Tassie's Parks & Nature
Experience Overview
Get set for a wild week-long west coast road trip through the untamed beauty of Tasmania. From pristine beaches, tales of convict history, overwhelming natural beauty and rugged coastlines to artisan food and fine wines, this Tasmania tour is sure to excite the adventurer within.
Highlights
Dining Summary
- 4 Dinner (D)
- 6 Breakfast (B)
- 3 Lunch (L)
Choice Highlights
- Cradle Mountain: Nestled within breathtaking alpine forest in the central highlands of Tasmania, Cradle Mountain Hotel offers you an inviting home away from home to unwind after a day of exploring the pristine Tasmanian wilderness.
Dive into Culture
- Sarah Island: Explore the ruins of a penal settlement where convicts laboured under the harshest conditions in the early 1800s.
MAKE TRAVEL MATTER®
- Hobart: Your visit contributes to the conservation projects, Seed Bank, and care and upkeep of these picturesque gardens.
Must-see Highlights
- Explore Mount Gnomon Farm with a Local Specialist
- Discover Hobart, and Launceston
- Visit Salamanca Market, Russell Falls, and Dove Lake
- View Hobart and the Derwent River from Mt. Nelson, and Cradle Mountain from Dove Lake
- See vineyards stretching across the Tamar Valley, and lush rainforest in Mt. Field National Park
- Scenic Cruise on the Gordon River
Trafalgar Difference
- Cradle Mountain: Nestled within breathtaking alpine forest in the central highlands of Tasmania, Cradle Mountain Hotel offers you an inviting home away from home to unwind after a day of exploring the pristine Tasmanian wilderness.
Trip Details
Product Code: 19133
Tour Type: Group Tour
Accommodation: Deluxe
Transport: Private
Guide Language: English
Travel Styles:
Family, 55+
Tour Operator:
Trafalgar (CA)
Supplier Code: 664.1796A
Starts: Hobart (TAS), Australia
Finishes: Launceston (TAS), Australia
Duration: 7 days
Departures: Guaranteed
Physical Rating:
Easy
Includes
Whats Included
- An expert Travel Director and professional Driver
- Cherry-picked hotels, all tried and trusted
- Porterage where hotels provide this service
- Breakfast daily and up to half of your evening meals
- Must-see sightseeing
- All land transport shown. All transfers shown
- Luxury air-conditioned coach with Wi-Fi in most countries or alternative transportation (such as rail journeys)
- Optional Experiences and free time
Price
Price per person: (Double Occupancy) CAD $4,162 ($595 /day)
Itinerary
Hello Hobart! Settle into your hotel opposite Constitution Dock - minutes from the city centre and the perfect base for adventure (flights to arrive prior to 3pm). Then choose how you’d like to spend your first day in the capital of Australia’s smallest state. Take an easy stroll along the Derwent River or explore Constitution Dock’s many yachts, boats, and fishing trawlers. This lively area, also the finishing line for the annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, is an energizing kick off to your Tassie adventures. After getting acquainted with the city, join your Travel Director and group for a Welcome Reception including Tasmanian cuisine paired with local wines and beer. It’s a fresh and delicious start to your adventures in beautiful Tassie.
Accommodation: Grand Chancellor
Meals: Dinner
See what makes Hobart ticket on a sightseeing tour of this capital city. Soak in views of the city from the Mt. Nelson Lookout. Learn a bit of history at Battery Point - a maritime village built in 1804, and see Hobart’s famous Cascade Brewery. Then stroll through the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience. Now's the perfect time to graze Hobart's food scene at the famous Salamanca Market. In this feast for the senses, smell and taste local cheeses, pickles, crepes, oysters, truffles, cider, and more. Meander through the market - learning the local secrets of the market from your Travel Director - discovering its stalls and sandstone warehouse of galleries and unique arts and crafts shops. Anytime you’re ready for a break, grab a coffee or cool drink in one of the market’s many cafes. After a big day, ask your Travel Director for restaurant recommendations and raise a glass to the end of your day. Cheers!
Accommodation: Grand Chancellor
Meals: Breakfast
Head out of Hobart today for your first taste of dramatic landscapes, to the cascading waterfalls of Russell Falls in Mt. Field National Park. Then wind your way to Australia’s deepest lake, Lake St. Clair at 160 metres deep. Pause at the peaceful water of this lake whose aboriginal name means “sleeping water” and snap a few photos to remember the moment. You’ll then continue your scenic journey through the rainforest bordered road of World Heritage protected Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, before arriving in the seaside township of Strahan. After a day in nature, you’ll be dazzled by Strahan’s massive Macquarie Harbour, seven times the size of Sydney Harbour, as you arrive at your hillside hotel. Here we’ll toast to a big day over dinner at Strahan Village’s View 42 Restaurant and Bar.
Accommodation: Strahan Village
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Jump into the wilderness and take to the river this morning on a guided cruise on the Gordon River with a Local Specialist. Look out the floor-to-ceiling windows to the dark waters, stained amber by Button-grass tannins, reflecting this untouched wilderness. Stop for a bit of history and Dive Into Culture at the isolated Sarah Island, once a site of a penal colony, and gain insights into Tasmania’s convict history. Hear the stories and learn about the natural environment, the flora and fauna as you stroll among the 3,000-year-old pine once used in shipbuilding. Visit the Hells Gates, the notoriously treacherous entrance to the harbour, before docking and going on your way. You’ll travel deep into the alpine forest of Cradle Mountain National Park arriving at your Stays With Stories accommodation. Celebrate the natural beauty you’ve seen today with local beer and wine or continue your exploration on the property’s wilderness boardwalk. Be sure to check out the hotel’s art gallery that showcases the Cradle Mountain wilderness through the works of Tasmanian artists.
Accommodation: Cradle Mountain
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Waking in the heart of Cradle Mountain National Park, get ready to explore more of this beautiful, protected landscape. You’ll begin at Waldheim Chalet for a bit of history. Learn how after summiting the peak, Gustav Weindorfer and his wife Kate were compelled to build Waldheim (meaning “home in the forest”) Chalet to give tourists the opportunity to enjoy the natural surroundings. Get better acquainted with the land on a short boardwalk stroll with your Travel Director on the shores of Dove Lake, gazing up at the towering, jagged peaks of Cradle Mountain and perhaps dolerite peak on a clear day. Look around nearby too, as Bennetts wallabies, echidnas, and pademelons also make their home here. Want to see more unique Tasmanian wildlife? Consider joining an Optional Experience learning about and getting close (but not too close!) to the Tasmanian Devil. Or join an evening animal spotting experience viewing nocturnal mammals and marsupials including wallabies, wombats, and possums in their native night-time habitat. A creature is always stirring in fascinating Tasmania.
Accommodation: Cradle Mountain
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Tasmania has its fair share of award-winning gin and whisky distilleries, as well as 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. Next up, get acquainted with rural life at Mount Gnomon Farm. Hidden high in the hills, here you’ll meet passionate fifth-generation farmer Guy who’ll share his story and give you a tour of his apple orchard. Then sit down to a paddock-to-plate lunch served in his beautiful barn overlooking his well-stocked veggie garden. After a quick stop in Sheffield, the ‘Town of Murals,’ you’ll head through the Meander Valley to the historic city of Launceston for a good night’s rest.
Accommodation: Grand Chancellor
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
It’s your last day in Tasmania and there’s still plenty to see. Culture, wildlife, and history combine at Launceston's Cataract Gorge. This rare natural phenomenon unites bushland with neat Victorian gardens, replete with ferns and exotic plants. Take an easy walk around the Basin and across the historic suspension bridge or get a bird's eye view aboard the world's longest single span chairlift. Then it's time for a stop at Josef Chromy Wines. We can't think of a better way to end your time in Tassie than raising a glass sampling a specialty of the region including Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Continue to treat your taste buds over a light lunch at Tasmanian Gourmet Sauce Company, known for its sauces, jams, mustards and relishes. After lunch, take a garden tour unlocking their history as you stroll through the formal and informal gardens overlooking the Eastern Highlands and South Esk River. Feeling full and happy, all good things must come to an end. After experiencing so many beautiful places together, bid your travel companions a warm farewell before your transfer to Launceston Airport (flights to depart after 5pm).
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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Reviews
Trusted Customer - Traveled, February 2025
The tour was great. Great Tour Director and Driver. Good group of people.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 03/21/2025
Gerald Philpy - Traveled, April 2024
Very well organized tour. Tour director with very knowledgeable and did an outstanding job. Great way to learn and see Tasmania well beyond just Hobart.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/10/2024
Trusted Customer - Traveled, April 2023
Excellent tour and host. Travelled with AAT Kings. Carolyn was an excellent tour host who was very passionate about Tasmania. Tour was excellent, with a lot of information along the way. Cradle Mountain was excellent except for the food the Cradle Mountain Hotel dished up. Grand Chancellor hotels were excellent. Cruise on the Gordon River and visiting Sarah Island was also a highlight.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/09/2023
Michael Schuls - Traveled, April 2023
Tour guide was excellent. Great tour and scenery and the facts.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/12/2023
Trusted Customer - Traveled, April 2023
1.Travel Director: Excellent. Very well informed, helpful and pleasant. 2. Accommodation. Good 3. Meals. Disappointing. Too many buffets particularly during a pandemic. Hot breakfast at Cradle Mountain Hotel was cold on both mornings - not even warm. 4. Transport: Excellent. 5. Driver: Excellent. Felt very safe. Good. Personally would not have visited farm or distillery but this is a personal choice. Once again shared plates for lunch were not appropriate during a pandemic.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/12/2023
Trusted Customer - Traveled, April 2019
Overall fantastic service , except some of the restaurant staff in cradle mountain were not very helpful. All hotels were in fantastic locations and of a high standard.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 05/10/2019
Lisbeth - Traveled, February 2021
Sometimes a tour is made with the personalities of the group. Well, we had the best. Laughs, teasing, stories, caring and helping each other. Our leader, Carolyn, and driver, Tom, were wonderful. There were a few changes and a few uncertainties...handled by Carolyn so smoothly we hardly noticed. She is a great story teller with a very interesting life and 4,000 cousins. The people we met were so cheerful, and it makes a big difference. The places we went, the history we learned, the adventures we had ...so much in a short time, but not over done. I want to go back.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 02/19/2021
Lisa - Traveled, September 2019
Great tour showcasing the West Coast of Tasmania and its natural beauty.
Source: Tour operator Submitted: 02/03/2020
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