Aurora Watching and Stargazing Experience (Small Group Tour)

Tour Tasmania in style with your local experts. Premier Travel Tasmania offers personalised private tours which are tailored to match your interests and designed to showcase the very best of Tasmania. Whether your interests are nature, wildlife, history, food and wine, hiking, active holidays, golf, wellness, culture or art, having your own private guide showing you Tasmania is the ultimate way to truly discover Tasmania. Our professional guides' local knowledge and service excellence will add so much to your experience. In consultation with you, we will facilitate all your key travel requirements and arrangements, enabling you to completely relax and do what you are there to do, enjoy your holiday. From the time you arrive until the time you depart, you will be the centre of our attention and well taken care of by your private guide and our professional office team. Journeys can range from one day tours to extended multi week journeys.

Morning Departure: Your guide will greet 10.00am-outside the Hobart Visitor Centre to begin your 2-hour walking tour. Start your day at one of Hobart’s oldest bakeries and enjoy a locally roasted coffee. Your guide will introduce you to Hobart’s history while enjoying local delicacies. Continue walking through battery point to the Salamanca area where we taste a range of different Tasmanian cheese creations. Our final stop is a local chocolate manufacture where you sample a range of their sweet treats. The tour ends at the Hobart Visitor centre. Afternoon Departure: Your guide will greet your at 2.00pm outside the Hobart Visitor Centre to begin your 2-hour walking tour. Start your day with an Oyster tasting at one of the local outlets around the Constitution dock. Continue walking along the waterfront where our next stop is a local chocolate manufacture where you sample a range of their sweet treats. The walk continues towards Salamanca Place where we sample a range of local Tasmanian cheeses before heading up to Battery Point where your guide introduces you to Hobart’s history. Walk down the famous Kelly steps and back return to the visitor centre where the tour ends.

Mt Field National Park and Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary. This small group tour takes you to Mount Field National Park, the oldest National Park in the state. Take a rainforest walk to Russell Falls, Horseshoe Falls and the Tall Trees. This enchanting walk in Tasmania’s wilderness is accompanied by a delightful Tasmanian picnic lunch*. In the afternoon visit Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary and experience Tasmanian Devils, Wombats, Wallabies, Quolls and other Australian animals first hand. This dedicated team of wildlife carers provides an invaluable service to the research and protection of native wildlife in Tasmania.

Port Arthur Historic Site and Richmond. The Tasman Peninsula and Port Arthur Historic Site are some of Tasmania’s most visited destinations. Explore Tasmania’s famous convict settlement site with its many attractions on this small group day tour and let their experienced guide bring its history alive. Visit the famous geological features of the peninsula as you explore the rugged coastline. In the afternoon, travel to the historic village of Richmond, nestled in the Coal River Valley, with its well preserved colonial architecture before returning to Hobart.

This Tasmania tour brings you into contact with pristine wilderness, unique wildlife, beautiful beaches, a sense of history and the best of contemporary Tasmanian hospitality. This four day tour allows you to experience the magic of Australia's island state. Designed by people who know and love Tasmania, this small group tour incorporates Tasmanian icons such as the famous wineglass bay, the Tasmanian devil, the convict ruins of Port Arthur and the vibrant Salamanca markets. This tour will take you off the beaten path to discover some of the hidden treasures of the island.

Tasmania, Australia’s island state, provides a rare opportunity to encounter unique and endemic wildlife. Renown as a prime area for marsupial spotting, Tasmania is a crucial habitat for many species, including quolls, kangaroos, wallabies, wombats and the most famous resident, the Tasmanian Devil. Tasmania provides sanctuary for an abundance of birdlife, including the twelve endemic species, as well as marine mammals and the only two types of egg-laying mammals in the world, echidna and platypus. Our focus on this small-group tour is to observe wildlife in the wild. It is a soft-adventure tour focusing on wildlife and wilderness but offers a level high level of comfort.

Walk the streets of Hobart's battery point and the historic waterfront and experience fine food, drinks and local produce. Sample locally roasted coffee, cheese, chocolate and whisky while being introduced into Hobart's interesting history of a 4-hour walk. The walking distance is approximately 3 kilometres and is on mostly flat terrain. This tour is suitable for all ages and all fitness levels.

This tour combines our 5-day Wilderness and 5-day Wildlife Encounter small group departures to the best of both itineraries for those guests with a bit more time when visiting Tasmania.