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Looking to visit the multi-award winning UNESCO World Heritage Site Port Arthur? Want the added bonus of visiting some Tasman Peninsula highlights? Or simply just need transportation to the area? Then we have you covered!
Port Arthur and the Tasman Peninsula are a must see and one of Tasmania’s most popular tourist attractions. With its rich history and spectacular scenery on offer, it is easy to see why! Our popular tour allows you to experience it all. Jump aboard with one of our friendly, local drivers who will be keen to show you a fantastic day!
Tour overview:
On route to Port Arthur, we will stop at Pirates Bay lookout to soak up the scenery and take a photo or two.Then it’s on to the Dog Line monument at Eaglehawk Neck! The next stop will have the mouths of sweet tooth’s watering as we visit the Tasmanian Chocolate Foundry. Following the chocolate factory, we will visit the beautiful Port Arthur Lavender Farm. Explore the unique handmade products made from Tasmanian Lavender and take a stroll around the scenic lavender trail. Up next is the Port Arthur Historic Site. Immerse yourself in the fascinating, rich and dark history of the best-preserved penal settlement in Australia. Admission is included and entry includes a 20-minute harbour cruise. If history is what you came for, enjoy the full 4 hours exploring the historic site. If you are up for one more experience, then you can hop back onboard the bus after 3 hours for a trip to the Remarkable Cave. Just a short 8-minute drive away, you will be greeted with the spectacular vista of Maingon Bay. At the lookout you can take in the exceptional views of Penguin Rocks and the bay. You can then descend down the 115 steps to view the Remarkable Cave from a viewing platform where you will be surrounded by ancient sandstone cliffs. We will then return back to the historic site to pick up the remaining passengers at 4pm and return to Hobart at 5:30pm.
One-way transfers are available to and from Port Arthur. When booking, please use promo code “ONEWAY” to receive the $50.00 fare. Please not that one-way fares do NOT include entry to the Port Arthur Historic Site.
Tour Schedule
9:30am Depart Hobart
10:40am Pirates Bay Lookout (10 mins)
10:55am Dog line (5 Mins)
11:05am Tasmanian Chocolate Foundry (10-15 Mins)
11:30am Lavender Farm (20-30minute)
12:00pm Port Arthur Historic Site (optional 3 hours 10 minutes or 4 Hours)
2:20pm – Isle of the dead Cruise (optional)
3:10pm Remarkable Cave (50 minute round trip)
4:00pm Depart Port Arthur
5:30pm Arrive Hobart
✔ Hotel pickup/drop-off
✔ Port Arthur Historic Site General Entry
✔ Knowledgeable and friendly guide
✖ Meals or beverages are not included
Additional info:
If you would like to pre-book additional tours at the Port Arthur Historic Site, please visit the Port Arthur Historical website directly. There are many tours and packages available to choose from. Any tours you book must fit within the schedule of a 12 PM arrival and a 4 PM departure. General admission is included with your booking.
Please make sure you give your self plenty of time to arrive at your pickup location.
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
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We also really appreciated how hard he tried to show us the white wallabies. His enthusiasm made the trip even more enjoyable and memorable.
The tour was very comprehensive, taking us up to the trees at the Tahune Airwalk, down into Hastings Cave, and finishing with a delicious apple pie in Frank’s
It was a wonderful experience.
Skye provided a great guided tour of our tour, very informative with a fun relaxed and approachable personality.
I’d recommend doing this tour, and thank Skye for making it an enjoyable experience.
The views were absolutely breathtaking, and everything was so well organized from start to finish.
A special thank you to our driver, Skye, who did an awesome job—so friendly, knowledgeable, and made the whole experience even more enjoyable.
Highly recommend this trip to anyone visiting Tasmania!
This tour includes the admission fee to Port Arthur, which makes the tour fee so much more reasonable than it already is. It is the perfect blend of group and solo exploration. I also loved how the trip had so many options that are perfectly timed. For example, you could choose to either stay back and explore Port Arthur by yourself or you could choose to meet Gray at the entrance and go for a drive down to the Remarkable Cave with the group.
The fact that they pick you up and drop you off is just a cherry on top. It makes it that much more convenient and you just get to kick back and relax. I went after the day light saving ended, and the drive back coincided with the golden hour, which made the ride back wayyy more special and mesmerising.
As a solo female traveller, I would recommend this to anyone and everyone but especially solo travellers. There was not once that I felt I wasn't safe.
We managed to fit in everything on the schedule as the weather was so good.
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
We 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
On my day trip, the Tahune air walk was cancelled. The company refunded a portion of our payment for the airwalk, without any prompting from us. I have been cheated by other tour companies before, so I really appreciate this.
Our tour guide (?Juno/Johno/Juneau) was so friendly and kind. I had lost my jacket and it was cold, so he offered me his jackets throughout the day. It's a shame I hesitated asking him to clarify his name 😅.
The rest of the tour, Hasting caves- spectacular and apple pie- great touch to the trip.
Highly recommend Tassie tours in general and this particular tour.
The day was full of information, good humour and activities that lived up to all that was promised.
Our guide Andrew was fantastic — very knowledgeable, relaxed, friendly and always making the tours enjoyable. The car was super comfortable and spotless every day, which made the experience even better.
We did three tours in a row (Bruny Island, Port Arthur, and Hobart Highlights) and all of them were stunning and very smooth. Everyone we dealt with was professional and kind.
Highly recommend Tassie Tours and would definitely book with them again! 🌈✨
Whether it was quirky colonial trivia or insights into Tasmania’s evolving culture, Mark tailored the experience to our group’s interests with impressive finesse. It felt less like a tour and more like being shown around by a passionate local friend who genuinely loves this city.
The pacing was perfect, the sites were stunning, and Mark’s commentary added layers of meaning to everything we saw. If you’re looking for a tour that’s both informative and delightfully human, this is it.
Highly recommend booking with Mark—you’ll leave with a deeper appreciation for Hobart and a smile that lasts well beyond the final stop. We booked via Klook btw
We stopped at the Neck and walked up all the stairs to the lookout but unfortunately the weather closed in on us and we got soaked. We drove around and managed to spot the famous white wallabies. We did a nice little rainforest walk and listened to the birdies. We had a delicious pub lunch at the Bruny Island Hotel / pub (not included). The orders were called in on the way so they were ready for us when we arrived. We stopped at the Lighthouse and most southerly point in the afternoon.
My only suggestion is not to stop at the Bruny Island Chocolate shop as the staff was very rude and the chocolate tasted terrible - we all regretted buying.
The queue for the ferry on the way back was long so we had to wait about 30 minutes, but Bunsie's stories and banging playlist of 60s and 70s classic rock kept us entertained. Bunsie has also seen Neal the Seal in the flesh! We had an excellent day and were back to Hobart by about 5.30pm.







































































