Port Arthur, Tassie Devils, Richmond & Tasman Peninsula
Description
Celebrate unique Tasmania, in this fast-paced, action packed tour day, combining Tassie Devils, history and coastal scenery. Discover the fascinating convict history at Port Arthur Historic Site, deemed an inescapable prison. Explore the spectacular scenery of the Tasman National Park along the Waterfall Bay clifftop walk, experience a Tassie Devil feeding and a visit to Richmond historic village. Highlights • Visit Port Arthur Historic Site • Explore the Tasmanian Devil Unzoo • Experience the ferocious action of a Tasmanian Devil feeding • Photograph spectacular views from the Waterfall Bay Cliff Top Walk (easy grade 2km) • See the Tasman National Park highlights – Devils Kitchen & Tasman Arch • Enjoy the stories from Pirates Bay Lookout, Eaglehawk Neck & The “Dogline” • Visit historic Richmond Village
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Itinerary
Today is action packed and fast paced, so we make an early start from Hobart and drive directly to the stunning Tasman Peninsula. This area has amazing history, fascinating stories and spectacular scenery. It is also home to Australia’s highest sea cliffs. We enjoy the panoramic views of the area from Pirates Bay Lookout which provides a great vantage here of the surrounding area.
Passing through Eaglehawk Neck and “The Dogline” our Tour Guides will share with you some amazing history and stories of the area.
We begin one of Tasmania’s “Great Short Walks”. This is a short but spectacular track along the Waterfall Bay Clifftop. The walk is around 45 minutes, undulating and categorised as an easy walk. The track concludes at the remarkable rock formations of Tasman Arch and Devil’s Kitchen.
Next stop is the Tasmanian Devil Unzoo. We enjoy all the action of a Tasmanian Devil Feeding. Watch the snarling, fighting and bone crushing in a spectacle of devilish behaviour during the feeding. Hand feed the wallabies and walk among the local wildlife in this charming “Unzoo” setting.
Continuing our journey, we arrive at Port Arthur Historic Site. As we enter the Port Arthur Historic Site, there is a wealth of information and history to take in and to explore. Your entry includes a complimentary Harbour Cruise around the Isle of the Dead, ‘The Port Arthur Experience' a podcast that provides a fascinating introduction to the site, and complimentary site talks throughout the day led by Port Arthur’s expert guides . Discover the grim and violent history of the early Australian Penal system and get a sense of the isolation experienced by the convicts in this “inescapable prison”. With around 2.5 hours here, you have time to walk among the main penitentiary; see the solitary confinement cells and many more buildings in this World Heritage open air museum.
On our return to Hobart, we travel via the historic township of Richmond. Arriving late the in the afternoon, you will have time to meander the streets, stop for a coffee, visit the Lolly Shop, Chocolatier and walk across Australia’s oldest bridge still in use – a convict built sand-stone bridge, reported to be haunted! We arrive back into Hobart around 6.00pm.
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Important Information
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Minimum age to participate in tour is 8 years
- This is an active tour and walking is involved; a suitable level of general health & fitness and physical abilities is essential
- We provide accurate interpretation, and keep wildlife disturbance to a minimum by viewing from appropriate distances and informing our guests how to view wildlife with patience and respect. Activities are always confined to tracks and boardwalks to minimize negative impacts.
Reviews(143)
It was probably our best decision to take this tour during our recent visit to Tasmania. This tour covers a lot of important tourist spots in Tasmania. Specially for the first timer who have only limited time. Matt our guide was great and patient. He gave us plenty of information during the tour so we know a little bit of history of the places we visited. We felt also that we had a good size of tour group of less than 10 people. We think that the allocated time was perfect for each place so we could have our own time to explore the places on our own. We definitely recommend this tour to everyone visiting Tasmania for the first time.
Great tour . We did and saw so much David our tour man was informative and very entertaining. The non zoo was a wonderful experience and surprise
This tour had all the highlights of Tasmania in one day. Patrick was excellent and made this the highlight of my three week Australia trip. Definitely book the unzoo, had live kangaroo and exotic bird feeding, and you could watch a real tasmanian devil feeding.
Really nice tour and scenic drive through the bays and to port Arthur. Visit to the Unzoo was truly amazing and you get to see the wildlife up close and it was a nice experience. Lots of time in Port Arther and the harbor cruise was great.
The tour was amazing! Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable and made the experience even more enjoyable. Highly recommended!
Full day of activity and tiring . Value for money. Great kangaroo feeding with unlimited food access to feed them.
Wonderful day out exploring with a very informative, friendly tour guide. A earlier and longer visit in Richmond would have been great as most places were closed or closing as we got there
Thank you it was amazing journey we had good time we visited marion bay tasmanian unzoo and port arthur. our tour guide ben was very succesfull and helpfull we liked his guidance thanks for everything
It was the best time. Small group with so much fun, relaxing & loads of historical history, excellent easy walking, Heather was amazing, very reliable relaxing & accomadating. Tassie Devil was so eye opening, the real up front with seeing it get feed, was WOW, & you really feed the kangaroos & birds. Port Arthur was big place to look at, you can do 3 hours with tassie Devil or 4 hours just at Port Arthur. We did 3 hours, was good for us. It's a must to do this tour. We fit in so much in 1 day. Oh thanks to Heather we got to fit in the jail at Richmond was the icing on the cake, that has to be a much to do, didn't even know of that place, & I have being to Tasmania 7 times, my husband first time. Was nice that all admission was taken care off, so u can just enjoy the day. Heather even gave you a choice if you hated to do Tassie Devil tour at a extra cost, but still cheap tour way, than paying more there. It's really value for money.
You get to see a lot more than if you drive yourself. Good value being taken to four different places! Ben the bus driver is friendly, witty and so knowledgeable. He made it more enjoyable for us. Lovely at the last stop in Richmond for an hour to look around! Great value and glad we didn’t have to drive there! Highly recommended !
