Onkaparinga Gorge and Sundews Ridge (5km), Onkaparinga River National Park, South Australia

Onkaparinga Gorge and Sundews Ridge is a 5km, grade 3 hike located in the Onkaparinga River National Park, South Australia. The hike should take around 2 hrs to complete.

Length: 5km

Duration: 2 hrs

Grade: 3

Style: Circuit

Start: Sundew Track

End: Sundew Track

Location: Onkaparinga River National Park

Closest town: Blewitt Springs

South Australia

From state capital: 30.6km

Longitude: 138.5789865

Latitude: -35.15428185

Hike summary

5km loop walking trail.

Take a short hike to view the rocky outcrops and meandering river of the Onkaparinga Gorge from the Sundews Lookout. Continue your walk along the ridge top, returning to the car park without descending to the river.

This walk is one of the walks that appear in the book 12 More Walks in the Onkaparinga River National and Recreation Park.

GPX file courtesy of Walking SA. File may not contain elevation data and may only represent half the length on return hikes.

Route and GPX file

Total distance: 3215 m
Max elevation: 0 m
Min elevation: 0 m
Total climbing: 0 m
Total descent: 0 m

Download file: Onkaparinga-Gorge-Loop-Trail-and-Lookout-Sundews-Ridge-Hike_UPDATED.gpx

For more information on this hiking trail, please visit Walking SA

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About the region

In Onkaparinga River National Park, diverse hiking trails take you to cliff tops with magnificent views, or down to permanent rock pools teeming with life. You’ll see rugged ridge tops and the narrow river valley of the spectacular Onkaparinga Gorge. This park protects some of the finest remaining pockets of remnant vegetation in the Southern Adelaide region. Wherever you go, you’ll be among native wildlife such as birds, koalas, kangaroos and possums - you may even spot an echidna. Areas of the park were used as farmland for many years, so you can also discover heritage-listed huts and the ruins of houses built in the 1880s.

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