Red Hands Cave walking track - Blue Mountains National Park

Where

Glenbrook area in Blue Mountains National Park in Sydney and surrounds, Country NSW

Distance

8km loop

Time suggested

1hr 30min - 2hrs 30min

Grade

Grade 3

Trip Intention Form

It's a good idea to let someone know where you're going. Fill in a trip intention form to send important details about your trip to your emergency contact.

Personal Locator Beacon

Hire a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) for free at Blue Mountains Heritage Centre in Blackheath.

Entry fees

Park entry fees apply

Opening times

If you’re driving into the Glenbrook area, the gates are open:

• First Sunday in October to first Sunday in April 8.30am to 7pm
• Rest of year 8.30am to 6pm

What to
bring

Drinking water, hat, sunscreen, compass, gps, topographic map

Please note

• Please respect this precious site and help protect it by not touching the art and avoiding flash photography.
• For a longer hike, you can walk from the Glenbrook park entry down to the causeway. Make sure you allow extra time for the steep walk there and back (around 3km one-way).
• You can also drive 13km past the park entry to Red Hands carpark, along The Oaks trail and Red Hands trail, for a 1km return walk.

This track has most likely been used by Aboriginal people for thousands of years, and you too can walk in their footsteps. Red Hands Cave walking track, in the Glenbrook area of Blue Mountains National Park, winds through remote bushland to one of the best Aboriginal stencil galleries in the Sydney Basin.

From Glenbrook Causeway, follow the medium-difficulty track along Campfire Creek where you’ll see axe grinding grooves on the water’s edge. Keeping to the right at the track junction, you might see eastern water dragons sunning themselves. Climbing steadily through the gully, you’ll reach the sandstone overhang of Red Hands Cave.

Enjoy a picnic lunch while taking in the unspoilt bush, as rainbow lorikeets and gang gangs chatter above. Retrace your steps or continue the longer loop walk. For a refreshing swim, detour via the swimming holes along Blue Pool walking track.

Take a virtual tour of Red Hands Cave walking track - Blue Mountains National Park captured with Google Street View Trekker.

For directions, safety and practical information, see visitor info