Self Guided Freycinet Walk

• Pack free walk – carry as little as your water, lunch and camera each day.
• A walking APP with GPS coordinates on your walk
• Detailed maps and trail notes
• Optional use of an EPIRB (Personal Emergency Beacon) if required.
• Walk to the trail each day from your accommodation
• Boat transfer on day 2 to the start of your walk
• 3 x two-course dinners featuring Tasmanian produce
• 4 x packed walkers lunches
• 3 x breakfasts
• Your overnight luggage will be transferred
• Accommodation in one bedroom cabins at Freycinet Lodge
• Return Private transfers to and from Launceston with the option for an Airport drop off
• National Park Pass
• No Credit Card Fees

TRANSFER TIMES: Morning: 20-minute boat transfer to the start of the trail. Afternoon: Walk directly to your accommodation.

WALKING GRADES: 16 km one way, 8.5 hours with breaks. Difficult with some steep and challenging sections. There is a short option for today’s walk which is 12.3 km one way, 3.5 hours with breaks. Medium walking with some steep steps.

WALK TERRAIN: This is an old-school bushwalking track. Expect to do a bit of ducking and weaving, clambering up and down rocks and crossing creeks. The track has many obstacles such as rocks and exposed tree roots. Add to this a steep ascent, 570m in elevation to Mt Graham, and then a similar descent. The track is intermittently signposted but marked with arrows and old tree blazes. The terrain on today’s short option is flat, sandy with some steps towards the end.

WALK ITINERARY: The transfer to the start of today’s walk is as scenic and fun as the walk itself. A water taxi will meet you at the jetty right at the front of your accommodation and whisk you down the coast to Cooks Beach. This is a great chance to see seals, dolphins or sea eagles as you cruise past Refuge Island and Promise Rock. The water taxi lands you on Cooks Beach where today’s walk begins. There are two options today. Those wanting a longer, challenging walk to climb up to East Freycinet Saddle and over Mount Graham. This is a steep ascent but the variety of scenery and abundant wildlife along the way are a pleasant distraction. From the summit of Mt Graham, enjoy superb, panoramic views over the southern end of Freycinet National Park and Schouten Island. The walk then descends to Wineglass Bay before returning along the beach and climbing up and over Wineglass Bay Lookout to your accommodation. For those wanting a shorter option, rather than climb over Mt Graham you can walk through beautiful forest to Hazards Beach then follow it north, crossing back to Wineglass Bay before climbing up and over Wineglass Bay Lookout to your accommodation.

FLEXIBLE WALKING: Easier Option. For those after a shorter walk or not up to the challenge of Mt Graham your boat transfer will deliver you to Cooks Beach where you will walk to Bryans Beach at the southern-most tip of the peninsula before making your way along the beachfront and over to Wineglass Bay Bay before returning to our accommodation.

FLEXIBLE WALKING: Optional Early morning walk to Mt Amos. Grade 3 Hard.  Total climbing:410m.

TRANSFER TIMES: Morning: 5-minute transfer from accommodation to start of the trail. Afternoon: 2.5 hours transfer from end of the walk to Launceston.

WALK GRADE: 4km return, 3-4 hours. Difficult with very steep sections and rock scrambling. Good level of fitness required.

WALK ITINERARY: This morning those that are fit and up for the challenge can enjoy a morning walk to the top of Mt Amos, one of the granite peaks of the Hazards mountain range, which forms the backdrop to Coles Bay. The track to the summit is steep with some boulder scrambling but walkers are rewarded with spectacular panoramic views. While the walk up is strenuous, the descent is knee-knocking. It truly is an epic end to your Freycinet Experience. You then meet your transfer company at the end of the walk, and head back to Launceston.

FINISH TIME: You will arrive back into Launceston at approximately 6.00pm.