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Cradle Mountain Wildlife Spotting after Dark: A Night Adventure in the National Park
4.9
75 Ratings
McDermott's Coaches
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.
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:
24 hours
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…
- 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
- 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.
- 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…
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
McDermott's Coaches
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(75 Ratings)
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Ajmglobaltraveller
Jan 28, 2025
An interesting tour - Lovely night tour with Jim and Rachel.
We saw wallabies, pademelons, wombats, possums with joeys. An interesting tour with enjoyable guides
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M4706nxjudyc
Jan 25, 2025
Lots of Wombats - The tour guides were awesome and it was a nice small group.
If you want to see lots of cute wombats, this is the tour for you.
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Linna_t
Jan 13, 2025
Highly recommend if you... - Highly recommend if you could put your hands up as a volunteer as you will get a big torch and sit right in front of the bus to do the spotting on the way back which made my tour so worthwhile! I saw a lot of animals in the dark and heaps of wombat and wallaby! Highly recommend for people who have kids and the evening adventure was my daughter‘a favorite of the trip!
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Travellerhw_7
Jan 12, 2025
A unique way to see Australian animals in their natural environment. - Our driver Flea was friendly and knowledgeable and k ew all the places to find these animals. We saw a lot of wildlife in nature. Wombats, quolls, possums, wallabies, and even one echidna. We learnt a lot about these unique and special Australian animals from her. Highly recommend this experience if you are visiting Cradle Mountain at night.
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Dominic_p
Jan 10, 2025
Cradle Mountain must do - Our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable. She knew the right locations to get to see some of the local wildlife. We got see: Wombats, Quolls, Echidnas, Wallabys and possums. All around, great experience!!
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Francoisem650
Dec 15, 2024
Great experience not to be missed!! - We saw so many animals! There were lots of pademelons, wallabies and wombats grazing along the road or walkinv tracks. Eastern quolls were zooming around the hill beside the Overland Track. We were spoiled for choice! The driver was very knowledgeable also.
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Michael_l
Nov 23, 2024
Nocturnal animals st Cradle Mountain - Tour guide was very engaging and knowledgeable. Small group. We saw lots of wombats, wallabies, couple of quolls and a Tasmania Devil on the night we went out. Well worth it.
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Keryen_s
Jan 11, 2025
The bus driver was... - The bus driver was knowledgeable about the various animals. We did not have much luck finding many animals.
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Seaside32310424192
Jan 10, 2025
Meh - Our guide, Flea, was very friendly; however, she could have been a bit more knowledgeable about the various animals.
Trying to spot animals with a single torch at the front and back of the group was difficult along the boardwalk at Ronny Creek. We did see a fair number of wombats, but we had seen them earlier in the day when we were on our own. There were a few quolls that showed themselves, but we were at the back of the line and had a hard time seeing them - and they move very fast. Fortunately, we had just done the Devil and Quoll feeding at Devil's Cradle, so felt we had gotten a good look at them.
On the bus, the folks sitting next to the windows could see animals as they were spotted, but - again - I was on an inside seat and it was hard to see anything. Flea was good about taking time to stop the van so everyone could have a chance to see what had been spotted.
In fact, our best wildlife spotting was when we were dropped back at the Visitors Center and heard a possum joey go into the rubbish bin in the toilets. Mom followed soon after and we were able to get a good look at both. Not knowing what to do, we simply lifted the lid on the bid in hopes they would eventually make their way out.
I'm sure the experience is different from night to night, and we maybe just got an evening when there weren't a lot of animals out.
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Meander06208748212
Dec 31, 2024
Ronny Creek, Cradle Mtn wildlife spotting - If you have seen Wombats and Pademelons at Ronny’s Creek, no need to do this tour. We’re lucky enough to see a Quoll though. Tour guides were lovely.
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