Animal Encounter Bellthorpe

This tour is made for you if you like to explore the rainforest without the crowds. Bellthorpe Stays is a 400 acres property high in the hills of the hinterland hills at Bellthorpe.

The property has numerous walking tracks, waterfalls, and a great variety of birds and wildlife. Normally, day visitors are not permitted,
but Brisbane Nature Tours has secured private access to enjoy the property in the morning.

We will walk the Rainforest Track with its strangler figs, tall buttress trees, vines, and ferns. The birdlife is abundant at Bellthorpe Stays. We will see or hear the Regent Bowerbird, Wompoo Fruit-Dove, Catbird, Noisy Pitta, Riflebird, Rose Crowne Fruit Dove, King Parrot, and many other smaller birds like Honey Eaters.
Meeting the wildlife is by chance, but usually, the prospects are good. Wildlife such as the Richmond Birdwing butterfly, Marbled Frogmouth, Giant Barred Frog, Wallaby, Koala, Echidna, Land Mullet, and the Goanna can be found on the property.
We will stop for a break at the impressive Heritage Waterfalls midway. Walking back, we will have a look at the site of one of the world’s rarest trap door spiders. Along the palm-lined creek beside the walking tracks, the mystery of the burrows is waiting to be unraveled.
Before returning to the Resource Centre, we will visit the lily ponds. The ponds are inhabited by a variety of frog species.
After a cuppa at the Resource Centre, we will head up to Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve where we will enjoy lunch at the café.
After lunch, we will visit the Visitor Information Centre and go for a short rainforest walk in the Reserve.