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Book before December 31, 2024 to score some great deals on The Maria Island Walk and The Arkaba Walk for 2025.
The Maria Island Walk: Early Bird Offer: Get a complimentary one-night hotel stay in Hobart when you book The Maria Island Walk. Use promo code EARLYBIRDMIW when you book a 2025 walk before 31 December 2024.
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The Arkaba Walk: Get a 10% early bird saving when you book The Arkaba Walk for our 2025 walks. Use the promo code EARLYBIRDAW when booking.
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Championing one of our most spectacular and fascinating wetlands, the might National Geographic Magazine has just named the Murray River one of its 25 Best Places in the World to Travel in 2025.
And one of the best ways to experience it? On the Murray River Walk in South Australia!
With masses of wildlife, unique ecosystems and its enchanting natural beauty, you’ll feel a world away in these dreamy landscapes, relaxing and soaking up the magic of ‘river time’.
Home to over 180 species of birds, the Murray is a bird watchers paradise. Emus, pelicans, and birds of prey are regulars, while rare and unique species such as the Regents Parrot will be a highlight if you spot them. Plus there’s a myriad of other wildlife to capture your heart including kangaroos, goannas and echidnas, and a whole lot of marine life.
All of this while unwinding on a brand new ultra-modern clean, green houseboat, with delicious South Australian meals and wine, ensuite bathrooms and a roof top spa to enjoy four magical outback days.
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2024 is finishing on a high for Great Walks of Australia, with multiple Great Walks winning for excellence in end of year awards.
Hiker favourite The Maria Island Walk, along with the newest Great Walk, Flinders Island Walking Adventure In Comfort, won Silver and Bronze respectively in Eco-Tourism at the recent Tasmanian Tourism Awards.
And in the Northern Territory, Australian Walking Holidays, home of the famed Classic Larapinta Trek In Comfort, won both the Eco-Tourism and Adventure Tourism categories at the recent Brolga Awards.
Meanwhile, ever-popular Seven Peaks Walks on Lord Howe Island, NSW along with Great Walks Of Australia, received a combined Runner Up award in the Best Tourism Wellness Attraction at the recent 2024 Spa and Wellness Awards.
Congratulations to all of our award winning walks!
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For the first time since 2017, we are thrilled to add a new Great Walk Of Australia to our ranks and it’s a ripper. Known as the jewel in the crown of Tasmania, Flinders Island offers hikers a mesmerising mix of spectacular terrains, epic views, abundant wildlife and cultural history.
Considered the hidden jewel of Tasmania, the six-day/five-night, day-pack only guided Flinders Island Walking Adventure In Comfort covers 42 kilometres of easy to moderate walking and is accessed via a scenic flight from Bridport, near Launceston.
Flinders Island Walking Adventure In Comfort offers walkers a diverse and rewarding itinerary that includes sweeping coastal views, crystal clear swimming spots and dramatic granite peaks to summit, including Mt Strzelecki which provides 360-degree views.
Great Walks of Australia Executive Officer, Liz O’Rourke, said: “We’re so thrilled to be adding the 13th Great Walk of Australia to our collection.”
“Rugged, pristine and remote, this gem of a destination is perfect for anyone wanting to get off the beaten track to a unique, undiscovered wild landscape with blockbuster views and feel like you have it nearly all to yourself.”
“I have no doubt hikers from around the world are going to be excited about having this special new experience launch and love it as much as our other 12 incredible Great Walks.”
Tasmanian Expeditions is a pioneer of extended walking experiences on the Apple Isle. The first walking tour operator in Tasmania, they have a heritage of curating new trails and active travel experiences since the mid 1970’s and hold advanced certification by Eco-Tourism Australia.
Michael Buggy, General Manager of Tasmanian Expeditions, said: “It is an honour to have our Tasmanian Expeditions’ Flinders Island Walking Adventure In Comfort officially recognised as one of the Great Walks of Australia, joining an esteemed line up of Australia’s most outstanding walking adventures.
“Our 6-day itinerary guides walkers through Flinders’ amazing trails and pristine wilderness by day, then continues this true immersion in nature by night at our beachfront Eco-Comfort Camp, which is big on comfort but small on environmental impact.”
Although a small island of only 1,333 square kilometres, Flinders Island hosts an amazing array of ecosystems that make for extraordinary hiking – from dunes and lagoons, to woodland and mountainous granite ridges which produce spectacular and unique species of flora and fauna which freely roams the island.
Like all Great Walks, the experience is all inclusive with flights to the island, food, accommodation and expert guides leading the way; walkers just need to bring their boots, clothes and a sense of adventure.
At the end of each day of walking, guests will retire to the comfort of Tasmanian Expeditions’ coastal Eco‐Comfort Camp. Having enjoyed wonderful Tasmanian food, wine and hospitality, guests fall asleep inside custom-designed ‘star tents’ with clear roofs, watching a blanket of stars with no light pollution.
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Great Walk of Australia is thrilled to celebrate 10 years of operations in 2023 and is marking the occasion with an offer of 10% off all Great Walks for travel in 2024 for a limited time. Get in quick!
Showcasing Australia’s best multi-day hiking experiences, Great Walks of Australia officially launched in 2013 with six founding walks and has grown to become one of Australia’s most trusted and loved walking experience brands for domestic and international hikers over the past decade.
Great Walks now has 12 member walks across the country, and has actively championed the walking industry in Australia, encouraging people to boot up, see our spectacular and iconic places of nature, and experience the many benefits of a multi-day guided walk.
To celebrate our decade-long milestone, we’re offering a massive 10% off all new bookings for any of the Great Walks of Australia booked before September 30, 2023 for travel until the end of 2024.
Use or quote the promo code GWOA10YEARS on direct booking walks made through our Great Walks of Australia members, simply by clicking any book now buttons on our website or calling the walk directly.
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From the outback to Tasmania, our members include some of the country’s best-known multi-day guided walking experiences, run by some of Australia’s most reputable and leading operators. Great Walks also counts industry pioneers and trailblazers such as Joan Masterman and Sue Badyari among the company’s co-founders, each having helped develop the walking industry in Australia and standards for excellence in guided walking experiences and eco-tourism.
The group was also one of the first collectives in Tourism Australia’s highly renowned Signature Experiences of Australia program, founded to showcase Australia’s best tourism experiences to the world.
Tourism Australia Managing Director, Phillipa Harrison, has congratulated Great Walks of Australia on its important milestone.
“Australia’s natural beauty attracts a lot of interest from international travellers and is one of our great strengths on the global stage. We have amazing landscapes and landmarks and Great Walks of Australia offers visitors a unique way to experience many of them,” Ms Harrison said.
“We are proud to have Great Walks of Australia as part of the Signature Experiences Program and hope it continues to offer ultimate walking holidays to international travellers well into the future.”
All Great Walks of Australia walks are led by expert guides with a deep understanding of the environment, who help to bring to life the stories, culture, flora, fauna and history of each trail along the way.
Small groups, exclusive, comfortable accommodation and delicious gourmet food and wine, combine with remote locations for the ultimate in multi-day walking adventures.
All Great Walks members hold advanced eco-tourism credentials and are actively involved in the conversation of the lands they walk through.
Great Walks of Australia Executive Officer, Liz O’Rourke, said: “Great Walks members continue to set the bar and deliver exceptional, industry-leading hiking experiences. But more than that, our operators and their teams are all highly passionate about the places they walk, helping to conserve them for the future, and sharing that passion to generate awareness with walkers.”
“It’s such a privilege to take hikers to see places of high conservation value and significance, including Maria Island National Park on The Maria Island Walk, the Riverland Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance on the Murray River Walk, Saltwater Lagoon on Freycinet Experience Walk, Arkaba Station (currently being rewilded) on The Arkaba Walk, as well as UNESCO World Heritage Listed areas like Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park on Cradle Mountain Signature Walk, the ancient Gondwana rainforests on Spicers Scenic Rim Trail and Lord Howe Island on Seven Peaks Walk.”
“These are places and journeys you never forget. That in turn helps the walks to foster a new wave of supporters that want to help protect and conserve them for the future also.”
“Walking has continued to soar in popularity around the world over the past decade, but hit new heights around Covid. People started valuing the simplicity and importance of the basic need of going for a walk and being outside more than ever. They are looking at walking through a different lens now.”
“Ultimately, most of us live busy lives and are often disconnected from nature. Walking is really just a great mode of transport for a nature experience with a whole host of wellbeing benefits, which more and more people are realising. Fundamentally, walks allow people to slow down and spend quality time enjoying the incredibly beautiful and iconic wild places we are lucky to have in Australia, and connect to the land and themselves.
“When you take time to walk the land, you’ll always be deeply rewarded.”
“We look forward to what the next decade brings, while continuing to champion experiencing the country’s landscapes on foot, and showcasing our greatest walks.”
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