Narawntapu National Park, nestled along Tasmania’s northern coast between Port Sorell and the mouth of the Tamar River, offers a remarkable blend of wildlife, coastal scenery, and varied ecosystems. 

Often dubbed the “Serengeti of Tasmania,” Narawntapu is famed for its abundant marsupial populations—Forester kangaroos, Bennett’s wallabies, pademelons, and wombats roam freely in the grassy areas, we timed our visit poorly in the mid-day hear, and saw few animals unfortunately. 

There are lots of walks that are popular in the park Archers Knob (a 9 km loop with stunning views), Coastal Traverse (a one-way 21 km journey between Bakers Beach and Greens Beach), and the challenging Point Vision Track (15 km return, leading up to 370 m elevation). We chose to walk along the lake to the bird hide, and continued aling the backside of the dunes until signage told us to go left towards the beach. 

The walk was very cool, huge dunes of sand, a wallaby, some pademelons and absolutely no people until we got to the spectacular Bakers Beach. 

We followed the beach until we got to the beach access trail and road, and followed this back to the parking by the visitors centre. 

The park has several camping areas, and we are sure this would be a great wildlife spotting place in the evening and morning. 

There are four campgrounds in total—Springlawn, Bakers Point, Koybaa, and The Horse Yards, offering both powered and unpowered sites, showers, wheelchair-accessible options, and blackwater dump points. 

The park lies about 60 km north-west of Launceston (roughly a 55-minute drive) and around 20 km east of Devonport. 

Fun fact: Established in 1976 as “Asbestos Range National Park,” it was renamed Narawntapu in 2000 to better reflect Aboriginal heritage and avoid the negative connotation of asbestos. Good choice! 

We also have to mention the road into the park is spectacular, and adds to the feeling of renoteness in this park. An absolute worth it slight detour from the beaten track of Tasmania.