The Tree Top walk

Walpole- Nornalup

National Park

Western Australia

Active Safaris can take you to the Tree Top Walk and The Valley of the Giants on our 2 and 3 day Southwest Adventure tours.

The Valley of the Giants and the Tree Top walk

Nestled in the Walpole and Nornalup National park, the Tree top walk  has been one of the Southwest corners most popular tourist destinations for many years.The Walpole-Nornalup National Parks main feature is the large is the forest and the red tingle trees that are found here. These trees which are only found within a 15 kilometre radius of Walpole and due to this, it as become the most popular destination for visitors to the Walpole district. so great in fact that in 1996 The goverment gave the go-ahead to built the now famous Tree Top walk.

Visitors get the chance to walk high up in the treetops of the tingle trees amongst others like the Karri tree also, its a totally unique experience for visitors to Western Australia's southern forests.wheather they are local or from the otherside of the world  Now, the whole family can experience the excitement of exploring the canopy of the magnificent tingle forest and making very little impact on the enviroment.

Other tree top canopy walks around the world are built differently than the Tree Top Walk in Walpole most are constructed using suspension bridge-type structuresand mainly out of wood. The Tree Top Walk, however, is a series of sixty-metre, lightweight steel trusses built on steel pylons to form a secure ramp.

Starting  at the Tingle Shelter , you can walk along a 420-metre-long steel-truss walkway which leads over a deep, red tingle gully. Because it is built on the side of a natural valley, the walkway rises up above the forest floor on a gentle grade. The highest point in the 600-metre loop is about 40 metres.

The Valley of the Giants and Tree Top walk 

Also includes a boardwalk through a grove of veteran tingle trees known as the Ancient Empire. This area contains the 'Giants' for which the forest was named. Some of the trees in the Ancient Empire are up to 16 metres in circumference at the base.

The boardwalk meanders around and sometimes through the old trees. It is a peaceful experience with quiet spots to sit and reflect on the special nature of the tingle forest. As well as giving visitors a different perspective on the shapes, sounds and movement of the forest, the boardwalk is designed to protect the tingle trees from the damaging impact of large numbers of visitors. It is thought that before this measure was taken, some trees were in rapid decline as a result of compaction of the soil around their root systems caused by vehicles and humans.

The Ancient Empire boardwalk starts from the Tingle Shelter also. The first part is suitable for people in wheelchairs (assisted), and the carpark, with picnic facilities and toilets, is conveniently located nearby.

An  admission fee is charged, and family passes are available.

Where is the Vally of The Giants and the Tree Top walk ?About 420 kilometres from Perth near the south coast town of Walpole. From Walpole, travel 13 kilometres east along South Coast Highway, past Nornalup townsite to Valley of Giants Road. This sealed road leads to the Valley of the Giants recreation area.
Travelling Time: 20 minutes by car from Walpole. 5.5 hrs from Perth
Best season: All year. but may shut in June / July if weather conditions are bad due to high winds

Opening Times

Valley of the Giants and Tree Top Walk are open every day of the year except Christmas Day or during extreme weather (lightning or very windy conditions).

General opening times - 9am to 5pm with the last tickets sold at 4.15pm.
Extended hours 26th December to 26th January - 8am to 6pm with the last tickets sold/admission at 5.15pm.

Admission costs:

Adult - $6.00
Children (6 to 15 years) - $2.50
Family (2 adults plus children) - $14.00
No concessions.

Further information

The Manager, Valley of the Giants, c/o CALM Walpole 6398.
Tel: (08) 9840 8263, fax: (08) 9840 8132 or email the Valley of the Giants

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