Onkaparinga Gorge Trek (21km), Onkaparinga River National Park, South Australia

Onkaparinga Gorge Trek is a 21km, grade 5 hike located in the Onkaparinga River National Park, South Australia. The hike should take around 2 days to complete.

Length: 21km

Duration: 2 days

Grade: 5

Style: One way

Start: Baker Gully Track

End: 30 Church Hill Rd

Location: Onkaparinga River National Park

Closest town: Clarendon

South Australia

From state capital: 29.6km

Longitude: 138.6063951

Latitude: -35.13966691

Hike summary

Experienced bushwalkers can trek the length of Onkaparinga Gorge in the summer months.

Discover a sense of remoteness as you trek between commanding cliffs, tranquil waterholes and enduring river red gums.

This is a difficult hike, which requires navigation and route choice, including selecting routes around obstacles, water pools and cliffs. Some sections of this route are non-existent as a trail. During winter and after rainfall events, the unmarked route is not accessible.

Contact the Belair National Park Office on (08) 8278 5477 for seasonal information and to lodge a Trip Intentions form.

Alternative shorter hikes in Onkaparinga Gorge include:

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: 16550 m
Max elevation: 133 m
Min elevation: 4 m
Total climbing: 499 m
Total descent: -598 m

Download file: Onkaparinga-Gorge-Trek.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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Acknowledgement of Country

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0 Reviews on “Onkaparinga Gorge Trek (21km)”

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Alicja Alice

and also one of the most spectacular ones

24/03/2022, 05:24

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1. Andrew Howie
  
  Chad Ownsworth Dave Loechel … what are the chances either of you would give this a go?
  
  12/10/2018, 13:04
  
2. Sascha Hovens
  
  Emma Mickle add it to the list
  
  24/03/2022, 05:24
  
3. Sascha Hovens
  
  Emma Mickle nahh you’re my fav
  
  24/03/2022, 05:24