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Personalised Private Platypus Land Tour
Highlights
- Choose your adventure with a personalised tour, tailoring your experience at your own pace.
- Explore the lush Pioneer Valley, discovering rainforest walks and stunning waterfalls along the way.
- Observe playful platypus in their natural habitat, gaining expert tips for the best viewing experience.
- Savour a coffee or tea at the start of your day, setting a relaxed tone for your exploration.
Don’t want to dive and staying dry is your choice? Then this is the tour for you.
Personalised private guided tour where you choose what you want to do, to suit yourself at your pace.
An Australian experience is ideal for everyone, it leaves a lasting memory. Choose your pick-up time from 7.30 am with a coffee/tea to start your day and we’ll discuss your chosen places and others you might not know about but would be interested in.
Tour the Pioneer Valley with walks in the rainforest to waterfalls. Visit lookouts that give stunning views of the Valley. Learn about the platypus with fun facts and practical pointers while you watch them play and feed in their natural habitat. Visit Melba House and learn about Dame Nelly Melba.
What to see sugarcane farms?
Whale watch from Lamberts Beach lookout (seasonal).
If there is anything you wish to see or do, just ask!
Lunch and refreshments included
Included are 30-minute platypus education and practical tips on how to spot a platypus while they eat and play in their natural habitat. 98 per cent of people who see a platypus in the wild see them here.
Itinerary highlights
Learning about the platypus and spotting one in nature
Choose your pick-up time from 7.30 am with a coffee to start your day and a mini-tour of Mackay then, to the Pioneer Valley stopping at Dame Nelly Melba’s house. Continue further into the Valley to Finch Hatton Gorge walking up to Araluen and Wheel of Fire waterfalls. Lunch is included at either the Pinnacle Pub for the famous award-winning Pinnacle Pie or Criterion hotel. Drive on to Eungella for breathtaking views from Goodes Lookout of the Valley followed by a short walk to the Sky window. From here, go to Broken River to spot a platypus in the wild including a 30-minute platypus education and practical tips on how to spot a platypus while they eat and play in their natural habitat. 98 percent of people who see a platypus in the wild see them here.
If your interest is in sugarcane then we can see farms and when the crush is on we can watch the cane cut, shipped in bins to sidings and trains.
This tour is completely adaptable to what you want to see. Nothing is too great or small to help you have the best experience possible.
Tour details
- On demand
Features
Service facilities
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- An appropriate area for toileting an assistance dog is available.
Hearing
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- Staff are trained in communicating with people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- Visual alerts for emergencies (Include flashing light) are available.
- A low noise reception areas with hearing loss friendly acoustics and adequate lighting for viewing facial expressions (includes common areas which are free of background noise, background music) is available.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
- Modify their cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc).
- Staff are trained to respond to allergic reactions.
- Toiletries which are chemical and fragrance free (if requested).
- Uses organic (chemical and fragrance free) cleaning products.
Operation information
Rainforest Scuba
Enjoy this world first experience diving in the rainforest in crystal clear waters where platypus live and play. Will you be one of the few in the water at the same time as a platypus in natural conditions?
There is plenty to see and experience with this unique adventure that the whole family can enjoy from the age of eight and no need to be a certified diver. They can truly claim to give you a unique Australian adventure that everyone can enjoy. Learn about the platypus and other aquatic animals living in the billabong knowing that nothing can bite you, sting you, eat you or drag you away!
They have been voted number one in Queensland and number three in Australia two years running on the Australian bucket list. An exciting, magical, fun, educational and safe experience which has attracted people from all over the world.
Rainforest Scuba is an experience of a lifetime that leaves a lasting memory. A platypus could nibble your hand or you might just watch them feed in their natural world.
Activities
Tags
Accreditations
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Professional Association of Diving Instructors
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Scuba Schools International
Memberships
- Queensland Tourism Industry Council
- Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
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