Aboriginal Culture

Indigenous tours from Port Douglas and Daintree

The Kuku Yalanji Aboriginal people are indigenous to the region and visitors can experience their culture, from aboriginal art galleries and lessons to indigenous tours in the rainforest.

The Kuku Yalanji Aboriginal people were hunters and gatherers, with more than five groups ranging across the terrain as the seasons changed, yielding their sustenance from the rivers, beaches, reefs and sea.

Theirs was a simple yet ingeniously sophisticated culture. They devised and operated successful traps for fish and game, they learnt to prepare the often toxic rainforest foods for consumption, and evolved social mores that bound the fabric of their society firmly.

Today, the Kuku Yalanji people number approximately 1,000 and are very active in the tourism industry offering visitors an insight into their heritage as well as a reliance and empathy with the environment.