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South Australia Hiking

Hiking South Australia offers diverse opportunities, whether hiking in Adelaide – in one of the nature reserves – or taking on the highly challenging Heysen Trail.

The 1,200 kilometre Heysen Trail takes up to 70 days to complete. The trail extends from Cape Jervis on the southern coast, skirts around Adelaide city and then into the north of South Australia ending at Parachilna, and includes many challenges, both natural and man-made. It is possible to take day walks along sections of the track.

For hiking in Adelaide you start at the foot of the Adelaide Hills, a great starting point.

Within striking distance of Adelaide, hiking locations include Mt Lofty, Eden Hills, Belair National Park, Mt Magnificent, Cudlee Creek, Mount Crawford, Devil's Peak and the Pioneer Women's Trail as just a beginning. An Adelaide map will reveal more locations.

The Flinders Ranges National Park, in 'outback' South Australia, is one of Australia's most starkly beautiful landscapes. An extended section of the Heysen Trail passes through the park, marked with red and white markers. Due to the South Australian and Adelaide weather, the Heysen Trail is closed during the heat of summer, 1 December to 31 March.

The National Park provides numerous hiking trails of varying degrees including Wilpena Pound and the 20 klm self-guided Braching Gorge Geological Trail.

The south-west extension of the state is the Eyre Peninsula – 2,000 klms of coastal expanse and sparsely populated interior. The area also boasts the Gawler Ranges and the caves and National Parks on the eastern-end of the famous Nullarbor Plain.

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