5 Days | Immerse yourself in alpine scenery and gold rush history
Discover the fascinating gold rush history of Victoria’s High Country on a five-day walking adventure with time to appreciate the many different aspects of this beautiful and historically significant destination. On this trip, you’ll enjoy hikes in the Victorian Alps, including one of the best in the state, and spend each night at a charming guest house. This tour delivers a breath of fresh air with superb scenery, wildlife spotting, and a dash of local history.
Trip overview
- Start
- Melbourne, Australia
- Finish
- Melbourne, Australia
- Theme
- Walking & trekking
- Destinations
- Australia
- Physical rating
- Indicates how physically exerting a trip is, and how fit you will need to be to enjoy it. More info on physical ratings
- Style
- Original
- Ages
- Min 15
- Group size
- Min 1 - Max 4
- Trip code
- PJXV
- Hike three of Victoria’s best-known alpine walking areas: Mt Buffalo, Falls Creek and the iconic Razorback Ridge to Mount Feathertop.
- Be treated to classic Victorian scenery with sweeping alpine vistas, snow gum meadows and fresh mountain air.
- Unpack once and spend four nights in the same, charming accommodation in Bright, the perfect springboard to some of the region’s best hikes.
- Explore the Victorian Alps, otherwise known as the Victorian High Country, and discover historical mountain huts built in the 1800’s.
- Enjoy a hearty breakfast, lunch and dinner on every full day of the trip, expect delicious food that keeps you fuelled up for your treks.
- This is a walking trip so a good fitness level will help you enjoy all the included walks and activities. We suggest doing some training including some hills and taking on some uneven terrain. If you are able to get in some longer walks in your training, a safe and rewarding walking tour awaits you!
- This trip is operated and run by Inspiration Outdoors, an Intrepid Company. You will be travelling with a mixture of both Inspiration Outdoors customers and Intrepid customers. Intrepid works closely with Inspiration Outdoors to ensure that all of our customers enjoy their time away.
Itinerary
Inclusions
4 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 4 dinners
Private Vehicle, Walking
Cabin (4 nights)
- Mount Buffalo National Park - Day walks
- Mount Buffalo National Park - The Big Walk
- Alpine National Park - Falls Creek & Bogong High Plains walks
- Alpine National Park - Mt Feathertop Summit walk
- Alpine National Park - The Razorback Walk
- Bright - Ovens River to Bright Canyon walk
Dates and availability
Important notes
START & END TIMES
This trip begins with a pick-up in Melbourne's CBD on day 1 at 8am and finishes in the late afternoon on the last day upon arrival back into Melbourne. Please keep this in mind when booking your arrival and departure arrangements.
SINGLE SUPPLEMENT
A Single Supplement is bookable on this trip, subject to availability at the time of booking. Due to the types of accommodation used on this tour a single supplement will not always mean a king/queen bed and own bathroom.
OPERATOR
This trip is operated and run by Inspiration Outdoors, an Intrepid Company. You will be travelling with a mixture of both Inspiration Outdoors customers and Intrepid customers. Intrepid works closely with Inspiration Outdoors to ensure that all of our customers enjoy their time away.
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