Where can Explore Tasmania Tours take you? It’s a bit like asking how long is a piece of string.
Explore Tasmania Tours sets itself apart by offering PERSONALIZED, AFFORDABLE tours around Hobart and Tasmania for small groups up to 11 passengers. Gone are the days of being crammed into a large bus with many others, not having control of where you want to go, or when you want to stop. With Explore Tasmania Tours, you get an intimate journey with your partner, family, solo, or with friends. You get the opportunity to choose where you want to go, what you’d like to see, and when you want to stop to capture that perfect moment. Tasmania and the Hobart area contain many unique destinations worth visiting. If you are yet to explore Tasmania via the Internet, we highly recommend visiting Discover Tasmania – If you find something or somewhere you really must do or see, let us know and we’ll go there!
We go everywhere the others go including the Coal River Valley; Bruny Island; south to the Tahune air walk, Hastings Caves and Huonville; west to Cradle Mountain and Tasmania’s rain forest wilderness; east to Port Arthur and Wineglass Bay; or scenic “taster” tours of the Hobart area. Alternatively, we can suggest tours based on themes such as gourmet food and wine, photography, flora and fauna, history, scenery, culture or a bit of everything! Listed below just a sample of the “off the rack” tours we offer, each customisable to meet individual requirements.
Coal River Valley Wine Tour
Private Tour – closest cellar doors to Hobart
- Sullivans Cove Distillery
- Coal Valley Wines
- Frogmore Creek Wines
- Craigow Estate cellar door
- Coal River Farm (chocolates and cheese)
- Nocturn Estate cellar door
- Wicked Cheese
- Pressing Matters cellar door
- Every Man and his Dog cellar door
- Puddleduck cellar door
- Pooleys Wines cellar door
- Vin and Larder Richmond
- Barilla Bay Oyster Farm
- Lark Distillery
- Kempton Distillery
- plus many more, find them and we can go there!
Within 15 minutes of Hobart are located some of the finest vineyards and distilleries in Tasmania. From the award wining Sullivans Cove, winner of the worlds best single malt whisky (twice!) to a range of producers specialising in cool climate (pinot noir and sparking) wines and cheese, this tour is for those appreciate fine wines and cheese, at a pace that you control. Many lunch options are available in the Richmond township including a bakery with award winning vanilla slices and scallop pies. For those with finer tastes, we recommend the Frogmore Creek restaurant.
FROM $600 for 1-3 passengers, 7 hours
Cruise Ship Hobart Highlights
Private tour … for the time poor
An exploratory tour to see the best of Hobart in the shortest time. Highlights to be selected by passengers and duration at each each may include Mt. Wellington, Bonorong Park Wildlife Sanctuary, returning via Richmond and the Coal River Valley. This tour is particularly suited to cruise ship passengers keen to stay close to the ship.
- Salamanca Place and Battery Point historic precincts
- Mt Wellington
- Bonorong Park (Tasmanian Devils and wildlife sanctuary)
- MONA
- Richmond historic village
- Coal River Valley (cellar door experiences)
FROM $600 for 1-3 passengers, 6 hours, Bonorong Park / MONA entry not included
Fish and Falls Mt Field
A unique experience – fishing and hiking
- Mt Field National Park (entry included)
- Tall Trees
- Iconic Russell Falls
- Trout fishing 2.5 hours, and/or 3 waterfall hiking options
- lunch at quirky Possum Patch cafe
- Seasonal raspberry picking
- giant trout feeding at Salmon Ponds (entry included)
- Cider tasting
$250 adult, $125 child. Admission to Mt Field National Park and Salmon Ponds included.
Port Arthur & the Tasman Peninsula
For history and scenery buffs
- Port Arthur Historic Site (entry price not included)
- Barilla Bay Oysters
- Bangor Cellar door and restaurant
- Tessellated Pavements
- Pirates Bay lookout
- Cubed Expresso Bar
- Eaglehawk Neck
- Tasman Arch and Devils Kitchen
- Remarkable Caves
- The Blowhole
- Lavender farm
FROM $800 for 1-3 passengers, private tour 8 hours. Entry to Port Arthur Historic Site not included
Bruny Island
Oysters, cheese, beaches and white wallabies!
- Ferry ride (price included)
- Spot rare white wallaby
- Fluted Cape cliffs or shore walk
- Whisky tasting
- Get Shucked Oysters
- Bruny Island Cheese
- House of Honey
- Lunch at Bruny Island Premium Wines
- Berries and Chocolates
- Adventure Bay lookout
FROM $800 for 1-3 passengers, 8 hours, ferry included
Deep South Trail
Platypus, cider, boats and tall trees
- Geeveston platypus walk
- Huon Valley
- Willie Smith Apple Cider
- Franklin Wooden Boat builders
- Tahune Airwalk
- Cellar Door experience(s)
FROM $800 for 1-3 passengers, 8 hours, Tahune airwalk entry not included