Cradle Mountain Canyons

Name: Cradle Mountain Canyons
Address: 3845 Cradle Mountain Road, Cradle Mountain, TAS, 7306, AU
Telephone: +611300032384
Price range: $$
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Cradle Mountain Canyons

We run canyoning tours at Cradle Mountain, Tasmania.
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Float, jump, abseil, slide and swim your way through a beautiful and hidden part of the Wilderness World Heritage Area. Discover the secret side of Cradle Mountain by exploring the remote hidden canyons of the spectacular Dove River. Cradle Mountain Canyons is a small outdoor adventure company owned and operated by Tasmanians with a passion for the great outdoors. We specialise in half and full da

y tours, taking our guests to places only accessible by canyoning and giving them a unique insight to Tasmania’s wilderness.

30/05/2024

We have a kayak tour out on Dove Lake 9am this Sunday with three spots available. Conditions look epic, with sunshine, no wind and, if we're lucky, a bit of snow on the mountain.

I've been hanging out for a trip with a glassy lake and snow on the mountain, and hopefully this will be the one. Check out our website or give us a call or message to book.

19/05/2024

We've got kayak tours running on Dove Lake Monday and Wednesday at 1030am. Spaces available.

Check out this story from Tourism Tas about our Off Season kayaking tours:

Paddle upon Dove Lake in a King Billy pine kayak with Cradle Mountain Canyons co-owner Anthony O’Hern, who shares how to embrace the north-west wilds.

08/05/2024

Canyoning season is officially over, but we'll still be getting out and about in the off season when we have a group keen and conditions are ok. We've got a couple of places available on Friday.

Couple of photos here of trips we've had out today and yesterday.

Definitely cold in there. Lovely if you're keen though.

01/05/2024

We still have a few spots available for a kayak tour on Dove Lake at Cradle Mountain tomorrow. It looks like being glassy out there with the sun shining. Prime conditions. $155 per person. Check out our website or shoot us a message to book. Photo by Cameron Bloom.

30/04/2024

🔅 We could not have had a more magical final trip through Dove Canyon on Sunday! The way the sunlight caught the mist in the canyon was out of this world. Our guides decided to celebrate the occasion by dressing up 🤪

✅️ We've officially wrapped up our canyon season for this summer (minus a few odd private bookings here and there in May). That marks 14 seasons now for Cradle Mountain Canyons!

📅 Our 24/25 trips are already available for canyoning from November onwards, and we'll be running kayak tours through the winter where possible. So you can still come along and say g'day!

27/04/2024

Epic conditions for kayaking at Cradle Mountain this Wednesday and Thursday!

Our season officially ends today, but we are going to put trips on over the off season when conditions are good.

We actually get the best conditions for kayaking on Dove Lake in the off season. It can be like paddling through a mirror, with the mountain reflected perfectly.

We have put up some trips for Wednesday and Thursday, because it looks like being amazing. The fagus is out too, so it is going to be unreal out there.

These photos by are from a trip a couple of weeks ago when we got out for a paddle with the amazing

Message us if you would like to come for a paddle in our hand built King Billy pine kayaks on Dove Lake this week.

19/04/2024

Absolute stellar combo of high water and sunshine in Dove Canyon today. One week left on canyoning season in Tasmania, which finishes at the end of April. Get in quick!

28/03/2024

Conditions look epic for kayaking and canyoning this Easter weekend and we have space on a number of tours. After last week's rain we have the absolute ideal combo of river levels and weather coming up. Check out availability below and let us know if you want to jump on. You definitely won't regret it.

Dove Lake Kayak: Two to three hours paddling on Dove lake in kayaks hand crafted from King Billy Pine. Space available at 9am and 1pm Easter Saturday and Sunday.

Machinery Canyon: An epic canyoning tour with six big waterfall abseils. We don't do this one very often but have five spots available on Saturday.

Dove Canyon: Our most popular canyoning trip. Jumping sliding and abseiling off waterfalls in spectacular World Heritage Wilderness. Five spots available Good Friday, two on Saturday, four on Monday and Tuesday.

Lost World Canyon: Our family friendly canyoning adventure. Four spots available Sunday 8.30am and eight available 1.30pm.

23/03/2024

Canyoning really is very fun. Some shots of the good times in Dove Canyon from yesterday.

18/03/2024

Such moody light in Dove Canyon yesterday made for some lovely pics.

We also found a very cute ring tail possum who had fallen into the canyon and gotten stranded. We put him in the lunch bag and carried him out and he ran free into the rain forest. Will post a video of that in the next couple of days.

06/03/2024

We're heading into the magnificent Machinery Canyon this Saturday. We don't do this one very often, so this is a great opportunity. It is a massive gorge that runs through a fault line in the rock.

In this hidden world you'll find six waterfalls that hardly anyone gets to see - including the spectacular Petrifying Falls, named by Henry Hellyer in 1823. This waterfall was famous for a short period in Tasmania's history as Hellyer was convinced it had magical properties. It was gradually forgotten about though and is now very rarely visited.

Please do join us this Saturday. We will meet at Cradle Mountain at 830am and we'll be done by 4pm ish. 345 bucks per person. All gear, lunch, two guides and bus ride to and from the canyon included.

Check out our website, or give us a message or call to book.

03/03/2024

This could be you! Sunny weather from tomorrow up at Cradle Mountain! 🌞

Perfect conditions for paddling on Dove Lake in one of our handcrafted King Billy Pine Kayaks!

Spots are limited, but we still have space on our 9am and 1pm tours this week! Summer is over, but it's still a beautiful time to explore this area.

26/02/2024

So many cracking poses off Pit Falls on the weekend, it's hard to pick a favourite.

12/02/2024

We have two last minute spots just opened up on this weekend's three day packrafting trip. Starting in Launceston 830am Sat 17 Feb. Three days paddling in beautiful Tasmanian wilderness. No experience necessary, all gear provided.

We also have space on the below trips:

Sat 24 Feb: 1 place available. Guaranteed departure.
Sat 2 March: Plenty of space, but need another three to book on to guarantee departure.
Sat 9 March: 2 places available. Guaranteed departure.

We would love to have you!

05/02/2024

On our Dove Lake Kayak tour you will paddle in one of the most iconic wilderness locations in Australia in boats we have built with our own little hands out of King Billy pine. It's pretty epic and we'd love to have you.

31/01/2024

Sensational conditions in Dove Canyon at the moment after a fair bit of rain the last couple of weeks. These photos from yesterday's trip.

Still space on trips tomorrow, Sat and Sun.

30/01/2024

Great story from ABC about poo pods/tubes. If you are adventuring in the Tassie wilderness, you need to familiarise yourself with this wonderful piece of technology.

The old advice for pooing in the bush was to dig a 15cm hole. That advice doesn't work for Tassie anymore. The number of people pooing in the bush has increased greatly, for one thing. And when you've got to go, you've got to go, and the number of people who actually get to 15 cm in the heat of the moment is very small.

There's now a lot of poo lying around in some very special places on our lovely little island and the poor old park rangers spend a lot of time picking it up.

If you come on a three day packrafting trip with us, you'll be introduced to the world of the poo tube. Once you get into the swing of it, you'll never look back.

Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service

Wilderness rangers encourage bushwalkers to use poo pots after noticing an "unprecedented" amount of human faeces in remote places.

30/01/2024

Do you have outdoorsy, adventurous kids!?!? Our Lost World Canyon tour could be the highlight experience of their Tasmanian summer holidays - it's not too late to book for this week!!

14/01/2024

Party clothes day in Phoenix Gorge for guide yesterday. Just because it's warm, so why not.

We don't get into this one very often. If you've done one of our other full day canyons and can get a crew of between four and eight together, get in touch and we'll put a trip on.

Lots of action on this one including a zip line and Big Cheese - a 30m waterfall that we abseil half of, before dropping off the end of the rope and sliding the rest.

07/01/2024

We have spaces available for a trip through the magnificent Dove Canyon Tues to Saturday this week. And with a bit of rain coming tomorrow, conditions could be perfect. A great opportunity for some summer time canyoning.

05/01/2024

She floats! Finally got our latest King Billy pine kayak finished yesterday and out on the lake last night... just in time, as it's out on tour this morning.

You would think it would be easy by the third boat, but we had some major dramas with this one. As the epoxy cured, the hull expanded and the deck contracted, so they weren't even close to fitting when we went to stick the two halves together.

After a few tears, I spent Christmas Day, with the assistance of and .roo.tattoo forcing the two halves together with four rolls of gaffer tape, allowing me to fibreglass the inside to hold it all together!

It's done now and is a dream to paddle out on Dove Lake!

The project's not done yet. We'll build one more double kayak, maybe a single, and a fleet of paddles. Definitely having a little time away from boat building now before getting stuck into that though.

Come join us for a paddle on Dove Lake in these kayaks we've made with our own little hands sometime soon. Tours out most days.

04/01/2024

The 5-star reviews have been rolling in this summer thanks to our incredible team of guides! 🤩

Come meet our guides yourself. Have a chat, have a laugh, and enjoy the adventure! They really are an 11/10

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01/01/2024

Got plans for the Jan 26 public holiday? We have space on two of our three day packrafting trips in Jan - the Jan 20 and Jan 26 departures.

Three days and two nights in a stunning part of the Tassie wilds. Fun rapids, epic campsites, all gear provided, no experience necessary.

It's a fantastic way to spend a long weekend and we'd love to have you along with us :)

27/12/2023

Couple of epic photos from our guide from the Dove Lake Kayak tour. Come join us for a paddle in our lovingly hand crafted King Billy pine kayaks.

Address

3845 Cradle Mountain Road
Cradle Mountain, TAS
7306

Telephone

+611300032384

Website

http://www.cradlemountaincanyons.com.au/

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Not a bad way to see the fagus! Places available on a Dove Lake Kayak tour this Monday 1030am.

You haven't missed your chance to book onto our Dove Canyon tour yet! We still have spaces available over the Easter long weekend! 🐰 Come down for a splash before the season is out 💦 Or like, share and save this post for future seasons! Our 2024/25 dates are bookable online now! 🙌 We'll see you there! #canyons #tours #adventure #outdoor #tasmania #cradlemountain

Our Dove Lake Kayak tour puts you smack bang in the guts of one of Australia's most iconic wilderness landscapes. And to make it extra special, you'll be in a kayak we've made with our own little hands from King Billy pine. King Billy pine is a very special Tasmanian timber. It is only found on our lovely little island, and it has been illegal to cut it down for decades. A saw mill on west coast Tas has a shed containing " the last King Billy in captivity". It was harvested in the '60s and was the source of the timber we have made these kayaks from. As a historical link, Gustav Weindorfer took people on Dove Lake in a King Billy pine boat 100 years ago - one of Tasmania's first adventure tourism products. At the end of the lake, we make a cup of tea and take a stroll into the Ballroom Forest to see some ancient King Billys that have been watching over Cradle Mountain for more than 1000 years. This has been a labour of love for us, with about 200 hours of work going into each boat. The kayak design by @guillemotkayaks is beautiful, stable and a joy to paddle. It's a treat for us to get people out on the lake in these kayaks. Please join us for a paddle sometime soon! @tasmania @australia @tasmaniaparks @visitnorthwesttasmania @guillemotkayaks #seeaustralia #tasmania #cradlemountain #dovelake #woodenkayak #woodenboat #kingbillypine @seatosummit

We very often have a platypus cruising around in front of us as we have dinner at camp on night one of our three day packrafting trips. Never had an echidna though - until two days ago. This spot doesn't have an official name. I usually call it Mini Veranda Cliffs (because it's similar to the Veranda Cliffs on the Franklin). Maybe Monotreme Alley is better?

How many people can we fit behind Freestyle Falls? Sunny, low water conditions at Cradle Mountain mean we're able to get in behind a few of our unique waterfalls. If this November has been anything to go by, we'll have a beautiful, hot and sunny December ahead! There's still space available for our Dove Canyon tours through December! Link to our website in our bio 👌 #canyon #outdoor #adventure #Tasmania #australia #waterfall #fun

What even is canyoning? This clip from Dove Canyon will give you the idea.

I've tried various techniques for bending timber while building these kayaks. This very simple method, suggested to us by Ray from Distinctive Timbers Tasmania, turns out to be the best, at least with the timbers we use. Here I'm bending some myrtle for the cockpit coming. Myrtle is harder and bends easier than King Billy, so I've used it in a few places on the kayaks. #tasmania #timber #woodenboat

We've got space on our March 3 packrafting trip (three days). All other packrafting trips are booked out for the rest of the season, so if you want to get on one, this is your chance. Check out our latest promo vid of Alum Cliffs packrafting to get you in the mood. Please watch with the volume up to enjoy the lovely tune Banjo Serendipity by the lovely Kenna Reid-Clark

After some cancellations we've got space on the Dec 9 and 16 three day packrafting trips. A better weekend in the Tassie Wilds you would struggle to find. Would love for you to join us. #tasmania #australia #seeaustralia #packrafting #rafting #kayaking

Katy coming over Horsey Falls yesterday. Footage is wobbly because I had my eye on the rope bag as it was about to drift over the next waterfall! Finally got some high water after a very dry summer. #canyoneering #canyoning #tasmania #cradlemountain

We got out for the final full dress rehearsal of our new packrafting adventure with good friends last weekend. Here's a quick edit of the footage we got, set to some funky royalty free tunes from the interwebs ('Urban Hip Hop Boom Bap', in case you were wondering). Next trip is December 3 and, due to the borders being closed to NSW, there are a few spots still available. We're very excited to be running this three day trip this year. Check out our website for more info.