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10 Days Tasmanan Wonders

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Tour Dates & Prices:

Valid: June 1, 2024 – April 30, 2025
Departure (Min of 2 guests)

Itinerary:

Day 1: Welcome to Hobart

  • The Tasmanian capital of Hobart may be small in size, but it’s big in attractions, as you’ll discover this afternoon. Put your destination into perspective from the summit of Mt. Nelson, offering endless vistas over Australia’s southernmost city. View the charming Georgian cottages of Battery Point and explore the streets and convict-built warehouses along Salamanca Place, the backdrop of epic Saturday markets. Gaze over boats at Constitution Dock – this is where yachts finish when competing in the annual Sydney to Hobart race, and take a stroll in the second oldest Botanical Gardens in Australia with its amazing collection of plants from around the world. Tonight, join your Travel Director for a Welcome Dinner

Hotel: Best Western Hobart
Included Meals: Dinner

Day 2: Hobart – Strahan

  • Western Tasmania is like nature amplified, 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 flowering plants on Earth. Wander amid these giants to reach Russell Falls – take a deep breath; you’re officially on holiday. 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
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 3: Strahan

  • The inky waters of the Gordon River – given its colour by amber buttongrass tannins – are as eery as they are beautiful, the mirror-like surface only broken by your Gordon River chariot as you cruise through Hells Gates, the treacherous entrance to the harbour before returning to Sarah Island. It’s hard to reconcile the beauty of this part of the state with its grim history as a penal colony; a place where convicts would fell Huon pines for boat building. Disembark at Heritage Landing to view one of these 500-year-old majestic trees. Safely back on dry land, it’s soon time to discover ‘The Ship That Never Was’, the dramatic and hilarious true story of the Great Escape from Sarah Island! You’ll see it performed live by a group of theatre professionals.

Hotel: Strahan Village
Included Meals: Dinner, Lunch, Breakfast

Day 4: Strahan – Cradle Mountain – Burnie

  • Today your journey reaches new heights – quite literally with a visit to the 1,545-metre Cradle Mountain, your backdrop as you explore Dove Lake on your Cradle Mountain tour, the wild alpine moorlands here a natural magnet for lovers of the wilderness. The spectacular and pristine wilderness of Cradle Mountain is home to the mysterious and secretive Tasmanian Devil. You’ll love the next adventure today, a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience. A Day Keeper at Devils @ Cradle will lead you through the sanctuary and provide you with a thorough insight into its operation. When joining this tour you will be directly supporting these animals and threatened species conservation. Leave the Central Highlands after an uplifting day and head towards the scenic north-west coast for your overnight stay.

Hotel: Beachfront Voyager Motor Inn
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Burnie – Launceston

  • Table Cape is by far Wynyard’s most remarkable natural wonder, at 180 metres high, ‘The Cape’ – as locals refer to it – offers spectacular views of Tasmania’s coastline. As you drive to the top of the remains of a 12-millionyear-old volcano you’ll reach Table Cape lookout where, on a clear day, you can see mountain ranges over 175 kilometres away. 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 over 3 metres tall. Your journey along the northwest coast also passes through Ulverstone and Sheffield, The Town of Murals, boasting over 100 large paintings depicting the area’s rich history and local characters. All this exploring builds an appetite. Refuel at Ashgrove Tasmanian Farm, where happy cows contribute to awardwinning cheeses – everything from cheddar and red Leicester to creamy Tasmanian blue.

Hotel: Best Western Plus Launceston
Included Meals: Breakfast

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 optional scenic chairlift, zipping you over the water to a lofty lookout. We wouldn’t blame you for lingering here, or perhaps sample more of Tassie’s finest fare on a Tamar Valley winery tour. The choice is yours.

Hotel: Best Western Plus Launceston
Included Meals: Breakfast

Day 7: Launceston – 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
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 8: Bicheno – Hobart

  • The colours 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 dramatic pink granite cliffs. There’s a reason why the peninsula stars on postcards. The other place on postcards is Richmond, its grand 1820s Georgian buildings today home to bijou boutiques, galleries and cafés that appear to be lost in time.

Hotel: Best Western Hobart
Included Meals: Breakfast

Day 9: Port Arthur Historic Site

  • The Isle of the Dead, Devil’s Kitchen, Blowhole… the attractions at and around Port Arthur nod to the region’s notoriously grim history. This is the best-preserved convict site in Australia, and among the most significant convict-era destinations worldwide. The stories these walls could tell.

Hotel: Best Western Hobart
Included Meals: Breakfast, Farewell Dinner

Day 10: Farewell from Adelaide

  • It took early explorers months to circumnavigate Tasmania. You’ve done it in 10 days. What a wild ride

Included Meals: Breakfast

End of our service, hope to welcome you again!

Inclusions:

  • Australia Good & Services Tax
  • 10 Days Guided Holidays with English Speaking Tour Director and Driver
  • Accommodation with daily breakfast inside the hotel
  • Attractions as specified in the itinerary
  • Meals as specified in the itinerary
  • Roundtrip private airport transfers (In: HBA Airport)
  • Free travel insurance (for up to 59yo)
  • Travel Kit

Not Included

  • International and domestic airline tickets
  • Any extra meals
  • Drinks ordered during meals (soft drink/juice/beer/wine)
  • Optional tours and activities not mentioned on the brief itinerary
  • Hotel porterage
  • Items of a personal nature such as phone calls, pay movies, room services, mini bars laundries or other expenditures during the tour.
  • Other services not mentioned on the itinerary
  • Daily tipping (Approx AU$ 15.00 per person per day)

Tour Cost Per Person

Note: *Pre-night accommodation and optional tours in Hobart are available upon request. Tours are operated by AAT Kings

Child Policy:

*Note: Child = 2 – 11yrs inclusive

  • Infant under 2 years of age : FOC
  • Child share room with 1 adult: Upon request
  • Child share room with 2 adults with bed: Upon request
  • Child share room with 2 adults not occupying a bed: Upon request
  • ** For 2 children sharing one twin room, both child will be charged at: Upon request

Deposit/Terms of Payment:

  • Upon confirmation of all services, we require US$ 500.00 tour deposit per person
  • Full payment is payable four (4) weeks prior to commencement of service.
  • For bookings less than four (4) weeks prior to commencement of service and during peak seasons and block out periods shall be considered “book & buy”. Full payment has to be made immediately upon confirmation of all services

Surcharge:

  • Surcharge may apply for tours traveling during Australia public holidays and special events period
  • The quoted price is subject to sudden price increases or surcharges imposed by our suppliers that are beyond our control (eg. room surcharge if the original quoted price is not available.

Cancellation Policy:

We will endeavour to minimize any cancellation charges imposed. However, our general cancellations policy is as
follows:

  • 61 days or more – Deposit
  • 60-30 days prior to arrival – 50% of tour fare
  • 29-2 days prior to arrival – 80% of tour fare
  • 1-0 days prior to arrival – 100% of tour fare

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