Bernafai Ridge Conservation Area

Travel Guide

Bernafai Ridge Conservation Area is a great place to spend some time outdoors. Get out into nature and learn how this distinctive area is being carefully preserved.

Take your time to wander around this nature reserve in West Coast. Another attraction that's worth adding to your itinerary is Reece Dam. It won't take you long to get there from Bernafai Ridge Conservation Area.

Corinna Wilderness Village

Corinna Wilderness Village

3 out of 5
1 Corinna Rd, Corinna, TAS
$162 nightly
The price is $162 total per night from Aug 11 to Aug 12
$162 total
Aug 11 - Aug 12
Total includes taxes and fees
Stay at this 3-star cabin in Corinna. Enjoy free parking, a garden, and a gift shop. Popular attractions Corinna River Ferry and Reece Dam are located ...
9.4/10 Exceptional! (63 reviews)
"Just a fantastic location and cabin quality will be back"

Reviewed on Jun 15, 2025

Corinna Wilderness Village
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Corinna Wilderness Village

Corinna Wilderness Village

3 out of 5
1 Corinna Rd, Corinna, TAS
Stay at this 3-star cabin in Corinna. Enjoy free parking, a garden, and a gift shop. Popular attractions Corinna River Ferry and Reece Dam are located ...
9.4/10 Exceptional! (63 reviews)
"Just a fantastic location and cabin quality will be back"

Reviewed on Jun 15, 2025

Corinna Wilderness Village
See all properties in Bernafai Ridge Conservation Area
Lowest nightly price found within the past 24 hours based on a 1 night stay for 2 adults. Prices and availability subject to change. Additional terms may apply.

Popular places to visit

Queenstown

Nelson Falls

5/5(6 reviews)

Delve into Tasmania’s dense temperate rainforest and find a mighty waterfall tumbling from a precipice of moss-covered rocks at the end of a pleasant stroll.

Nelson Falls
BACK TO THE CAVE MAN Story and pics by Ian Smith I’m meeting Gerry today, a 65 year old Tasmanian who’s seen most of the island state, way more than I’ll ever cover in a lifetime. I’m tagging along with him to Julius Creek, a semi-obscure destination that he wants to return to – and who am I to argue? It’s mildly famous among the bushwalking fraternity because it has caves so I’m expecting to be in a dark place sometime in the ensuing hours. We’re somewhat tardy in heading out and I’m not sure exactly what we’ll be doing other than the caves, I’m just happy to have a guide. Our first stop is Edith Creek general store/café/service station – you name it they’ll have a go. In fact, talking to one of the owners later, he’s managed to start a profitable business utilizing the wood that the forestry company doesn’t want, finding many uses for the initially rejected timber. Gerry however, is taking me to what the tourist image of the fabled Tarkine is, pristine Gondwana forest swathed in lichen and moss. There’s a new loop road not far from Edith Creek. Actually, it’s not new, but the sealing of it and promotion as a tourist destination is. Where Gerry’s taking me will not be on any serious promoter’s list in the foreseeable future though; I figure that out as we turn off one road onto another, then another and it’s a dirt road in the midst of becoming overgrown by forest with grasses and reedy-type plants as high as the bonnet running down the middle. For some unknown reason I thought we were headed to a less obscure destination but here, the only way you know you’ve arrived is if you happen to spot the one lone piece of pink ribbon affixed to small branch. Had Gerry not mentioned it I’d have driven right by but there’s also a slightly wide part of the road, so called, where, after several backwards and forwards motions, you can actually turn around, which is just as well because I wouldn’t fancy reversing up our route. This walk is as close to virgin as you can get; the track, such as it is, can only be followed if you keep your eyes out for the ribbons because there’s little wear and tear in some places, especially where a log has fallen down and alternate routes have been sought. This is wilderness in it truest form and we make our way down and across a small watercourse, so obscure you can walk across it and not get the top of your shoes wet. Fungi and moss love it down here beneath the tertiary growth of this forest plus tree ferns and there’s also some large leaved plant with fruit that look just like blueberries scattered liberally across the forest floor. Gerry reliably informs me that they’re Tasmanian native pepper and I later look it up and see that it has attracted interest in medical research because it retards growth of Staph Aureus and other nasties.

Sumac Regional Reserve

Explore the great outdoors at Sumac Regional Reserve, a lovely green space in West Coast. While you're in the area, wander around the natural setting.

Sumac Regional Reserve
Lake Julia on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. No piers, boats, hot-dogs stands or any human dwellings. Just a glacial lake in the wilderness of the West Coast of Tasmania. It has a beach on which you can camp. Please take all your rubbish with you when you leave.

Lukes Knob Regional Reserve

Explore the great outdoors at Lukes Knob Regional Reserve, a lovely green space in West Coast. While you're in the area, wander around the natural setting.

Lukes Knob Regional Reserve

Reece Dam

Learn about the local history of West Coast when you take a trip to Reece Dam. While you're in the area, wander around the natural setting.

Reece Dam

Savage River National Park

Explore the great outdoors at Savage River National Park, a lovely green space in West Coast. While you're in the area, wander around the natural setting.

Savage River National Park

Balfour Track Regional Reserve

Explore the great outdoors at Balfour Track Regional Reserve, a lovely green space in West Coast. While you're in the area, wander around the natural setting.

Balfour Track Regional Reserve

Things to do

Tasmanian devil group feed

After Dark Tasmanian Devil Feeding Tour at Cradle Mountain

$28
per adult
96% of travellers recommend
After Dark Tasmanian Devil Feeding Tour at Cradle Mountain
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