7 Day Western Tasmania Luxury Escape Tour

Day 1: Arrive Hobart

Transfer from Hobart Airport to your hotel for check-in, then an afternoon tour of Hobart. Our orientation tour takes in Battery Point, Salamanca Place and Constitution Dock. Return to the hotel for a welcome drink and dinner with your Tour Director and fellow passengers.

Hotel: Wrest Point, Hobart.
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Day 2: Russell Falls

We head west through New Norfolk to the magnificent Mt. Field National Park, the site of spectacular Russell Falls. We'll then wind our way up to the sensational Lake St. Clair with its breathtaking views. Back down to Queenstown via the rainforest-bordered road of the World Heritage protected Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.

Hotel: Chancellor Inn, Queenstown, 2 nights.
Meals:  B, D

Day 3: Gordon River Cruise

Today we travel to the fishing village of Strahan on the Macquarie Harbour where we'll cruise the Gordon River, including lunch. You'll be awestruck by the beauty of the dark waters, stained amber by button grass tannins, reflecting the untouched wilderness and be amazed by the 1,000 year old Huon Pine at Heritage Landing. Post cruise the afternoon is yours. Use your free time to relax or explore - enjoy an optional, highly recommended, train ride on the West Coast Wilderness Railway or maybe visit the Huon Pine Museum.

Meals:  B, L, D

Day 4: Cradle Mountain

We travel past Lake Plimsoll through Tullah on the shores of Lake Rosebery, surrounded by forests and mountains and close to the Southwest Conservation Area, to the sensational Cradle Mountain National Park. Once there we'll take you up to Waldheim and gorgeous Dove Lake for spectacular views of Cradle Mountain - make sure the camera's loaded and the battery's charged, this is a scenic highlight, and the air - there's none fresher! Next we travel to Sheffield for a wander through this town of murals with its colourful wall paintings that adorn the town's buildings, en route to Burnie.

Hotel: Beachfront Voyager, Burnie, 2 nights
Meals:  B, D

Day 5: The Nut, Stanley

Rolling green hills and Friesian cows - this morning you'll think you're in a butter commercial as we make our way to Table Cape, home of tulips, for views of Bass Strait, the lighthouse and coastline. We'll arrive at Wynyard for morning tea. Then picturesque Stanley is in our sights as we head west for lunch with a view of 'The Nut'. On arrival we visit Highfield Historic Site, unique amongst colonial residences in Tasmania. It was built by the Van Diemen's Land Company and is a rare example of domestic architecture from the Regency period, which is characterised by refined decoration that is geometric yet elegant. The hills roll on from Irishtown to our next guided tour, Allendale Gardens.

Meals:  B

Day 6: Cataract Gorge - Launceston

We travel east along the coast through Penguin and Ulverstone, stopping at Devonport for morning tea. Then we're off to Ashgrove Farm Cheese Factory for a presentation on cheese making and some delicious product testing - yum! Deloraine is our lunch stop. Then it's on to Launceston, where we'll visit Cataract Gorge - wilderness in the city. Just two minutes out of town and you're surrounded by rivers, a gorge and exotic flora and fauna. Enjoy a walk across the suspension bridge, spot peacocks or take the chairlift for an aerial view of this fascinating urban wilderness, you decide.

Hotel: Mercure Hotel, Launceston
Meals:  B

Day 7: Depart Launceston

Your tour concludes this morning after breakfast. You will be transferred to Launceston Airport for your onward flight.

Meals:  B