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Cradle Mountain Private Day Tour from Burnie Cruise Terminal

Stand at the edge of one of Australia's most iconic wilderness landscapes — ancient glacial peaks, mirror lakes, and buttongrass plains inside a UNESCO World Heritage park. This is Tasmania's single greatest natural spectacle, delivered door-to-dock.

What to expect

Your guide whisks you southeast through rolling farmland before the landscape erupts into ancient dolerite domes. At Dove Lake the full panorama of Cradle Mountain reflects in still water — a photograph that defines Tasmania. You walk the lake circuit at your own pace, your guide narrating the geology and endemic wildlife. Wombats and wallabies are a near-certainty; echidnas and Bennetts wallabies frequent the buttongrass margins.

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Burnie Shore Excursions
AUD 195–AUD 245 per person (private small-group, confirm at booking)
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Good to know

Cradle Mountain is 85 km from Burnie — allow a full day (7–8 hrs). Book direct with Burnie Shore Excursions; they specialise in cruise-passenger logistics and monitor all-aboard times. Layer up: the mountain plateau sits at 1,545 m and weather changes fast even in summer.

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