Tour Tasmania in Depth (Roundtrip from Hobart)

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    DURATION
    13 days, 12 nights
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    DURATION DAYS
    13 days
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    DURATION NIGHTS
    12 nights
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    DEPARTURE MONTHS
    February 2025 - March 2027
  • Cruise Wineglass Bay for unforgettable views
  • Walk idyllic Dove Lake with its Cradle Mountain backdrop
  • Two-night stays allow free time to explore your top picks
  • Embrace your inner foodie - meet local producers and winemakers

Tours to Tasmania don’t get much more epic than this two-week sojourn. Expect World Heritage-listed historic sites and wilderness areas, blinding beaches and glacial lakes, with a parade of distilleries, wineries, and farm gates in between. It’s hard to pick highlights, but we’ll throw a few out there: a Wineglass Bay cruise, part of your Freycinet adventure; a Gordon River cruise along Tasmania’s wild West Coast; and a Port Arthur guided tour, among so many others. This is Tasmania touring at its finest.

Highlights:

  • Step back in time and delve into the history of the Port Arthur penal settlement and historic site on a private, interpretive guided tour.
  • Whether you’re cruising the Gordon River and Wineglass Bay or going behind the scenes for lunch at Mt. Gnomon Farm, in-the-know locals will keep you company.
  • Learn about how to create a more sustainable environment for the future on our Kipli Takara Bush Tucker tour.
  • Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is the kind of place that makes you put life into perspective. How can nature be this humbling?

Photos

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Views of Hobart from Mt Wellington

Inclusions/Exclusions

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Your holiday includes:

  • Specialist team of two highly experienced Travel Director and Driver Guide
  • 2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites – Tasmanian Wilderness & Port Arthur Historic Site
  • Centrally located premium hotels
  • Franklin-Gordon Rivers, Freycinet, Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair, Mt. Field National Parks entrance fees
  • Arrival and departure private airport transfers
  • 12 Nights Accommodation

Day 1 – flights to arrive prior to 3.00pm into Hobart Airport

Day 13 – flights to depart anytime from Hobart Airport

Your fare excludes:
  • A​irfares & Insurance
  • P​re/Post Accommodation
  • O​ptional sightseeing

Itinerary

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Day 1 - Welcome to Hobart

You don’t have to venture far from your hotel to find inspiration in Hobart, Tasmania’s cool little capital. Whether you’re exploring the harbour precinct with its oh-so-tasty seafood restaurants, browsing one of the city’s applauded galleries, or easing into your Tasmania tour by kicking back in a hidden wine bar, there city doesn’t disappoint. Save room for your Welcome Dinner hero-ing local produce, enjoyed in the company of your fellow adventure-seekers and soon-to-be best friends.

Day 2 - City Sights & Salamanca Market

Your morning excursions delve deep into many of the things that make Hobart great: from the Mt. Nelson Lookout, offering dizzying views over the city and Derwent River; to historic Battery Point and the Cascade Brewery. End the tour at the leafy Botanical Gardens spotlighting endemic plants, a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience. From alpaca throws to woodwork, gin to garden-fresh vegetables, Salamanca Market is like creative Tasmania in a bustling snapshot. Grab yourself a coffee before navigating more than 300 stalls, wedged alongside the Salamanca precinct’s historic sandstone warehouses.

Day 3 - Hobart - Strahan

From waterfalls to lakes to ancient moonscapes, today is a journey of contrasts. Not to mention blissful moments of soul revival. Exhale amid the tangle of forest that drapes Mt. Field National Park, where tiered Russell Falls casts a veil of mist over the flora. Forget your worries at mirror-like Lake St. Clair, the deepest natural lake in Australia. Sigh as you skirt the World Heritage-protected Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park. Then revel in the serenity of Strahan on the wild West Coast of the island. Did you know you’re overlooking Macquarie Harbour, which is a whopping seven times the size of Sydney Harbour?

Day 4 - Strahan - Cradle Mountain

No day that involves a cruise is a bad day. Even better if it’s the deep, dark waters of the far-flung Tassie’s Gordon River. Soak up the silence of this untouched wilderness area on your Gordon River cruise en route to Sarah Island, the state’s oldest convict settlement. Today, the island’s haunting ruins have been reclaimed by nature, enveloped by forest and twisting vines. Your commute toward immense Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park sees you travel through tiny mining towns scattered amongst the mountainous wild terrain. Rest up – Cradle Mountain awaits.

Day 5 - Cradle Mountain Sightseeing

Spend the day in Cradle Mountain. At the heart of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, Cradle Mountain is all moss-covered ancient rainforest and deep river gorges, snow-tipped peaks, wild alpine moorlands and glacial lakes – case in point Dove Lake, where you may spot Bennetts wallabies, echidnas and pademelons grazing. Pause at Waldheim Chalet, once the home of Gustav and Kate Weindorfer, a passionate husband-and-wife team who played a pivotal role in the park’s formation and protection. Being here, you can understand their vision: this pocket of paradise is like a salve for the soul, at once humbling and inspiring.

Day 6 - Cradle Mountain - Launceston

Tasmania has its fair share of award-winning gin and whisky distilleries, as well as small boutique breweries. Among them is a seaside tap house found in the petite town of Penguin. If there’s a place with a cuter name, we’re yet to locate it on a map. Sit back and enjoy a tasting paddle of local brew while taking in the views overlooking glorious Bass Strait. Continue your palate expansion at Mount Gnomon Farm. Farmer Guy Robertson is as passionate about his orchard as he is the cider he makes. Sip your way through a paddock-to-plate lunch. Continue to quirky Sheffield, the ‘Town of Murals’ and through the Meander Valley to Launceston.

Day 7 - Launceston Sightseeing

Prepare for goosebumps – Cataract Gorge is humbling. How many cities can claim they have such a lush expanse of bushland and Victorian gardens within walking distance of the CBD? Explore at your leisure. By the time you reach Josef Chromy Wines, you’ll have worked up a thirst. We’ve got you covered, with a tasting of some of the state’s finest cool-climate wines paired with lunch. Don’t miss a stroll around the verdant grounds. This afternoon and evening are yours: an optional cruise along the Tamar River, perhaps?

Day 8 - Launceston - Bicheno

You’ll smell Bridestowe Estate well before you arrive – this lavender farm welcomes with soothing aromas (did you know that lavender is a soporific?) and addictive flavours in the form of lavender ice-cream or perhaps a spoon of honey from the half-a-million bees that graze the floral fields. Moving moments await at Legerwood Carved Memorial Trees, a series of trees carved with sculptures as a homage to fallen WWI soldiers. It’s a poignant reminder just how lucky we are today, to have Tasmania’s scene-stealing landscapes to gaze over. Be sure to head out tonight to catch a glimpse of the little penguins that call Bicheno home.

Day 9 - Freycinet National Park & Wineglass Bay

There’s a reason this part of Tasmania takes home top honours for its beaches – they were made for postcards. The brilliant blue ocean follows you through Cape Tourville’s virgin eucalypt forests, with dramatic coastline as far as the eye can see. Soak in the beauty of the breathtaking Freycinet Peninsula on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience that contributes to the preservation of its wildlife. Your boat will cruise past granite mountains, towering pink cliffs of the Hazards range, beaches fringed by dense bush, as you graze on a tasty Ploughman's lunch while taking in the serenity of stunning Wineglass Bay.

Day 10 - Triabunna - Hobart

This morning, the GPS is set for the historic township of Richmond; explore the convict-built gaol and bridge or browse the quaint boutique shops in town. Next, join us for a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience at Risdon Cove. Kipli Takara (meaning food walk) is an immersive experience where you are invited to walk the culturally rich landscape with palawa (Tasmanian Aboriginal) guides across this abundant natural pantry that was returned to Tasmanian Aboriginal ownership in 1995. You will be treated to a guided walk of this unique property, hearing about the history and current story of the area. Along the way you are able to taste the seasonal native bush tucker and get a first-hand glimpse into how palawa continue to enjoy cultural foods and undertake culturally-centred land management across lutruwita/Tasmania. This experience includes a unique tasting of local, native flavours. This evening is at your leisure in Hobart.

Day 11 - Port Arthur Historic Site

While the World Heritage listed Port Arthur Historic Site has a grim convict history, you wouldn’t know it today – the countryside is all rolling green fields and ocean views, best glimpsed on a Port Arthur guided tour with an in-the-know historian. The secrets they can tell… Today you will cruise around the Isle of the Dead, glimpse rugged sea cliffs from Pirate’s Bay Lookout, and marvel at Tasman’s Arch, Devil’s Kitchen and the Blowhole. Tonight is at your leisure in Hobart – we can recommend any number of stellar restaurants and wine bars. There’s no shortage in Tasmania’s cool little capital.

Day 12 - Hobart - Free time

There’s something about Tasmania’s capital that encourages life in the slow lane. Perhaps it’s the calming watery outlook. Maybe the art-filled streets. Definitely the forest-clad mountain backdrop. You’ll quickly fall into step, on this day to spend as you will. Perhaps add on a Bruny Island Cruise to spot playful fur seals and ogle Australia’s highest sea cliffs? Or enjoy a bird’s-eye view of the Apple Isle on a scenic flight down to the great Southwest? (Both own expense). Or get your cultural fix with a visit to the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery. Celebrate Tasmania with your Travel mates at dinner at a popular Hobart restaurant.

Day 13 - Farewell from Hobart

If you can still count all the delicious things you have eaten and drunk, and all the epic things you have seen and done, two weeks down the track, we commend you. Now’s the time to re-live them with friends and family back at home.

Please note: This itinerary may be subject to change.

Dates and Prices

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Departing 28 Feb 2025

  • From $8,515 per person twin share*
  • From $11,190 per person sole traveler*

Departing 21 Mar 2025

  • From $7,238 per person twin share*
  • From $9,512 per person sole traveler*

Departing 12 Sep 2025 / 10 Oct 2025 / 21 Nov 2025

  • From $7,817 per person twin share*
  • From $10,170 per person sole traveler*

Departing 30 Jan 2026 / 20 Feb 2026 / 13 Mar 2026

  • From $8,055 per person twin share*
  • From $10,481 per person sole traveler*

Departing 10 Apr 2026

  • From $9,120 per person twin share*
  • From $11,870 per person sole traveler*

Departing 11 Sep 2026 / 9 Oct 2026 / 20 Nov 2026

  • From $8,208 per person twin share*
  • From $10,683 per person sole traveler*

Departing 8 Jan 2027 / 19 Feb 2027 / 12 Mar 2027

  • From $8,442 per person twin share*
  • From $10,985 per person sole traveler*

Departing 29 Jan 2027

  • From $9,380 per person twin share*
  • From $12,205 per person sole traveler*

Call our team today to find out more on 1300 414 198. We can also assist with booking International flights and accommodation as part of your overall travel plans.

Please note: Exact itineraries may vary slightly depending on the departure date. Your full itinerary will be shown on your confirmation invoice.

Accommodation

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Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart

Your Guided Holiday includes a range of quality accommodation for your comfort.

Your accommodation includes:

  • Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart
  • Strahan Village
  • Cradle Mountain Hotel
  • Hotel Grand Chancellor Launceston
  • D​iamond Island Beach Resort
  • E​astcoaster Tasmania

FAQs

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 Flight Information:

Airport transfers are included in your tour package for flights that arrive based on the below:

  • Day 1 – Flights to arrive prior to 3.00pm into Hobart Airport
  • Day 13 – Flights to depart anytime from Hobart Airport

What to Bring:

  •  Sunglasses, sunscreen and hat
  • Water bottle
  • Warm layers in cooler months
  • Camera
  • Comfortable walking shoes

Fitness Requirements:

  •  Low level of fitness required

T&Cs

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