Rob's Rainforest Explorer Day Tours Queensland Australia

Touring Options

Glasshouse Mountains and Kondalilla Falls

Seventy kilometres north of Brisbane lie the mystical Glasshouse Mountains. Travel around the mountains to a fire tower lookout, hear stories and legends about this family of mountains. Enjoy morning tea surrounded by the magnificent scenery.

Travel to other lookout point over the mountains, then on to Kondalilla Falls National Park and a five kilometre guided rainforest walk which takes you deep into the canopy of the rainforest to the base of an 80 metre waterfall. Walking back to the top of the falls to swim in the rockpool.

Travelling back by the Glasshouse Mountains silhouetted against the setting sun.

Lamington National Park

South of Brisbane is the World Heritage Lamington National Park, which contains the largest area of sub-tropical rainforest in the world. Perched at 1000 metres above sea level it offers spectacular scenery and a fantastic variety of rainforest birds and animals.

A choice of walks from five to nine kilometres long, takes you through deep and ancient rainforest to spectacular waterfalls and rockpools.

After a long trek, walk along a suspension bridge through the canopy of the rainforest and climb a 30 metre rainforest tree.

Driving down the mountain in the late afternoon, look for wallabies feeding.

Springbrook National Park

At World Heritage listed National Park of Springbrook, follow a track which descends deep into the rainforest. The five kilometre track takes you through the thundering mists of Rainbow, Twin and Blackfellow Falls, have lunch beside one. The track follows the base of a steep canyon and leads to the top, giving spectacular views to the Gold Coast and Pacific Ocean.

In the afternoon, drive to the top of the Plateau and walk down through rainforest to a lookout point with views over the crater of an ancient volcano to the Pacific Ocean – ‘The Best Lookout in the World’.