Cairns Botanic Gardens Tour: Discover Tiny Creatures
5.0
152 Ratings
Edge Hill

Join photographer Bridgette on a small group tour to explore the world of tiny creatures in Cairns Botanic Gardens. Improve your photography skills while discovering hidden treasures.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cairns Botanic Gardens - Join renowned macro photographer Bridgette Gower on a small group photography tour to explore the world of Frogs, Insects, Spiders and Fungi, in the Cairns Botanic Gardens. A magical world awaits when you join Bridgette for a personalised, highly specified tour of the gardens and the treasures waiting to be discovered.
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What's Included
  • Photography Advice
  • Expert Guide
What's Not Included
  • Camera Hire (Beginner, Intermediate Professional), Contact us after booking to reserve your preferred choice. Link with details will be provided.
Additional Information

Join photographer Bridgette on a small group tour (maximum 4 people) to explore the world of the tiny creatures that live in the Cairns Botanic Gardens.
This is the only tour of its kind in Cairns.
Most of the tiny lifeforms go completely unnoticed, but a magical world awaits to be discovered when you join for a personalized, highly specified tour of…

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Location
Cairns Botanic Gardens
Collins Avenue
Let's Go Buggin Morning & Night Walks - Meet at the entrance to the Cairns Botanic Gardens. A Telstra Public Phone box sits metres from the entrance. It's about 150 metres West of the Visitors Centre on Collins Ave. (Heading West from the Highway)
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Tomoko
Sep 4, 2025
Everyone was very kind to the children, and it’s a wonderful experience for families. - ガイドさんが子どもにもわかりやすく、生き物がいる場所を説明してくれました。 日本ではできない体験で、子どもも大人も素晴らしい時間を過ごせました。 また次回も必ず参加したいです！ 今度はタランチュラの“足“ではなく、姿を見たいです！ The guide explained where to find the animals in a way that was easy for children to understand. It was an experience we could never have in Japan, and both kids and adults had a wonderful time. We would love to visit again. Next time, we hope to see a tarantula!
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Kenjiro
Jul 31, 2025
Night walk was fun - It was a dry season, so we didn’t expect much first. However, when we went into a forest, we spotted so many creatures. We couldn’t stop looking around to find more creatures! If you like animals and insects, you should try this one. You will be surprised how many creatures you can find and how close they are from where you’re walking.
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Trail56232351507
Jul 22, 2025
- Incredible, fascinating, illuminating and so. Much. Fun! I've done this tour a few times now, both morning and night and both are a fantastic experience. You'd couldn't get a better guide than Bridgette who really knows her stuff about both the wildlife, plant life and photography. It feels like you're unlocking a new world when you're taking photos - pro tip, spring for the intermediate or professional camera hire if you can as the photo results are well worth it. You don't need to be a whiz to be able to take some awesome photos! I'm a Cairns local and this is a tour I think even locals can gain a lot from. 🕷️🐌🪲🐝🦟🪰🦋🐛🪱/10
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Viv
Jul 13, 2025
Interesting and a lot of fun - My son and I had a wonderful time. We hired cameras and it was great to learn how to shoot macro. We enjoyed seeing all the amazing little creatures and Brigette was an amazing host who certainly knows her stuff. Highly recommend.
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Somersethoop
Jul 2, 2025
Buggin' for all - We arranged a private trip for our family of 10. 4 youngsters aged 2,5,8,11 plus parents and grandparents thoroughly enjoyed our night exploration through the dark and peaceful rainforest. Our particular highlights were 2 Papuan Frogmouths, a possum, a pademelon and a white lipped frog. We saw some amazing spiders - the tent spider being a stand out for me - and learnt lots about them from Bridgette, our guide, who very patiently listened and responded to a stream of questions particularly from 8 year old Luke. He and his older brother were able to use macro cameras, lent by Bridgette, to record some of their sightings. We would highly recommend a night out bugging with Bridgette in Cairns, Australia.
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Judes125
Jun 30, 2025
Very enjoyable and would do it again - Bridgette was very knowledgeable and a great eye for spotting the smallest insect. The rain forbade are very peaceful at night and it wasn’t a rushed tour.
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J7j8j
Jun 24, 2025
Family-friendly fun in the botanic gardens after dark - Searching for critters in the dark has never been so easy! Had lots of fun and saw more bugs and creatures than expected. Bridgette showed us her fantastic photos of the tiniest insects, which helps viewers appreciate nature in close up all the more. We were lucky enough to not just see tarantulas, huntsman, orb weaver and cast net spiders, but an array of moths, stick insects and bugs. A few feathered friends showed up too, such as a Papuan frogmouth, and roosting scrub fowl. Shy mammals in the form of a pademelon and a bandicoot made appearances, but the highlight was seeing THREE striped possums (separately) up high in the trees and even bamboo!
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Jasonhk628ip
Jun 21, 2025
Just do it! - 100% I will eventually be going on a tour again in the new future! This was an absolute blast and Bridget is bright, bubbly and insightful!
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581megh
Jun 14, 2025
Bugs galore! - Phenomenal experience! There were a diverse array of insects to see! Some of the highlights included seeing a Fig Longicorn Beetle, a Four O'clock Moth Caterpillar, Social Tarantulas, and of course the many incredible Jungle Huntsmans we saw. Despite it being the dry season we were also fortunate enough to spot some White-lipped Tree Frogs too. Bridgette knows her stuff and will ensure you have an awesome time no matter what you find. We also rented the macro cameras and were provided with an informative tutorial that ensured we got some great snaps, despite being novices.
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Cameron_k
Jun 14, 2025
Great night walk! - What a fantastic walk. 2.5 hours spotting so many bugs. The passion and information shared was incredible by the tour guide! Everyone on the tour got so into all the bugs and critters, and we saw so many different ones! Would highly recommend.
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