Nothing optimises Tasmanian travel more than bushwalking in our wild spaces. While our island is regarded as an almost mythical place amongst devoted multi-day, pack-based adventurers, there are dozens of day walks which take you to the very edge of true wilderness and show you some truly spectacular sights only accessible on foot.
Tasmanian Wilderness Experiences offer a range of walks in Tasmania's great wilderness areas - and some closer to civilisation - for visitors new to bushwalking and experienced walkers alike. Whatever your experience in the great outdoors you will experience firsthand scenic alpine terrain or spectacular coastal scenery and immerse yourself in our unspoiled natural beauty in remote areas available only to those who put in a bit of effort to get there.
We’re happy to work with our partners to build fully customised and bespoke packages for their clients. Options include large organised group packages, multi-day walks, transport, guiding, equipment hire/sourcing, and booking agent services for accommodation and other extras you may need along the way.
Tasmanian Wilderness Experiences Quick Guide
Awards and Accreditations -
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Guided day and multi-day (coming soon) tours in Tasmania's alpine and coastal wilderness
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Over 20 years experience
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Tasmanian owned and operated
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Custom guided tours around the state
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Bushwalker transport services
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Experienced guides with comprehensive training and first aid certification.
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Included lunch prepared on the trail
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Day packs, waterproof clothing and hiking gear provided
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Transfers from Hobart accommodation included.
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Complete service for visiting hikers including hiring/sourcing equipment, transport, guiding, booking services for accommodation etc.
Meet The Operators -
Rohan Sheehan was raised with his three siblings in his family’s pub, the Bush Inn Hotel, Deloraine.
Like all children who have grown up in a family business, Rohan was exposed to all walks of life from a young age. “It was an amazing way to grow up, we learnt so much about how to communicate, socialise and most importantly, how to pour a beer.”
“I’ve always been fortunate that my Dad and my mates had a real sense of adventure and need to explore.” Rohan took that one step further, forging a career that took him around the world feeding his wanderlust.
Fast forward several years and you have a guy who loves adventure and exploring, is a mad keen motorcyclist and has just been introduced to the world of mountain biking – and looking for the next challenge.
Whether it’s road bikes, motorbikes or off-road, riding is where Rohan feels most calm and free, and it’s become a huge part of who he is.
Into The Wild sees Rohan combining all the things he’s good at with all the things he loves.
Dianne Sheehan was raised just 10 minutes down the road to Rohan in the small town of Westbury with her three sisters. Dianne’s upbringing was much more musical, which encouraged an early career in music and the arts, before discovering a keen entrepreneurial spirit.
A keen mountain biker also, Into The Wild and Tasmanian Wilderness Experiences feed Dianne’s love of adventure, nature and creativity.
They now run a tight ship on behalf of their clients, delivering adventures on two wheels (or feet) that memories are made of.
Tasmania makes that pretty easy.
Our Walks - What To Expect
Join like-minded individuals and 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.
Choose from our range of coastal and alpine guided walks in Tasmania.
A guided bush walk with Tasmanian Wilderness Experiences is the safest, most engaging and rewarding way to experience some of the world's most spectacular locations if you only have one day
When you walk with us, you can be confident that you will see the best sights if you only have a day to spare. Just let us know where you are based and your preferences of walks and we can provide advice about the best walk for you. At Tasmanian Wilderness Experiences, we provide a large range of ‘easy’ to ‘challenging’ guided walks which are available on demand and with a minimum of 2 person (maximum 13).
Our guides all have years of experience hiking in Tasmania’s wilderness, across remote and inaccessible terrain. We know the best routes, those to avoid and client safety is our number one priority.
Guided Day Walk inclusions & exclusions
On our single-day guided walks, we provide you with all you will need (excluding personal items) – transfers from your Hobart accommodation, waterproof and warm clothing, lunch and snacks, a day pack to carry protective clothing and even toilet paper!
On single day walking tours, we include the following services and items at no extra charge:
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Transfers from your Hobart accommodation to the tour destination (usually between 7:30-8:00 am) and return at conclusion of tour
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Choice of destinations to suit client preferences and forecast weather conditions
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Waterproof hiking parka
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Waterproof overpants
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Fleece jacket (choice of 300 or 200 weight fleece)
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Daypack to carry protective clothing
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Lunch (prepared by your guide on the track); beverages; snacks
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Toilet paper; hand sanitiser (alcohol based)
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Qualified and knowledgeable guide/s
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Comprehensive first-aid kit (carried by guide/s)
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Emergency communications (PLB (Personal Location Beacon) and/or satellite phone, carried by guide/s)
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All necessary park passes and permits
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Sunscreen, blister protection, insect repellent, any personal medication
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Stout walking shoes (well worn-in)
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Long-sleeved shirt (preferably synthetic for quick drying)
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Hat or beanie
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Sunglasses
Guided Day Walk -
Mount Field National Park
An exciting walk in a uniquely beautiful and diverse environment.
Mount Field National Park is one of Tasmania’s oldest national parks, established in 1916 with Freycinet National Park, and is one of its most popular. This is partly because of its proximity to Hobart (94 km) but also for 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, 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.
Availability -
Daily in peak season
October - June
On Request Outside
This Period
Group Size -
Maximum 6
No Minimum
Duration -
10 Hours
7.00am - 5.00pm
Trail Grade -
T1 - T2
Easy To Moderate
Location -
Mount Field
National Park
Departure And Return
Location -
Hobart
Guided Day Walk -
kunanyi/Mount Wellington
A wilderness park close to Hobart with a variety of routes to cater to all abilities and conditions.
Wellington Park is Tasmania’s second largest State Reserve at 18,000 hectares and includes the iconic Mt Wellington (1,270m) and a diverse array of topographical features.
We leave Hobart and quickly enter the timbered lower reaches of the park before we turn up Pinnacle Road to our start point at The Springs.
From here we enter the forested flanks of the mountain and climb gently through a wet eucalypt forest under the shadow of the 350m Jurassic dolerite columns of the Organ Pipes until we reach the shelter of the ‘Chalet’.
Along the route, we enjoy spectacular views of Hobart while crossing several block streams of shattered dolerite from the slopes above us. We join the Pinnacle road briefly before re-entering the lightly timbered Panorama Track to the pinnacle where we will break for lunch and again enjoy the panoramic views. After lunch, our track now takes us across
the bleak and exposed Wellington plateau to South Wellington’s summit with sidetracks to inspect the Rocking Stone and Smith’s Monument before descending via the Ice House Track to Milles Track and ultimately returning to our starting point. Here we rejoin our bus for the short trip down the mountain into Hobart.
Availability -
Daily in peak season
October - June
On Request Outside
This Period
Duration -
10 Hours
7.00am - 5.00pm
Location -
Wellington Range
Wellington Park Reserve
Group Size -
Maximum 6
No Minimum
Trail Grade -
T1 Easy
Departure And Return
Location -
Hobart
Guided Day Walk -
Cape Raoul
Much of Tasmania’s most dramatically beautiful coastal scenery is found on the east coast of the Tasman Peninsula and the walk to Cape Raoul (one of Tasmania’s 60 Great Short Walks) is the southernmost point on the Peninsula. To access the walk, we travel southeast from Hobart on the Tasman Highway, past Port Arthur to our trailhead at Stormlea.
From here we enter the coastal forest of tall stringybark eucalypts (Eucalyptus obliqua) with an attractive and varied understory before arriving at our morning tea spot – the breathtaking and precipitous cliffs overlooking Shipstern Bluff to the west and Cape Raoul to the east.
From here the character of the scenery changes to one of a remnant rainforest sustained by sea-mist (a cloud forest) with seemingly out-ofplace flora more usually found at higher and wetter altitudes, then to a dry she-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) grove as we skirt the precipitous cliffs above the sea below, and finally to a wind-pruned plateau of coastal heaths (Epacridaceae sp.) and dwarf banksias (Banksia marginata) before we arrive at our lunch stop atop the vertiginous cliffs overlooking the dolerite columns of Cape Raoul.
The route generally is a pleasant and easily traversed bush track, with some steep sections and some quite thrilling sections close to the cliff edges requiring careful negotiation.
Availability -
Daily in peak season
October - June
On Request Outside
This Period
Group Size -
Maximum 6
No Minimum
Duration -
10 Hours
7.00am - 5.00pm
Trail Grade -
T2 Moderate
Location -
Tasman National Park
Departure And Return
Location -
Hobart
Guided Day Walk -
Hartz Peak
Hartz Mountain National Park is about 1.5 hours south of Hobart and is a small, glaciated alpine park featuring an easily accessible dolerite peak – Hartz Peak (1255m) – with stunning 360 panoramic views north to Mt Wellington, west to Federation Peak, east to Bruny Island on the coast, and south to Pindars Peak and Barn Bluff. We reach it after a pleasant drive south through the picturesque townships of Huonville, Franklin, Port Huon and Geeveston, then through state forest to the park’s entrance.
The park’s vegetation is a mix of sub-alpine mixed eucalypt forest and alpine flora including diminutive pencil pines, distinctive pandanis, endemic heaths and scoparia, with a good temperate rainforest remnant near Hartz Lake. The park’s topography comprises typical dolerite peaks, with shattered boulders and scree slopes below, and several exquisite, glacially gouged and dammed lakes and tarns all set in avery exposed wilderness landscape.
Availability -
Daily in peak season
October - June
On Request Outside
This Period
Group Size -
Maximum 6
No Minimum
Duration -
10 Hours
7.00am - 5.00pm
Trail Grade -
T1 & T3 Easy to Moderate
Location -
Geevestone, 1.5 hrs South of Hobart
Departure And Return
Location -
Hobart
Guided Day Walk -
Cape Hauy
A dramatic assemblage of dolerite columns and sea stacks thrusting into
the Tasman Sea.
The Tasman Peninsula, just one hour from Hobart, features some of Australia’s tallest sea cliffs, and the Cape Hauy walk provides the opportunity to view these firsthand plus spectacular coastal scenery. To access the walk, we journey southeast from Hobart to the Tasman Peninsula, turning left into the quiet beauty of Fortescue Bay from where we start our walk to Cape Hauy (pronounced ‘Hoy’).
Starting with a gentle climb up along the lightly timbered cliff tops of Fortescue Bay until we reach the track turnoff to our destination, the track then descends steeply before we glimpse the 300m vertical sea cliffs of the Cape, and the remarkable detached sea stacks nearby – the
Totem Pole and the Candlestick.
Once at the Cape we can enjoy the stunning coastal views south to Cape Pillar across the Munro Bight, or seaward to Mitre Rock and the more distant Hippolyte Rocks. We may catch the bellows from a nearby seal colony, or just wonder at the forces that both created and then transformed the Cape in the first place before lunching and returning to our bus at Fortescue Bay.
Availability -
Daily in peak season
October - June
On Request Outside
This Period
Group Size -
Maximum 6
No Minimum
Duration -
10 Hours
7.00am - 5.00pm
Trail Grade -
T2 Moderate
Location -
Tasman National Park
Departure And Return
Location -
Hobart
Combined Day Walks - Suggested Itinerary
Tasmania has been long known as a destination of international significance for multi-day walks and hut-to-hut hiking adventures. The Overland Track, Bay Of Fires, Maria Island and Three Capes Tracks are just a few of the walks that attract thousands of visitors a year to our island.
By combining several day walks with Tasmanian Wilderness Experiences you can create your clients a wilderness escape equally immersive as these famous trails but with all the added comforts of a city stay and the flexibility of daily departures. Enjoy all of southern Tasmania's best wild places by day and dine at some of Tasmania's most exciting venues by night.
Include rest days if required to give tired legs a break, visit Hobart's MONA Museum, local wine regions, Port Arthur or even Bruny Island between wilderness escapes.
By combining 2 or more day walks your clients are able to experience the true breadth of Tasmania's wilderness and experience a wider range of terrain and scenery than multi-day walks in a single destination.
Day 1 - Arrival Hobart
Arrive Hobart any time during the day.
Check in to accommodation. Enjoy the afternoon and evening exploring Hobart's historic city, waterfront and delicious food scene.
Accommodation suggestion - 5 nights @ The Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel. Just a few minutes walk from Salamanca and Hobart's waterfront the Old Woolstore provides standard rooms plus 1, 2 or 3 bedroom apartments to rest and relax between walks. Deluxe spa apartments are available for those wanting to soak away those aches and prepare for tomorrow's effort!
Day 4 - Rest Day. Hobart and surrounds
Give your legs a break for the day and explore everything that Hobart and surrounds have to offer.
Visit MONA Museum via catamaran from Hobart's waterfront and spend the day exploring this "subversive adult Disneyland". Have lunch at one of their many venues.
Maybe head outside the city to explore the many wineries and producers on the Coal River Valley. Drive to the quaint convict-era town of Richmond (around 25 mins from Hobart) and hire a bike to explore the Coal River. Boat hire is also available for a relaxing punt on the river.
Day 2 - kunanyi/Mt Wellington
Enjoy breakfast at your accommodation before todays walk on beautiful kunanyi/Mt Wellington. A relatively easy day hiking through eucalypt forests, over dolerite slopes and alpine streams with spectacular views over Hobart city. Marvel at this wild place in such close proximity to the states capital city.
Transfer back to your Hobart accommodation for a relaxing evening of delicious local foods and wines.
Suggestion - Bar Wa (Izakaya inspired cuisine featuring the freshest Tasmanian ingredients) or Frogmore Creek Wine Bar (Amazing wines and delicious small plates with stunning views of kunanyi)
Day 5 - Mount Field National Park
Full of energy after a relaxing day you can now tackle the trails around Mount Field National Park. This stunning region is in stark contrast to Cape Hauy or Raoul with it's dense and ancient forest, alpine moorlands, block streams, and dramatic peaks.
Start the day surrounded by subalpine forests and lakes and finish with a spectacular ridge-top traverse across the Rodway Range.
This walk offers a taste of Tasmania's wild south west alpine region in easy reach of Hobart.
Return to Hobart, relax and reval in the achievements and experiences of the last few days
Day 3 - Cape Raoul or Cape Hauy
With the legs already warmed up on kunanyi it's time to tackle some of the Tasman Peninsulas' famous trails.
Cape Raoul and Cape Hauy both offer unparalleled coastal walking and spectacular wild cliffs overlooking the Tasman Sea.
Expect moderately challenging walks through diverse terrain.
Lunch will be prepared on the trail by your guides.
Return to Hobart to enjoy the comforts of your hotel before heading out for an evening meal.
Suggestions - The Shipwrights Arms, Battery Point (Historic hotel with a diverse menu featuring local Tasmanian seafood and produces and an extensive collection of local beers on tap)
Day 6 - Depart Hobart
Enjoy a final breakfast at your hotel before checking out and departing to your next adventures.
For those still hungry for wilderness adventures Tasmania offers dozens more day walks in spectacular surrounds.
Contact us for suggestions.
Inclusions and Approximate Costs -
5 nights bed and breakfast accommodation @ The Old Woolstore or similar 4 star hotel. ($1500. Double/Twin Share)
3 full days guided walking in Tasmania's wild places including lunch ($3000. Upto 4 pax)
Pick up and drop off at your hotel before/after walks (included)
MONA Museum entry inc ferr OR e-bike hire to explore the Coal River Valley ($140)
Approx costs - $2320AUD per person (2 pax, twin share)*
$1640AUD per person (4 pax, twin share) *
*Costs are approx and will vary depending on accommodation used, inclusions and dates
Bush Walker Transfer Services -
TWE provide a comprehensive transport service for bushwalkers accessing Tasmania’s walking tracks. With convenient and flexible schedules, any day of the year, they can provide you with transport from Hobart CBD, Hobart Airport, Launceston CBD, or Launceston Airport in 14-seater buses and transfer you to the many possible walking destinations around Tasmania. Book a return pick up and drop off to either Hobart or Launceston in time to catch your return flight.
TWE can also organise storage for luggage and other items for the duration of longer walks and arrange collection at your clients final destination. Contact The Tasmanian Trip for more information and booking details.
