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.
Posted By : Sarah_W
Great experience, Paul was an excellent guide, very friendly and knowledgeable, and we saw lots of wildlife.
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Posted On : 2024-06-25 22:59:03 
Posted By : Jim_C
Very knowledgeable tour guide, knew about the history of the area.
also knew about the flora and fauna of the area.
lots of walking during the tour, some in daylight and in the dark.
walking by the river looking for platypus, saw two spent quite a while on this, then found bats , wallabies.
a great evening meal in a historic hotel with loads of features.
well worth the time with plenty to see.
this was a small party tour in a minibus would recommend this tour to everyone.
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Posted On : 2024-05-28 18:30:35
Posted By : Sean_P
We were picked up in the afternoon and got to stop and look at Wallabys, and we went to look at the Platypus about an hour before sunset (the peak time to view them). We actually got to see 3 or 4 of them, which are extremely hard to spot (many locals haven’t even seen them). We also saw Flying Foxes, a poisonous caterpillar, and we also saw a few Opossums during our night tour in the jungle.
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Posted On : 2024-05-18 20:58:04
Posted By : Rodney_B
Great tour and appears to be timed just right to see nocturnal animals in the wild. Paul was an excellent guide and very knowledgeable. We were fortunate enough to see Platypus swimming and feeding as well as flying foxes and various other local flora and fauna. Visiting the curtain fig at night was quite interesting with Paul pointing out an algae that glows in the dark at the base of the tree. Not something you see on the day tours! Walking along a road winding through the rain forest looking for wild life was fascinating. We were supplied with binoculars for use during the tour as well and shown how to use them properly. Turns out I'd been doing it wrong for years. Who knew!! An added bonus, for me anyway, was being up in the mountains at night and no light pollution when you looked up at the sky you got a spectacular view of the milky way. Overall the tour was one of the best and most informative I've been on. Very impressed. I should also mention that apart from the above the tour bus was comfortable and morning tea and lunch was excellent.
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Posted On : 2024-05-16 18:53:13
Posted By : Zohara S
Great guide and a really good tour for beginning to explore the wildlife of the Cairns area. Would definitely recommend!!
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Posted On : 2024-05-09 21:46:46 
Posted By : gillmG6357RN
What a great trip. Paul knew exactly where to go so we came up close to tree kangaroo, rat kangaroo, platypus and so much more. The night time view of the fig tree just took my breath away. His knowledge was bottomless and the pub dinner in a traditional aussie village was outstanding. Thank you Paul for a memorable time.
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Posted On : 2024-04-19 19:22:58
Posted By : Bailey_D
Amazing! Had so much fun, learned so much about the wildlife and plants. Got to see a wild platypus and so much more. Would do this tour again!
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Posted On : 2024-04-05 04:42:28
Posted By : Mathieu_G
This was a wonderful opportunity to experience the rainforest through a guided visit with a guide who is clearly extremely knowledgeable and passionate about his work. He has a gregarious and engaging personality that made time go by quickly. He also has a keen ability to spot animals and point them out to us. All necessary equipment was provided and we were instructed on how to optimally use binoculars. On our day, my impression is that we saw less animals than on his average tours, but it is nature and one cannot go in with specific expectations. We did still see plenty of variety. Being able to explore the forest at night was a very unique experience and the finale was definitely memorable. Dinner was also excellent. Would be happy to recommend!
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Posted On : 2024-03-22 20:28:49
Posted By : teresa_y
Paul our driver was absolutely fantastic, we saw almost all the animals he promised and even some that we didn’t expect to see. Dinner was sooooo!!!! Good and they gave you more than you can eat. I had the Parmi dinner and would have it again. My group and I highly recommend this tour, beware there is a lot of walking , but well worth it.
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Posted On : 2024-03-18 19:39:01
Posted By : Gil_S
The evening walk through the forest, seeing nocturnal animals, and the view of the night sky full of stars was an experience I won't forget. The only negative was the trip up and down the mountain on the winding road. I would do this again an again.
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Posted On : 2024-03-14 17:48:23
