South Coast Track – 10 days

Challenge your limits on an 85-kilometre trek through Tasmania's pristine wilderness, embracing breathtaking coastal and rainforest views.
Encounter unique wildlife like wombats and the rare orange-bellied parrot while exploring the unspoiled landscapes of the South Coast.
Camp under the stars each night, enjoying a flexible itinerary that allows for swims and exploration along stunning beaches.

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Challenge yourself to one of Tasmania’s finest long-distance walks, carrying a full pack along the unspoiled wilderness of Australia’s southernmost shores.

This ten-day, 85-kilometre walk offers a spectrum of Tasmanian scenes, from empty beaches to towering rainforests and the alpine heights of the Ironbound Range. It’s a place of wild scenes and wildlife, with the chance to see wombats, quolls and possibly even the orange-bellied parrot, one of the world’s rarest bird species.

After a spectacular flight along the coast or mountains to the remote airstrip at Melaleuca in the World Heritage-listed Southwest National Park, you will walk 10 to 15 kilometres each day, carrying up to 20 kilograms and camping at night. The walk has a flexible itinerary that allows for a rest day and time for swims or exploration along the succession of south-coast beaches. Our knowledgeable guides will lead you through a true wilderness experience and the challenge of a lifetime.

If you have a thirst for full pack hikes, have excellent fitness and an open, flexible approach to being in remote areas for multiple days then this could be the perfect hiking adventure for you!

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Adventure and Outdoors Tours

Nature and wildlife

Walking and Biking Tours

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Start location: Hobart, Tasmania, 7000, Australia

Lat -42.88214, Lng 147.32719

Highlights

Ironbound Ranges

The mighty Ironbounds!!! Our high point is almost a thousand metres above where we start and finish on the day we trek there. Climb up the exposed western slopes, over open ground and vegetation stunted by the prevailing westerlies. In fine weather there are plenty of great rest spots where the views are spectacular beneath us. From the top of the range you may be lucky enough to see the Eastern and Western Arthur Ranges including Federation Peak, through to Mount Anne and all the way to formidable South West Cape and Maatsuyker Island. The broad top of the Ironbound Range commonly receives the harshest conditions known in Tassie and snowfalls, gale force winds and pelting sleet are never unexpected.