Wilderness Walks

Tasmania's pristine environment is a great place to get out and be active

Tasmania is criss-crossed and positively cross-hatched with walking tracks – there are 3000 kms of them, which gives the Tasmania more tracks than roads.   With wilderness and national parks aplenty, there’s endless natural beauty to discover and Tasmania has it all when it comes to walking in style.  Think scenic alpine and coastal routes with reasonably easy terrain and stylish tented camps or lodges.   Think fresh inventive food, prepared while you recount the day’s adventures with your walking companions, a glass of Tassie’s finest pinot in hand.  Think relaxation and think professional guides.

Tasmanian walks operate in some of the worlds most pristine and beautiful environments, including the South-West Wilderness World heritage area and consequently our guides take steps through training and education to minimise the impact that you have on these areas. It is our priority to leave these areas unspoilt and as they were for future visitors to enjoy.

You may choose a 5 night/6 day fully catered and guided walk through the alpine environment of Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain and Lake St Clair National Park.  Accommodation on this walk is in private cabins.  Bay of Fires on the East Coast is a popular 3 night / 4 day walk – spend your days on the white sand beaches of Mount William National Park. Your nights are spent at tented camp and at the spectacular Bay of Fires Lodge.  Another 3 night / 4 day option is a walk on Maria Island – an island national park off the East Coast.  Two nights are spent in comfortable tented camps and the third at an historic house in the island’s only settlement, Darlington.   

Although these walks are reasonably gentle, 5 to 7 hours of rambling each day, you do need to be reasonably fit. 

If you prefer not to commit to several days on the trail you may chill out at the stylish and ecologically sensitive Friendly Beaches Lodge on the spectacular Freycinet Peninsula.  Used as a base you can explore as much or as little as you please each day.   For the more adventurous, the 9 day walk across Tasmania's south-west corner is one of the world's great wilderness tracks, far from civilisation and accessed only on foot or by air.