Capricorn Caves
Capricorn Caves, located 23 kms north of Rockhampton, are privately owned limestone caves on 85 acres of freehold land.
The property is an important environment site with its rare tropical karst, remnant dry rainforest with 274 species including the rare fern Tectaria devexa. Native fauna include 5 species of bats roosting in the caves, including the vulnerable ghost bat.
Visitor options range from easily accessible guided tours through caves; an adventurous cave exploration; self guided bush walks, and a Visitor Interpretation Centre with its Bat Cave that supports a successful environmental education program.
Management aims to preserve this biodiversity with revegetation programs, and develop management of water resources and recycling of waste materials to achieve a total property management that is ecologically sustainable. Visitors will not only enjoy an authentic Australian experience but gain an awareness and understanding of the landcare ethic. An accredited caravan camping area nestled in the bush is now open. An eco-adventure lodge offering budget accommodation and educational activities opened in April 2002.
Experiences
Abseiling
Our Abseiling sites give you the chance to descend down a natural rock face into the cave environment below. Attempt our easy and hard descents. No previous experience required.
Geo Tour-Journey of Discovery
This journey of discovery through an ancient landscape reveals the evolution of the earth with marine fossils from the Devonian era and mega fauna bone deposits in the Queensland Museums paleontology dig site. Past climate change is documented in the survival of rare flora and fauna. The tour will be interactive with the host guide incorporating elements of adventure and self discovery.
Fossil Tour
Visitors will discover direct evidence of our past- fossilised bones of ancient rain forest fauna through arid adapted fauna to modern times. This is the longest palaeontological record of faunal change in Australia spanning 500,000 years. It will ‘Bring lost worlds to life’ and help us understand our modern environment and then contemplate a future for us all.
Capricorn Caves Park
Enjoy the peace & tranquility of this secluded nature based property set on 83 acres. Relax with a campfire under the starry night sky & wake up to sound of the wildlife. Offering a variety of sites and spacious 2 bedroom deluxe cabins there is something to suit every traveler.
Cathedral Cave Tour
Daily tours are conducted hourly by experienced guides through large well lit caverns with beautiful decorations, rare ferns and massive tree roots and occasionally small bats. The huge domed Cathedral Cave is renowned for its acoustics. A fun option at the end of the tour is a walk through the pioneer passage on to a swinging suspended bridge in the rainforest.
Adventure Caving Tour
Capricorn Caves really is the beating heart of Central Queensland’s adventure tourism industry. This limestone playground boasts a number of challenging adventure caving routes; catering to all skill and fitness levels.
With all gear – including coveralls, helmets and torches – supplied, all you need to bring is your sense of adventure and possibly your sense of humour when squeezing through ‘Fat Man’s Misery’!
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