Highlights

• All inclusive
• Luxury coach travel
• 3 – 4 star accommodations
• Hotel porterage (we’ll handle your luggage for you!)
• Welcome Reception

Inclusions

• Accommodation – Hobart – Best Western Hobart (1 Night), Strahan – Strahan Village (1), Cradle Mountain – Cradle Mountain Hotel (1), Smithton – Tall Timbers (1), Launceston – Best Western Plus Launceston (2), Bicheno – Beachfront at Bicheno (1), Hobart – Best Western Hobart (2)
• Meals – 9 Full breakfasts, 1 Lunch, 5 Dinners, 1 Farewell Dinner
• US Domestic Flights – (Not included, but can be added to your quote)
• International Flights – Los Angeles to Sydney or Melbourne, Sydney or Melbourne to Los Angeles (Not included, but can be added to your quote)
• Australia Domestic Flights – Sydney or Melbourne to Hobart, Hobart to Sydney or Melbourne
• Day Tours – Hobart: City Sights Tour; Mt. Field National Park; Gordon River Cruise; Cradle Mountain National Park Tour; Northwest Coastal Town Visits; Ashgrove Cheese Farm & Tasting; Launceston: Cataract Gorge; Bridestowe Lavender Estate; Freycinet National Park; Richmond Historic Town; Port Arthur Historic Site
• Transfers – Airport to Hotel and Hotel to Airport
• All Taxes and Fuel Levies (Except where noted)

Tour Itinerary

Day 1: Welcome to Hobart

Your Tasmanian holiday begins today with an afternoon tour of Hobart. You’ll see historic Battery Point, Salamanca Place, take a wander through the Botanic Gardens, Constitution Dock, the destination of yachts participating in the Sydney to Hobart race each year, and Mt. Nelson, which affords panoramic views over Australia’s southernmost city. Enjoy the company of your Travel Director and fellow travelers this evening at a Welcome Reception and dinner.

Hotel Best Western Hobart

Dinner included

Day 2: Hobart to Strahan

Western Tasmania is like nature writ large, a place where the wilderness rules and people are few and far between. Visiting Mount Field National Park is a humbling experience, not only for the fact it’s part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, but also because it’s home to some of the tallest eucalypts and tallest flowering plants on Earth. Wander amid these giants to reach Russell Falls – take a deep breath; your Tasmania tour has begun. Records continue to be broken at Lake St. Clair, the deepest freshwater Lake in Australia, before you arrive in Strahan, gateway to World Heritage-listed Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.

Hotel Strahan Village

Breakfast & Dinner included

Day 3: Strahan to Cradle Mountain

The Gordon River is your playground today, the dark waters here given their color by amber button-grass tannins. The only thing breaking the mirror-like surface is your chariot as you cruise to Sarah Island, a former penal colony where convicts would fell Huon pines for boat building. Thankfully, they didn’t get to the 2,000-year-old pine that still stands proud at Heritage Landing. Glide past Hells Gates, the treacherous entrance to the harbor, before motoring on toward your Cradle Mountain tour. This wilderness area offers one of the best chances of spotting Tasmanian devils in their natural habitat. Opt to head out after dark to spot these elusive creatures.

Hotel Cradle Mountain Hotel

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included

Day 4: Cradle Mountain to Smithton

Today has multiple highs – quite literally. The first is 1,545-metre Cradle Mountain, your backdrop as you wander to Dove Lake. You don’t need to look too hard to spot Bennett’s wallabies, echidnas, and pademelons. The second high is ‘The Nut’, a dramatic 152-metre plateau created by the remains of an ancient volcanic plug. It guards over Stanley, a tiny village with swagger to spare. You could spend days exploring the town’s remarkably well-preserved heritage buildings. But more Tasmania holiday highlights await around the corner.

Hotel Tall Timbers

Breakfast & Dinner included

Day 5: Smithton to Launceston

If there’s a town with a cuter name than Penguin, we’re yet to find it. Locals embrace its appeal – there are penguin sculptures at every turn, including one measuring 10 meters tall. Your journey along the northwest coast also passes through Burnie, Ulverstone and Sheffield, the latter delivering a surprise collection of 60 murals telling the area’s history. All this exploring builds an appetite. Refuel at Ashgrove Tasmanian Farm, where happy cows contribute to award-winning cheeses – everything from cheddar and red Leicester to creamy Tasmanian blue.

Hotel Best Western Plus Launceston (2 nights)

Breakfast included

Day 6: Launceston

There are few places in the world where you can leave the city behind and within minutes be amid an immense wilderness area. Launceston is one. Blink and you’re at Cataract Gorge, a yawning chasm carved by ancient rivers. This rare natural phenomenon unites bushland with neat Victorian gardens, replete with ferns and exotic plants. Get a different perspective of the green cavern on the scenic chairlift, zipping you over the water to a lofty lookout. We wouldn’t blame you for lingering here, perhaps cruising the river to venture deeper into the gorge. Or sample more of Tassie’s finest fare on a Tamar Valley winery tour. This afternoon, the choice is yours.

Breakfast included

Day 7: Launceston to Bicheno

You’ll smell Bridestowe before you see it, this enormous lavender farm perfuming the Tasmanian countryside. The flowers grown here aren’t just used in fragrances – they’re also infused into ice-cream, teas and jams. It’s a tasty entrée to the Legerwood Carved Memorial Trees, sculpted into World War One soldiers. Little penguins come out to play in Bicheno; sign up to spot them after dark as they waddle to shore from the water.

Hotel Beachfront at Bicheno

Breakfast & Dinner included

Day 8: Bicheno, Freycinet & Hobart

The colors at Freycinet National Park are so vivid you’ll think someone has taken the glasses off your nose and cleaned them for the first time: The patchwork of ocean blues that lap Coles and Wineglass bays. The powdery white of sand. The intense green of the forest. There’s a reason why Freycinet adventures star on postcards. The other place on postcards is Richmond, its grand 1820s Georgian buildings today home to bijou boutiques, galleries and cafes that appear to be lost in time

Hotel Best Western Hobart (2)

Breakfast included

Day 9: Port Arthur & Hobart

Explore the Port Arthur Historic Site today, taking a cruise around the Isle of the Dead and a fascinating guided walk of the remains of Port Arthur’s infamous convict prison. There will be time for you to wander the site at your leisure. On the drive back to Hobart, see the amazing natural rock formations of the craggy Tasman Arch, the Devil’s Kitchen and the Blowhole. This evening, mingle with your Travel Director and fellow travelers at a Farewell Dinner in one of Hobart’s most iconic restaurants.

Breakfast & Farewell Dinner included

Day 10: Farewell Hobart

Your holiday concludes this morning after breakfast. You will be transferred to Hobart Airport for your onward flight.

Breakfast included