Base Camp Tasmania

The Walls of Jerusalem National Park is a relatively compact park located between the Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park to the west, and the Central Plateau Conservation Area to the east. It comprises a high alpine plateau above the Mersey River gorge, and features stunning examples of the Central Plateau’s ancient past with countless exquisite tarns and lakes, remnant glacial moraines, and glacier-scoured mountains. Thick stands of ancient pencil pines survive, as do several species of bolster (or cushion) plants, along with sphagnum moss rafts on boggy outlet streams. It also features many of Tasmania’s unique marsupials along with dolerite cliffs (the Walls) and vestiges of past fur-trapping activity evidenced by several trappers’ huts.

Mount Field National Park is one of Tasmania’s oldest national parks, established in 1916 with Freycinet NP, and is one of its most popular. This is partly because of its proximity to Hobart (94 km) but also because of its wide variety of flora, dramatic glaciated landforms and ready accessibility to most areas of the park. This tour features examples of all of the park’s attractions including sub-alpine forests, stands of ancient pencil pines, the remarkable cushion plants, glacial moraines and block streams, alpine moorlands, exquisite small tarns and lakes, monolithic dolerite boulder fields, dramatic cliffs and peaks, and stunning views. It provides a wonderful introduction to Tasmania’s alpine regions and its flora and topography. The tour is also characterised by the park’s multiple “personalities” – it starts in a sub-alpine forest along moraine-dammed lakes, and finishes with an exhilarating high altitude ridge-top traverse of the Rodway Range among the ice-shattered monolithic dolerite boulders of the “Lions Den” before descending the botanic “riot” of the Urquart Track to our finish.

Experience one of the world's last untouched, pristine, wilderness areas with landscapes of breathtaking natural beauty, stunning geological formations, and home to endangered and rare plants and animals. On our single-day guided walks, we provide you with all you'll need (excluding personal items) - transfers from your Hobart accommodation, waterproof and warm clothing, lunch and snacks and a day pack. All our guides are mature, highly experienced and committed environmentalists, qualified in Outdoor Leadership, First Aid, Food Safety and Hygiene. They carry appropriate emergency communication equipment and a comprehensive medical kit. We offer a range of walks for those new to bushwalking or experienced walkers. Whatever your experience you will encounter scenic alpine or spectacular coastal scenery - untouched and unspoilt natural beauty and remote places only accessible by foot. Alpine Walking Tasmania include locations such as Mt Field National Park, Hartz National Park, Mt Wellington Range, Wellington Park Walks, Southwest National Park: Mt Anne; Mt Wedge, Styx Valley; Junee Cave, Growling Swallet, and Lake St Clair National Park. Coastal Walking Tasmania includes locations such as Tasman National Park, Bruny Island, Freycinet National Park, and Maria Island National Park. Other destinations include Bluff River Gorge, Maydena and the Southwest Wilderness.