Port Arthur and Lavender Active Day Tour

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Duration:11 hours (approx.)
Location: Hobart, Tasmania

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Join us on a fun and action packed day out visiting the World-Heritage listed Port Arthur Historic Site. We stop along the way at the delightful Port Arthur Lavender where you can view the Lavender Fields, distillery or head straight to the gift shop and café for an array of Lavender inspired foods and gifts. A delicious place to enjoy morning tea.

• Visit Port Arthur Historic Site (3 hours)
• Explore Port Arthur Lavender and enjoy a delicious morning tea of Lavender inspired foods and drinks in the cafe.
• Photograph spectacular views from the Waterfall Bay Cliff Top Walk
• See the Tasman National Park highlights – Devils Kitchen & Tasman Arch
• Enjoy stories from Pirates Bay Lookout, Eaglehawk Neck & The
“Dogline”
• Visit historic Richmond Village

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1. Pirates Bay/Eaglehawk Neck
Today is action packed and fast paced, so we make an early start from Hobart and drive directly to the stunning Tasman Peninsula. This area has amazing history, fascinating stories and spectacular scenery. It is also home to Australia’s highest sea cliffs. We enjoy the panoramic views of the area from Pirates Bay Lookout which provides a great vantage here of the surrounding area. Passing through Eaglehawk Neck and "The Dogline" our Tour Guides will share with you some fascinating stories and history of the area.
2. Waterfall Bay
The Waterfall Bay track is one of Tasmania's "Great Short Walks". We follow a spectacular track, of around 2 km’s along the spectacular cliff tops. The walk takes around 45-60 minutes, is undulating, but categorised as an easy walk. Suitable for active and fit people. The track concludes at the remarkable rock formations of Tasman Arch and Devil’s Kitchen.
3. Port Arthur
Next stop is the Port Arthur Lavender Farm. Stroll around the lavender trail or take in the ocean views while enjoying fresh Tasmanian produce in the lavender-inspired café. You will have time to enjoy a visit to Port Arthur Lavender’s visitor centre and café. Here they showcase millennia-old uses of this fragrant flower alongside modern cuisine and a fully functioning essential oil distillery.
4. Port Arthur Historic Site
Next stop is Port Arthur Historic Site. You will find a wealth of information and history to take in and discover. Your entry includes a complimentary Harbour Cruise around the Isle of the Dead, ‘The Port Arthur Experience' a podcast that provides a fascinating introduction to the site, and complimentary site talks throughout the day led by Port Arthur’s expert guides. Discover the grim and violent history of the early Australian Penal system and get a sense of the isolation experienced by the convicts in this “inescapable prison”. With around 3 hours here, you have ample time to explore the main penitentiary; see the solitary confinement cells and many more buildings in this World Heritage open air museum.
5. Richmond
On our return to Hobart, we travel via the historic township of Richmond. Arriving late the in the afternoon, you will have time to meander the streets, stop for a coffee, visit the Lolly Shop, check out the Chocolatier and walk across Australia’s oldest bridge still in use – a convict built sand-stone bridge, reported to be haunted! We return to Hobart around 6.00pm.

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Posted By : Ade_S
An unforgettable trip to Port Arthur and surroundings. I was travelling solo and highly recommend you to book the trips with Tassie Tour. The guide, Nicholas, was passionate about explaining the story of Tasmania and Port Arthur in particular. We also met Neil, the seal in Dunnaley.
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Posted On : 2024-01-01 21:31:13

Posted By : Bindiya_S
The easy walk provided some of the best views. The lavender on the farm was in bloom, beautiful. We got to see Neil the seal !
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Posted On : 2023-12-23 19:12:57

Posted By : E9596PAfrankc
Great tourist guide very informative on time and very happy. Port Arthur was very beautifully maintained with lovely gardens. I however did not get the hush condition the prisoners were living under. The lavender farm was very nice but we were too early for the full bloom of the flower.
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Posted On : 2023-12-19 16:25:34

Posted By : Amy_I
Had a great trip to Port Arthur. Really knowledgeable driver/tour guide. Perfect amout of time in each place. Very well planned trip
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Posted On : 2023-06-21 01:28:56

Posted By : zaibre
Great chocolate and tasty soup :) nice shop to see and great service. Good gluten free options for food. We enjoyed our time there
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Posted On : 2023-05-23 03:10:07

Posted By : Mark H
There were several options on this trip. We all went to Port Arthur & a few other sites of interest including Richmond but there was the option of seeing the lavender farm or an animal sanctuary or spend longer at Port Arthur. The guide was excellent and explained a lot of Tasmanian history from the aborigines to how Port Arthur was where recalcitrant Australian transportees ended up, and some of the brutal ways that discipline was enforced. It was strange to be in a landscape so much like idealic english countryside with such a dystopian history,
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Posted On : 2023-04-15 13:27:08

Posted By : Kevin_S
We enjoyed the spectacular cliffs along Waterfall Bay track. We visited the Tasmanian Devil Sanctuary (Unzoo) instead of the Lavender Farm. We found the staff there very informative and learned much about the devils and the birds of the area.
Port Arthur was amazing, our visit was too short to take in all there was to see. History is sometimes difficult to absorb.
Nicolas was a great tour guide, very knowledgeable, accommodating, and entertaining.
Very enjoyable day!
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Posted On : 2023-03-21 18:35:06

Posted By : Janet_T
David looked after us very well with all his stories and very amusing commentary. Because it was a family operated business there was some flexibility with the day’s itinerary. Highly recommended especially for families with kids.
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Posted On : 2023-01-21 14:41:17

Posted By : Upeksha_S
The tour guide was really nice and very good. My only disappointment was the "Explore the Port Arthur Lavender Farm" this is actually a lavender-infused product shop. I was hoping to see some lavender farms.
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Posted On : 2022-11-19 16:33:14

Posted By : David_S
The trip was quite rushed and the lavender farm a disappointment as the lavender was not in bloom.I felt we should have been given the option to spend more time at port Arthur as that also was very rushed.Also going to Richmond at 4.30 pm when most places are packing up was a disappointment.I think I would tell people to spend all day at port Arthur as you could not see it in 3 hours.
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Posted On : 2022-11-11 17:35:53