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Overview
Embark on an unforgettable journey to the Tasman Peninsula, where rich history, dramatic coastal scenery, and delicious local flavours come together. Departing Hobart at 9:30 am, this flexible day trip is designed to let you craft your perfect Tasmanian adventure. 🌊
Unmissable Peninsula Highlights
Spectacular Coastal Views & Local Treats
Take in the breathtaking vistas at Pirates Bay Lookout and uncover the fascinating history of the Eaglehawk Neck Dog Line. Satisfy your sweet tooth with a stop at the Tasmanian Chocolate Foundry, and choose to wander through the fragrant fields of the local Lavender Farm. 🍫
Port Arthur Historic Site & Harbour Cruise
Step back in time with included entry to the World Heritage-listed Port Arthur Historic Site. Customise your day with a choice of three or four hours to explore the convict ruins, historic buildings, and beautiful grounds. Your experience also includes a scenic harbour cruise, departing at approximately 2:20 pm. 🚢
Remarkable Cave or Extra Exploration
Opt for the three-hour Port Arthur experience to add a visit to the spectacular Remarkable Cave—a short, scenic walk showcasing Tasmania’s dramatic natural beauty (Parks Pass required).
Fresh Tasmanian Oysters
On the return journey, stop at Blue Lagoon Oysters in Dunalley. Watch an Australian oyster-shucking champion at work and sample some of the freshest seafood in the world as you unwind. 🦪
What’s Included
- Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off from 10 Hobart and Eastern Shore locations
- General entry to the Port Arthur Historic Site
- Flexible itinerary with 3 or 4 hours at Port Arthur
- Optional 30 or 60-minute Lavender Farm visit
- Expert commentary from a knowledgeable and friendly local guide
What’s Not Included
- Meals, tastings, and beverages
- Parks Pass fees for Remarkable Cave (available for purchase on the day for $24.55)
Your Day’s Itinerary
- 9:30 am – Depart Hobart
- 10:40 am – Pirates Bay Lookout (approx. 10 mins)
- 10:55 am – Historic Dog Line (approx. 5 mins)
- 11:05 am – Tasmanian Chocolate Foundry (approx. 10-15 mins)
- 11:30 am – Optional Lavender Farm visit (30 or 60 mins)
- 11:40 am – Port Arthur Historic Site (3 or 4 hours)
- 2:20 pm – Included Harbour Cruise
- 2:50 pm – Remarkable Cave excursion (approx. 50-min round trip)
- 3:40 pm – Depart Port Arthur
- 4:20 pm – Blue Lagoon Oysters stop
- 5:30 pm – Arrive back in Hobart
Essential Tour Information
This flexible sightseeing tour runs from approximately 9:30 am to 5:30 pm. To make the most of your day, we recommend wearing comfortable walking shoes and bringing water, sunscreen, weather-appropriate clothing, and your camera.
If you wish to pre-book additional experiences at Port Arthur, please ensure they fit within our scheduled arrival and departure times. Child pricing is available for guests aged 17 and under at $140.
Tour Details
Depart Hobart 9:30am.
Arrive Port Arthur 12:00pm.
Depart Port Arthur 4:00pm
Arrive Hobart 5:30pm
8 hours round trip – 4 hours on site
Harbour Cruise will be booked for 2:20pm
IMPORTANT: IF YOU ARE LATE YOU RUN THE RISK OF MISSING THE BUS. THE BUS CANNOT WAIT. PLEASE ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO GET TO YOUR PICK UP LOCATION. THE SAME GOES FOR YOUR RETURN TRIP BACK FROM PORT ARTHUR. IF YOU MISS THE RETURN BUS THERE ARE LIMITED WAYS TO GET BACK TO HOBART.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
24 hour cancellation policy
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I will be booking with Tassie Tours again- supporting local family businesses is important. Thanks Yvonne R
Our host, Skye, was absolutely wonderful. She had so much knowledge about Port Arthur and the surrounding areas, and you could really feel her passion for Tasmania and its history. It made for a fantastic and very enjoyable tour.
But what really showed us the level of service Tassie Tours provides happened after the tour. I accidentally left my bag on the bus with my credit cards and driver’s licence inside. 😳 I rang them as soon as I realised, and within an hour they had located it and contacted me.
By 8:30 the next morning, they had delivered my bag straight back to me! What amazing service and such wonderful people. 👏
I cannot praise Tassie Tours enough. From booking, to the tour itself, to going above and beyond afterwards, the whole experience was exceptional.
A huge thank you to Skye and the Tassie Tours team. We would definitely tour with you again and highly recommend you to anyone visiting Tasmania. ❤️
Great day! Was my last favorite of the 4 but I'm glad I did it because it's a different part of Tasmania than the other 3 days. Beautiful countryside and great stops.
Smallest group on this tour so I enjoyed that.
Hobart Highlights- Guide: Mark
Started at Salamanca Market. Bummer that Mt Wellington road was closed so we did not get to go up. We drove up as far as we could and played in the snow but I was looking forward to the lookout view. At Richmond, I went through the jail on my own and enjoyed being at my own pace; there were only a couple people besides me there. Bonorong was great feeding the kangaroos!!!
Port Arthur- Guide: Mark again
I will advise that there's not enough time at Port Arthur to properly see it on this tour, so if you're someone who wants to go in each building, read all the signs, listen to the guides, look their the museum, and do the ferry, there's not enough time!!! For most people who just want to see it, it's probably enough time for you but I was overwhelmed with how much I missed. I do recommend the ferry since it goes around Isle of the Dead and they're talking through the ride. If you get nauseous, go stand outside though (it's a VERY smooth, short ride, with bakery/cafe/ coffee items to purchase on board)
Bruny Island- Guide: Pascal
My favorite tour! My favorite guide!
Great day, we had great weather! Very knowledgeable about the plants/animals and history/people. Lucky to see 4 white wallabies.
I highly recommend Tassie Tours! So easy, bringing you right back where they picked you up. They take care of you and give you time at each stop. They ARE PUNCTUAL so if they say they'll be there at 7:06, they really mean 7:06! No problems at all. All super great and knowledgeable guides.
Side note: on my last day I did a great tour on my own at the Hobart Female Factory.
Would recommend to people of all ages!
I would definitely recommend to friends.
(Cradle Mt. Hobart-Launceston, Jun. 2026)
Huge thanks to our amazing guide and driver, Gray, for making this trip so wonderful. Throughout the whole journey, he shared so much practical information, and the pace of the entire itinerary was incredibly smooth.
The real highlight of his exceptional service happened at the very end. I completely spaced out and missed the first drop-off at the Launceston Transit Centre. Gray was an absolute lifesaver! He went above and beyond to make sure I still caught my connecting bus right on time. Truly grateful for his kindness and professionalism, highly recommend him!
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Highly recommend Pascal!
(Port Arthur, Tasman Sights and Harbour Cruise, Jun. 2026)
He was incredibly punctual for all the pick-ups and drop-offs, which made the logistics completely stress-free. What really set this tour apart was his extensive knowledge; he provided so much deep insight into Port Arthur and all the different attractions around Hobart.
On top of that, Pascal has a fantastic sense of humor that kept the entire journey lively, engaging, and never boring. It was a thoroughly satisfying and enriching experience. Thank you, Pascal, for such a memorable trip!
Bad Communication between Tassie Tours and our Guide spoiled an otherwise Wonderful Trip! We went on a special private tour which was a variation of their 11 day Iconic Tour of Tasmania. There are several reasons why I gave this tour only 3 stars and I would not recommend it to all my friends. I organized this tour for a group of friend who are seniors but are experienced world travelers from the SF Bay Area. My wife and I have visited Tasmania twice already so we knew what are the beautiful hiking spots in Tasmania. We were disappointed that we did not hike too many trails in this trip because we had only one guide for a group of 14. Things would have been more ideal if we had two guides. For example, one can be driving while the other would explain the history, nature etc. or take care of the logistics such as having us select our dinner menu! Having one more guide will also solve problems such as our guide has to drop us off at the trailhead and then pick us up at the trail end while we are on our own along the trail. Our guide Pascal was often tired and worn out from overwork. One big problem we ran into right at the beginning of the trip was the poor communication between the Tassie Tour office and our guide. The office did not email us the updated itinerary before our trip while our guide did not realize it. He came to pick us up at our hotel at 8:30am according to the itinerary he received from his office. But we were having breakfast and wondering when he would show up!After this mistake was corrected, there were other miscommunications between us and Tassie tour in terms of what we could order during our dinners. We were often given only 3 choices for the main course. In one case, the choices were a lamb, a farmed salmon and a vegetarian dish. Since my wife did not eat lamb and was allergic to farmed salmon, she has basically no choice. During our stay at the Grand Chancellor Hotel in Launcheston, three people in our group got sick after dinner and one of them was our guide! It was unfortunate that our trip were marred by these incidences because we had great weather and the trip was memorable.Jodi made our tour experience lots of fun and very intetesting with all her kmowledge.
I found Tassi tours to be very professional and wouldnt hesitate booking another tour with Jodi as my tour guide.
Leanne Connolly WA
I just finished the Bruny Island tour today (Thursday, 9th April), and honestly, I am still buzzing!
The scenery was absolutely breathtaking, and the entire day was so seamlessly planned. But what truly made the experience was our guide, Brunzy. He was the absolute standout—incredibly informative, organized, and he went above and beyond to ensure every single person had the best day possible.
By the end of the tour, I didn’t feel like just another tourist; I felt like I’d spent the day with a local friend. Brunzy, thank you so much for the laughs and the hospitality! And don't forget... you have to try that rum!
I cannot recommend Tassie Tours highly enough. If you’re in Tasmania, do yourself a favour and book a trip with them.
— Heather (The Cairns Girl)
We did a full‑day tour that started with a beautiful ferry ride over to the island and then turned into a perfect mix of food, walks and views. Our first stop was Get Shucked for takeaway oysters : plump, fresh, with a light Asian dressing, which we carried up the wooden stairs to The Lookout. Sitting at the top, slurping oysters while looking out over that incredible coastline, was one of those “pinch me, is this real?” moments. (There is a loo down there, but it’s a very basic long‑drop style, so be prepared!)
From there we wandered into the lush fern forests of Mavista. It genuinely felt like walking onto a Lord of the Rings set , cool, green and quiet , and we even spotted a shy Tassie Devil on our easy hike.
The day is also a joy if you love food. We stopped at the Bruny Island Honey store, which is a sweet little spot, and the Bruny Baker roadside fridge , the sourdough aroma alone is worth it. Lunch was relaxed and satisfying, and afterwards we visited a gorgeous little cove where you can swim, so definitely pack a swimsuit and a towel if the weather is kind.
We finished at the local chocolaterie, which for us was the only slightly “meh” stop in an otherwise amazing day , everything else more than made up for it.
All in all, the tour was beautifully paced and showed off just how stunning and special Bruny Island is. Go! You will love this tour. Steve took us and he was great
A day In Hobart Skyr was a lovely driver with a sweet personality. I wish she would have given us more information about Hobart and Tasmania as we drove. She gave us some information when we got to the destinations, but not much commentary as we drove past many places. The Borango reserve was interesting and what a unique experience feeding the Roos. Unfortunately it rained so our view at the top of the mountain was cloudy and we really didn’t see anything.
Tour on a windy day Very good tour. Actually could do without the music on the bus though. Too loud. Driver needed to have introduced himself as we never found out. He was very informative though. Drove well. Good tour group. He kept things upbeat.We had a nice day.
Bus ride, but not a guided tour Skye was very pleasant, but she did not offer a guided tour. However, she offered very limited information while driving and did not go with the guests on the first stop, she just pointed (it was raining, maybe she did not want to get wet). The final stop she walked with us after our request, but did not add any information during the walk to the wildlife refuge.
This was not so much a round as a bur ride to 3 areas in Hobart.
Excellent tour but a good level of fitness needed for the walk tour but a good level of fitness needed for the walk Amazing trip spectacular views of Freycinet National Park. The itinerary could be a bit clearer around the level of fitness needed for the lookout walk - as it was quite strenuous (uphill uneven steps)But overall great experience and my tour guide Sky was very informative and engaging :)
The food on Bruny is insane! I cannot recommend you try the oysters more highly. Best in the world. The beautiful lagoon we stopped at for a swim was so idyllic and the water was actually way warmer than I expected it to be - don't forget your bathers!
I loved how you could 'choose your own adventure' on the Wineglass Bay tour. I chose to walk down the 1000 steps to the beach and WOW! I'm so glad I did. What a spectacular part of the world. I cannot recommend these tours more highly 😍
A little piece of paradise for sure.
Highly recommend
Very little The trip didn’t have much to offer with regards to activitie. It was just a drive in island to look out and there was much more mentioned on the websiteWe booked the full day (10 hour) tour to Bruny Island and it was an amazing experience. The directions for meet up were clear and the driver was on time. The coffee and breakfast options at the ferry were delicious and we enjoyed getting out of the car on the ferry ride over. Every stop was intentional and informative. We walked a lot and had the option to enjoy great food and snacks along the way. Our driver brought us to some amazing beaches and his guidance and humor was top notch. The memories and photos we have of our day will be cherished. Thank you, Andrew, for a great time!
Thumb up to him, and thankfully we have seen some wildlife here in Tasmania.
As well as we do enjoy the history about Australia and Tasmania.
Yeah, we have a good wrap up for our tour with really delicious oysters.
Great plan and heartfully thanks, and appreciate for Nathan's plan.
Best regards, Amy from Singapore.
Beautiful views, good food, wild nature and great talks!
I would highly recommend it







































































