Discover the most magical spots to pitch your tent or park your rig on your next Kosciuszko National Park adventure.
Scale new heights and climb Australia’s highest peak in the Snowy Mountains.
Kosciuszko National Park (Kosi to the locals) is the largest national park in NSW. Stretching along the spine of the Great Dividing Range between ACT and the Victorian border, it includes Australia’s highest peak, the 2,228-metre Mount Kosciuszko. You can walk to the summit and back in five hours or so, an easier hike than you might imagine, particularly if you take the chairlift from Thredbo village part of the way. The park has four ski resorts, a multitude of hiking and biking trails, rivers and streams full of trout, and more kangaroos than you could possibly count, in addition to historic huts, 4WD tracks, richly decorated limestone caves, and thermal pools.
Kosciuszko National Park is a year-round adventure playground, with snow sports in winter, and fishing, bushwalking, backcountry hiking, and mountain biking in summer. The warmer months are undoubtedly the best for camping, but even so, you should always be prepared for cold weather, as snow is not uncommon, even in summer. Alpine wildflowers are spectacular between November and March, while fly fishing season runs between the October and June long weekends. Ski season is the opposite, running from the start of June to the end of October.
Located at the end of the Snowy Mountains Highway and surrounded by breathtaking views, Tantangara Dam is a great place to visit for hiking and water sports.