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The Archway Explorer Tour
Highlights
- Explore the Undara Lava Tubes and uncover their ancient geological secrets with expert guidance from your Savannah Guide.
- Wander along accessible boardwalks and steps, making the stunning natural beauty easy for everyone to enjoy.
- Experience the rich environmental and historical narratives that breathe life into this world-class attraction.
- Join the tour from mid-March to October for a memorable adventure that showcases one of Earth's oldest wonders.
The Archway Explorer Tour is an excellent way to experience the Undara Lava Tubes. Your Savannah Guide will unlock the secrets of this world-class geological wonder, bringing to life the story of why it’s considered to be one of the oldest and best-preserved on Earth plus other interesting environmental, geological, and historical features pointed out and explained by your Savannah Guide throughout the trip to and from the tubes. Visits up to three sections of lava tubes. Easy fitness level with boardwalks and steps.
Allow two hours to complete – runs mid-March till October – bookings essential.
Tour details
- On demand
Features
Service facilities
Disabled access available, contact operator for details.
Operation information
Discovery Experiences – Undara
Only 3½ hours drive from Cairns and four hours from Townsville in Tropical North Queensland, you’ll discover a land so different in contrasts…. Undara.
Just off the Savannah Way and easily accessed by conventional vehicle, Undara Experience is beside the Undara Volcanic National Park.
The Undara Lava Tubes are a world-class, natural geological phenomenon. Huge tubes formed approximately 190,000 years ago when molten lava drained out under a thick cooler crust, leaving a series of long, hollow tubes. Water seeping through the roofs and walls has resulted in breathtaking colourations. Lava Tube roof collapses provide a protected area from which ancient vegetation now thrives sustaining species not found anywhere else in the local region.
Today, trained Savannah Guides conduct small group tours into the lava tubes where visitors marvel at these impressive geological wonders.
The Wildlife at Sunset tour is not to be missed. Enjoy refreshments as the sun sets. As dusk settles, a visit to the entrance of Barker’s Tube allows you to witness the amazing bat emergence as literally thousands of microbats leave to feed at night.
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Accreditations
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Savannah Guides
Memberships
- Queensland Tourism Industry Council
- Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
- QLD – Tourism Tropical North Qld
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