Parking
From the Daintree ferry, take Cape Tribulation Road 10 km north, turn right on Tulip Oak Road 2 km past Mount Alexandra Lookout, then continue 1 km to Jindalba car park. Use the accessible bays by the boardwalk exit for creek access.
Overview
About Jindalba Rainforest Walk
Why go
- A fully accessible, 10-minute rainforest stop with a creek lookout.
Heads up
- The short creek spur is difficult to distinguish from the longer boardwalk on available maps.
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 Rainforest Walk, 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
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Trail guide
Hiking Jindalba Rainforest Walk
The creek walkThis is the separately listed Jindalba rainforest walk: 80 m return, about 10 minutes, Grade 1,…
This is the separately listed Jindalba rainforest walk: 80 m return, about 10 minutes, Grade 1, through lowland rainforest to a clear creek lookout. It is distinct from the 650 m boardwalk loop and 3 km circuit. Look through the foliage toward the creek at the lookout.
The short spur has no separately mapped official trace. The saved line follows an unnamed wooden footway of about 43 m from the car park side to the short-loop junction, close to half the published return distance. Its exact start and creek-side turning point remain uncertain; follow on-site signs and treat the mapped line as approximate.
Access and footingThe walk is described as fully accessible and is a very short, even approach.
The walk is described as fully accessible and is a very short, even approach. Wheelchair access to the creek is at the boardwalk exit side near the accessible parking bays; assistance may be needed around the day-use area. Choose this exit-side approach for the creek rather than following the longer loop.
Getting there and safetyFrom the Daintree ferry, drive 10 km north on Cape Tribulation Road, turn right into Tulip Oak…
From the Daintree ferry, drive 10 km north on Cape Tribulation Road, turn right into Tulip Oak Road (2 km past Mount Alexandra Lookout), then continue 1 km to Jindalba car park. The day-use area has picnic tables, some sheltered, and flush toilets. Jindalba means “foot of the mountain.”
Crocodiles inhabit nearby waterways; keep clear of the creek edge. Pets are prohibited except approved assistance animals.
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.
