Daintree is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia.

It takes its name from Richard Daintree, a pioneering geologist of British origin in North Queensland in the 1860s.

The language region includes areas within the local government area of Shire of Douglas and Shire of Cook, particularly the localities of Mossman, Daintree, Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, Palmer, Cape Tribulation and Wujal Wujal.

The dawn river trips became a catalyst for the many B&B's that sprang up, which are an important employer of local families.

Red Mill House, Daintree Village, established in 1993, was the first B&B in the Douglas Shire and paved the way for many others.

Daintree is part of the wet tropics and the most famous national park close to the tourism hub of Port Douglas.