Take your time to savour the majestic beauty of the dolerite peaks, ancient pencil pine groves, rich cultural heritage, and iconic Tasmanian wildlife of the Walls of Jerusalem National Park on the Central Walls Circuit multi day walk.
Once on the plateau, endless spectacular views and a kaleidoscope palette of colours greet you: dolerite peaks; groves of ancient pencil pines; twisted snow gums; and an extraordinary diversity of ground-hugging alpine plants, including striking fields of scoparia.
This is the top of Tasmania, part of the Central Highlands or the Lake Country – a land sculpted thousands of years ago by glaciers. Here, water is an ever-present feature, found in the hundreds of lakes, tarns and trickling streams.
Take care of this sensitive area
Outside of the designated camping platforms, camping is not encouraged. If you must camp elsewhere, avoid areas adjacent to water as these are most easily eroded.
Leave No Trace principles apply. Do not camp within 200 metres of the Pool of Siloam, or within 15 metres of Dixons Kingdom Hut or Trappers Hut. There is no camping at the Pool of Bethesda or Solomons Jewels.
Elsewhere in the park, tracks are rudimentry and facilities are non-existent. To explore further afield, bushwalking experience, compass and map reading skills, and a good degree of fitness are required. (Ironstone deposits within this area may affect compass readings.)
To protect the sensitive alpine vegetation from erosion, we encourage you not to venture beyond the formed and hardened tracks where they exist. Walkers venturing beyond the described destinations below, must be self-reliant and experienced alpine backcountry walkers.
Where there is no track, ‘fan out’ rather than walking single file. This helps spread the load of walkers’ feet and avoids new tracks being worn by those following you.