“I am ecstatic to be here experiencing something that lies at the very heart and soul of real Australian culture. This is extremely special.”
The Kuku Yalanji perform an impromptu corroboree or sacred dance for their western guest.
active arts and culture workshops.
Brooke has chosen the Daintree Rainforest in Australia’s far northeast (90 minutes from Cairns, Queensland) to experience a holiday with her mom that brings them in touch with “something unique.” As someone who has traveled extensively and experienced luxury at its
most homogenous, Brooke jumped at the opportunity to explore the Daintree from its namesake ecolodge.
“I didn’t want to go to another beautiful beach or a resort that could be anywhere in the world and do things I could do anywhere else,” she explains.
The Daintree Rainforest is one of the most diverse
and beautiful examples of Mother Nature in the world and boasts a number of unique claims. Spanning approximately 1,200 square kilometers, only 0.2 percent of the landmass of Australia, this area is home to the largest range of plants and animals — and the highest number of plant and animal species that are
rare, or threatened with extinction — on earth. Dwelling here are 30 percent of the frog, marsupial and reptile species in Australia, and 65 percent of Australia’s bat and butterfly species. An astonishing 20 percent of bird species in the country can be found in this area.
This rainforest is more
than 135 million years old
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