Cape Hauy Track

Cape Hauy Track is a coastal hiking trail in Tasman National Park on the Tasman Peninsula in south-eastern Tasmania. Starting at Fortescue Bay near Fortescue, the 8.6 km return track leads to the dramatic dolerite sea cliffs of Cape Hauy. Notable for its towering columns, views of the Totem Pole and The Candlestick sea stacks, and panoramas across to Tasman Island, it is a key day walk within the Three Capes Track area.

Visitors can expect a well-marked Grade 4 bushwalking track through coastal heath and eucalypt forest with steep stairs and uneven sections. The trail climbs from Fortescue Bay to a cliff-top lookout at Cape Hauy offering expansive views of dolerite columns, isolated sea stacks including the Totem Pole and The Candlestick, Tasman Island and the Southern Ocean. There are no shops on the track; facilities are limited to the trailhead area.

The track lies within Tasman National Park, proclaimed in 1999 to protect the Tasman Peninsula's dramatic Jurassic dolerite coastline formed around 165 million years ago. The Cape Hauy Track was upgraded as a key day walk associated with the Three Capes Track, which opened in stages from 2015, providing managed access to the peninsula's coastal cliffs.

The Tasman Peninsula is part of the cultural landscape of the Pydairrerme people of the South East Nation, Tasmanian Aboriginal people with long association with the coastal area. The park is valued for its natural and cultural heritage and is managed for conservation and low-impact recreation.