Self Guided Light to Light 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/PLB (Personal Locator Beacon) if required.
• Transfers to the trail each day
• 3 x dinners
• 3 x packed walker’s lunches
• 3 x breakfasts
• Your overnight bags will be transferred
• 3 nights accommodation at superb waterfront accommodation
• Fresh fruit and trail mix to enjoy during your walk
• National Park Pass
• No Credit Card Fees

TRANSFERS: Our driver will provide transfer to and from the trail today. Morning 25-minute transfer to the start of the trail. Afternoon 25-minute transfer to your accommodation

WALK GRADE: 13.2km. 4.5 hours walking with breaks. Medium grade.

WALK ITINERARY: After breakfast this morning our driver will drop you off at the start of your walk. Begin your coastal trek at the northern end overlooking Twofold bay from Boyds Tower and admire this historic sandstone building originally intended to be a lighthouse. Boyd’s Tower was constructed in the late 1840s as part of an ambitious plan by Benjamin Boyd to establish Eden as a major commercial port. He was however denied official approval to use the tower as a lighthouse and the main use for this tower came from shore based whales of the coastline. You pass open grassy areas where you may see eastern grey kangaroos grazing. Hike through coastal forests and heath and across red-rocked platforms.  View headlands along the way from where you might be able to see a lighthouse. Follow the trail and lookout for seals and seabirds year-round, or migrating whales in season, particularly between September and November. Finally head to the pristine Saltwater Creek Beach to cool down with a swim or surf. After your walk you will be met by your driver who will transfer you back to your charming accommodation. Tonight enjoy a 2 course dinner in the restaurant featuring fresh local produce.

TRANSFERS: Our driver will provide transfers from the accommodation to and from the trail today.

WALK GRADE: 7kms. 3 hours walking one way with breaks. Medium grade.

ITINERARY: After a leisurely breakfast,  our driver will return you to finish the final section of the walk towards Green Cape Light station your final destination. Follow a trail that was traditionally travelled by lightkeepers taking supplies that were off-loaded at Bittangabee Bay; look closely for remnants of the old horse-drawn tram track. You’ll find a walkway to the lookout at the tip of Green Cape where you can stop to look for dolphins and take in stunning views across Disaster Bay. Enjoy plenty of good vantage points to look for whales migrating along the coastline – especially during autumn and spring. Watch out also for seals or seabirds plunging into the ocean waters for a feed of fish. If you’re lucky you may also spot a sea eagle riding the thermal air currents in slow majestic circles, or hovering low over the water before dropping down to catch fish or waterfowl. The Green Cape lighthouse commenced operations in 1883 as part of a plan by Francis Hixson to ‘light the coast like a street with lamps’. This was an especially important development in an age when coastal shipping offered the main communication and supply line between isolated coastal communities and ports such as Sydney and Melbourne. At 29m tall, it was the largest mass concrete structure built in NSW up until that time. Today the light’s operation is fully automated and the NPWS manages the site. Afterwards your walk your driver will meet you and either drop you back to your accommodation to collect your car or will drop you at Merimbula airport to catch a flight home.