McDermott's Cradle Mt Tours

Departing Launceston A full day tour to Cra­dle Moun­tain including lunch. Starting at 7.30am, the tour trav­els via Sheffield, the Town of Murals before trav­el­ling up into the moun­tains through gorges, rain for­est and but­ton grass plains to reach the des­ti­na­tion of Cra­dle Moun­tain, one of Tasmania's most recog­nis­able land­marks and one of Tasmania's most vis­it­ed attractions. On this ful­ly guid­ed day tour you expe­ri­ence the unique flo­ra, fau­na and geo­graph­i­cal fea­tures of the World Her­itage list­ed Nation­al Park. You will experience the sites of Dove Lake, as well as explore the history of Waldheim Chalet and Weindorfer's Rainforest. Collection points where you will meet our coach: 7.30am Hotel Grand Chan­cel­lor Launceston 7.45am Launce­s­ton Backpackers For this tour ensure you have warm cloth­ing, wet weath­er gear and com­fort­able walk­ing shoes suit­able for the Cra­dle Moun­tain experience! This tour oper­ates in all weath­er con­di­tions. Wind, rain and snow can occur any­time of the year.

Departing Cradle Mountain The Park Explor­er Tour is a ful­ly guid­ed inter­pre­tive tour where­by you dis­cov­er the unique flo­ra, fau­na and geo­graph­i­cal fea­tures of the World Her­itage list­ed Cra­dle Moun­tain Nation­al Park. Enjoy a guid­ed tour amongst the wilder­ness and expe­ri­ence the awe­some views across Dove Lake to the jagged dolerite peaks of Cra­dle Mt, wan­der through the ancient King Bil­ly Pine For­est at Wald­heim Chalet. This tour includes lunch. See the colour­ful dis­play Tas­ma­ni­a's endem­ic decid­u­ous beech puts on the slopes of Cra­dle Moun­tain dur­ing the ear­ly autumn. Rich tones of rusty red through to glow­ing gold, blan­ket the land­scape. This stun­ning plant is found nowhere else on the plan­et but Tas­ma­nia and only can be seen on the high­lands above 800 metres where rain­fall is more than 1800mm mak­ing Cra­dle Moun­tain the per­fect place for viewing. Complimentary pick up and drop off is available from your local Cradle Mountain accommodation.

Departing Cradle Mountain Our professional driver/guide will collect you from your Cradle Mountain accommodation at dusk. Once all the group are all on board, we will travel into the Cradle Mountain National Park to Ronny Creek to begin our exploration of the area. We leave the bus with our hand-held torches and spotlights and quietly and slowly walk into Mt Kate Hut area to see the nocturnal animals, including wombats, wallabies, possums and sometimes even a spotted quoll that have commenced their nighttime feeding. We stroll along the Cradle Valley boardwalks and perhaps even the start of the Overland Track in search of nocturnal feeding animals. We leave the fun of the animal viewing at Ronny Creek, and we travel to Waldheim Chalet where we take a short walk in the ancient king billy pine Weindorfers Forest, as we search for the more elusive nocturnal animals who are commencing their nighttime forging activities. Your bus will then return to your accommodation after a memorable and informative 2-hour tour.

Departing Launceston A full day tour to Cra­dle Moun­tain, starting at 7.30am, the tour trav­els via Sheffield, the Town of Murals before trav­el­ling up into the moun­tains through gorges, rain for­est and but­ton grass plains to reach the des­ti­na­tion of Cra­dle Moun­tain, one of Tasmania's most recog­nis­able land­marks and one of Tasmania's most vis­it­ed attractions. Expe­ri­ence Cra­dle Moun­tains most pop­u­lar walk with a guid­ed 6km cir­cuit around Dove Lake. A great intro­duc­to­ry walk to the park. Enjoy icon­ic views of Cra­dle Moun­tain and walk through the tran­quil Ball­room For­est on one of Tasmania's pre­mier short walks. ABOUT Tour: The dura­tion of the walk is approx­i­mate­ly 4hrs includ­ing lunch. Grade 3: Some bush­walk­ing expe­ri­ence rec­om­mend­ed. Tracks may have short steep hill sec­tions, a rough sur­face and many steps. Weath­er con­di­tions in Tas­ma­nia can change quick­ly and fre­quent­ly, espe­cial­ly in alpine areas. Snow, rain, wind and sun are all pos­si­ble at any time of the year, and bush­fires can occur between Octo­ber and March. Impor­tant: please observe all track signs – they are pro­vid­ed for your safe­ty. Always stay on the formed walk­ing tracks, this is both for your own safe­ty and to pro­tect the sen­si­tive alpine environment.

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