Sample Tasmanian sauces, jams, mustards and relishes at the Tasmanian Gourmet Sauce Company. Explore how locally grown ingredients find their way into preserves and condiments, with an opportunity to compare sweet and savoury flavours.

Tasmania’s fertile growing regions support a wide range of produce, and this tasting brings that agricultural abundance into focus. It is a compact, flavour-led introduction to the island’s food culture, centred on the ingredients and products made from them.

Meet your fellow travellers over a welcome dinner in Hobart, Tasmania’s waterfront capital. Share your first impressions of the island and get to know the people you’ll explore it with.

Hobart’s food culture draws on nearby farms, fishing waters and cool-climate vineyards. The hosted gathering offers a relaxed introduction to that local character without requiring you to find your way around the city alone.

Explore Hobart’s city sights, taking in the historic streets of Battery Point, the Cascade Brewery precinct and the panorama from Mount Nelson Lookout. Look across the city and the Derwent River to appreciate how closely Hobart sits between water and wooded hills.

Battery Point’s cottages and lanes reflect the port city’s nineteenth-century growth, while Cascade is associated with one of Australia’s oldest breweries. This sightseeing excursion brings Hobart’s built heritage and natural setting into focus; a brewery tour or tasting is not specified.

Explore the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens in Hobart, where leafy paths and plant collections provide a close look at Tasmania’s distinctive flora. This garden visit is identified as a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience.

Established in the nineteenth century, the gardens combine a historic landscape with living collections that help tell the story of the island’s environment. Take time to notice the forms and textures of endemic plants in a quieter setting than the surrounding city streets.

Browse Salamanca Market on Hobart’s waterfront, where hundreds of stalls bring together Tasmanian produce, handmade goods and local crafts. Sample the atmosphere among the market crowds, with opportunities to explore the food and drinks on offer.

The stalls sit beside Salamanca Place’s historic sandstone warehouses, a reminder of Hobart’s trading-port past. Their setting gives this market its particular character: a lively gathering of contemporary makers against the city’s nineteenth-century waterfront architecture.

Walk to Russell Falls in Mount Field National Park, following an easy forest trail to a tiered waterfall framed by lush vegetation. The approximately 1.4-kilometre return walk offers a direct encounter with Tasmania’s cool, green interior.

Mount Field is among Australia’s oldest national parks and protects landscapes ranging from temperate rainforest to alpine country. At the falls, fine spray and the sound of cascading water make the forest’s damp, sheltered atmosphere as memorable as the view.

Visit Lake St Clair and take in the still water and surrounding highland scenery. A pause beside the lake offers space to appreciate the scale and quiet of Tasmania’s wilderness.

Known as Australia’s deepest lake, Lake St Clair was shaped by glaciers and forms part of Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair National Park. Its glacial origins give the landscape a sense of deep time, with mountains and forest enclosing a body of water far removed from the island’s coastal towns.

Cruise the Gordon River from Tasmania’s west coast, travelling through the still waters and forested scenery of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. The excursion includes Sarah Island, where the remains of an early convict settlement stand amid regrowing vegetation.

The river’s dark water reflects tannins washed from surrounding plant life, adding to the atmosphere of this remote landscape. Sarah Island introduces a stark human history to the wilderness setting: it was one of Tasmania’s earliest and most isolated penal settlements.

Explore Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair National Park, including the glacial setting of Dove Lake and Waldheim Chalet. Choose a walk suited to your ability while taking in alpine vegetation, ancient forest and views towards Cradle Mountain.

Waldheim recalls Gustav and Kate Weindorfer, whose advocacy helped protect this landscape. The full Dove Lake Circuit is a moderate, approximately six-kilometre walk with steps and rough sections; shorter walks are available. Keep watch for wildlife such as wombats and pademelons, though sightings cannot be guaranteed.

Wander the Emu Valley Rhododendron Garden near Burnie, exploring approximately 11 hectares of plantings, ornamental structures and tranquil lakes. This visit is a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience shaped by the work of dedicated local volunteers.

The garden is home to a remarkable collection of rhododendron species from around the world. Its paths offer a chance to appreciate both the diversity of the plants and the care involved in maintaining this living landscape; a platypus sighting is possible, but not assured.

Visit Josef Chromy Vineyard in the Tamar Valley and enjoy a glass of Tasmanian cool-climate wine. The vineyard visit offers a taste of the region’s winemaking alongside its cultivated landscape.

The Tamar Valley is one of Tasmania’s recognised wine regions, with a climate suited to varieties that benefit from a long, cool growing season. A visit here connects the flavour in the glass with the conditions that distinguish wine production on the island.

Explore Cataract Gorge, a dramatic natural reserve close to central Launceston. Take in the meeting of rocky cliffs, bushland and maintained Victorian-era gardens, with walking opportunities suited to the time and route available.

The gorge gives Launceston an unusual contrast: rugged river scenery within easy reach of city streets. Its paths allow you to experience that change of setting on foot, although the circuit includes some steps and uneven surfaces. The chairlift is a separate optional experience.

Look for Tasmania’s nocturnal wildlife on an optional evening experience in the Cradle Mountain area. Depending on the experience available, you may visit a Tasmanian devil sanctuary or search for animals active in the wild.

After dark, the region offers a different perspective on its native fauna. A sanctuary experience may provide a chance to see a devil feeding, while wild-animal encounters depend on conditions and the animals themselves. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Ride the Cataract Gorge chairlift for an elevated view of the gorge’s cliffs, river and gardens in Launceston. The crossing offers a different vantage point from the walking paths below.

Known for its exceptionally long single span, the chairlift makes the gorge’s scale easier to appreciate as you travel above the landscape. It is a distinct addition to the included gorge visit, at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Taste apple-based brews and savour a farm-to-fork lunch at Mount Gnomon Farm, where farmer Guy Robertson introduces produce connected to his heritage orchard. The meal showcases local flavours in a working-farm setting.

Tasmania’s cool climate and agricultural traditions underpin the food and drink served here. Hearing about the orchard while tasting its produce gives this lunch a clear sense of origin, linking what is on the table to the land and people who grow it.

Visit Sheffield, Tasmania’s Town of Murals, and look out for the large-scale artworks displayed around this small community. Painted scenes make its streets an open-air introduction to local stories and landscapes.

The murals are a distinctive part of Sheffield’s identity, turning ordinary town walls into places to stop and look more closely. The visit offers a cultural contrast to Tasmania’s national parks: a rural community expressing its character through public art.

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• 3 Dinner (D)
• 6 Breakfast (B)
• 2 Lunch (L)

• Comfortable walking shoes Sunglasses, sunscreen and hat Warm layers in cooler months Water bottle Camera

• Medium level of fitness required. The Russell Falls Walk is an easy, flat 1.4 km trail taking approximately 25mins return. For those choosing to walk round Dove Lake, this is considered a Moderate 6km loop. Track has short steep hill sections, some rough surface and many steps. Not suitable for all guests. Alternate shorter walks are available which your Tour Director will advise. The Cataract Gorge circuit is a short easy walk however there are some steps and uneven surfaces.

• Day 1: Flights to arrive prior to 3.00pm into Hobart AirportDay 7: Fights to depart after 5.00pm from Launceston Airport Airport to Hotel transfers are available to purchase on request. Flights to and from your tour are not included in the tour price.