Best Australia Hiking Tours: Our Top 4

Uluru: Guided Trek of Uluru's Base in a Small Group - The pre-dawn pickup and ride into the park

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 182 reviews · 6 hours · from $169Our pick

Start before sunrise, ride from your Ayers Rock Resort hotel, and walk Uluru’s full 10.5-kilometre base with an English-speaking guide. You’ll see ancient rock art, Mutitjulu Waterhole, and Kantju Gorge while hearing Anangu creation stories. Breakfast, tea, coffee, transport, and optional audio guides in six languages are included.

“The tour is a wonderful way to see Uluru, enjoying the sunset, and the peaceful of this magical place without the crowd. Tim, our tour guide, knows a lot about the history and the culture of the Anangu people. He shared with us the meaning of the sacred sites, the storytelling of many dreamtime stories about Uluru. The tour is very well organized. An unforgettable experience. Palya.”

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Blue Mountains Hiking Glow worms Cave Wildlife Spotlighting Night Adventure

2.Blue Mountains Hiking Glow worms Cave Wildlife Spotlighting Night Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 165 reviews · from $132Best guided

Join Wildscape Adventures at 8pm for a five-hour Blue Mountains night hike with guide Antoine. Walk about an hour each way to a waterfall cave filled with glowworms, spot nocturnal wildlife, and learn basic bush skills. Headlamps, water, parking, and hotel pickup are included.

“The tour guy was very funny and experienced with the outdoors and the van was new and comfortable. The tour goes very late, getting back to the hotel at past 1am, but very worth it as long as you don't have anything planned early the next day and get enough rest the day of. The hike is very easy for almost everyone and the guide will help with some slippery parts. The glowworms themselves were impressive, and you could even get up close to a few of them with the help of the guide. We even got to see a lobster-like creature in the creek on the way to the…”

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Small-Group Grampians Great Wildlife Escape Day Trip with Hiking

3.Small-Group Grampians Great Wildlife Escape Day Trip with Hiking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 160 reviews · from $111Cheapest way up

Travel from Melbourne to Grampians National Park in a small air-conditioned minibus. Walk to Boroka Lookout, the Balconies, and MacKenzie Falls, watch for kangaroos and emus, and visit Brambuk Aboriginal Cultural Centre. Guides such as Lauren, Graham, Jacob, and Tina have been praised for their humor, care, and local insight.

“The Grampians Hiking Day trip was a fun adventure in beautiful country. Our guide, Jacob, did a great job of personalizing the stops based on what the group wanted to do, and I appreciated his sense of humor along the way. It Read more”

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4 Day Wild Tasmania Tour / Wildlife, Nature, Hiking / Inc. Accom

4.4 Day Wild Tasmania Tour / Wildlife, Nature, Hiking / Inc. Accom

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 126 reviews · from $713

Travel from Hobart on a four-day loop with guide Tim or Trent, visiting waterfalls, rainforests, Cradle Mountain, Bay of Fires, Wineglass Bay, and a Tasmanian Devil sanctuary. The tour includes three nights of comfortable accommodation, park fees, transport, and wildlife entry. Expect hiking, long drives, and a maximum group of 13.

“Amazing tour with a lot of nature and beautiful walks. The tour guide Trent was really good at explaining everything and knew a lot of unique facts about all the places we went to. Also the accommodations were a lot nicer than what I was expecting. Overall really great trip would defo recommend to first time solo travellers as it’s a nice was to make friends!”

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Best Australia Hiking Tours: Our Top 4

Uluru: Guided Trek of Uluru’s Base in a Small Group

1.Uluru: Guided Trek of Uluru’s Base in a Small Group

Blue Mountains Hiking Glow worms Cave Wildlife Spotlighting Night Adventure

2.Blue Mountains Hiking Glow worms Cave Wildlife Spotlighting Night Adventure

Small-Group Grampians Great Wildlife Escape Day Trip with Hiking

3.Small-Group Grampians Great Wildlife Escape Day Trip with Hiking

4 Day Wild Tasmania Tour / Wildlife, Nature, Hiking / Inc. Accom

4.4 Day Wild Tasmania Tour / Wildlife, Nature, Hiking / Inc. Accom

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