Daintree National Park is home to the oldest rainforest on earth. The park is part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and contains lush tropical vegetation, coral reefs, and the northern section of the Great Dividing Range.
Cape Tribulation the coastal part of the Daintree contains beaches, reefs, and offshore waters which are protected in marine parks.
Away from the coast, the land rises steeply to cloud-swept Thornton Peak. The park is renowned for its rich diversity of plants and wildlife with lowland and upland rainforests, mangroves, swamps and heathlands. Rare and unusual species include primitive flowering plants, the giant white-tailed rat, southern cassowary and Bennett's tree-kangaroos.
The Kuku Yalanji people who have lived in this area for thousands of years call Cape Tribulation, “Kulki”. The Cape was named by Captain Cook as the place his troubles began during the historic 1770 voyage of discovery.
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