Cradle Mountain Day Tour: Fully Inclusive Excursion with Lunch from Launceston

Starting and ending in Launceston, the Cradle Mountain National Park day tour offers a comprehensive, expertly guided experience suitable for all ages.

Tour Highlights:
• Sheffield Murals
• Dove Lake walk
• Glacier Rock
• Waldheim Chalet
• Ashgrove Cheese Factory

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sheffield - Delight in the artistic murals or savor a coffee at the neighborhood bakery.
  • Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre - Visitor center for the local National Parks
  • Cradle Mountain - Visit Cradle Mountain National Park between approximately 10:30 am and 2:30 pm
  • Dove Lake Boatshed - Discover the landscape through the crafted short…
What's Included
  • National Park fees
  • Driver/guide
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Lunch
  • Tea and coffee
  • Bottled water
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking and make your lunch selection
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately, take warm clothes
Location
Sheffield
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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X3487gcshaner
Jul 13, 2025
Great day trip with good guide - Excellent local guide with amazing knowledge of the area and history, He was passionate about his topic and guided us throughout the journey, with amazing facts and a good sense of humor. We got to experience local history and amazing views, with clear skys over cradle mountain and learn the amazing history behind it becoming a heritage park and experience the story of those early pioneers. Highly recommend the trip.
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Linda_f
Jul 9, 2025
Beautiful Day Out - David the guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. The tour was a bit of everything and a great day out. Thoroughly enjoyed the stop in Sheffield where you could get out and find the murals around town. Inside the national park there was time for two short walks with cradle mountain in the background. Really enjoyed the visit to Weindorfer chalet and hearing about its history. The forest walk around the chalet was the most beautiful forest I have ever seen. Saw a few wombats about grazing. Quick trip to cheese factory was a nice way to finish. Thoroughly recommend this tour.
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Di_h
Jul 2, 2025
A fabulous day as an... - A fabulous day as an introduction to the region. We’ll definitely be coming back to explore more of the national park!
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Kristy_a
Jul 2, 2025
Highly recommend. ... - Highly recommend. We had such a wonderful day learning about Tasmania, Cradle Mountain, a variety of towns and varying topics.. the views were incredible, tour guide Dale was fantastic.
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B138877
Jun 30, 2025
Great guide - Great guide. Several interesting places to stop. Cradle Mountain the highlight. Was cold and raining. Wear more layers than you think you need. Great guide
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Huddopa
Jun 29, 2025
Great Cradle Mountain day tour. - Great driver. Very knowledgeable. Enjoyed all the stops. Sheffield and Cradle Mountain. Magnificent scenery at Cradle Mountain. We had an hour to go for a walk. Nice to see some snow. Enjoyed the Ashgrove Cheese factory on the way back. An enjoyable day tour. Paul Hudson
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Jomz9303bt
Jun 22, 2025
Spectacular day - A fantastic way to see Cradle mountain. The weather was perfect and the scenery was spectacular. The stop for cheese platter and red wine finished off an awesome day. Thankyou to our friendly and entertaining driver Aaron who made the whole experience one we will never forget. He looked after us very well.
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Jo_p
Jun 21, 2025
Awesome experience. The... - Awesome experience. The driver David had a lot of knowledge in all the areas. Seeing the native animals especially the wombats was a highlight for me.
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Cdimauro1965
May 27, 2025
This was a fantastic... - This was a fantastic tour. Our guide, David, was knowledgeable and gave a great commentary along the way about the history of the area. The tour was well organised with a lovely lunch. Cradle Mountain is well worth the visit - I would recommend the tour to anyone.
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F4667lfpault
Jun 10, 2025
Cradle Mountain Tour Mostly Enjoyable - The whole day was a very good experience but probably a bit underwhelming. Ben our guide was certainly very knowledgable and passionate about the history of Cradle Mountain and surrounds and our driver Steve did an absolutely great job. The stop at Sheffield was interesting and the quality of the street murals was fantastic. The bakery was also very nice where you could purchase morning tea. The 4 hours in Cradle Mountain National Park is quite misleading as you would think it is purely visiting and walking around, but the drive there and back is roughly 2 and a bit hours each way (which basically makes up the estimated 4 hours), and unfortunately we couldn't enjoy the scenery along the way as the air conditioning on the bus was not working and all the windows were fogged up. The microphone was annoying at times whilst Ben was talking as it would drop out and you couldn't hear what he was saying. Better equipment checks required I would think. Then to Dove Lake which was very enjoyable and scenic but only 1 hour was allowed. Would have enjoyed more time here to enjoy a longer walk but we were under very strict time schedules. Unfortunately the weather was not friendly to us to see the top of the mountains. Always be mindful to bring some warm and wet weather gear as the climate changed quite regularly. There was also a bit of downtime with change of buses within Cradle Mountain. Lunch was very nice and wholesome together with our first serve of water and coffee. Then travelled back to Ashgrove Cheese Factory which was probably not worth the visit. Pick up and drop off were within the timings provided. Overall, whilst we were satisfied with the day, we would have preferred more time at Dove Lake than perhaps stopping at other places. Also not sure whether the $200 per head charge is justified but it is what it is. To Ben and Steve, thanks for your time and professional service.
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From $125
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).