Cradle Coast Tours

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Cradle Coast Tours are experts in showing visitors around Tasmania’s north-west region. Cradle Coast Tours focus on ensuring their guests have a relaxed holiday, and their guides have first-hand knowledge of the local area. The Cradle Coast region includes such highlights as Cradle Mountain, Stanley, Table Cape, Boat Harbour, Leven Canyon, Tamar Valley and the beautiful Gunns Plains Caves. Tours start with as few as two, and no more than seven guests. You will travel in style and at ease in one of Cradle Coast Tour's reliable vehicles and simply take in the amazing local scenery. Your guide Howard Smith is a certified and experienced tour guide with a wealth of local knowledge that comes from many years of living and working on Tasmania's Cradle Coast region. You will be given insights into many aspects of this area of Tasmania that only comes from personal experience. All tours include light lunch and entry to National Parks. Other tours can be arranged on request.

Attractions

Galleries, Museums and Collections (1)
1. The Wilderness Gallery The Wilderness Gallery, at Cradle Mountain, is a purpose-built gallery showcasing environmental photography. The Gallery is located at the Cradle Mountain Chateau, two-and-a-half hours’ west of Launceston (144 kilometres/90 miles) and ninety minutes from Devonport (83 kilometres/52 miles). The Wilderness Gallery exhibits up to 250 images by some of Australia and the world’s best wilderness and nature photographers. Ten linked galleries— built around an enclosed garden of rocks and native plants—display breathtaking images by photographers working in some of the world’s wildest and most remote places. Scuba divers, rock climbers, kayakers, bushwalkers and expeditioners have all participated in the Gallery’s program of exhibitions.
Landmarks and Buildings (1)
1. devils@cradle Explore the mysterious world of the Tasmanian Devil at Devils@Cradle Tasmanian devil sanctuary, northwest Tasmania. It is located just 500 metres from the entrance to the Cradle Mountain National Park, and boasts stunning views of Cradle Mountain. This unique alpine conservation park combines comfort with high quality education and viewing and your closest ever encounter with a Tasmanian devil, guaranteed.

Events

Exhibitions and Shows (1)
1. Turning of the Fagus Every autumn, Tasmanians follow the tradition of flocking to locations where the Fagus tree can be found, to witness its spectacular range of autumn colours from rust red through to brilliant gold. Called ‘The Turning of the Fagus’, this stunning sight can only be seen in Tasmania and nowhere else in the world. The autumn turning of the fagus tree occurs in ate April and early May.
Festivals and Celebrations (1)
1. Tastings at the Top Join us at Peppers Cradle Mountain Lodge, one of Tasmania’s iconic wilderness experiences, as we celebrate the 19th year of Tasmania’s premier culinary event ‘Tastings at the Top’. A gourmet extravaganza rated among the country’s best food and wine experiences; a 3-day festival celebrating the finer things in life – a chance to celebrate the very best in Tasmanian produce. From degustation dinners to cooking demonstrations, fresh produce markets to wine and cheese tastings and decadent spa treatments at the famous Waldheim Alpine Spa, Tastings at the Top encompasses the very best Tasmania has to offer.

Tours

Full Day (5)
1. Cradle Coast Tours Cradle Coast Tours are experts in showing visitors around Tasmania’s north-west region. Cradle Coast Tours focus on ensuring their guests have a relaxed holiday, and their guides have first-hand knowledge of the local area.
2. Cradle Mountain Canyons Cradle Mountain Canyons offers quality canyoning tours around the Cradle Mountain area, in northwest Tasmania. The business is wholly Tasmanian owned and operated. The operation is based in the Cradle Mountain National Park, and takes you to spectacular, rarely seen areas and canyons. Come along for an adventure and see for yourself.
3. Holiday Coast Day Tours Holiday Coast Day Tours offer full and half-day scenic tours to the north-west coast and Cradle Mountain. There are five tours for you to choose from, including full-day tours to Circular Head and Stanley, Marakoopa Caves and Wildlife Park, Tamar Valley, and Cradle Mountain. You can also enjoy a half-day tour to Leven Canon taking in the Forth Valley and Gunns Plains.
4. Regency Vip Regency VIP provides half-day and full-day car tours in Tasmania. Explore the history and beauty of the island state in the luxury of a tour car.
5. Tasmanian Aero Club (Incorporating Tasmanian Air Charter) The Tasmanian Aero Club is located at Launceston Airport and provides scenic flights around Tasmania. Scenic flights include Launceston’s city sights, the Tamar Valley, Flinders Island, magnificent Cradle Mountain, Lake Pedder in Tasmania’s Wilderness World Heritage Area, Strahan, and the central highlands region. The club offers charter flights across Tasmania in single and twin engine aircrafts. Flight durations vary from 30-minutes to six hours.
Half Day (1)
1. Cradle Mountain Helicopters Cradle Mountain Helicopters offering scenic flights is based in Cradle Mountain in Tasmania’s Central Highlands. Cradle Mountain helicopters can share with you the highly acclaimed features of the Cradle Mountain World Heritage area. From the comfort of the helicopter you can enjoy unique and stunning views of Cradle Mountain, Dove Lake, Barn Bluff, Waterfall Valley, Crater Lake, along with Fury Gorge, Australia's deepest gorge.

Visitor Information

Visitor Information Centres (1)
1. Cradle Mountain Visitor Information Centre On the park boundary the visitor centre has an interpretive display, ranger station, park information, walker registration and up-to-date weather reports. Alpine weather changes rapidly always carry waterproof gear, even on summer day walks. There are many superb short walks from the centre and the Dove Lake car park, 14 km further on.

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Address:

14 Main Street

Mobile:

0407 335 925

Email:

hjsmith14@hotmail.com

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