Booking fee
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* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
See Australia's unique animals and birds in their natural environment on a rainforest wildlife-spotting tour in the Atherton Tablelands. Led by an expert nature guide, your small-group nocturnal tour visits a number of locations including lush tropical rainforest and a volcanic crater lake. See tree kangaroos, lizards and musky rat kangaroo by day, and search for platypus at dusk. Enjoy afternoon tea at Lake Barrine and dinner at a country restaurant, then go spotlighting for possum, bandicoots, owls, bats and tree kangaroos by starlight on this fascinating nocturnal wildlife tour.
Local guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Afternoon tea
All equipment (binoculars, spotlighting gear, rain ponchos, reference materials)
Dinner
Air-conditioned vehicle
National Park fee
Drinks, unless specified
Departure Point
Traveler pickup is offered
We pick up from any location and type of accommodation in and around the city of Cairns. Each location needs its own pick up time. So it is important to call in advance to get your pick up time. You must be ready at the given time or you will miss your tour.
Traveler pickup
Lake Barrine Teahouse, Lake Barrine Access, Lake Barrine QLD 4884, Australia
Atherton Tablelands, Cairns, Queensland, Australia There is no better place close to Cairns to see some of the rarest animals in Australia in the wild. We spend the majority of our tour exploring the region searching for wildlife. 240 minutes
Curtain Fig National Park, Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia We take you to this amazing natural spectacle during the night walk section of our tour. The sites and sound of the rainforest at night is an experience you will not forget. 60 minutes
Yungaburra, Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia Our tour is centred around the picturesque village of Yungaburra and the surrounding countryside. It is also where we get dinner.
Lake Barrine, Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia During the tour we take a break for afternoon tea and there is no better setting than Lake Barrine to enjoy it. Afterwards we take a slow walk through the surrounding forest searching for Forest Dragons and Musky Rat Kangaroos! 60 minutes
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Please wear closed toe shoes and a jacket for night time.
A moderate amount of walking is involve. Low fitness level required
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Please bring insect spray as this is not provided
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
AYAKA_O
28 Apr 2023
Our guide Paul was very friendly and welcoming person. He knew a lot about the animals and the Atherton area. He was very good at finding animals, happy to share his deep knowledge with us, and very passionate about providing great experience for us.
Last but not least, I loved the dinner in classic local pub.
I1916OZbrianl
24 Apr 2023
Paul makes every effort to ensure that you see as much wildlife as possible . This is a great day and night trip . We were introduced to the life of the forest and how it has developed over the last millions of years . The high light for us was the platypus that swam right in front of us for ages, Paul predicts accurately where it will emerge so that the experience was very exciting! Don’t think We’ll ever see that again .
Dinner was of a high quality and substantial .. accompanied by Paul’s further explanation of the rainforest ! The final view of the fig tree was out of this world ..
Paul invests of himself in this trip ; we felt he wanted us to have had a good experience . Would recommend… highly
Jan_K
21 Apr 2023
Everything was very interesting, both trail through the rain Forest in afternoon and walk at night with possums, lesser sooty owl and boyd Forest dragon. Probably the most memorable was the huge fig tree watched in darkness in the light of spot light. Most importantly, the guide was very competent. Dinner was also very good, in interesting place. I would recommend this excurtion to all liking nature.
This tour in
Queensland
is organized by
Wait-a-While Rainforest Tours
We always double-check the availability with our local partners for each booking. Even though this is usually a swift process, it can take up to 24 hours. Once this process is completed you will receive your voucher or ticket by email. If our local partner is not able to confirm your booking we will offer you the best possible alternative. If the new date and/or time doesn’t fit your itinerary, we will reimburse the full amount paid.
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