What is better - hartleys croc park + shows, or rainforestation/pamagirri aboriginal?

Question

we are visiting cairns/port douglas in april and for the kuranda area tours, we cannot decide either to go to (both include skyrail and scenic rail) the hartleys croc attack show and surroundings, or go to the rainforestation & army duck tour and aboriginal dances

thnx

Answer 1

Right next door to the Skyrail (that takes you to Kuranda) is an Aboriginal Culture Park called Tjapukai - you are better off going there to get most of Aboriginal culture.  You can even throw spears and boomerangs!  

http://www.tjapukai.com.au

The Hartley's croc park is a bit of of town.  If you want to see crocs there's one on my beach this morning!! ..... but seriously go to the Cairns Zoo - 5 min drive from Skyrail and Tjapukai.  They do croc shows there also and much more!

http://www.cairnstropicalzoo.com.au Fee kanagroos, cuddle a koala, they have a great wild bird show  - and if you can't make it during the day, they do a night show which includes dinner.  http://www.cairnsnightzoo.com

There is also a croc right in the city - on top of the Casino, called the DOME !  - a replicated rainforest environment with Australian wildlife.  See http://cairnsdome.com.au - if you don't have time for the zoo - they do a "mini version" right in town.  Once you pay your admission you can go back anytime over the next 4 days if you want to return.

Answer 2

I was up there last August.  I did the Hartley Croc Farms.  Was not impressed with that at all.  They inform you that they will take you on a tour of the breeding tanks.  There are quite a few.  We were shown one, only one, and that contained quite larger crocs, too many for the area they were confined in I think, and not shown anything about how they hatch, how small they are when they come out of the eggs, etc. I would definitely consider the rainforestation and army duck tour and aboriginal dances.