4 Days: Friday 6th to Monday 9th April 2012

4 Nights: Viking Lodge and the Schuss Ski Lodge

Easter in the Victorian Alps is one of the loveliest and most hospitable times to enjoy the High Country. And this trip is one of Park Treks most popular walking tours with a typically large group of 12 to 20 participants. Over 4 days we’ll enjoy exceptional walking around the Bogong High Plains returning every evening to a lovely cosy lodge. You're three guides Bjorn, Matt and Cindy are looking forward to sharing with you their knowledge of this friendly area. We stay in the alpine village of Falls Creek in a delightful lodge that offers terrific mountain vistas and it's right in the heart of Alpine Victoria.

DAY 1

We’d like everyone joining us to be at the departure point in Melbourne at 8.15am so we can begin our journey. After filling you up on morning tea in Euroa we head for the bustling town of Beechworth, looking splendid in it’s burgeoning autumn colours. Here we lunch followed by a short walk around the towns rather spectacular gorge. We then move onto our lodge in Falls Creek and settle in to our place of stay for the next 3 nights. 

5 kilometres walking

Our place of stay...

For the four nights we are up in Falls Creek we are staying in both the lovely Schuss Ski Lodge and right across the road the Viking Lodge. The rooms here are configured for twin share with 2 single beds and each has it's own ensuite. You can share with a friend, or have a room to yourself for an additional $250.00. Otherwise we can pair you up with another same sex guest.

All of our catering is done in the Viking Lodge as the views across to the surrounding ranges are superb and a great way to recline, enjoy the wine and hospitality on hand and enjoy a good chat. The kitchen here is also fabulous and allows us to cater for you to a very high standard.

DAY 2

Today’s walk just oozes with history. We’ll depart our lodge around 8.30am and head out for a morning walk to a couple of fabulous high country huts Kelly’s and Fitzgerald’s. This is a fairly easy walk that gives your legs a good stretch and takes us to a different part of the high plains with views towards Mt. Kosciuszko and the Main Range. Then after lunch we follow a delightful little watercourse and enjoy a short leg of the Australian Alpine Walking Track back to our vehicle and a reluctant return to our lodge.

14 kilometres walking

DAY 3

Pretty Valley is our day’s destination. Our walk today is an easy high country ramble to a fabulous cattlemen’s hut called Tawonga Huts before we ascend to a nearby peak for magnificent views over towards Mount Feathertop and into the surrounding valleys. In the bright sunshine this tremendous walk is a classic high country experience. Lots of wildflowers, dramatic views and time to enjoy the company of your fellow walkers and soak up your surrounds.

12 kilometres walking

Day 4

We’ll leave the lodge around 9.00am this morning and head down the mountain to the small village of Bogong. Here there is a short 1.5 hour walk around Lake Guy, enough to get some warmth into your muscles. Either Mt Beauty or Myrtleford is our first port of call at lunchtime followed by an afternoon tea stop at the Benalla Gallery Café. We aim to have you back in Melbourne between 6.00 – 6.30pm.

5 kilometres walking

This trip often ends late so do not book a return flight from Melbourne Airport before 8.00pm, preferrably around 8.30pm.

Price: $ 980 (ex - Melbourne) (incl. GST)