Port Arthur and Lavender Active Day Tour

Rewarding experience that was packed with loads of activities and breathtaking views! Enjoyed every moment of it :) Our guide Nick was amazing throughout as well. Only downside was the rain and the short time we had at Lavender farm and Richmond town.

Pt Arthur is very interesting and has lots of history. Would have been nice to know about the extra tours they have there and time allowed to do them. The lavender farm clearly advertised is only an optional extra that has to be pre booked and stopping at a small village at 4.30pm was pretty pointless.

Guide was very knowledgeable and provided a lot of commentary throughout the journey. Some cute stops along the way including Doo town. They were also accomodating and let us change to visit the Tassie devils as they had already harvested the lavender.

The wonderful tour guide the wonderful places I saw . From the delicious lavender farms ice cream the bright lavenders , port Arthur magical convict history . It’s a must to go to port Arthur when your in Hobart and why not do it in style on a tour .

Nicholas, our tour guide was engaging, organised and knowledgeable. The day ran smoothly. The trip was fantastic, I would thoroughly recommend it. The cliff top walk was amazing.

We had a wonderful time in this trip to Port Arthur and the Lavender Farm. The lavender cheesecake was a winner. David our driver/ guide was so informative. Thus was a great value for money your. We would recommend this tour to anyone.

Clinton our tour guide was very informative and had a great sense of humour, which made the experience very pleasant. Easy walk along the Tasman National Park coastal lookout, Port Arthur was fascinating, and the Lavender Farm was relaxing.

Loved the beautiful coastal lookout views along Tasman National Park. Port Arthurs historic convict prisons and surroundings were fascinating.

Our driver Trevor was a fantastic source of information. Trevor was punctual, patient with our group of 11, informative, and had a great sense of humour. Trevor’s passion for Tasmania and for his work as tour guide introducing visitors to Tasmania was wonderful. The tour was well organised and I enjoyed the lavender farm on the way to Port Arthur. Port Arthur is immensely historically interesting and harrowing. What struck me though is that in the modern day, people who are waiting for their cases to go to court (so not convicts but remanded) are also a 6 digit number often locked up in a small cell with another inmate for up to 23 hours a day. Covid has caused more lock-ins than ever. There is modern day romanticism and hero-worship of olden day convicts and a lot of sympathy for the terrible hardship, yet the same sympathy and empathy does not exist for modern day inmates. What was also horrific about Port Arthur was the treatment of mentally unwell convicts. The methods were not conducive to actual treatment and recovery. It was more about locking up, restricting and “managing” rather than compassionate care. Again, in the modern day with so many cuts to government funding, how much better is our treatment of mentally ill people especially those in prisons? And look how poorly the people in aged and disability care are often treated. Port Arthur is thought provoking. The past is not that remote. We need to do better in the modern day.

Our tour guide Trevor was very informative... he s very funny and knowledgeable.. shared with us many stories and secret gems. I learnt so much abt Tassie in that one day... great tour!!!