7 DAYS TASMANIA PRIVATE TOUR

Salamanca Place, Hobart's storied waterfront precinct, where 1830s Georgian sandstone warehouses now buzz with galleries, cafés and boutiques — don't miss the iconic Saturday Salamanca Market! At the Pinnacle Lookout atop kunanyi / Mount Wellington (1,271 m), sweeping views unfold over Hobart and the Derwent estuary — fluted Organ Pipes, snow-dusted peaks, just 30 minutes from the city. Carved by relentless surf, Tasman Arch is a soaring natural bridge on the Tasman Peninsula — the collapsed roof of an ancient sea cave now framing surging swells below. A short walk near Eaglehawk Neck, easily paired with Devil's Kitchen. At Eaglehawk Neck, nature lays its own mosaic: Permian siltstone some 260–290 million years old, fractured by jointing and salt erosion into tile-like "pans" and "loaves". Best viewed at low tide — a globally rare tessellated pavement. Australia's largest and most intact convict settlement, and a UNESCO World Heritage-listed Australian Convict Site. Wander haunting penitentiary ruins among 30+ historic buildings, then cruise to the Isle of the Dead — Port Arthur brings penal history (1830–1877) vividly to life. Climb the 2.6 km trail through the pink-granite Hazards to the platform above Wineglass Bay — a near-perfect crescent of white sand and turquoise water, hailed among the world's top ten beaches and Tasmania's most photographed view. Nature's own fountain on Tasmania's east coast: as Tasman Sea swells surge into a granite chamber, seawater bursts skyward through the Bicheno Blowhole. Just a short stroll along the esplanade — and at dusk, little penguins waddle home nearby. Bay of Fires (larapuna): orange-lichen granite boulders blazing against pure white sand and turquoise sea. Named in 1773 for the Aboriginal campfires sighted along the shore, this award-honoured stretch from Binalong Bay to Eddystone Point is Tasmania at its most pristine. The Southern Hemisphere's largest lavender farm, founded in 1922 by a London perfumer. From mid-December to mid-January, some 650,000 plants bloom in sweeping curved rows of purple — meet Bobbie the Bear and savour lavender ice cream in northern Tasmania. Minutes from Launceston's CBD, Cataract Gorge pairs wild beauty with Victorian-era charm: ride the world's longest single-span chairlift over the South Esk River, stroll among roaming peacocks and wallabies, then cool off in the free First Basin pool. Sip your way along the Tamar Valley Wine Route, Tasmania's premier cool-climate region. Just minutes from Launceston, cellar doors like Jansz, Pipers Brook and Josef Chromy pour award-winning sparkling, elegant Pinot Noir and crisp whites amid vineyard views. Sheffield, Tasmania's "Town of Murals," is an open-air gallery at the foot of Mount Roland: more than 100 larger-than-life murals — painted since the 1980s — bring pioneer and thylacine tales to life. The perfect artistic gateway to Cradle Mountain. Cradle Mountain's jagged 1,545 m peak mirrored in Dove Lake — the postcard of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Stroll the 6 km Dove Lake Circuit among wombats and wallabies, or tackle the legendary 65 km Overland Track. Step into Ross, a storybook village in Tasmania's Midlands: the 1836 Ross Bridge — Australia's third-oldest bridge still in use — bears 186 convict-carved reliefs, while the bakery said to inspire Kiki's Delivery Service serves legendary scallop pies. Richmond, a heritage gem minutes from Hobart: cross the 1823 convict-built Richmond Bridge — Australia's oldest stone bridge still in use — then explore the nation's oldest intact gaol, its oldest Catholic church, and Georgian streets made for high tea. MONA — Australia's largest private museum and a "subversive adult Disneyland": a indowless labyrinth hewn into a sandstone cliff, where 2,000 unlabelled works confront sex, death and everything between. Ride the ferry from Hobart into another world.