Bruny Island Traveller - Gourmet Tasting and Sightseeing Day Trip from Hobart

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Highlights

  • Follow Bruny Island's produce from farm to table on this culinary tour

  • Get acquainted with local food purveyors via a guide

  • Learn about local products and enjoy a delicious lunch with an oyster tasting

  • Visit a chocolatier, honey company and cheese purveyor

  • Round-trip transportation is included from Hobart hotels or a meeting point

Summary

Begin your Bruny culinary adventure with pickup from your Hobart hotel or by meeting at the central booking center. Board a minibus and transfer to Kettering, where you'll take the 15-minute ferry trip over to Bruny (ticket included). While you travel, your guide shares orienting information on the island's flora, fauna, and geology. Once you land on the island, the first destination is a cheese company for a private audience with the cheesemaker. Learn about how cheese is made, see the cheese maturing room, and taste some products. Following on from your first tasting of the day we will show you the amazing sights of Bruny Island from The Neck Lookout. You will then walk through the Mavista Rainforest where you will have the chance to search for the local White wallabies. After the walk you will be ready to enjoy a delicious lunch at Pennicott's with Get Shucked Oysters. After lunch you will have time to explore the Bligh Museum to discover tales of early explorers before enjoying a short beach walk at Two Tree Point. Refuel with a mead tasing, followed up with chocolates at your next stop, a boutique chocolate purveyor. Learn about how the chocolate is made, and then continue your sweet streak at the local honey company. Meet the beekeepers, see the hives, and learn about the honey harvesting process. Head back to Hobart the way you came, via ferry and minibus.

Tour info

Duration
9 hours 45 minutes
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Why take this tour?

Explore Bruny Island through its cuisine on a tour focused on farm-to-table fare. With a guide to introduce you, you'll meet local food purveyors who specialize in chocolate, mead, honey, cheese, and oysters. Unlike in restaurants, you'll have the opportunity to not just eat great food, but to discover its origin too. Plus, visits to Two Tree Point and Bruny Island Neck Lookout.

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What’s included?

  • Air-conditioned vehicle

  • Local guide

  • All food and drinks as mentioned

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (‘Select hotels only – pick up can be confirmed with the operator prior to travel)

  • Lunch

  • Entry/Admission - Pennicott Wilderness Journeys - Bruny Island Traveller Day Tour

  • Entry/Admission - Bruny Island Honey

  • Entry/Admission - Bruny Island Chocolate Company

  • Entry/Admission - Mavista Falls

  • Food and drinks, unless specified

Things to know

Before you book

  • Duration: 9h 45m

  • Mobile tickets accepted

  • Instant confirmation

Covid Policy

  • Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff

We operate under a strict COVID-19 plan and are recognised a COVID Ready business aoperating inline with the NCCC COVID safe guidelines and other relevant state based guidelines.

Cancellation Policy

    For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
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Pennicott Wilderness Journeys - Bruny Island Traveller Day Tour

About operator:

Taste your way across Bruny Island visiting some of our favourite artisan producers on a gourmet adventure whilst taking in the spectacular scenery of Tasmania's favourite island. Be prepared for a delicious day out where you will enjoy award winning cheeses, premium wines and beer, freshly shucked oysters, handmade fudge, local honey and a delicious lunch at Pennicott's beachside restaurant with sweeping views of Adventure Bay. Hear stories of the island's history, early explorers and local producers. Take in the glorious views from the iconic The Neck Lookout, climbing the wooden stairs to see the narrow isthmus between north and south Bruny Island Step back in time with a walk through the ancient Mavista rainforest and breathe in the cleanest air as you stroll under the towering canopy. Keep an eye out for the rare white wallabies that thrive on our private reserve.

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