Sight · Daintree National Park
A lifetime of insect collecting, packed into one specialist museum.
Overview
Daintree Entomological Museum is a private insect museum in Diwan, in the northern Daintree. Its rooms are devoted to preserved beetles, butterflies and other insects from Australia and overseas. If you enjoy natural-history collections, this is a distinctive stop; if insects aren't your thing, it's a focused visit rather than a rainforest walk or scenic viewpoint.
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Plan your stop
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Daintree Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Daintree National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Guide
The museum says its collection runs to thousands of specimens from South America, Asia, Africa and Australia, including local endemic insects. It calls out a Goliath beetle and Hercules moth among its record-size specimens. Visitors particularly praise the color and variety of the beetle and butterfly displays, which give the collection plenty to look over even if you don't know much about insects.
The collection is associated with entomologist Stephen (Steve) Lamond, and the museum highlights specimens he collected and identified. Accounts describe the collection as the work of decades, giving this specialist museum the feel of a personal collection built around one collector's eye.
Wildlife
688 sightingsSouthern CassowaryMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
1,788 sightingsSaltwater CrocodileMost seen around 4 PMSighting map
242 sightingsSpectacled Flying-foxMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
332 sightingsBoyd's Forest DragonMost seen around 10 AMSighting map
46 sightingsVictoria's RiflebirdMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
188 sightingsLace MonitorMost seen around 10 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Daintree. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
EasyMadja Boardwalk1.2 km · 45 min · 4.8 km awayRainforest boardwalk, mangrove creek, and an easy loop
EasyDaintree Discovery Centre Walk0.9 km · 1 hr · 7.6 km awayA ticketed canopy walk through cassowary country and rainforest stories.
ModerateJindalba Circuit Track3 km · 1.5 hr · 7.7 km awayLeave the easy boardwalk for a rougher rainforest circuit
EasyJindalba Rainforest Walk0.1 km · 10 min · 7.8 km awayA short, accessible rainforest path leads to a clear creek lookout.
EasyJindalba Boardwalk Loop0.7 km · 45 min · 7.8 km awayA short rainforest loop for creek views and ancient king ferns.
Gas station · 2.2 km awayDaintree Rainforest VillageFuel, groceries and a rainforest campground north of the ferry.
Sight · 2.8 km awayCape Tribulation Wilderness CruisesSee Cooper Creek from a small boat, with crocodiles as a bonus.
Store · 3 km awayDaintree Tea Farmgate StallA quick roadside stop for Daintree-grown tea and honey.
Beach · 3.1 km awayThornton BeachStruck Island makes an easy landmark on a quiet beach walk.
Campground · 3.4 km awayDaintree SiestaRainforest camping, guest-only walks and barramundi on site
Food · 4.8 km awayDaintree Ice Cream CompanyFour changing fruit flavours, then a free orchard walk.
Beach · 5.8 km awayNoah BeachRainforest meets the beach, but leave swimming off your plan.
Campground · 5.9 km awayNoah Beach Camping AreaCamp under forest canopy, then reach the beach in 50mParkwolf’s Daintree ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
