Lake Pedder Walk & South West Wilderness
3-Day Lake Pedder Walk & South West Wilderness – Pack-Free Guided Adventure by Life’s An Adventure
Discover the pristine beauty of Lake Pedder and the breathtaking landscapes of Tasmania’s South West Wildernessregion on our exclusive 3-Day Pack-Free Walk. This guided adventure invites you to immerse yourself in one of the world’s most extraordinary temperate wilderness areas, where ancient rainforests, majestic peaks, and crystal-clear lakes await.
Situated within a World Heritage area, Lake Pedder is renowned for its stunning natural scenery. As you hike through this remarkable landscape, you’ll marvel at forests of towering sassafras, myrtle, and huon pine trees, some of which are over 3000 years old. These ancient giants create a magical atmosphere, providing a glimpse into Tasmania’s rich ecological heritage. Along the trail, you’ll encounter unique varieties of plants and an abundance of native fauna, including the elusive quolls and platypus, making each day a discovery of nature’s wonders.
The walk will take you deep into the remote South West Wilderness, surrounded by the expansive Southwest National Park. Spanning over 600,000 hectares, this is the largest national park in Tasmania and one of the last remaining temperate wilderness areas on Earth. As you traverse this untouched landscape, you’ll be captivated by its striking features, including wild rivers, rugged mountains, button grass plains, and lush green rainforests. The seclusion of this area offers a peaceful escape from the chaos of the modern world, allowing you to connect with nature on a profound level.
Our Pack-Free approach ensures you can fully enjoy the experience without the burden of heavy backpacks. You’ll carry only a light day pack with essentials, enabling you to focus on the breathtaking surroundings and the adventure that lies ahead. Our knowledgeable guides will accompany you, sharing insights into the region’s natural history, flora, and fauna, enriching your understanding of this extraordinary wilderness.
Join us for this unforgettable 3-Day Lake Pedder Walk & South West Wilderness, where you’ll experience the magic of Tasmania’s natural beauty firsthand. This guided adventure promises to be a memorable journey, filled with awe-inspiring landscapes and the tranquillity of one of Australia’s most spectacular wilderness areas!
*Due to the temporary closure of Lake Pedder Lodge, this walk is unavailable.
A Pack Free Walk
Walk with as little as your camera, lunch and water
Our speciality is providing Pack Free walks allowing our guests the opportunity to walk with as little as their water lunch, and camera. This freedom allows you to enjoy your walk not endure it, so you can fully absorb the magnificent scenery you encounter.
Pedder Wilderness Lodge
Remote accommodation
We enjoy two nights on the shores of Lake Pedder at the Pedder Wilderness Lodge.
This remote accommodation has a cosy bar and lounge to relax in after a day’s walk and restaurant for dining.
Rooming: Couples and singles paying a single supplement will stay in a Pedder Wing Lakeview Room with a queen bed. Those requiring twin beds will stay in the Pedder Wing Rooms, these rooms are the same size but face the other direction.
Please note this is an extremely remote region and therefore accommodation and facilities are comfortable but more basic than what you will find in a major city, we have chosen the best accommodation and rooms at each property and the best available in this region.
Hearty Meals featuring local produce
Accompanied with Tasmanian wine
This tour explores the remote regions of the South West Wilderness and Lake Pedder.
Night two we dine at the Twelve Trees Restaurant at Pedder Wilderness Lodge featuring Australian favourites paired with Tasmanian wines.
Flexible walking itinerary
Choose what suits you.
With two guides on all our tours of 8 or more guests, we offer flexible walking options with easier and more challenging itineraries most days.
Our CEO Guides
Passionate Chief Experience Officers
We refer to our guides as CEOs – Chief Experience Officers whose aim is to deliver you a world-class walk. We pride ourselves on employing a talented team of passionate CEOs who are committed to your safety and have a genuine desire to provide an enriching and memorable walking experience for you.
Personalised Tours
Maximum of 12 guests per tour
We keep our group sizes small and personalised with a maximum of 12 guests per trip, we find this delivers more personalised service, a great social environment and has less impact on the environment.
21 Tourism Awards of Excellence
including Australia's Best Adventure Tourism Company
Life’s an Adventure have won 21 Tourism Awards of Excellence including the Qantas Australian Tourism Award for Australia’s Best Adventure Company. Awards are great, but our biggest accolade which we value even more, is that our clients come back and travel with us time and time again.
NEW Flexiwalk Add-On
Cancel for any reason option
FlexiWalk is a new optional Add-On that allows passengers to cancel their tour last minute and not be penalised. Exclusively designed by Life’s An Adventure, this product gives our guests certainty in a time of uncertainty. Click here to find out more details
Genuinely all-inclusive
No more to pay
Our walking tours are all genuinely all-inclusive and once you pay for your tour there are no hidden extras. During your evening meals, you won’t need to put your hand in your pocket to pay for wine or beer as this is included in the price of the tour.
NO credit card fees apply.
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Why should you choose us?
Tour Itinerary
This is an all-inclusive tour with no hidden extras:
- 2 night at Lake Pedder Wilderness Lodge
- 2 x delicious dinners in the hotel restaurant
- Tasmanian 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 pre or post-dinner you will need to purchase this at your own expense. - 2 x breakfasts
- 3 x packed lunches
- Professionally guided – Our CEO’s – Chief Experience Officers are locals who are passionate, well trained and enthusiastic with the ability to bring to life a depth of information
- Fresh fruit and trail mix to enjoy during your walk
- Tea, coffee and hot chocolate to enjoy on the trail
- Transfers to and from Hobart
- Transfers to the trail each day
SUGGESTED PRE NIGHT ACCOMMODATION: Grand Chancellor Hobart
DEPARTURE TIME: 7.30am
TRANSFER TIMES: Morning: 1.5 hour transfer from Hobart to start of the trail. Afternoon: 30 minute transfer from end of walk to accommodation.
TRAIL DETAILS: Walk: 12kms, 6 hours walking with breaks. Medium Grade
TERRAIN: Track has steep ascent and descent, over rough and rocky surfaces. There are sections of boardwalk but the natural sections of track are rocky and uneven. Other sections of natural track are well formed and free of obstacles. There is a short sections of gravel road to walk.
FLEXIBLE WALKING: Shorter Option: We can offer a walk along the same track but which turns back earlier at Rodway Hut. This is a 7 km option with 4 hours of walking.
WALK ITINERARY: Be met by your guides at the Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart at 7.30am. Our journey takes us westwards to our first stop at Mt Field National Park, one of Tasmania’s most loved National Parks. Today we walk to the Tarn Shelf, a series of pretty glacial lakes, where you can marvel at the unusual geology of the tarn, with the colours and crystal clear clarity of the water spectacular on a sunny day. Guests will love the ever-changing diverse scenery on this walk as we follow the undulating ridgelines, crossing beautiful streams, and taking in stunning views across the landscape dotted with waratah and boronia meadows.
After our walk, we continue to our accommodation for 2 nights at Pedder Wilderness Lodge. After freshening up, join fellow guests and chat about the day’s adventures, before enjoying dinner served with Tasmanian wine.
TRANSFER TIMES: Morning: 40-minute transfer from our accommodation to start of the trail. Afternoon: 30-minute transfer from the end of the walk to accommodation.
TRAIL DETAILS: 14km walk, 6 hours walking with breaks. Medium Grade.
TERRAIN: Steep ascent and descent, total climb 750m. The natural trail is uneven. Rainforest sections can be slippery at times with raised tree roots. Rocky terrain up high with some sections of easy boulder scrambling.
FLEXIBLE WALKING: Again as we have two guides, we can offer a slower and faster group for this walk.
WALK ITINERARY: After breakfast, we head to the start of our walking trail. Our walk today is stunning from the get-go. Our walk will either do Mt Anne or Mt Wedge depending on the weather both are stunning walks. We reach the summit of Mt Wedge after ascending through magnificent, pristine rainforest and then a sub-alpine belt of pandanus, scoparia and heaths, before reaching the dolerite-boulder strewn gully which provides final access to the small summit plateau. The views from the top are sensational – the whole panorama of the southwest is before you, from the lakes below to Frenchmans Cap, the “ice-chewed” Arthur Range and Mt Anne, and even glimpses of the Southern Ocean beyond. On the return trip, if there is time, we will make a brief side-trip to the “Creepy Crawly” nature walk. Our accommodation for tonight is at Pedder Wilderness Lodge set on the waterfront of Lake Pedder. We enjoy dinner together in the restaurant served with Tasmania wine.
TRANSFER TIMES: Morning: 1.5 hour transfer from our accommodation to start of the trail. Afternoon: 2 hour transfer from end of walk to accommodation.
TRAIL DETAILS: Walk 9kms. Easy grade.
TERRAIN: Natural trails, which can be uneven underfoot with obstacles such as fallen trees, exposed tree roots, mud and rocks.
WALK ITINERARY: Today we firstly explore the Lake Pedder Dam. It is an amazing man-made achievement in itself and gives a different view of the lake. There are so many great walks around Lake Pedder, one of them being the Twisted Sister Track. It is as good as rainforest gets and expect to not see another person. We stop for morning tea here and enjoy the serenity. Then head back to explore the Upper Florentine Valley, part of the South-West wilderness of Tasmania which is celebrated for its wet sclerophyll and temperate forests, and is one of the greatest temperate wilderness areas on Earth. After years of dispute and protest amid forestry industry staff and environmental groups, the Florentine River Regional Reserve adjoined the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area in June 2013 as UNESCO officially recognised the environmental and cultural values of the area. The lower canopy of the valley floor is dominated by an assortment of sassafras, leatherwood, ferns, mosses, lichens and outcropping limestone, whilst this curtain of green is pierced by the trunks of some of the tallest trees on earth. Threatened species, such as the Tasmanian Wedge-Tailed Eagle, the Spotted-Tail Quoll, and the White Goshawk, find important habitat in the old growth forests that are still left in the Upper Florentine Valley. Afterwards, we return to Hobart the end of a remarkable journey.
ARRIVAL TIME: We arrive in Hobart at approximately 6.00 – 7:00pm depending on the pace of the group.
Tour Availability
*Due to the temporary closure of Lake Pedder Lodge, this walk is unavailable.
Departure Dates:
We run regularly scheduled tours from October to the end of April every year. We will also consider opening up a new departure date if we have enough demand. Email us at walks@lifesanadventure.com.au
PRIVATE GROUPS:
Date of your choice is available for groups of 12 people. Subject to availability.
Please contact us for more details on (02) 9975 4553 or email: groups@lifesanadventure.com.au
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FlexiWalk Option – Cancel for any Reason
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Discount Information:
PAST PASSENGER DISCOUNT: 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.
EARLYBIRD & SPOT SPECIAL CANCELLATIONS: Refunds or cancellations are not permitted for Earlybird Deals or Spot Specials, however, transfers to another date are permitted 8 weeks or more prior to departure. 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. 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.
Travel Insurance
We strongly advise our clients travelling within Australia to take out Travel Insurance. 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 .
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.
- NO credit card fees apply.
- 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.
Booking Terms and Conditions
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