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Hobart: Full Day Tour to Port Arthur with Admission

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Activity provider: Gray Line Tasmania
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    Hobart: Full Day Tour to Port Arthur with Admission

    Activity provider: Gray Line Tasmania
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    Visit Port Arthur Historical Site, a compelling and dramatic reminder of Australia’s convict past and the early settlement known as the Colony of Van Dieman's Land. See the main sights of Tasman National Park.

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    Duration 8 - 9 hours
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    Live tour guide
    English
    Wheelchair accessible

    Experience

    Highlights
    • Explore the Port Arthur Historical Site
    • See Pirates Bay, Eaglehawk Neck, and Norfolk Bay
    • Visit the highlights of Tasman National Park
    Full description

    Interpretive and interactive presentations at the Port Arthur Historical Site bring to reality the harrowing life of convicts 2 centuries ago. This full-day tour from Hobart ensures that you have maximum time at the site. You’ll cross the Tasman Bridge, and head out on the Tasman Highway over the Pitwater Causeway onto Forestier Peninsula. Admire the pristine beauty of Pirates Bay, Eaglehawk Neck, and Norfolk Bay. Visit Tasman National Park, where you’ll marvel at the spectacle of Tasman Arch and enjoy superb views of the rugged coastline. You’ll be amazed at the magnitude of the Devil's Kitchen! Finally, you’ll have a chance to explore Port Arthur, where you’ll take a guided walking tour of the historic convict site, with access to over 30 restored buildings and ruins. See the penitentiary, the separate prison, the commandant's house, the church, and more. On Saturdays, the tour includes a visit to Hobart’s Salamanca Market. Delight in a shopping experience at this popular, colourful outdoor marketplace. You'll have time to explore the market at leisure for approximately 2 hours.

    Then, you will need to meet your coach at 11:00 to continue on with the Port Arthur tour and acquire a sense of Australia’s convict era and the early settlement of Tasmania.

    Includes
    • Transportation via air-conditioned bus
    • Port Arthur admission
    • Guided tour of Port Arthur
    • Harbor cruise
    • Free Wi-Fi on bus
    • Tips (optional)
    Covid-19 precautions
    Safety measures in place
    • All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
    • You must keep social distance while in vehicles

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    Meeting point

    • Meet at the MONA Ferry Terminal, Brooke Street Pier, Hobart TAS 7000

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    What to bring

    • Comfortable shoes
    • Sunglasses
    • Sun hat

    Know before you go

    • To ensure hotel pick-up, please advise upon booking. Pick-up times may vary depending on traffic. Please note that there are no hotel drop offs after morning tours
    • Cruise ship guests can be accommodated if the tour times work out with your port times, please advise upon booking
    Customer reviews

    Overall rating

    4.7 /5

    based on 136 reviews

    Review summary

    • Guide
      4.6/5
    • Transportation
      4.7/5
    • Value for money
      4.5/5
    • Safety
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    Thankful that we picked the full day tour because you really needed the entire day to explore the Port Arthur Historic site. The full day gave us a deeper exploration into Port Arthur and Tasmania’s overall history. If you are lucky you will get Mark as your guide who was super informative, helpful and overall a fantastic guide! The full day tour includes some stop overs into Richmond and a few breath taking look outs. Overall I highly highly recommend a tour as you will learn way much more than you would if you went on your own.

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    June 19, 2022

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    GetYourGuide traveler – Australia Verified booking

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    We were so looking forward to the Port Arthur tour, however by the time we got there it was pouring with rain. We couldn’t hear what the tour guide was saying over the rain beating down on our umbrellas and by the time she finished speaking it only left us with about 30 mins to explore the site (which takes much longer than that), before we got on the ferry however you couldn’t see anything out of the windows due to the rain. It was disappointing but we will definitely be back to finish off what we didn’t get to see. Our tour guide Nigel was such a lovely man, he had quite a lot of knowledge about the area and took us to some nice little places on the way back.

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    November 6, 2019

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    Teresa – Australia Verified booking

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    Amazing tour,

    The tour guide we got was sue, she was absolutely amazing, full of knowledge and made the day really enjoyable for us! Her commentary on the way to Port Arthur was highly welcomed and the historical site was incredible! I highly recommend this tour to anyone who is interested in Australian history

    March 18, 2019

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    Naomi – Australia Verified booking

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