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Springbrook andTamborine Rainforest Tour Incl Natural Bridge and Glow Worm Cave
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- 8 hours 45 minutes
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Discover the diverse wildlife of South East Queensland when you travel to the Springbrook plateau, Numinbah Valley and Mt Tamborine on a full-day tour from Brisbane. Your guide leads a leisurely walk in Springbrook National Park to see two stunning waterfalls, Natural Bridge and a glow worm cave. Have time to relax and enjoy the waterfalls and rainforest on this small-group tour with numbers limited to 21 participants, ensuring a more personalized experience.
- Full-day tour of Springbrook National Park and Tamborine National Park from Brisbane
- Drive through the picturesque Numinbah Valley and hike past rock pools and waterfalls in the rainforest
- Stop at Natural Bridge and see the Glow Worm Caves
- Includes round-trip transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Small-group tour limited to 21 people for an intimate experience
Why Travelers Choose This Tour
Visit two national parks, both part of the UNESCO-listed Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.
What's Included
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Driver/guide
- National Park fees
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
- Coffee and/or Tea
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 222 Margaret St, Brisbane City QLD 4000, Australia
Tours depart at 7:45am (Check In 7:35am) from the loading zone in front of 222 Margaret Street, Brisbane. This is outside the Skytower Apartments and between Albert and Edward Streets. Hotel pickups are not available.
Start time
07:45 AM
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
Your day starts with morning pickup at Brisbane Transit Centre and a scenic drive through Numinbah Valley with views of Mt Tamborine. Approximately 62 miles (100 km) south of Brisbane, you reach Springbrook National Park, which lies within the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage area.
Follow your guide on a hike that takes you into the rainforest and past waterfalls in this lush landscape. Hear about the region’s diverse wildlife, which includes more than 1,700 species of flowering plants and 500 vertebrate animals. Keep an eye out for pademelons (similar to wallabies), goannas, Australian water dragons and Australian brush-turkeys.
Near the arched rock of Natural Bridge, you can see Cave Creek waterfall as it plunges into a pool below as well as a cave with glow worms, which resemble tiny stars on the cave walls. Be on the lookout for Australian wildlife such as rosellas, king parrots, bowerbirds and kangaroos.
In the afternoon, take a guided tour of the Tamorine Mountain Glow Worm Caves at Cedar Creek, for your final rainforest walk of the day. See an audio-visual display on glow worms, whose brilliant blue-green lights are actually emitted by the tiny larvae of a fungus fly. Step inside the second cave filled with thousands of glowing worms!
Stroll along the Curtis Falls track, a moderately challenging 1-mile (1.6-km) trail that includes 101 steps. Descend beneath towering gum trees to the viewing platform over Curtis Creek, then continue down to a second platform overlooking a waterfall that cascades into a large rock pool.
After the drive back to Brisbane, you're dropped off at your original departure point.
Follow your guide on a hike that takes you into the rainforest and past waterfalls in this lush landscape. Hear about the region’s diverse wildlife, which includes more than 1,700 species of flowering plants and 500 vertebrate animals. Keep an eye out for pademelons (similar to wallabies), goannas, Australian water dragons and Australian brush-turkeys.
Near the arched rock of Natural Bridge, you can see Cave Creek waterfall as it plunges into a pool below as well as a cave with glow worms, which resemble tiny stars on the cave walls. Be on the lookout for Australian wildlife such as rosellas, king parrots, bowerbirds and kangaroos.
In the afternoon, take a guided tour of the Tamorine Mountain Glow Worm Caves at Cedar Creek, for your final rainforest walk of the day. See an audio-visual display on glow worms, whose brilliant blue-green lights are actually emitted by the tiny larvae of a fungus fly. Step inside the second cave filled with thousands of glowing worms!
Stroll along the Curtis Falls track, a moderately challenging 1-mile (1.6-km) trail that includes 101 steps. Descend beneath towering gum trees to the viewing platform over Curtis Creek, then continue down to a second platform overlooking a waterfall that cascades into a large rock pool.
After the drive back to Brisbane, you're dropped off at your original departure point.
Tamborine Mountain
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Natural Bridge
1 hour 10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Tamborine Mountain Glow Worm Caves
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Curtis Falls
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Canungra
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Small-group tour, maximum 21 participants
- Near public transportation
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Youna_P
Great tour guide, really enjoyed this trip. Especially our guide was really enthusiastic, telling us a lot of histories and backgrounds of those places and sightseeing areas and also trying to make us experience of those wild animals throughout the trip. Highpy recommend this tour with the amazing guide.
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196 reviews
David_M, Apr 2024
An excellent, well-organized tour of the Tamborine and Springbrook natural areas. Most of the tour is pleasant, leisurely driving through sceneric natural areas with a few stops for some easy hikes to waterfalls and other beautiful scenes. Bottled water is provided, and there are plenty of restroom opportunities along the way (be sure to bring hand sanitizer since most public bathrooms don't have soap or hot water). There is a 1.5 hour lunchtime allocation to self-explore the quaint tourist village of Mount Tamborine which offers plenty of coffee, cafes, fudge, wineries, breweries, distilleries, and arts/crafts. James is an excellent host, clearly experienced, with perfect knowledge of how to lead a pleasant and entertaining daytrip. He has an ideal personality and attitude that makes for a perfect tour guide! The only suggestion I have is to offer guests a wine tasting option as an alternative to the glow worm cave since the location offers both.
Florentino_B, Apr 2024
Fantastic day!!! Glow worms were incredibly interesting. We also saw bats, waterfalls, and the rainforest. Guide was very knowledgeable. Highly recommend!
James_L, Mar 2024
This was a very enjoyable tour. Be ready for a long day with lots of walking up and down mountains.
Our guide was very nice and knowledgeable. He went out of his way to make sure the group stayed together, and got to see as much wildlife as possable.
There's a 90 minute stop for lunch in a small town, which has lots of options but you will need to bring cash if you plan on getting something to eat.
The 4☆ part of this review is completely regarding the "glow worm cave". It looks nothing like pictures or videos you might have seen online or on other listings for this tour. Please go in with very low expectations regarding this part of the tour.
Wendy_C, Mar 2024
Pick up was quick and efficient. Our group was small and intimate, and our tour guide was amazing! He knew the area and took us places to have the best chance to see wildlife. We saw all the places listed on the tour, but we also saw the following in the wild: koala, kangaroos, wallabies, pademelon (with a joey), and ferrets. His knowledge was incredible and he was personable to our questions/requests. I highly recommend this tour!
Wendi_C, Mar 2024
The driver/guide James was very knowledgeable and shared a lot of information with us on the way out and on the way back. He was experienced in looking for birds and other animals.
Stephanie_C, Mar 2024
The tour guide was very kind and knowledgeable but this tour wasn’t what I was expecting. I thought it’d be more of a hike rather than a walk. I also didn’t realize that after driving one hour away to the first rainforest, then we’d have to drive another hour to the next rainforest, then one more hour back to the meeting point. I felt car sick and had a headache because there wasn’t a lot of AC in the back where I was sitting, and the volume of the tour guide’s voice over the speaker was so loud. I’m sure others love this tour but it just wasn’t for me.
Liljana_S, Mar 2024
Beautiful nature
Kind people
Driver who speaks too quickly, he knows much, but also can speaks 15min about Cricket or football.
Anyway this tour between price and what you can see is only for 3* and maybe it is the reason why we were only 8 people into the bus.
Charles_B, Feb 2024
James Excellent Guide - Great Commentary & Great at Spotting Wildlife. Had a small group and not rushed.
Ryan_S, Feb 2024
My girlfriend and I really enjoyed the tour. Our tour guide was filled with interesting information about the rainforest and surrounding areas. The only suggestion I would make is possibly offering a private tour. A lot of the tour was ruined by obnoxious fellow tourists (who were verbally reprimanded for touching the glowworms in the glow worm cave).
camille_b, Jan 2024
James is a very knowledgeable and incredibly enthusiastic guide. We've lurnt so much from him.
However I must say that it is a very long day for very little to see. You'll spend about 30min at the waterfall, another 30min at the glow worm cave (that you could visit in one minute but the local guide talks, and talks, and talks). But spent 90min for lunch break when most of us had brought our own sandwiches. Maybe adding another activity could make the tour worth it.
James gets a 5-star rating, though :)
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