Get off the beaten track with Bishops Adventure Tours and experience areas of Tasmania not often visited due to their difficult access or remote location. Highlights of the tour include:
· Spirit of Tasmania overnight crossing of Bass Strait;
· A hike at Cradle Mountain;
· The ‘Edge of the World’ at Arthur River and a wilderness cruise on Arthur River;
· The tallest hardwoods and the freshest air in Australia;
· The Tarkine Wilderness and the Western Explorer Track;
· The ‘Wall in the Wilderness’ in the Tasmanian Highlands;
· Guided tour of historic Maria Island;
· Styx Valley ‘Valley of the Giants’;
· Drive to the most southerly point possible in Australia;
· Travel ‘off the beaten track’ for sensational coastal and mountain scenery;
· Visit Dismal Swamp Forestry facility;
· Historic Woolnorth Station and Van Diemens Land Company (founded in 1825).
The tour is available as a 14-day option returning to Sydney by air from Launceston on Day 14 (8 March, own cost airfares), or continuing for a second ferry crossing and return to Epping by coach on Day 15. Price for 14 Days—$3795 per person twin share $850 single supplement and 15 Days—$4095 per person twin share $995 single supplement.
There is some free time available during the tour for own expense optional activities, for example a Gordon River cruise, West Coast Wilderness Railway, Bruny Island Cruises or the MONA gallery. Brochures are available from Wal and deposits of $200 per person are due now.