National Park · VIC
83 trails · 79 places · 252 audio stories for the drive
Parkwolf’s Great Otway ranking
1SightCape Otway LightstationA 1848 lighthouse with coastal views and a layered maritime story.
2SightErskine FallsA fern-lined cascade rewards the steep stair descent to the rockpool.
3SightHopetoun FallsA tree-fern waterfall with about 200 stairs to the lower view.
4SightTriplet FallsThree cascades and 200-year-old Mountain Ash on a rainforest loop.
5SightAire Valley RedwoodsWalk beneath towering trunks in a quiet, riverside redwood grove.
6SightLake ElizabethDrowned trees and platypus at dawn, if you wait quietly.
7SightOtway Fly Treetop AdventuresA canopy walk that climbs to a tower and a cantilever.
8SightMaits Rest Rainforest WalkA half-hour boardwalk through tree ferns and old rainforest.
9SightBeauchamp FallsA fern-framed 20-metre fall worth the uphill walk back.Hiking
ChallengingGreat Ocean Walk100 km · 1.5 daysA full coastal crossing from Otway forest to the Twelve Apostles.
EasyMaits Rest Rainforest Walk0.8 km · 30 minA brief 800-metre loop through giant beech and tree ferns.
ModerateTriplet Falls Walk1.8 km · 1 hrRaised platforms reveal three cascades in mountain ash rainforest.
ModerateHopetoun Falls Walk0.8 km · 35 minTwo hundred steps through tree ferns to a 30-metre waterfall.
ModerateMadsen’s Track Nature Walk1.4 km · 35 minA ferny rainforest circuit past Anne’s Cascades and the Big Tree.EasyLake Elizabeth Loop Walk4.7 km · 1.5 hrDrowned tree trunks turn this lake loop into something eerie.
ModerateSheoak Falls and Swallow Cave Walk2.2 km · 1 hrSteep creek steps lead to Sheoak Falls and Swallow Cave.
ChallengingSurf Coast Walk41 km · 11 hrTrace surf breaks, heath and dunes on a 41 km coastal traverse.
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Great Otway Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Great Otway National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Cape Otway Lightstation“You’re approaching Cape Otway Lightstation, where the white lighthouse stands above the meeting of Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean. If maritime history interests you, give the ticketed precinct an hour or two.”
Plays as you drive up to Cape Otway Lightstation in the Parkwolf Great Otway Tour Guide.
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“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
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204 sightingsKoalaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
35 sightingsGrey KangarooMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
109 sightingsEchidnaMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
58 sightingsKookaburraMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
97 sightingsSwamp WallabyMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
20 sightingsBrushtail PossumMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Great Otway. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.