Our escorted East Coast Getaway highlights Tasmania’s scenic east coast from Launceston to Hobart including Freycinet National Park, Orford & Port Arthur.
4 days, Priced from A$840 per person. Departs from Launceston, finishes at Hobart
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Sightseeing Highlights
• Discover Launceston & Hobart
• Freycinet National Park
• Explore historic Port Arthur
Quality Touring
• Rooms with private facilities in quality hotels, on a twin share basis
• Tour by luxury air-conditioned coach with 2-door access, restroom, seatbelts, reclining seats, panoramic windows
• Travel wallet and touring map
• Porterage at your tour hotels
• Airport transfers included
Flight Information
• Day 1 – flights to arrive prior to 1.00pm; Day 4 – flights to depart anytime
Professional Team
• Services of a professional Tour Director and Tour Driver
Included Meals
• Welcome Drink
• Full Buffet Breakfasts (3) B
• Hotel Dinners (3)
• YOUR CHOICE Without Hotel Dinners
Itinerary - East Coast Getaway.
Our escorted East Coast Getaway highlights Tasmania’s scenic east coast from Launceston to Hobart including Freycinet National Park, Orford & Port Arthur.
Day 1 Fri: Arrive Launceston
Transfer from airport to hotel before we head off through Launceston to the Tamar Valley and the Bay of Fires Winery for a wine tasting and tutorial. We’ll also see the Swiss Village of Grindelwald before returning to the hotel for a Welcome Dinner with your Tour Director and fellow passengers.
Hotel: Mercure Hotel, Launceston. Dinner.
Day 2 Sat: Freycinet National Park.
We stop at Sidling Lookout and Legerwood’s WW1 memorial tree carvings, the old mining town of Derby and then drive through the lush Myrtle Rainforest at Weldborough Pass. Visit St Helens, the largest town on the east coast. Then get your camera ready for the spectacular and breathtaking Freycinet National Park. We’ll take a guided walk to Cape Tourville Lookout that will unveil astonishing views across brilliant blue water, forest and golden beach.
Hotel: Beachfront at Bicheno. Breakfast & Dinner.
Day 3 Sun: Port Arthur.
En route to our destination of Copping we’ll travel through Swansea, Orford and Sorrell. Then chart a course for Port Arthur along an impressive cliff-lined coast. We’ll cross the 100 year old Denison Canal and the historic once-guarded check-point of Eaglehawk Neck to infamous Port Arthur. Once there, we’ll cruise round the Isle of the Dead, then take a fascinating guided walk of the Historic Site and prison. We’ll head back over the Tasman Peninsula to Hobart. Along the way we’ll feast our eyes on the amazing vistas of Tasman’s Arch, the Devil’s Kitchen and the Blowhole then travel the Sorrell Causeway and cross Pittwater into Hobart.
Hotel: Wrest Point, Hobart. Breakfast & Dinner.
Day 4 Mon: Depart Hobart.
This morning we’ll transfer you to Hobart Airport for your return flight. Breakfast.
