Wilderness and Wildlife

One of Tasmania’s most popular walks, the 6 km loop track snakes around Dove Lake in the shadow of Cradle Mountain, mostly on boardwalk.

Take the short walk up to the lookout over Wineglass Bay, perched between the twin peaks of The Hazards, or continue on the descent down to the beach.

Russell Falls is one of Tasmania’s prettiest waterfalls and only one hour from Hobart in Mt Field National Park. The 20 minute walk loops through towering swamp gums and cool temperate rainforest.

Montezuma Falls is Tasmania's highest waterfall. Near Rosebery in Tasmania’s west, this level, three hour return rainforest walk features leatherwood, myrtle and sassafras trees.

Liffey Falls in the Great Western Tiers in Tasmania’s north is one of Tasmania’s most beautiful waterfalls, made up of four sets of falls along a 45-minute return walk.

Travel light with only a small day pack as you walk through the second largest cool temperate rainforest in the world. For three days, experience remote waterfalls, myrtle rainforests, pristine rivers, towering mountain tops and wild coastlines.

Walk the Overland Track in comfort. Cradle Mountain Huts Walk offers the only private hut accommodation along Tasmania’s most popular walk, between October and May.

Join a four-day walk on the stunning Freycinet Peninsula. Explore remote areas of the national park with knowledgeable guides before retiring to award-winning lodgings and fresh local produce.

This four-day guided walk through a World Heritage listed island national park combines history and wildlife with wilderness camps and gourmet food and wine.

The wukalina walk is the best way to experience the famous Bay of Fires region and discover the cultural homeland of the indigenous palawa people.

The White Wallaby is unique to Bruny Island and can be found around the south side of Adventure Bay. They are most often seen around dawn and dusk. White Wallabies are Bennett's wallabies with a rare genetic mutation that gives them their white fur.

Head to the Cradle Valley boardwalk for some wombat-spotting at Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. If you have a car, park at the Ronny Creek car park or hop on the shuttle bus at the visitors centre. For the uninitiated, wombats have pretty uniquely shaped poo, so if you see piles of cube-shaped droppings you know you are in the right place.

Maria Island National Park is a natural wildlife haven and  home to the Cape Barren goose, the Forester kangaroo, wombats, Bennett’s wallabies and Tasmanian devils. It's also one of the best places in Tasmania for bird-watching with many Tasmanian endemics, including the rare forty-spotted pardalote and swift parrot.

Dubbed the ‘Serengeti of Tasmania’, Narawntapu National Park is a haven for wildlife including wallabies, quolls, Tassie devils and a variety of birdlife. Head to Springlawn to see Forester Kangaroos—the largest marsupial in Tasmania.

Passionate about conservation, Bonorong is a sanctuary for Tasmanian wildlife and the state’s largest 24 x 7 Wildlife Rescue Service. Enjoy an animal encounter or feeding experience just 30 minutes north of Hobart.

Devils @ Cradle is a sanctuary breeding Tasmania's three unique threatened carnivorous marsupials; the spotted-tail quoll, the eastern quoll and the Tasmanian devil. Join a feeding tour and learn more about the devastating cancer that has affected the population.

An hour from Hobart toward Port Arthur, Tasmania Unzoo is a zoo with no formal boundaries where animals and visitors roam free. Feed kangaroos and pademelons or come nose-to-nose with a Tasmanian devil.

See these mysterious creatures up close at the unique facility located at Beauty Point, north of Launceston. Take an educational tour and get an exclusive behind the scenes look at Australia’s only working commercial seahorse farm.

Tasmanian platypuses and echidnas are unique and can’t be seen anywhere else in the world. Take a guided tour and watch them feed and play in their indoor habitat, 40 minutes from Launceston at Beauty Point.