Clare Valley Wine & Wilderness Trail Tour Overview
Our 3 day guided walking tour along the Clare Valley Wine & Wilderness Trail is our premium product featuring exceptional hiking, luxury accommodation, premium food and wine.
We take care of everything from pick up to drop off.
Highlights
- 2 nights superb exclusive Lodge Accommodation.
- 2 Restaurant lunches by some of Clare Valley’s best;
- 2 catered dinners enjoyed in the lodge from some of Clare Valley’s best;
- Transport from and returning to Adelaide City SA.
- Carry only a small day pack.
- Approximately 10km – 12km per day hiking, moderate terrain.
- Flexible days, relax in the accommodation if you want a day off hiking.
- 2 x local hiking guides to take care of all your needs.
Itinerary
3 Day Clare Valley Wine & Wilderness Trail Tour Itinerary
The Clare Valley Wine Region lies just 1.5 hours drive North of Adelaide, located in in the northern reaches of the Mt Lofty Ranges, the Clare Valley is dotted with small boutique wineries, stunning rural landscapes, large tracts of native bush and some of the best food and wine on offer anywhere in the Country.
Our goal over the next 3 days is to sample it all by combining our love for all things Clare Valley with our love for hiking and walking.
After a quick stop in Clare for a local tea / coffee, we head straight for the start the Clare Valley Wine & Wilderness Trail. This 100km hiking trail meanders through the rural and wilderness landscapes of the Clare Valley, emerging to walk past 26 cellar door, multiple restaurants, cafes and pubs.
Todays walk is about 12km in length and forms part of stage 2 of the trail, utilising backroads, private property and the Spring Gully Conservation Park, it’s a moderate grade with a few hills thrown in to test us out (and provide some great views).
After resting with a campfire & picnic lunch at a beautiful bush setting we arrive at Jeanneret Wines where, if you like you can do a wine tasting.
We’ll then make our way to our accommodation.
All our evening meals on this tour are served in the accommodation and prepared by local restaurants and caterers, and are served with a selection of Clare Valley Wine. Tonight’s meal is supplied by the award winning Watervale Hotel, who in 2023 were voted the best Hotel Restaurant in the world!
Summary Day 1
- Pick up from your Adelaide City Accommodation.
- Drive to the Clare Valley (approx 1.5 hours).
- Walk Stage 2 of the CVWWT.
- Campfire Picnic Lunch.
- Wine tasting at Jeanneret Wines.
- Check into our accommodation.
- Evening meal in the lodge supplied by the Watervale Hotel with local wine.
- Meals: LD.
- Walking Distance: 11.7km.
After a hearty breakfast and briefing from your guide, we drive a short distance to to the Visitors Centre for our 12.5km walk to the Polish Hill River Valley, where we lunch at Pikes Slate Restaurant, walking along stage 6 of the CVWWT.
Only a few hundred metres from the Visitors Centre, we cross a fence and start our challenging trek along the Gillentown Range, a spectacular walk along a heavily wooded ridge with views in every direction. After an hour or so we reach the charming Village of Sevenhill.
The walk continues onto the Historic Sevenhill Cellars, the Clare Valley’s first and oldest winery, established by Jesuits escaping religious persecution in Poland 1851, the property is full of history and we’ll we have plenty of time to check out the numerous buildings, including the vaulted ceiling cellar and church crypt, and of course we cannot leave without tasting a little of their produce, those into fortified wine will enjoy Sevenhill’s expertise in this area. We also stop at Sevenhill Cellars for morning tea on the lawn.
From Sevenhill Cellars we head up and over the Dunns range through beautiful farmland and into the Polish Hill River Valley where we locate our restaurant and sit down for well deserved lunch with wine.
Set on the banks of the Hill River, the Modern Pikes Slate Winery / Restaurant is one of Clare’s best and will not disappoint.
After lunch we head to our Lodge Accommodation which is just 10 minutes drive away. The lodge is very welcoming and you’ll love the huge windows and open fire. For those not quite ready to relax we also the option to swing past a winery for a tasting offer the option of heading to a winery for a tasting, both Hill River Wines & Pikes are great options close by.
Each night of the tour we provide a catered dinner with local wine, tonight’s dinner is supplied by the award winning Watervale Hotel.
- All Transport
- Pikes Lunch with wine
- Walk Stage 6 of the CVWWT
- Optional Wine Tasting at Hill River Wine or Pikes
- Watervale Hotel Catered meal in the lodge with Clare Valley wine.
- Meals: BLD
- Walk Distance: 12.5km
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