Cradle Mountain is one of the most popular natural areas in Tasmania. A visit will reveal why it is one of Tasmania's most popular tourist destinations but at the same time retains it's isolated and wild character.
On a clear day it's picture-postcard perfect: a view of mountain against vivid sky, its shape mirrored in placid waters.
Cradle Mountain is Tasmania's most popular wilderness destination, surrounded as it is with vast varieties of flora and fauna and challenging forest walks through often surreal landscapes of lakes, cliffs and gorges etched in stark relief by endless time.
It is, too, an uncompromising, volatile landscape which can often be sheeted in rain -- and winter snow -- and lashed by violent winds.
Cradle Mountain is the crown jewel of the national park which includes Lake St Clair and is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage area.
