Cradle Mountain Park Explorer Day Tour

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Departing Launceston after a 7.30am pick up from one of our pickup points, we and travel through the scenic Meander Valley and follow the Great Western Tiers to visit the beautiful township of Sheffield featuring more than 140 murals which depict the pioneering history and character of the Cradle Mountain region. From Sheffield we continue our journey past the old Hydro township of Gowrie Park and through the Forth River gorge and move through eucalyptus forests and button grass plains to Cradle Mountain, one of Australia’s most recognizable landmarks and one of Tasmania’s most visited attractions and the jewel in the crown of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Discover the rugged and stunning beauty of the ancient Cradle Valley, its complex geology, ancient rainforests and heaths with a professional guide on a one-hour walk at Dove Lake that will take you up to Glacier Rock and visit one of Dove Lake’s quartzite beaches. On clear days you will see the magnificent, jagged dolerite peaks of Cradle Mountain and see Kathleen Falls on the other side of the Lake. A day hut is where you will enjoy a light picnic style lunch, provided by a local bakery, before visiting the historic guest house of Waldheim and entering Weindorfers Forest, an easy 20-minute walk where the evolutionary significance of the unique moss communities and tangled rainforest is explained to you. Departing Cradle Mountain, we make our way back to through Sheffield for a stop to explore the murals before returning to Launceston.