Parking
Jindalba car park is 1 km along Tulip Oak Road from Cape Tribulation Road. Flush toilets and picnic tables are at the adjacent day-use area.
Overview
About Jindalba Boardwalk Loop
Why go
- Raised boardwalk reaches lowland rainforest beside several creeks.
- A short, easy option beside the separate, more demanding 3 km circuit.
Heads up
- Very short if you want a longer hike.
Map & elevation
The route
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
1 active Daintree alert
- CautionCape Tribulation–Bloomfield Road: 4WD onlyMentions Cape Tribulation, referenced in this guideThe Cape Tribulation–Bloomfield Road is open from Cape Tribulation through to Wujal Wujal, but restricted to four-wheel-drive vehicles because adverse driving conditions have left the surface…Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Daintree Tour Guide
Your drive to Jindalba Boardwalk Loop, narrated.
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.
See the Daintree audio tourRecorded for this trailhead
Jindalba Picnic Area and Walks0:00 / 0:26
“You're nearing Jindalba, a picnic area tucked into lowland rainforest at the foot of Mount Alexandra.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Daintree Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Daintree Discovery Centre
- Mount Alexandra Lookout
- The Road That Made Headlines
- Floravilla Ice Creamery
- 38 audio storiesacross Daintree’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Southern Cassowary, Saltwater Crocodile, Spectacled Flying-fox, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 22 trails, 36 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Jindalba Boardwalk Loop
A small loop into the rainforestJindalba Boardwalk Loop is a 650 m circuit (about 0.
Jindalba Boardwalk Loop is a 650 m circuit (about 0.4 mi) through dense lowland rainforest, following a raised wooden boardwalk past several creeks. Queensland Parks rates it Grade 2 and allows about 45 minutes, which makes sense if you stop and look around. It’s a gentle nature walk, not the separate 3 km Jindalba Circuit Track.
Slow down for the detailsKing ferns are worth looking for along the way.
King ferns are worth looking for along the way. The park also suggests watching the canopy for Bennett’s tree-kangaroos and listening for buff-breasted paradise-kingfishers; musky rat-kangaroos may be on the forest floor. Those are possibilities, not guaranteed sightings. The nearby long circuit is a tougher, longer walk with uneven ground, so don’t mix its conditions up with this boardwalk.
Access and facilitiesStart at Jindalba car park at the end of Tulip Oak Road, about 1 km from Cape Tribulation Road.
Start at Jindalba car park at the end of Tulip Oak Road, about 1 km from Cape Tribulation Road. Flush toilets and picnic tables are at the adjacent day-use area. Queensland lists wheelchair access, though assistance may be needed; creek access for wheelchair users is at the boardwalk’s exit end. Some steps can be a barrier. Ordinary pets aren’t allowed in Queensland national parks; certified support dogs are permitted, and other assistance animals may be approved with documentation.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Daintree
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.
