Dorrigo Rainforest Ranger-Guided Tour

Next date: Monday, 06 January 2025 | 09:30 AM to 01:40 PM

This 40-minute tour is an essential introduction to understanding the significance of Dorrigo National Park as a World Heritage-listed protected area. 

Walk alongside an NPWS ranger, as we traverse this Heritage-listed Gondwana rainforest. We'll delve into this incredible world of ancient living fossils. Hear stories of how unique plants and animals of this World Heritage rainforest have survived and thrived. It's been millions of years in the making and is a place where time itself is captured.

Your tour will commence at the entrance of Dorrigo Rainforest Centre where a wall mosaic tells the story of how this vast continent of Gondwana broke up over millions of years. You’ll learn about the raft of plants and animals that followed, whose ancestors survive today in Dorrigo National Park.

From here your guide will lead you from the edge of the escarpment, down a steep ramp to the rainforest floor. The path winds through low canopy before coming to the Balaminda platform. Here, you’ll be invited to take time to stop, breathe and listen. This hotspot of biodiversity gives us a glimpse into the past and a portal to the future.

Come and experience this stunning subtropical rainforest. This short tour finishes at the Gondwana Junction. You’ll have the option to continue self-guided to the cascading Crystal Shower and Tristania Falls, the nearby Walk with the Birds boardwalk or return to the rainforest centre.

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Bookings: Bookings required. It's best to book ahead to secure your ticket, but you can book at the Rainforest Centre Information desk on the day.

Please note: This tour runs in all weather. The rainforest is the place to be in the rain, so come prepared.

Dorrigo Rainforest Centre, Dorrigo National Park, 142 Dome Road, Dorrigo Mountain New South Wales 2453, 2453, View Map