Traditional Aboriginal Fishing Experience

Traditional Aboriginal Fishing Experience

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Duration | 10 Hours
Mobile Ticket OK

Discover the ancient culture of the Kuku Yalanji people. Join an Aboriginal guide and journey to the ancient rainforest of Mossman Gorge and Cooya Beach where you will join a traditional aboriginal fishing expedition across the mudflats and mangroves.

Tour Features

  • Return Transfers from Cairns, Palm Cove and Port Douglas
  • Experienced Aboriginal Guide
  • Guided Rainforest walk at Mossman Gorge
  • Lunch at Mayi Café
  • 2 hr traditional fishing & gathering walk with Kubirri Warra clan member
  • Homemade Damper on Cooya Beach

Note: This tour may operate in reverse due to tides at Cooya Beach.

Tour Days
Tour operates on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays with transfers from Cairns, Northern Beaches and Port Douglas

Pickup times

  • 7:30am Cairns
  • 8.00am Northern Beaches
  • 8.30am Port Douglas

Return times

  • 4.30pm Port Douglas
  • 5.00pm Northern Beaches
  • 5:30pm at Cairns

Your Day
Be picked up in the morning by your experienced Adventure North Australia Aboriginal guide for the day. Journey north along the scenic Great Barrier Reef Drive from Cairns.

Mossman Gorge
Arrive at Mossman Gorge Cultural Centre where you will be welcomed to the land with a traditional Aboriginal smoking ceremony. Take some time to peruse the gallery and local crafts store at the centre before journeying into the rainforest of Mossman Gorge itself with your experienced Aboriginal guide for an interpretive walk through this ancient environment. Learn about the local Kuku Yalanji people’s special relationship with the land here.

Lunch
Return to the Mossman Gorge Centre for a delicious lunch at the Mayi Café.

Traditional Aboriginal Fishing
Arrive at Cooya (Kuyu Kuyu) Beach for your Coast & Cultural Walk with a Kubirri Warra clan member. Cooya Beach is the traditional fishing grounds of the Kuku Yalanji people. Your guide will take you on a journey across Cooya Beach, demonstrating and teaching traditional fishing and gathering techniques which are still used today to source food for their family.
Note: see physical fitness required

This tour may operate in reverse due to tide times at Cooya Beach.

What to Bring

  • Comfortable clothes & walking shoes
  • Short pants if participating in Traditional Fishing
  • Insect repellent
  • Water bottle
  • Hat / Sunscreen
     

Tour operates on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays with transfers from Cairns, Northern Beaches and Port Douglas