#10 best hike in the world is …
The Overland Track
This blogger is booked to hike Tasmania’s Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in 2007. I can hardly wait.
The best & most famous walk in Australia.
Our consultant in Taz is none other than Aussie’s finest guidebook author John Chapman. He and wife Monica wrote the book on Overland.
Why we love it:
Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, a World Heritage Site
Tasmania is 40%+ protected wilderness
easy-moderate hiking, if the weather cooperates
quota system keeps the Track from getting overrun: 50-60 hikers / day (about 34 independent, 26 guided)
ever-changing landscape, rainforest and alpine
Mt Ossa, Tasmania’s tallest mountain
boat trip on Lake St Clair, Australia’s deepest lake
good sidetrips, weather permitting
seeing the beech trees turn golden end of April / early May
taking photos of The Acropolis and The Labyrinth
Considerations:
you can choose whether to tent or sleep in huts, each night, space permitting.
some hikers do this walk with no tent — we do not recommend it. If there is no space in the hut, or for some reason you are forced to camp away from a hut, a light tent can save you.
Tasmania is latitude 40°S, directly in the path of the "Roaring Forties" winds. Hikers have turned back due to wind.
plenty of snow falls on the highlands during the winter
waterproof everything
hypothermia is a real danger
no fires allowed
bring a stove as none of the huts have them
hang your food safely or animals may chew holes in your tent
currawongs and ravens can open zips, clips and Velcro
Details on our Overland Track information page.
Atop Cradle Mountain. Original photo from Andrew Purdam - flickr.
Andrew’s Lake St Clair to Cradle Mountain (via 7 peaks) trip report photo journal.
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