Activities & Experiences
Tasmania is probably one of the greatest destinations in the world with a climate, landscape and diversity that lends itself perfectly to exploration by foot, bike, boat, and seaplane. Even whilst fishing in pristine streams in the remote wilderness gives you that indescribable beauty.
Nowhere else offers the stunning diversity of landscape - narrow, windy country roads with minimal traffic, scenery that changes with every twist and turn of the road, exotic wildlife and birds everywhere you look. If you love being on the water, nothing beats the peaceful exploration under paddle power along the secret rivers, lakes and coastline of Tasmania.
Wildlife and Birding Tours
Wildlife in Tasmania is abundant, unafraid, often unique to the island, and hence for the most part relatively easy to spot. Compared to the mainland and other popular wildlife-spotting destinations, the animals are often exceptionally easy to get close too.
Tasmania also has some of the best wildlife guides and world-class wildlife sanctuaries which are dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing wildlife, and to educating others, locals and visitors alike, about the need to be vigilant and responsible. Read more...
Walking
Tasmania is Australia's walking state and in fact is probably one of the greatest walking destinations in the world with a climate, landscape and diversity that lends itself perfectly to exploration by foot.
With nearly fifty per cent of the island protected by World Heritage or National Park status, vast swathes of land both impenetrable and uninhabited by people, the power of nature that dominates a land lying forty degrees south in the Great Southern Ocean is not to be understated, and of course unguided walkers need to keep their wits about them - which is why there has been such a proliferation of guided short and long walks developed in the last few years.With hundreds of miles of tracks and trails from ten minutes to ten days, anyone from those with limited mobility to the super-fit should slow their pace of travel down and enjoy the joy of the great outdoors.
If you love to walk, you will love Tasmania. Read more...
Sea and River Cruises
No one should visit Tasmania without taking to the air and seeing the full glory and majesty of the world’s last wilderness frontier from a seaplane or head off on one of the amazing cruises and visit the islands that surround the mainland. Read more...
Wilderness Flights
No one should visit Tasmania without taking to the air and seeing the full glory and majesty of the world’s last wilderness frontier. Take a trip in to the remote South West National Park, across to the Western Wilderness and the Gordon River, over to Maria Island or Wineglass Bay, or simply take a decadent transfer to your idyllic beach shack on North Bruny. Read more...
Photography
A picture speaks a thousand words. And never more so than in Tassie. Tasmania is a photographer's dream - breathtaking landscapes, habituated wildlife, incredible colours and superb lighting result in limitless opportunities for a keen photographer. Read more...
Culture and Convicts
Tasmania is a melting pot of heritage and human resilience dating back to the darkest days of the 19th c. British Empire.
Just two decades ago a whispered taboo, convict ancestry is now a badge of honour. One that has shaped the life of almost every islander and still pervades every aspect of daily life. Read more...
Gourmet Eco
With the cleanest air in the world, some of the most fertile land and the freshest seafood, it is easy to see why Tasmania is known as Australia’s gourmet state. Read more...
Cycling
If you long to feel the wind in your hair and the satisfying ache in your legs that tells the story of a day’s hard peddling, Tasmania is your place.
And, although the island is small in comparison to the mainland, it has a huge diversity of terrain, much of which can be experienced in less than a week. Read more...
Kayaking
If you love being on the water, nothing beats the peaceful exploration under paddle power along the secret rivers, lakes and coastline of Tasmania. Read more...
Fishing
Today, Tasmania is regarded by experts as the trout capital of Australia, but with its world-renowned lake fishing, lowland rivers, pristine streams and remote wilderness areas of indescribable beauty – those who have fished in Tassie will tell you there is nowhere else in the world like it. Read more...
Gardens
“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden”, wrote Frances Hodgeson Burnett in The Secret Garden. Nowhere is this truer than in Tasmania.
It has been said that Tasmania is as far away from Britain as you can get without heading home again. Tasmania's gardens probably epitomise this more than anything else in this island where raw, rugged wilderness sits alongside some of the most beautiful gardens it is possible to encounter. Read more...
Top Tassie Travel Tips
From tech suggestions to time needed to wander the terrain, we've put together some ‘dos and dont’s to making the most of your Tasmanian Odyssey. Read more...
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Photo Credit: Jason Futrill, Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service, Tourism Tasmania & Glenn Gibson, Poon Wai Nang, RACT Destinations, Alice Hansen, Samuel Shelley, Veronica Youd