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Cairns & Port Douglas Explore New Zealand, Australia & Fiji!
Nocturnal Wildlife Tour - See Platypus and Rainforest Animals in the Wild - Departs Cairns
Offering the best of both worlds, day time and night wildlife spotting tour visiting locations across the Atherton Tablelands. Spotlighting at the giant 500 year old Curtain Fig Tree and keep a close eye out for a variety of rare emdemic species within a small group
Offering the best of both worlds, day time and night wildlife spotting tour visiting locations across the Atherton Tablelands. Spotlighting at the giant 500 year old Curtain Fig Tree and keep a close eye out for a variety of rare emdemic species within a small group
Highlights
- Platypus spotting at dusk at our private viewing area
- See wildlife in their natural habitat, at night time when they most active
- Looking out for the Musky Rat Kangaroo
- Interpretive rainforest walking trials
- Afternoon Tea at Lake Barrine
- Dinner at a country restaurant
- Spotlighting at the giant 500 year old Curtain Fig Tree
- Small group tours, maximum of 11 guests
Come and join Wait-a-While Rainforest Wildlife Tours for an unforgettable nocturnal tour on the Atherton Tablelands. On this afternoon and evening tour you will visit a number of locations across the Atherton Tablelands, rich in bio-diversity, featuring tropical rainforests, volcanic crater lakes, and view native wildlife in their natural environment.
We depart pick you up from your Cairns/Palm Cove accomodation and make our way to the Atherton Tablelands with a few stopovers on the way to spot wildlife.
We head to Lake Barrine for afternoon tea and a rainforest walk before heading on to an exclusive Platypus spotting area! Here you have the highest of chances of spotting a Platypus in the wild.
We take you to a fantastic local restaurant for dinner and once darkness settles in we head off. We take you spotlighting at the giant 500 year old Curtain Fig Tree. Keep a close eye out for wildlife such as the Lumholtz Tree Kangaroo, Leaf Tailed Geckos and a variety of rare endemic ringtail possums.
We then return home with an increased appreciation of the beauty of the rainforest and the wildlife that inhabit the region.
Available Bookings from 7 Jan to 20 Jan 2025
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- Adult$150.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$159.00
- Family$750.00
- Adult$220.00
- Child$200.00
- Family$750.00
- Adult$189.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$159.00
- Family$750.00
- Adult$220.00
- Child$200.00
- Family$750.00
- Adult$150.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$159.00
- Family$750.00
- Adult$220.00
- Child$200.00
- Family$750.00
- Adult$220.00
- Child$200.00
- Family$750.00
- Adult$150.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$159.00
- Family$750.00
- Adult$220.00
- Child$200.00
- Family$750.00
- Adult$189.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$159.00
- Family$750.00
- Adult$220.00
- Child$200.00
- Family$750.00
- Adult$150.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$159.00
- Family$750.00
- Adult$220.00
- Child$200.00
- Family$750.00
- Adult$220.00
- Child$200.00
- Family$750.00
Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme
Fantastic experience 👏
Josh Walker from
NZ
Fantastic experience 👏
Josh Walker from
NZ
Fantastic experience 👏
Josh Walker from
NZ
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Amir Ibrahim from
Finland
Great animal sightings and informative trip
Zara Mcnally from
Australia
Amazing trip, amazing guide
Paula Cortie from
Australia
Amazing trip, amazing guide
Paula Cortie from
Australia
Amazing trip, amazing guide
Paula Cortie from
Australia
Amazing experience
Roweth family from
Australia
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Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme
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Severin Johnson from Australia wrote on 11 September 2024
amazing
what a tour! if you're fascinated by wildlife, especially in the unique settings in the ancient rainforests around cairns, then go for this tour. Paul the guide is so skilled at finding all the wildlife in surroundings where you'd never spot them yourself and is very knowledgeable about all the animals you see. he equips you with binoculars, too, which helps to really get a proper glimpse of the animals that are sometimes hard to spot with the naked eye. Couldn't recommend it more highly.
emmam15 from Australia wrote on 11 May 2024
A+
This was a wonderful and unforgettable experience. Paul is a great guide! Highly recommend this! We have a wonderful video of the platypus we saw, that Paul took and airdropped to my phone!
tess17 from South Korea wrote on 03 December 2023
너무 행복했어요
오리너구리를 보았습니다ㅠㅠㅠ 동물원이 아닌 야생에서 사냥하는 걸 보다니 너무 기뻤어요 그리고 가이드 분이 야생동물을 대하는 자세가 매우좋았어요. 정말 그들의 삶을 해치지 않고 살짝 엿보는 느낌이에요. 사실 불빛 하나 없는 곳을 탐험할 일이 살면서 얼마나 있겠어요. 꼭 오리너구리가 아니라도 인디아나 존스 찍는 기분이라 좋았어요 해가 지기 전에는 그냥 그랬는데 해지니까 본격적으로 재밌어졌어요. 여러분 꼭하세요ㅠㅠ
Josh Walker from New Zealand wrote on 15 September 2023
Fantastic experience 👏
Great tour, the guide was very knowledgeable, charming and friendly. We got to see a really good view of the platypus and the night walks were really atmospheric. Would highly recommend
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Maksym Razdorozhnyi from Australia wrote on 27 September 2024
Good fun
Quite a unique thing to do especially for big-city people - wandering in the rainforest at night. Enjoyed it. As a huge bonus spotted platypus in the wild, which was also great.