Disabled Access Tasmania

Accessible National Parks and Reserves

Wheelchairs are welcome at Tasmania’s most beautiful waterfall, Russell Falls

24 National parks and reserves around Tasmania that offer the best, and most accessible, facilities and recreational opportunities for people who are mobility impaired. This information may be useful to a broad range of people, including the physically disabled (particularly wheelchair users), the visually impaired, the elderly, the infirm, and parents with prams or strollers.

Descriptions of the facilities and recreational opportunities at each of the 24 national parks and reserves is available for download as a full colour brochure in PDF format. Graphics have been reduced in order to limit file size. Download now [PDF 834 Kb].

Please note that a TrailRider (all-terrain wheelchair) is available at Cradle Mountain, Mount Field and Freycinet national parks for visitors with impaired mobility. The TrailRider can be used on a range of designated walking tracks that are not accessible to conventional wheelchairs. A minimum of two reasonably fit operators are required to assist the rider on easier graded walks, with more needed for difficult tracks. The TrailRiders are available for free hire, though bookings need to be made seven days in advance. For all bookings and enquiries please contact the relevant visitor information centre.

SEEING EYE DOGS seeing eye dogs are allowed to accompany their handlers into any national park or reserve in tasmania. if possible, Parks and Wildlife service staff should be advised of the dog’s presence on entry.

NATIONAL PARK ENTRY FEES if you are visiting any of Tasmania’s national parks, you are required to have a park pass. Passes can be obtained from all major national parks, service Tasmania shops and Tasmanian visitor information network Centres. funds raised from the park passes help to protect the national parks and improve visitor facilities.

ROAD DIRECTIONS to the national parks and reserves use the alpha-numerical system used on Tasmanian road signs and road maps. the directions are a guide only and should be used in conjunction with a touring map of Tasmania.

There are many other national parks and reserves within Tasmania that offer varying facilities and recreational opportunities for the mobility impaired. For more information on the national parks and reserves featured, plus many others, please contact National Parks Tasmania.