Traverse Gold Coast Hinterland Walk
4-Day Traverse Gold Coast Hinterland Walk – Pack-Free Adventure by Life’s An Adventure
Discover the breathtaking beauty of the Gold Coast Hinterland on our 4-Day Guided Pack-Free Traverse Walk through the stunning Lamington National Park. This unique World Heritage Area boasts Australia’s largest remnant of ancient subtropical Gondwana Rainforests, making it an extraordinary destination for nature lovers and adventure seekers alike.
As you embark on this immersive journey, you’ll traverse misty forests filled with 2000-year-old Antarctic beech trees, showcasing the incredible age and diversity of this ancient ecosystem. The scenery is nothing short of spectacular, featuring rugged mountain landscapes, lush palm-filled gullies, and cascading crystal-clear streams that create a serene backdrop for your walking adventure.
Each day offers a chance to connect with nature on a deeper level, as you explore a variety of trails that reveal the park’s unique flora and fauna. This region is renowned as a bird lover’s paradise, home to over 230 species of birds, including the rare Albert’s lyrebird and the stunning regent bowerbird. You’ll have ample opportunities to observe these beautiful creatures in their natural habitat, making your experience all the more memorable.
Your knowledgeable guides will share insights into the ecological significance and cultural history of Lamington National Park, enriching your understanding of this remarkable area. They’ll help you spot the diverse wildlife and offer fascinating stories about the ancient rainforests that have thrived for millennia.
With a Pack-Free approach, you can fully enjoy the beauty of the Gold Coast Hinterland without the burden of heavy backpacks. You’ll only carry a light day pack with essentials, allowing you to focus on the breathtaking landscapes and the joy of walking through this pristine environment.
In the evenings, unwind in comfortable accommodations, where you can relax and reflect on the day’s adventures. Enjoy delicious meals featuring local produce, creating a perfect ending to your days of exploration.
The 4-Day Traverse Gold Coast Hinterland Walk is ideal for those seeking a unique blend of natural beauty, wildlife encounters, and cultural insights. Join us for this unforgettable experience, where every step leads you deeper into the enchanting landscapes of Lamington National Park, creating cherished memories that will last a lifetime!
A Pack-Free walk
Walk with as little as your water and camera
Our speciality is providing pack free walks, our guests can walk with as little as their water and camera. This allows our guests to enjoy the scenery without the burden of carrying a heavy pack each day.
Binna Burra Sky Lodge
2 night stay
For two nights you will be accommodated at the wonderful Binna Burra Sky Lodge, set amongst the lush rainforest with captivating views across the Coomera and Numinbah Valleys. Our guests stay in the Lodge’s stylish Sky Lodge Studios, each featuring a modern open-plan layout with a private en-suite.
O'Reillys Rainforest Retreat
1 night stay
Your final night is at the iconic O’Reilly’s Retreat. With stunning views over the western McPherson Ranges, O’Reilly’s is a bird lover’s paradise where you can connect with nature, and interact with Regent and Satin bowerbirds often visible from the main dining room. Our guests stay in the lovely Mountain View chosen for their close proximity to the main lodge building featuring restaurant, bar and interpretive centre. Your room features a queen and single bed, en-suite bathrooms and private balcony.
Celebratory Winery Lunch
The extra "Wow" Factor
On the final day enjoy a celebratory lunch at a local vineyard where you will enjoy a superb lunch and wine tasting, a fantastic way to finish our journey.
Fabulous wine and dining
Featuring fabulous local produce
During your stay at Binna Burra Sky Lodge and O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat, you’ll enjoy meals prepared by chefs and served in stunning rainforest settings, surrounded by an outdoor sanctuary. During breakfast, enjoy the flourish of colour as regent and satin bowerbirds and cromson rosellas frolic outside whilst you dine and at night you may be lucky enough to spot a brushtail possum.
Flexible Itinerary
To suit a range of fitness level
As we have two guides on this walk we are able to offer both easier and more challenging walking options for our guests catering for a range of abilities and fitness levels.
CEO Guides
Chief Experience Officer
We are very proud of our guides, we call them our CEOs – Chief Experience Officers and it’s their job to ensure your tour exceeds your expectations. Each has an amazing balance of a caring attitude and amazing story-telling ability will make your tour a relaxing, fun and informative experience.
Personalised Tours
Maximum of 12 guests
We keep our walking groups small and personalised with a maximum of 12 walkers. This allows our group to get to know each other forming new friendships and with minimal impact on the environment.
Genuinely all-inclusive
When you travel on one of our walking tours, you won’t be asked to put your hand in your pocket for extras along the way. All meals and wine during our dinner are included in your walking tour with nothing more to pay.
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Why should you choose us?
Tour Itinerary
This is an all-inclusive tour with no hidden extras:
- 4 day Pack-Free Walk
- 2 nights accommodation at Binna Burra in Sky Lodge Studios .
- 1 night in Mountain View Rooms at O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat
- Celebratory Lunch and Wine tasting in a local winery
- 3 x dinners featuring local produce
- 3 x breakfasts
- 3 x packed lunches to enjoy whilst walking
- Fresh fruit and trail mix to enjoy during your walk
- Professionally guided – Our CEO’s – Chief Experience Officer are locals who are passionate, well trained and enthusiastic with the ability to bring to life a depth of information
- Return transfers from the Gold Coast
- National Parks Fees
- Regional boutique wine and non-alcoholic drinks served with dinner.
Please note: we advise drinking in moderation as walking can be strenuous. Wine is served to enjoy with your dinner only if you would like to enjoy alcohol after dinner you will need to purchase your own.
SUGGESTED PRE NIGHT ACCOMMODATION: Meriton Suites Broadbeach on the Gold Coast
MEETING TIME: 7:30am
TRAILS NOTES: 12km. 4 hours walking. Moderate grade.
TERRAIN: Another good, dirt walking track with few obstacles but some short rocky sections. Unfenced lookouts. The track is lightly undulating.
WALK ITINERARY: Meet your guides in the hotel foyer at the Meriton Suites Broadbeach on the Gold Coast at 7.30am or drive to Canungra to meet us. Today we will head to Binna Burra in Lamington National Park to start our walking adventure. We believe our walk today is one of the best in this area and the most botanically diverse with beautiful wildflowers all year round. We’ll start Daves Creek Circuit by branching off the Border track where we’ll wind through an amazing variety of forests types from lush rainforest to towering eucalypts, and sparse mallee woodland to colourful montane heath. Enjoy magnificent views of Springbrook, Mount Hobwee and Numinbah Valley. Stop in the cool shade for lunch at Picnic Creek or beside a trickling waterfall. Have your camera ready because the falls have spectacular displays of delicate wind spray. Keep an eye out for Surprise Rock—a volcanic dyke made of hardy trachyte, which is able to withstand erosion. This park is part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area, famed for its ongoing geological processes, evolutionary history, and diversity (especially of rare, threatened and endemic species). Tonight we stay at the charming mountain retreat of Binna Burra. Guests will stay in the luxurious Sky Lodges with stunning views. Enjoy a hearty dinner in the Clifftop Dining Room accompanied with wine.
As we have two guides easier options walks are available or 5-6kms. (Note: two guides on each tour are subject to 8 or more passengers).
TRAIL NOTES: 11km. 4.5 hours walking. Moderate grade.
TERRAIN: Walking experience recommended. Track includes uneven ground and short steep sections.
WALK ITINERARY: After a hearty breakfast, we set off to explore one of Lamington National Park’s most iconic walks, the trail to Coomera Falls lookout. This beautifully maintained track meanders through lush subtropical and warm temperate rainforest, home to ancient trees, towering brush box (Lophostemon confertus), and an abundance of wildlife. The well-marked path follows the upper reaches of the Coomera River, with a few river crossings made easy by well-placed stepping stones. After 5.5km, we reach the spectacular cantilevered Coomera Falls lookout, where you can take in breathtaking views of both Coomera Falls and Yarrabilgong Falls as they plunge into the dramatic 160-metre-deep gorge below. Take time to enjoy the scenery and the sound of rushing water before retracing your steps back through the rainforest. Keep an eye out for the brilliant blue and white Lamington spiny crayfish, which can often be seen near the streams. This walk is a wonderful taste of the ancient Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area—celebrated for its exceptional biodiversity and evolutionary history. Return to Binna Burra Lodge this afternoon to relax and refresh before another memorable dinner in the Clifftop Dining Room, accompanied by wine and sweeping views of the hinterland.
TRAIL NOTES: 21.4kms. 6.5 hours walking with breaks. (Easier Option available of 10.9kms. 4 hours available). Medium grade.
TERRAIN: Lightly undulating terrain, but some short steep pinches. The track is a well-trodden path through the rainforest with few obstacles but there are occasional rocks, exposed tree roots and mud as well as multiple creek crossings where the rocks can be slippery but, nothing too challenging.
WALK ITINERARY: After a hearty breakfast in the Cliff Top Dining Room, we head out on our adventure. Today’s one-way walk on the famous Border Track is absolutely gorgeous, though the track is a lengthy 21.4kms the effort is definitely worth it! This beautiful and captivating walk weaves its way through deep and lush rainforest with amazing views overlooking Lamington National Park and the Gold Coast. You will be taken aback by the beauty of the foliage, the calling of the wild birds and the sheer tranquillity of the rainforest. Cross small streams and discover misty forests of 2000-year-old Antarctic beech trees. The views are out of this world, especially in the latter part of the walk where you are looking over the Tweed Valley and Mt Warning. The track follows sections of Roberts and Rowland’s original survey route and is now a part of the Gold Coast Hinterland Great Walk (a 3-day hike along the Border Ranges)! We walk directly from the trail into our accommodation at O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat. This superb mountain lodge is a place to connect with nature. Enjoy dinner in the main dining room feature a wonderful a la carte dining, accompanied with regional wines. As we have two guides easier options walks are available or 10.9kms or 4.4kms. (Note two guides on each 3-day tour is subject to 8 or more passengers).
TRAIL NOTES: 7.5kms. 3.5 hours walking one way with breaks
TERRAIN: Gentle downhill to Moran Falls, which makes for a gentle uphill on the way back. Good, well trodden dirt track with few obstacles. The track to Python Rock is an easy gradient.
WALK ITINERARY: Enjoy an early buffet breakfast in the Retreat’s main dining room. Today we walk to Moran Falls and Python Rock Lookout. Walk through forests of lichen dappled coachwood and through fern-filled gullies. We eventually reach a magic spot for spectacular views over Moran Falls, where we stop to take a photo of this stunning waterfalls set amongst a backdrop of lush greenery. This idyllic location was the home of the bark hut, the first home of the O’Reilley brothers. We head to Python Rock through the amazing rainforest, a great track for bird watching with superb panoramic views. Apart from the lush rainforest, another feature of this walk is a large number of leaf-tailed geckos you’re likely to encounter along the track. This small gecko is endemic to the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia. After our walk, we visit a local vineyard for a celebratory lunch and wine tasting a remarkable way to finish our adventure. Afterwards, we head back to Broadbeach, dropping off those who drove to their cars in Canungra. You will arrive at Broadbeach at at approximately 4.30pm. The end of a great journey.
Tour Availability
& On Sale Prices
- Super Earlybird Savings
Book for 2027 departures and Super Earlybirds SAVE $500 per person for guests who have travelled with us before and SAVE $400 per person for new guests. See pricing below.
NOTE: Prices displayed in the table are for first-time travellers, guests who have travelled with us before receive an additional $100 discount per person which will be applied once your email is entered in the booking.
Prices in Australian Dollars (AUD).
PRIVATE GROUPS:
Departure date of your choice is subjective to availability. A minimum group size of 10 required. Prices are equal to Past Travellers’ discounted rates. Based on twin share – see details about Single Supplement and upgrade extras.
Please contact us for more details on (02) 9975 4553 or email: walks@lifesanadventure.com.au
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SOLO TRAVELLERS & EXTRAS:
SOLO TRAVELLERS WILLING TO SHARE
If you are a solo traveller willing to share a room, we will attempt to match you with another solo traveller of the same gender. If we can’t find you a match of the same gender by around 8 weeks prior to the tour, you will be charged the single supplement cost. Subject to availability at time of booking.
SOLO TRAVELLERS
WANTING THEIR OWN ROOM
For those wanting to guarantee their own room, a single supplement cost will be charged at the time of booking. Subject to availability.
SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $690
Note: at Binna Burra you will have your own studio apartment.
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BOOKING TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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SALE TICKET CONDITIONS:
* Super Earlybird, Earlybird and Spot Special Sale Tickets: Must be paid in full at time of booking. Refunds or cancellations are not permitted for Sale Tickets however, transfers to another date are permitted 8 weeks or more prior to departure however incurs a $200 change fee. We advise taking out travel insurance in case unexpected circumstances prior to the trip, prevent you from joining this tour. Early bird or Spot Special discounts cannot be used in conjunction with another offer. We have partnered with Cover-More to provide travel insurance to our guests. To get a quote or purchase travel insurance directly with them Click here. To receive these special discounts, full payment must be made at the time of initial booking. Flexiwalk Add-On option not available on these tickets.
* Those who have travelled with Life’s An Adventure previously, receive a past passenger discount of $100. This discount will automatically be deducted from future bookings when you book online using the same email address used for past bookings.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
* Prices are per person in Australian dollars and include GST.
* A deposit of $300 per person is required to secure your booking. (unless taking advantage of Earlybird or Spot Specials in which full payment is required at time of booking).
* Note: If you are booking within 90 days of your departure date – we will require full payment at the time of booking
* Prices are based on twin share of rooms. If you are travelling solo you may be required to share with someone of the same gender. If this is not suitable you can request to pay a single supplement, however, limited single rooms are available per trip so are on a request basis.
* Credit Card fees apply or contact us for bank transfer payment options. The following fees apply. Australian Credit Cards including Visa and Mastercard 1% +$0.20 per transaction, International Credit Cards including Visa and Mastercard 3.4% + $0.30 per transaction (payments in AUD). For international guests we also offer bank transfers in your own currency to avoid transaction fees.
* Payments must be made online via our NAB (National Australia Bank) secure payment page via credit card (Visa or Mastercard) or over the phone.
* We advise taking our Travel Insurance to cover items such as cancellation of tour due to minimum numbers not met, or adverse weather conditions, injury, evacuation, delayed flights, illness, etc. Click here
* Credit for cancelled activities. If a tour activity has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances a credit for this missed activity can be applied to any future tour with us. Click here.
