However, it is inaccessible by vehicle and involves a considerable walk. The tours depart from the Undara Lava Lodge. It is absolutely essential to book a trip before travelling to the site. People are turned away if a tour is full and it is silly to drive hundreds of kilometres to see nothing more than a camping site, a restaurant and cabins made from old Queensland Railways rolling stock in the middle of the bush. There is no vantage points near the Lava Lodge where you can see the tubes.
People say that it's the best bacon they've ever eaten.
But then few of us eat bacon cooked over an open fire. The half-day tour travels through the bush past the Hundred Mile Swamp until it reaches a rocky outcrop. Visitors climb to the top of the outcrop where they can see the remnants of the volcanoes which produced the lava flows. The guide gives a detailed description of how the lava tubes were formed and points out the main features of the area. There are also warnings about the number of snakes and interesting comments about both the flora and fauna.