It's six o'clock in the morning and it's still dark outside. We are leaving for cradle mountain
which is around 140 kilometers from here. There is no one at the reception so we will just drop our
keys in the dropbox. So time to say goodbye to Launceston and hello to cradle mountain.
We are at christmas hill raspberry farm cafe. I am ordering raspberry french toast
I will go with classic egg and toast and we are ordering raspberry latte.
Well, I can honestly say one of the best breakfast I had in Australia. A friend of
mine recommended this place and if you are going to Cradle Mountain, you have to make this pit stop.
well you can see the road there is fog and there is a mountain
only in Tasmania.
So we have reached the cradle mountain. We are heading off to the visitor centre to find some more info and start with our hikes for today
so we got some info from the visitor center we got a map
and now we are heading towards the shuttle bus service to our first hiking trail
So we just got off from the shuttle bus at Ronny creek
and now let me show you what is our plan of doing the various hikes at cradle mountain.
so if you see the map here so we were at the visitor center we took the shuttle bus
we came to Ronny creek and now we are going to take this overland track and go towards
crater lake and then come down via this track and come to Dove lake and finally take the bus at
Dove lake and return back to the visitor center. So with that let's start our hike towards crater lake
i'm so excited for this walk
we are on overland track and going towards crater lake which is 1.5 hours
So in Tassie every national park has a fees when you come to cradle
mountain you have to pay that fees get the shuttle bus service and also enter into the
national park. What we did was we took a visitor pass which is valid for I think two months it
costed around 80 bucks with the vehicle so anywhere we go in tasmania we will be allowed
and that's a one time pass for two months we found it a better deal
it's a sensational Saturday. The breeze is cool enough
the sun is bright enough perfect day for a hike
so guys let's talk about what you should bring in your backpack.
To do this kind of hiking, the first thing you need is good hiking shoes, very important.
Your backpack should definitely have caps, sunnies, raincoat because it can get rainy or you can get strong winds
for snacks definitely get some lighter ones we got some protein bars and banana and a bit of chips
give sufficient amount of water or you can have your
personal water purifier and use the steam water
I think I'm able to see something, there is the crater lake
and I think this is the boat shed let's check this out
so it's very windy as you can hear but we have finally reached the crater lake
yes we have made it
some snacks you'll have some bars, bananas and then head towards the Dove lake
well the place is so scenic you cannot stop taking a few pictures you always end up taking a bunch
of pictures so make sure your camera battery is full and you have a power bank just in case
we are on our way down to dove lake
while coming down you have to be very careful because there are loose gravels on the way so
you need to come down very slowly so you can see the kind of terrain which is there
Basically, we started there at Ronny creek took all the mountain
and then went to crater lake there and now we are heading towards somewhere there for dove lake
As you can see from here this is the dove lake view with the mountains all around
this view is unbelievable just unbelievable
Swati is trying to get inside the water. How is the water Swati?
Cold
and that's the cradle mountain
if you only want to watch the beauty around this you can take the bus directly to the Dove Lake car park.
Well we have reached the dove lake car park and we are going to take a shuttle back to our starting point
So we finished our walks in cradle mountain we took some
snacks and some drinks from the cafe heading towards our car in the car parking
well if you like hiking you should definitely stay for one night we did not get any reasonable
accommodation at Cradle mountain so we are now heading off to Queenstown continue to follow our
tassie travel series and watch out for our next video goodbye for now