Cradle Mountain World heritage 1 Day Trip (Depart from Launceston)

• All-Day Trip: Departs Launceston at 7:00-7:30 am, Monday, Wednesday and Friday
• Duration: 10 Hours (7 am - 6 pm).

Cradle Mountain and Dove Lake offer superb natural beauty, wildlife and Tasmania’s premier day walking opportunities on this tour day designed for the Active traveller. Experience ancient rainforests, alpine heaths, glacial lakes, rugged mountains and close encounters with our local wildlife.

Highlights

• Cradle Mountain World Heritage Area
• Enchanted Walk
• Dove Lake Circuit Walk (easy grade 6 km) or Marion’s Lookout (medium grade)
• Weindorfers Chalet
• Guided walks & Interpretation
• Sheffield – historic ‘Town of Murals’
• Van Diemen's Land Ice Creamery
• Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm

After departing Launceston we enjoy a short stop in Sheffield – The Town of Murals. Sheffield is a small and quirky rural village, in the foothills of the mountains. Sheffield is Tasmania’s own outdoor art gallery, featuring over 100 paintings on the walls of buildings across the town. The artwork depicts the history of the Cradle Mountain region and is a great taster of what is to come before we continue onwards into the mountains.

Arriving at the Cradle Mountain National Park, we prepare for the walking opportunities ahead of us. We aim for around 4 – 5 hours in the National Park, to really make the most of the trails. We begin our adventures with one of Tasmania's Great Short Walks, which gives us the perfect introduction to the area of the Enchanted Walk trail. It is an easy 20-minute circuit following Pencil Pine Creek.

Our main hike for today's tour begins from Dove Lake with 2 walking options available. Here you can choose your preferred main walk. There is the iconic Dove Lake Circuit which is a 6-kilometre track, classified as easy and usually takes 2-3 hours. This is one of the premier walks in Tasmania, the track undulates around Dove Lake and traverses beneath Cradle Mountain. All the magnificent flora can be viewed on this walk, with button grass, myrtle, sassafras, fagus and King Billy Pine along the way, along with epic views of Cradle Mountain.

For the more active and avid hiker, we offer the chance to climb to the loftier heights of Marion’s Lookout. This is around 4 kilometres but is classified as a medium-grade hike, with some steep sections. Marions Lookout sits at 1200m and provides breathtaking 360-degree views of the surrounding World Heritage wilderness area.

We stop along the way for a lunch break, enjoy a rest by a quiet stream, watch the famous and friendly Cradle wombats in their natural habitat, or take the time to photograph the landscapes. Learn some of the local history as we visit Weindorfer’s Chalet and see the ancient King Billy Pines on Weindorfer’s Forest Walk.

On our return to Launceston, we stop to refresh and refuel at the delicious Van Diemen's Land Ice Creamery and Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm.

We return to Launceston around 6:00 pm after a huge yet unforgettable Cradle Mountain day.