Day Six Overview
"The Village in the Rainforest" (Kuranda Rainforest)
- Good Morning!
- Eat breakfast at youth hostel
- Get picked up by day trip bus
- Departing Cairns aboard the Kuranda Scenic Railway.
- Arrive at Kuranda Station
- Photo op at Barron Gorge and when I cross Stoney Creek Bridge on the railway
- Free time in Kuranda to shop at the heritage market
- Get some lunch in a restaurant or cafe
- Look at wildlife at Birdworld, the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary or Kuranda Koala Gardens
- Return Cairns aboard the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway, ride above the tree canopy in the six-person cable car
- Enjoy views from the rainforest, the reef, and the peak of the mountain range.
- There are two stops along the way back, where I can get out and explore the beautiful environment from trails on the forest floor, at scenic lookouts, or at the Rainforest Interpretation Centre.