The Mamu Rainforest
Canopy Walkway offers a unique experience. Visitors can
get close to rainforest plants and animals, from the
forest floor to the forest canopy. They can also enjoy
sweeping vistas of World Heritage-listed landscapes.
Information signs help visitors to understand the rich
cultural history of the area and the complex web of
rainforest life.
The walkway is located on the escarpment of the North
Johnstone River gorge, offering spectacular views over a
sharp bend in the river and beyond to rainforest-clad
mountains. The entire area has cultural significance for
the Ma:Mu Aboriginal people.
From the entry building, which is a short walk from the
carpark, visitors stroll along the ground-level Forest
walk for a close-up look at this rich tropical rainforest,
part of one of the largest remaining continuous stands of
complex vine forest on basalt soils. The walking track is
an easy walk, suitable for wheelchairs, prams and visitors
with vision-impairment.
Cantilever
Visitors arrive at a shelter with seats and information
signs. From the shelter a 10m-long cantilevered structure
rises gently as the ground drops away steeply, providing
visitors with their first experience of the rainforest
canopy. At the end, a viewing platform offers a
magnificent view of the valley below, featuring a sharp
bend in the North Johnstone River. Visitors then return to
the shelter and continue along the Forest walk to the
start of the elevated walkway.
Elevated walkway
The elevated walkway meanders through the rainforest
canopy. Along the way visitors are able to view rainforest
plants and animals at close quarters and gain tantalising
glimpses of the river valley far below. Two small shelters
provide rest areas and three linking sections offer the
choice to leave the elevated walkway and return to the
ground-level Forest walk, where two shelters provide seats
and information signs.
Observation tower
At the end of the elevated walkway a short section of the
Forest walk brings visitors to the final information and
rest shelter. From here a short elevated walkway leads to
the lower viewing deck of the observation tower. The top
of the tower, 37m above the ground, is reached by an
external stairway (not accessible for wheelchairs) and
offers visitors spectacular, uninterrupted vistas of the
North Johnstone River gorge and surrounding landscapes.
Information signs help visitors to learn more about this
landscape.
Admission prices
Adults $20
Children (4–14 years, children under 4 free) $10
Family (2 adults, 2 children) $50
Concession ( Queensland Pensioner Card/ Australian Seniors
Card) $16
Locals’ discounts also available.
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The walkway includes:
- more than 1000 metres of
ground level walking tracks, connecting the elevated
walkway, cantilever and tower
a 350m elevated walkway, high in the canopy of this lush
tropical rainforest.
- a 10m-long cantilever
and a 37m-high observation tower with two viewing decks,
providing spectacular views over the North Johnstone River
gorge and surrounding Wet Tropics World Heritage Area
- seats, information signs
and artworks in shelters along the Forest walk and on the
elevated walkway
- an entry building,
office building, toilets, bus shelter and a combined bus
and carpark.
- Forest walk
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