Package includes:

• 3 Nights stay in Tasmania
• 4 Days car hire
• Choice of 3 experiences (Seahorse World, Platypus House, Cataract Gorge chairlift ride, Devils@Cradle night feeding and Night with animals spotting tour

Bonus Offer:

1. Stay a minimum of 5 nights and received A$50 fuel voucher for free (only applies to Innkeepers Hotels, Premium Hotels, Apartments and Premium Apartments. Curringa Farmstay is excluded.) Valid for stay between 1May-16Sep & 3Oct-23Dec11
    
2. Enjoy a FREE Royal Danish Sweetheart cake (Limited stock, applicable to self-drive package only and to travel by 15 Dec11)

Offer is based on per room basis, subject to confirmation, conditions apply.

Suggested itinerary:

Day 1 Launceston – Cradle Mountain (181 km - 2 hrs 30 mins)
Visit 41° South Aquaculture Salmon and Ginseng Farm; Ashgrove Farm Cheese; House of Anvers Chocolate Factory and Melita Honey Farm to taste Tasmania’s famous Leatherwood honey. Visit Trowunna Wildlife Park, tour Marakoopa Cave to see glow worms and stop at Sheffield-a mural town and Tasmazia. In the evening, for some nocturnal fun, join the animal spotlight tours or Devils@Cradle for some wildlife night feeding.

Overnight: Cradle Mountain

Extend your stay: Options on The North West Coast
Join a tour to Cape Grim to catch a whiff of the cleanest air in the world, walk or take the chairlift ride to the top of The Nut at Stanley. Admire fields of striped tulips (Sep – Oct) and other seasonal blooms such as iris, daffodils and lilies at Table Cape.

Overnight: Stanley or Smitton

Day 2 Cradle Mountain - Strahan (151 km – 2 hrs 30 mins)
Stroll around Dove Lake and explore the surroundings or indulge in nature activities such as walks, horse-riding, fly-fishing or wilderness flights. In the afternoon, head to Zeehan Mining Museum to learn of a miner’s life and follow the road to Strahan, a beautiful fishing village overlooking the vast Macquarie Harbour Australia; once home to the colony’s most infamous convicts.

Day 3 Strahan
Take a Gordon River cruise or tour the West Coast Wilderness. In the evening, enjoy ‘The Ship That Never Was’ – a play depicting the convicts epic escape from Sarah Island.

Overnight: Strahan

Day 4 Strahan – Hobart (300 km – 5 hrs)
Depart Strahan for Queenstown where you can tour the Mt Lyell Copper Mine. Stretch your legs at Lake St Clair and walk to Russell Falls in Mount Field National Park. For a farmstay, stay at Curringa Farm or journey onto Hobart.

Overnight: Hobart or Hamilton (Farmstay)

Extend your stay:
Options in Hobart and Surrounds Explore the Huon Valley; visit the Tahune AirWalk and sample local food and wine. If you are feeling adventurous, try cable hang-gliding or a thrilling jetboat on the Huon River or cross to Bruny Island for an eco-cruise.

Perhaps simply browse through antique stores, discover stunning arts and crafts, linger over a coffee in one of the street cafes, explore the fishing harbour but don't whatever you do, miss Salamanca Markets on Saturdays mornings where two blocks of stalls are bustling with people offering you some of the finest arts and crafts found in Tasmania. If it is a week day visit the Cadbury Chocolate Factory for shopping bargains.

Spend the afternoon in Hobart discovering the harbour, gardens or the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Australia's largest private art museum. Enjoy an informative Cascade Brewery tour before driving up to Mt Wellington for its splendid view of the city or get a different perspective of Hobart harbor on a two-hour relaxing paddle tour and taste some of the best fish and chips on a kayak!

Top 5 Must Dos:

1. Ride the world’s longest single span chairlift at Cataract Gorge.
2. Visit Sheffield and view or vote for the best murals. Look out for the painting by famous Hong Kong artist Eason Chan.
3. Take a night spotlight tour to see the native Tasmanian wildlife such as the Tasmanian devil
4. Visit the bees and taste Tasmania’s own leatherwood honey at the Honey Farm, Blue Hills, Tasmanian Honey Factory or Stephens Honey Farm
5. Ride the restored steam-powered West Coast Wilderness Railway through the imposing King River Rainforest Gorge.

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