Cradle Mountain Wildlife Spotting after Dark: A Night Adventure in the National Park
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Cradle Mountain
Embark on a thrilling 1.5-hour night adventure in Cradle Mountain National Park. Spot local wildlife like wombats, wallabies, and Tasmanian Devils under the guidance of an expert. Don't miss the stunning dusk and sunset scenery at Ronny Creek and its surrounding boardwalks.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- McDermott’s Coaches - You will be collected from your Cradle Mountain accommodation and the guide will transfer you into the National Park, providing a run down of commentary and information that is all ages friendly.
- Cradle Mountain - We arrive at the Ronny Creek carpark and complete a short walk along the boardwalk to spot native animals such as wombats, possums, wallabies.
- Cradle Mountain - We continue the tour in the bus along the road where we use a spotlight to locate wildlife - often seeing quolls, possums in trees, pademelons before returning you to your pick up point 90 minutes after tour start time.
What's Included
- Complimentary hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional guides with informative commentary
- Free entry for children under 4
- Torches provided
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- National Park pass for Adult is $27.95
- National Parks Pass for Children 5 - 17 is $11.20 (No charge under 5)
- Jackets, Hats, Scarves, Gloves not provided. Please dress appropriately.
Additional Information
Embark on a 1.5-hour journey suitable for all ages, as we venture into the National Park for a nocturnal creature-spotting excursion, questing for local inhabitants like wallabies, wombats, possums, and potentially a Tasmanian Devil.
FEATURES
• Opportunity to spot pademelons, wombats, possums, potoroos, quolls, and wallabies
• Guided tour with informative and educational commentary
• Spectacular twilight and sunset views
• Exploring Ronny Creek and nearby board walks
- Tour does not operate on Christmas Day.
- Comfortable walking shoes
- Wet weather jackets are required, wet weather pants are optional
- Warm clothing, beanie, gloves, fleece jacket
- Don’t forget your camera!
Location
McDermotts Cradle Mountain Tours
Cradle Mountain Road
Meet at the bus stop near the toilet block in the centre of the Visitor Centre car park. The bus will collect you from this point.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Ann_p
Mar 28, 2024
Enjoyable night safari - Brilliant experience. Picked up on time. Knowledgeable and friendly guide. We saw so many animals and learnt lots about them. Also great to be in the park after dark.
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Michellegg2690kl
Mar 10, 2024
Wildlife spotting and star gazing - Paul picked us up from our accommodation and took us on an epic adventure to find the wild life in Cradle Mountain. Not only did we get to see Wombats, possums, wallabies and a cheeky quoil, we had a perfect cloud free night so we had an opportunity to star gaze. Paul’s guidance and knowledge was epic and his friendly manner made this tour an enjoyable experience… would recommend.
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Mjgk
Jan 20, 2024
Up close with native wildlife - Awesome night walk seeing a wide range of wildlife. We spotted pademelons, Bennet wallabies, wombats, quolls and bushtail possums, including some very up close (on wombats came and sniffed at our boots). We also saw a Joey Wombat on the grass. Our guide Les was patient and knowledgeable and we all felt comfortable throughout the tour. I’d highly recommend this tour,you can see some of the animals yourself but we would not have learnt so much, or seen the quolls or possums independently.
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Gail_t
Jan 10, 2024
Brilliant - Seeing the wombats.. excellent the driver/tour guide was very knowledgeable and took her time to explain everything
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Yiching_s
Dec 28, 2023
Excellent guide - Excellent tour guide who’s very knowledgable about the wild and passionate about the ecosystem. Despite the rainy weather, we got the chance to walk a bit and saw quite a few wombats and wallabies!
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Roxannelazarus
Dec 3, 2022
Great tour with lots of wildlife! - Belinda was a fantastic guide with a wealth of knowledge about the national park and its wildlife. We saw pademelons, Bennett's wallabies (many with joeys), brushtail possums, wombats, and were extremely lucky to also see both a spotted-tail quoll crossing the road and an eastern quoll foraging at the Ronny Creek boardwalk. Would recommend this tour to anyone, even without the quolls!
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665peterm
Feb 27, 2022
Fantastic tour of the night time wildlife at Cradle Mountain - Definitely a highlight of my trip to Cradle Mountain, highly recommend. Andy was very knowledgeable and entertaining tour guide. We saw many different animals on the tour both from the coach and walking along the boardwalks inside the park.
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Laelm2022
Jan 22, 2022
Twilight tour - We saw such a range of wildlife, including wombats. Andy is a lively local with a good understanding of the area. She handled the mountain road with confidence with a running commentary all the way. We all had a chance to carry the torch with a walk along the boardwalk at the end. So much fun!
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Amazonmc
Dec 31, 2021
Must do tour at Cradle Mountain - This is a must do at Cradle Mountain. Andy our tour guide was fantastic - the coach picked us up at our camp ground, and within 100m down the road we were spotting wildlife. Over 30 wombats, two quolls, possums, wallabies, pademelons, bush chickens..... and then a shooting star at Ronny Creek as we got back on the bus.
Andy was very helpful and knowledgeable and made the trip for us.
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Loumitchell2021
Nov 29, 2021
Great spotting! - Excellent insights into the park and native animals. Saw a tassie devil in the wild to cap it off - would recommend to anyone coming to cradle mountain
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