• WINTER : 15 June 2020 to 30 September 2020 (inclusive) - Due to COVID-19 registrations are required to walk the Overland Track in winter 2020 – June through until the end of September 2020 - without charge, requiring only a valid Parks Pass. To meet Department of Health's social distancing requirements numbers are capped at 16 walkers per day. All walkers will be required walk from north to south, sleep in tents and maintain appropriate distance from others. The huts on the Overland Track will be accessible for emergency use only. Walkers must have a quality tent (3-4 season rating with inner and outer layer).
• Overland Track pass half price from October to December Overland Track walkers will receive a 50 per cent reduction on the usual adult price to enjoy hiking the premier alpine walk within the Tasmania Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) from 1 October to 31 December 2020. A $100 fee will apply to all walkers. Bookings for this period will open on 1 July.

The Overland Track is Australia’s premier alpine walk. This exhilarating and life-changing journey attracts walkers from across the globe. Beginning at the iconic Cradle Mountain and ending at Australia’s deepest lake – Lake St Clair, this 65 kilometre, six-day trek takes you through the heart of the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, part of the magnificent Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.

Your journey will be physically demanding, emotionally challenging and scenically spectacular. This is a landscape of glacially carved valleys, ancient rainforests, fragrant eucalypt forests, golden buttongrass moorlands and beautiful alpine meadows. Optional side-trips take you to cascading waterfalls and mountain summits, including Tasmania’s highest peak, Mount Ossa (1617 m).

Most walkers finish their journey at Narcissus Hut at the head of Lake St Clair where they board a small privately run ferry (prior booking required) to reach the Lake St Clair Visitor Centre at Cynthia Bay. Or you might choose to walk the 17.5 km length of the lake through rainforest to the visitor centre, extending your journey by a day. 

Almost half of the track is above 1000 metres in elevation on exposed plateaus in a remote area. Thorough preparation and good gear is essential. 

It’s no wonder the Overland Track has secured its reputation as one of the world’s great wilderness bushwalks. 

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