takara waranta | walk with us

wukalina Walk is a 4-day/3-night Palawa-owned-and-led guided experience involving cultural activities, bush tucker and traditional foods. There are only two main days of hiking so plenty of time to sit and yarn. 

Award-winning wukalina Walk is entirely different to anything else in Lutruwita or, in fact, anywhere in the world. 

Your small group, of up to ten people, will be led on foot by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander guides to learn about land and sea Country. Guides have lived experience and thousands of generations of Ancestral connection to the knowledge they share.

For the first two nights you’ll sleep at the architecturally designed standing camp, Krakani Lumi (resting place), in domed-ceiling huts set within coastal heathland. The third night is spent in a beautifully repurposed and restored lightkeepers cottage at the most northern end of Larapuna (Bay of Fires). 

wukalina Walk will deepen and expand your understanding of and appreciation for our culture and our strong community here in Lutruwita.

Although history is an integral part of this tour, wukalina Walk is as much about the lives of us as Palawa today. Supporting Palawa-owned businesses, across the island, contributes to our self-determination by creating more opportunities for the Palawa community to access, manage, protect and care for Country.

Self-determination, for us as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, is cultural governance. This means First Nations people having the power and authority to make choices and decisions that impact our lives. Self-governance allows us to meet our own cultural, social and economic needs. An integral aspect of self-determination is re-empowerment in land management that aligns with with our values, morals and cultural protocols. The right of self-determination is a right of peoples rather than individuals.

wukalina Walk departs Launceston from September to April/May. Throughout the season we offer a number of guaranteed departures regardless of guest numbers. See departure dates here.