove of primitive and ancient plants showing every stage in the evolution of plant life and provides proof of continuity of growth over 135-million years.
Accommodation is as discrete as the rainforest creatures, hidden among vegetation. Exclusive, low key and in harmony with nature ... perfect for travellers wanting to immerse themselves as deeply as the rainforest allows. Cooper Creek Riverside Retreat over-looks an absolutely stunning section of the World Heritage listed Cooper Creek. A Daintree Secret sits a little higher up the foothills of Thornton Peak and features spectacularly secluded access to the idyllic Dinner Creek. Daintree Cascades has two exclusive accommodation facilities - the Round House and the Cabin alongside Wundu or Little Cooper Creek. Prema Shanti is a B&B dedicated as a meditation & yoga retreat.
Unique experiences within the Cooper Valley specialise in interpretation of this unique environment, and include rainforest day and night tours. Visitors should go with a local guide who has the necessary expertise gained through long-term habitation to explain the diversity and complexity. Cooper Creek’s spectacular fan palm forests, contained under closed canopies of primitive and rare rainforest giants, can be seen in the awe-inspiring, pristine lowlands of the Daintree. Cooper Creek Wilderness specialises in providing high-quality, small-group guided acess to this living museum. Cooper Creek aso has the most diverse mangrove ecosystem in world. A guided cruise through the mangroves with Cape Tribulation Wilderness Cruises explains its biological importance and usually sees some of the elusive inhabitants, the estuarine crocodile. Daintree Entomological Museum highlights the extraordinary wealth of insects in the area as well as exhibiting some of the best specimens of butterflies, moths, beetles and dragonflies in the world.
Visitors wanting to experience the closest counterpart to the ancient forests of Gondwana should stay in the Cooper Creek amphitheatre for a tranquil sojourn with nature.
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