Thousands of walkers are set to take on the challenge of walking the Overland Track after securing a booking for the upcoming 2024/25 summer season.
Minister for Parks and Environment, Nick Duigan, said bookings opened at 9am today for Tasmania's premier multi-day alpine walk which attracts walkers from all over the world.
"By 2pm, well over half of the available 8200 spots had been booked," Minister Duigan said.
"More than 5110 people have booked to walk the track. The majority of these bookings are from interstate visitors (4125), followed by Tasmanians (774) and international tourists (211).
"January is fully booked, with very limited availability in December."
This year, there have been enhancements to the booking system to include a waiting room and a queuing system.
"The booking system has performed well with no outages. The queue has been fully processed with people currently going straight to the booking function," Minister Duigan said.
The Overland Track walk remains as popular as ever and is often fully booked each year across the peak spring, summer and autumn walking season from 1 October – 31 May.
There are 34 places available for booking each day over the season, which equates to 8,296 walkers over the full season.
"These limits are put in place to enable Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service can manage daily departures, along with damage to remote bushwalking environments and to support an outstanding visitor experience," Minister Duigan said.
Our 2030 Strong Plan for Tasmania's Future is all about preserving our parks for generations to come, including building our next iconic walk on the West Coast.
