Adventure Island

Tasmania has hundreds of managed walking tracks, covering more than 3000 kilometres, through a variety of landscapes, all in one compact island. From World Heritage wilderness, to dramatic coastlines, remote mountain ranges and sparkling alpine lakes – in Tasmania you can see it all on foot. 

Tasmania’s many national parks and reserves have excellent facilities for walkers: registrations points, information centres, huts, campsites and more.

There are a range of multi-day expeditions to challenge the seasoned hiker, and to change the way you think about wilderness and landscape.

Tasmania also has a variety of shorter walks, where spectacular waterfalls and stunning vistas can be reached within an hour of leaving the car.

Guided bushwalks are also available in some areas, where an experienced guide with specialist knowledge of the flora, fauna and natural heritage of the area will enrich the walking experience.

GREAT TASMANIAN WALKS:

Frenchmans Cap
This walk offers a perfect three to four-day trip – forests and buttongrass, lakes and bogs, crags and valleys, and a superb peak to ascend. Tasmania’s highest-altitude Huon pines fringe the banks of Lake Vera, where there is a good hut for campers.

Port Davey
This is a multi-day southwest wilderness walk following the historic route to Port Davey and Bathurst Harbour, which must be crossed by dinghy before continuing south.

Freycinet National Park
Freycinet National Park offers a multi-day circuit featuring granite sea crags, coastal bushland, beach-side camping and clean, blue-green water. On the way there, the track climbs over the Hazards to Wineglass Bay and onto Cooks Beach. The return route to Coles Bay is through open forest and by clifftops overlooking Great Oyster Bay.

South Coast track
This is a demanding but thoroughly rewarding 5-10 day walk along the wild south coast, with a thrilling light plane flight from Hobart to start or finish the trip.
Following a route used by Tasmanian Aborigines, the track runs from Cockle Creek to Melaleuca in the Southwest National Park. Walkers traverse two mountain ranges, wade several rivers, cross a lagoon by dinghy, negotiate many swampy plains and wander remote wilderness beaches.

Overland Track
Widely regarded as one of the world’s best, this 5-8 day walk threads through the heart of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, jewel of the Tasmanian World Heritage Area, with its glacial lakes, ice-carved crags, alpine shrubbery, waterfalls and tall forests.

Between 1 November and 30 April each year, bookings are required to walk the track. During this period walkers are required to walk the track from north to south (Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair), and pay an Overland Track Fee.

For more information on these and many more Great Tasmanian Walks, see www.parks.tas.gov.au