Accommodation

We provide comfort and affordability with purpose-built accommodation facilities in both Margaret River and Albany

Margaret River

Cape to Cape Education in partnership with SurfLifeSaving WA are able to offer exclusive access to their training facility in the heart of Margaret River.

Staff and students will stay in a clean and functional purpose-built site with access to sports equipment, classroom and a full commercial kitchen with cool room.

Accommodation is a mix of Dorm style rooms with comfortable beds and modern surroundings located in the heart of Margaret River with walking access to the town centre. There’s also a separate “Teachers Block” available for a little piece and quiet.

Max Capacity is 74 students + 8 Teachers (in Private rooms) or 16 Teachers (Twin Share)

Albany

Cape to Cape Education working alongside The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries are able to utilise Camp Quaranup’s heritage accommodation located on a Nature reserve on the Princess Royal Harbour offering panoramic views across Albany.

Staff and students will stay in a clean and functional heritage site with access to sports equipment, classroom and a full commercial kitchen.

Accommodation is a mix of Dorm style rooms with comfortable beds and stunning surrounds with views across the harbour to Albany.

Camp Quaranup Website

Why Hike with us

The Track is free to access and open to everyone. It’s possible to hike the trail unassisted, camping at designated areas and carrying food, water and a tent. But the terrain includes soft sand sections and beach crossings, making this a difficult proposition.

With Cape to Cape Explorer Tours, experience the Track carrying just a day pack, with comfortable accommodation, catering, transfers and logistics taken care of. Choose from guided or self-guided experiences from 3 to 8 days. Or get a taste of the Track on a private day tour with our expert guides.

Fauna on the Track

Birdlife is plentiful thanks to the abundance of heathland and forest on the Track. Colourful residents include splendid and red-winged wrens, scarlet, white-breasted and yellow robins, golden whistlers, New Holland honeyeaters and spinebills. Spectacular birds of prey are often seen soaring over the cliffs while shore birds inhabit the rocks and beaches.

Numerous reptiles including colourful bobtail lizards and curious heath monitors can be seen, while mammals like the southern brown bandicoot, quenda, ring-tailed possums and western grey kangaroo also call the Track home.

Most of the 132km Track hugs the coastline, which is protected by the Ngari Capes Marine Park. It’s where pods of frolicking dolphins and majestic humpback and southern right whales can be spied. Oh, and don’t miss the friendly stingrays at Hamelin Bay!

Flora on the Track

One of the wonders of walking the Cape to Cape Track is the variety and diversity of vegetation, from coastal heathland and inland loops through woodland and forest. The region of Western Australia’s southwest including the Cape to Cape Track is recognised by Conservation International as one of less than 40 global biodiversity hotspots. To quality, one of the criteria is having at least 1500 endemic species found nowhere else on the planet. This region has more than 3500!

During spring the landscape erupts in a sea of colour, with carpets of wildflowers from yellow through to pink and purple. You’ll see pink pimelea, bright buttercups and shark’s tooth acacia, interspersed with woody species such as the Rottnest tea-tree, peppermint trees and groves of fruiting quandong.

The southern span of the Track is home to the stunning karri hardwoods in Boranup Forest – among the tallest flowering trees in the world. Don’t leave without hugging one! Many species of rare orchids can be found beneath the forest canopy, while other types grow among granite outcrops.

Flora on the Track

One of the wonders of walking the Cape to Cape Track is the variety and diversity of vegetation, from coastal heathland and inland loops through woodland and forest. The region of Western Australia’s southwest including the Cape to Cape Track is recognised by Conservation International as one of less than 40 global biodiversity hotspots. To quality, one of the criteria is having at least 1500 endemic species found nowhere else on the planet. This region has more than 3500!

During spring the landscape erupts in a sea of colour, with carpets of wildflowers from yellow through to pink and purple. You’ll see pink pimelea, bright buttercups and shark’s tooth acacia, interspersed with woody species such as the Rottnest tea-tree, peppermint trees and groves of fruiting quandong.

The southern span of the Track is home to the stunning karri hardwoods in Boranup Forest – among the tallest flowering trees in the world. Don’t leave without hugging one! Many species of rare orchids can be found beneath the forest canopy, while other types grow among granite outcrops.

Terrain on the Track

The Cape to Cape Track is an exhilarating trek open to anyone with a reasonable level of fitness. We’ve had clients from 12 to 87 hike with us! But it is also a challenging walk at times due to the diversity and nature of the terrain. The experience ranges from extended soft sand beach walks, through to steep (but short) climbs over loose limestone. It involves long, extended hikes that will challenge even the fittest in the group. As such, pre-trip preparation is strongly recommended to make the trip enjoyable and to reduce the risk of injury!

The distances you walk vary on which tour you choose from our range of guided, self-guided and day tours. Some are just a few hours long and designed for all levels of fitness. Others are 20-30km a day.