Cairns: Night Walk in Cairns Botanic Garden
ID: GYG398507-724370
Category:
Country: Australia
Duration:
02:00 hours
Description
Take small group photography tour through the rainforest boardwalk of the Cairns Botanic Gardens with renowned macro photographer Bridgette Gower. Discover how the garden comes to life at night.
Experience the rainforest boardwalk of the Cairns Botanic Gardens as the nocturnal creatures wake up for the night with this small group tour.
Have a quick safety briefing at the meeting point and start a walking route that has been adapted for the season. Visit a number of host plants that are habitats for regularly seen creatures. Take the opportunity to capture photographs of some nocturnal creatures
Find white-lipped tree frogs and northern stony creek frogs. Marvel at busy spiders such as net-casting spiders, garden orb-weavers, and Huntsmans. See critters that only come out at night and usually go unseen.
Listen to a chorus of frog croaks, cricket chirps, and cicada buzzes as the rainforest comes alive. Keep your eyes peeled for micro-bats, Papuan frogmouth birds, striped possums, speckled flying foxes, longicorn beetles, Pademelons and Echidnas.
Highlights
- Listen to the sounds of frogs, crickets, and cicadas
- Discover local insects, spiders, and animals
- Snap photos of nightlife in a garden setting
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please come to the Cairns Botanic Gardens and we will meet at the main entrance on Collins Ave. There are some seats in a covered entrance. Please wait here for your guide. There are toilets behind the café about 50 meters inside the gardens.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
