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Comments, feedback and pictures submitted by past passengers. Located in tropical Northern Queensland Australia near Cape Tribulation and Port Douglas, Dan Irby's Mangrove Adventures offers Daintree River cruises which are very personal and informative for both the amateur and professional visitors all year round.
| 22 September 2007 - Following is an extract from Rob's blog AussieOdyssey - "We first worked our way down the river to its mouth. Dan said this was his favorite spot on the river – liked to come down here by himself, with a fishing pole and refreshments, and spend most of the day." - to read more visit AussieOdyssey. |
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| 16 February 2004 - The feedback from clients, not surprisingly, indicates that they love your early morning Daintree River cruise and appreciate the very comfortable swivel seats. I prefer to leave the river trip until the last day of our extended tours to allow clients (and me!) to unwind and relax. Jon Monroe (Wild Watch Tours). |
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| 14 February 2005 - G'day Dan, early in January I went with Ian Worcester (also Jo Wieneke and guest, and Townsville photographer Ian Montgomery). This happened to be my 4th maritime trip looking for the Great Billed Heron with previous visits to the Daintree (2) Mossman and Norman River plus several drives up the Daintree and it could not have been better. Hitherto I had believed the G-b Heron to be a mythical bird! We even got good views of a Papuan Frogmouth covering its chick. I was very impressed with Ian's knowledge of both the birds and vegetation. Please pass on my thanks to him. But, if the opportunity arises I would prefer a lengthier trip even at extra cost. Bob Forsyth. |
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Great-billed Heron - Photo by R Forsyth |
A Windy Reach Morning - Photo by R Forsyth |
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| 13 February 2005 - My wife and I were in Daintree for the Christmas holidays and on our last night we took your evening mangrove tour. While on the tour I sat beside you and took a number of photos. Ryan Mills. |
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Striated Heron - Photo by R Mills |
Baby Papuan Frogmouth in the nest - Photo by R Mills |
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White-lipped Tree Frog - Photo by R Mills |
Dusk on the Daintree River - Photo by R Mills |
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Ryan and White-lipped Frog - Photo by R Mills |
Boyd's Forest Dragon taken at the Daintree Eco Lodge - Photo by R Mills |
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| 31 December 2004 - Mangrove Robin, Jonathan Munro et al.16/10/04. Single bird observed on Daintree River from Dan Irby's boat. Great-Billed Herons (4), Jonathan Munro et al.16/10/04. Daintree River from Dan Irby's boat. From Cairns Birds, October (blog). |
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| 21 August 2004 - Oh, I forgot to rave about the stars on the Dan Irby (albeit Ian) night boat tour. I was mesmerized. The Milky Way was so thick it looked like ice cream and the unfamiliar constellations made me feel like I was in another world. We were disappointed that we couldn't do the night tour at Uluru because of the clouds, and were wowed by the stars in Kakadu, but to be out in the wild with the stars overhead was truly awesome. From a submission to a travel forum (Fodor's Australia and the Pacific) |
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| 20 August 2004 - Day 6 - Last walk on Cairns' Esplanade - the light in Australia is quite extraordinary - then drive to Cape Tribulation, a short stop at the Bat House where they are nursing injured fruit bats, drive back to Mossman and a Dan Irby's night tour of the Daintree (except it wasn't Dan, but Ian). I loved it - the memories of scenes at sunset still lull me to sleep at night, especially the egrets flying over the water. I wouldn't recommend driving all the way to Cape Trib with a time constraint like we did. Well, I have to stop now, but will post part 4B soon (Port Douglas and the GBR). Wow, did we LOVE Australia or what! Sally and Randy, Seattle Washington. |
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| 25 November 2000 - Our first evening at Daintree, we were booked on a "dusk to dark" river cruise through the mangrove swamps with Dan Irby, a delightfully eccentric former research scientist at the Mayo Clinic who fell in love with Australia 30 years ago. As darkness slowly descended upon us, Kookaburras, kingfishers, herons and egrets flew in to roost, the fruit bats appeared overhead and the air was filled with the eerie sounds of the rainforests' nocturnal creatures. Dan was simply amazing, able to spot tree frogs crocodiles and Azure Kingfishers from 50 yards away in the dark. Private website of Blake and Barbara Stone. |
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