PHOTO GALLERY

Daintree Rainforest Photos from Noah Creek

All of these Daintree rainforest photos were taken on the Noah Creek reserve, a private 500-acre property at Thornton Beach surrounded by World Heritage National Park. They show what a stay here is really like: creek pools and waterfalls on our private trails, bike rides along Thornton Beach, campfires at night, and the wildlife that shares the reserve with our guests. Everything you see is a short walk or drive from your hut or lodge.

Trek & Trails

Eight graded trails run through Noah Valley, and only our guests can walk them. In these photos you’ll find the rusted machinery of the old sawmill on the Mill Trail, the creek pool at Dragon’s Hole, the boulder hop up to Fossil Falls and the boardwalk along the river. The Quarry to Beach Trail finishes on the sand at Thornton Beach. See every trail’s grade and walking time.

Rusted sawmill engine and blade on the Mill Trail at Noah Creek

Historic sawmill machinery under a shelter on the Mill Trail

Still water reflecting forested Table Top Mountain at Noah Creek

Small waterfall and ferns on the Table Top Mountain trek

Thornton Beach and headland at the end of the Quarry to Beach Trail

Dense rainforest understorey on the Mount Emmett summit trek

Waterfall dropping over rock on the Fossil Falls creek hop trail

Timber picnic shelter in a rainforest clearing at Noah Creek

Creek pool surrounded by rainforest on the Dragon's Hole Trail

Water flowing over stones on the Dragon's Hole Trail

Timber boardwalk winding through rainforest on the riverside walk

Boardwalk and steps beside a stone bank on the riverside walk

Boardwalk with handrail through dense rainforest on the riverside walk

Walker beside a large rainforest tree on the Hut to Hut Link Trail

Shallow creek running through rainforest on the Riverside Walk

Boulder-strewn creek bed on the Table Top Mountain trek

Walkers crossing boulders on the Fossil Falls creek hop trail

Fan palms beside the boardwalk on the Riverside Walk

Dense rainforest foliage along the Dragon's Hole Trail

Walker beside a giant buttressed fig on the Mill Trail

Things to do

Between walks, guests swim under waterfalls, fish the tidal flats at Thornton Beach at dusk, ride bikes along the sand and finish the day around the campfire. Children can spend hours in the clear, shallow creeks. The reserve also hosts weddings. Couples marry at The River House and have their photos taken among the buttressed rainforest trees and on the boardwalk.

Couple resting on rocks beside the trail in the rainforest at Noah Creek

Walkers picking their way along a rocky rainforest trail at Noah Creek

Two walkers crossing fallen logs on a rainforest trail at Noah Creek

Boat wake on the river below forested hills near Noah Creek

Waterfall spilling over a rock face with a swimmer at its base, Noah Creek

Child riding a BMX bike on the sand at Thornton Beach

Child riding a bike along Thornton Beach toward a forested headland

Boat travelling up the mangrove-lined river at dawn near Noah Creek

Rocky creek bed running through rainforest at Noah Creek

Still creek water beneath overhanging rainforest at Noah Creek

Fishing rod and chair on the tidal flats at Thornton Beach at dusk

Children gathered around a campfire at night at Noah Creek

Children walking a rainforest trail through dense ferns at Noah Creek

Children playing on boulders in a clear rainforest creek at Noah Creek

Bride and groom among buttressed rainforest trees at Noah Creek

Bride and groom on a rainforest boardwalk at Noah Creek, Daintree

Flora & Fauna

The Daintree is one of the oldest rainforests on Earth, and the reserve is full of life. Our photos include green tree snakes on the creek stones, kookaburras, black butcherbirds, an orange-footed scrubfowl on its nest mound and a Victoria’s riflebird fanning its tail in display. Look down for red fungi and tree ferns, and up for flying foxes roosting in the canopy. Guests often spot cassowaries too.

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