Minyon Waterfall Rainforest Tour

Overview

Twenty-odd minutes inland from Byron's beaches, the land folds up into Nightcap National Park and produces something the coast can't: Minyon Falls, a curtain of water dropping more than 100 metres over rhyolite cliffs into a green rainforest valley that looks borrowed from somewhere far more remote. This guided tour takes you through that rainforest to the base of the falls, a walk under palms and ancient trees with a guide filling in the ecology as you go, ending at the amphitheatre where the water lands. Standing at the bottom of a 100-metre fall recalibrates your sense of scale in a way lookout platforms never quite manage. It's a five-hour round trip with pickup arranged from your accommodation, they'll contact you after booking to sort the details. Wear shoes that grip; bring a camera that forgives spray. Byron's hinterland is criminally underrated, and this is its opening argument.