Country
Australia
Duration
5 Days/4 Nights
Travel Type
Escorted Tour
With AAT Kings
What can you see in Tasmania in five days, you ask? A lot, it turns out. East-coast highlights range from Freycinet Peninsula to Port Arthur Historic Site, with plenty of opportunities to get a taste for the Apple Isle in between. Lavender ice-cream, anyone?
Inclusions
4-night accommodation in double occupancy
Return airport transfers
Travel by luxury coach
English speaking experienced Travel Director and Driver Guide
Meals: 4 breakfasts, 1 Dinners, 1 Farewell Dinner
Visits and sightseeing as per itinerary
Exclusions
International/domestic flights and airport taxes – Gratuities to hotel personnel, guides, and drivers – Optional excursions – Beverages unless noted in the itinerary – Any other services not specified in the inclusions.
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DAY 1 LAUNCESTON
You don’t have to arrive early in Launceston, but we highly recommend you do. Time on your side? Walk the short distance to Cataract Gorge, home to the longest single-span chairlift in the world. It’s quite the ride, taking you up high into this intensely beautiful, and spiritual, place. Otherwise, meet your Travel Director and fellow Tassie companions for a drink in the evening.
Accommodation : Best Western Plus, 4* or similar for 1 night
2
DAY 2 LAUNCESTON - BICHENO
Bridestowe is an assault on all your senses – in the best possible way. There’s the piercing purple of the lavender grown here, backdropped by horizon-wide blue sky. Then the musky aroma of the flowers, which has an instant calming effect. And the taste, beyond anything you ever imagined – try lavender in ice cream, jams and teas, and thank us later. It’s a tasty entrée to the Legerwood Carved Memorial Trees, sculpted into World War One soldiers. Come dusk in Bicheno, sign up to spot tuxedoed little penguins waddle to shore from the water. Touring Tasmania doesn’t get any cuter than this.
Meals : Breakfast, Dinner
Accommodation : Beachfront at Bicheno, 3* or similar for 1 night
3
DAY 3 BICHENO - HOBART
Nothing quite prepares you for the drama of Freycinet National Park – the colours here seem more vivid, the air crisper, the water cleaner, the skies wider. A patchwork of ocean blues lap Coles and Wineglass Bays, framed by powdery white sand and silvery eucalypts. There’s a reason why this place stars on postcards. Talk about a Freycinet adventure to remember. The other destination that deserves notoriety is Richmond, its grand 1820s Georgian buildings today home to bijou boutiques, galleries and cafés that appear to be lost in time.
Meals : Breakfast
Accommodation : Best Western, 4* or similar for 2 nights
4
DAY 4 PORT ARTHUR
Port Arthur’s rather grim convict past is reflected in the names of attractions around it: Isle of the Dead, Devil’s Kitchen, the Blowhole… But believe us, they’re all spectacularly pretty. As is the Port Arthur Historic Site, its immaculately maintained buildings scattered over green pastures that fade into the Southern Ocean. Port Arthur tours reveal the best-preserved convict site in Australia, and among the most significant convict-era destinations worldwide. The stories these walls could tell.
Meals : Breakfast, Dinner
5
DAY 5 HOBART
Short and sweet and packed with highlights – this Tasmania tour is sure to inspire future travels.
Meals : Breakfast
HOTEL OPTIONS OR SIMILAR
Launceston
Best Western Plus (4*)
Bicheno
Beachfront at Bicheno (3*)
Hobart
Best Western (4*)
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Rates in CA$, per person starting from, double occupancy |
Land package |
| Departures 2024-2025-2026 | 3* and 4* |
| May 6, September 30, November 4, 28, 2024 | 2295 |
| October 21, November 18, December 26, 2024 | 2423 |
| January 13, 2025 | |
| January 27, February 17, March 24, 2025 | |
| February 6, 17, March 3, 13, 2025 | 2550 |
| April 7, May 12, September 8, 29, October 30, November 17, 20, December 8, 2025 | 2680 |
| January 1, 19, 29 February 16, March 2, 12, April 2, 2026 | 2680 |
| Single room supplement | On request |
**Prices in this document are for information only; they were issued at press time, for the current year. Please note that due to exchange rates and temporary promotions, they can increase or decrease at any time. Contact your travel agent for the price and promotion of the moment. Prices include the contribution of customers to the Compensation Fund for clients of Quebec travel agents.
Tassie’s East Coast Highlights – Detailed itinerary
Tassie’s East Coast Highlights – Detailed itinerary
