McDermott’s Cradle Mt Tours
Things To Do Legana, West Tamar, Tasmania
McDermott’s Cradle Mt Tours provide dedicated touring and transport options to the iconic Cradle Mountain National Park from Launceston including day tours, guided walks, night and multiday tour experiences.
McDermott’s delivers a truly local and authentic experience which is supported by a professional team offering exceptional service along with a premium fleet of Volvo, MAN and Mercedes buses, this providing guests with quality, safety, performance and comfort.
Services
$195
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.
Disabled Access
Family Friendly Non Smoking Public Toilet$150
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.
Disabled Access
Family Friendly Non Smoking Public Toilet$99
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.
Disabled Access
Family Friendly Non Smoking Public Toilet$225
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.
Disabled Access
Non Smoking Public Toilet