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The Atherton Tablelands is
located behind Cairns and Kuranda and is diverse in it's beauty and it's
produce. Spectacular waterfalls in the Southern Tablelands are the
main attraction but the smaller towns cannot be missed either. The native
wildlife that can be found throughout the Tablelands, still in their native
habitats is something that should be experienced.
The climate on The
Atherton Tablelands is milder than in Cairns so it's a perfect place
to visit in the warm, summer months
Make sure on these tours to
the waterfalls that you take your swimsuit as there will be ample times to cool
off in the cool mountain water.
For a map of the Atherton Tablelands
area, please see
Maps
Operating out of Cairns and
Port Douglas for many years and the guides on these tours are very experienced
and professional. They are a great way to spend a half a day and most of
the night after a morning sleeping in or lazing around a pool.
Day & Night Rainforest & Wildlife Tour
This tour travels up to the Atherton
Tablelands just behind Kuranda and you will do some day and night wildlife
spotting. You will visit lowland
and highland tropical rainforest with lots of different animals and plants
for you to observe. You will learn about history, soils, geography,
environment, indigenous people and also the wildlife and plant species.
Visits the Crater Lakes & Cathedral Fig Tree.
Tour departs Cairns at 2pm and returns at
midnight. Group size max 10.
Night Rainforest & Wildlife Tour
The tour starts with a drive up the Gilles
Range to the highland rainforests of the Atherton tablelands where you can
view rare nocturnal native animals
such as kangaroos, platypus, pythons,
possums etc some of which cannot survive in zoos. Tour is led by some of
Australia's leading rainforest wildlife guides.
The tour departs at 6 pm and returns at
around midnight Group size max 20
Bird Watching tours are also available.
If interested in one of these please
email us and let us
know. We can also organise private charters for many things such as
Bush walking, Aboriginal Cultural tours, 4WDing, Outback, Sightseeing.
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Prices For 2005/6 |
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Day & Night Rainforest & Wildlife Tour-
includes transfers, use of spotting
equipment and books, refreshments and a restaurant dinner. Also
includes all park fees. (WAW1) |
$165.00 pa / $154
pc ex Cairns
$175.00 pa / $165.00 pc ex Beaches |
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Night Rainforest & Wildlife Tour-
includes transfers, use of spotting
equipment and books, a restaurant evening meal & supper Also includes all park fees. (WAW3) |
$99.00 pa / $89.00
pc ex Cairns
$110.00 pa / $99.00 pc ex Beaches |
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This Tablelands tour
includes more of the Atherton Tablelands than any other tour that we have
been on. It's good for all ages and you can be as active or as inactive
as you like .
You will visit two volcanic crater lakes, three waterfalls, National
Parks, Paronella Park (National Trust listed gardens and beautiful old
castle ruins), Windy Hill ( an amazing new Wind Farm) and the famous
Atherton Tablelands Curtain Fig Tree. There are two guided rainforest
walks and a very filling lunch at Mungalli Falls. There is also a visit
to the Wind farm on the Tablelands, a new addition to the tour.
Its a small bus and this
provides for a very personalised tour, with guides well-trained in their
knowledge of the Tablelands. They will even tell you about the Aboriginal legend
associated with the Babinda Boulders, a beautiful little swimming hole you visit
on the way home.
This is a great tour and we know you would
come back happy and relaxed from this day tour (and you also get a little bit of
a sleep in as the tour doesn't depart until about 8.30 am!).
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Prices for 2005/6 |
Adult
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Pensioner
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Child
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Waterfalls Tour includes morning
Devonshire tea, 1st class lunch, all transfers |
$114.00 |
$112.00
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$84.00 |
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O.K., with a guy calling himself Uncle Brian, you've
got to realise that this is a tour with a difference.
It's an 8.30 am start, heading straight down to the Babinda Boulders, a
place steeped in aboriginal history. It's a really interesting story, as a
lot of the
aboriginal legends are, so make a point to have a listen. There's a walk
through the rainforest and a bit of a biology lesson with a difference,
then it's a swim back upstream in the nice (?) cold mountain water.
Your next stop is Josephine Falls for lunch. There's a really cool natural
rock waterslide here, heaps of fun, and a very popular swimming hole with
the locals.
Millaa Millaa Falls is the next one the list, with a swim before heading
to the side of a river to see if you can see any of the elusive Platypus.
You can't always be guaranteed of seeing one, but if you do, you'll come
to realise that they are one of the strangest looking creatures in
the world!
You get to Lake Eacham in time to watch the light fade from the sky, and
have plenty of time to lay back and soak up the atmosphere before heading
off for a dinner by candlelight.
The trip back down the Gilles Range is a lot of fun, with Uncle Brian
keeping you amused the whole way. It's a fantastic day, with a relaxed
atmosphere and no rushing around, with Gus The Bus getting you back home
by 8.30 pm.
Tour departs Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat
only.
For a clients testimonial of Uncle Brian's trip
click here.
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Price For 2005/6 |
Adult |
Child |
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Uncle Brian's |
$95.00 |
$55.00 |
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, Wildlife &
Paronella Park On The Tablelands