Bruny Island Food, Sightseeing, Guided Lighthouse Tour & Lunch
Overview
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10 hours
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Experience the best of Bruny Island, on a fully-inclusive Bruny Island Food, Sightseeing & Lighthouse Tour, departing from Hobart. Company Director Craig Parsey, whose childhood was spent on lighthouse stations around Tasmania, including Cape Bruny, brings a personal connection and deep knowledge of the island’s history, people, and hidden gems. This tour Includes a delicious sit-down lunch featuring premium local produce, a mouth-watering, rustic morning-tea of Bruny Island cheeses, Get Shucked oysters, served with freshly baked bread on the beach. Samples of tasty chocolates, fudges, and honey at two local venues. See a white wallaby in the wild, and enjoy the Historic Cape Bruny Lighthouse Tour, a true highlight of the day, only available with us. Explore the Neck and Truganini Lookout for sweeping 360-degree views of Bruny Island. Our knowledgeable tour guides will show you the best of the island and mesmerise you with stories from the past throughout the day.
Additional Info
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
A maximum of 20 people on each bus. Smaller group buses also available.
Specific dietary requirements can be discussed with Tour Guide on the day
Start and finish time is approximate and subject to change
Please contact us before booking infants under the age of 12 months
Please dress warm and wear suitable shoes.
New cleaning and hygiene recommendations followed. Bus surfaces wiped down several times a day.
Infants aged over 12 months must pay and occupy a seat.
Translations and subtitles available via app - please bring headphones if you are using the app
Due to safety regulations, children under 5 years old cannot climb the Cape Bruny Lighthouse stairs but can walk around the base inside.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Your tour begins with pickup from your Hobart hotel and a scenic drive to the pretty coastal town of Kettering, where you will catch your Bruny Island ferry. Enjoy the 15-minute cruise on the D’Entrecasteaux Channel over to Bruny Island, then travel by air-conditioned minivan to the narrow spit called The Neck connecting the north and south parts of the island, passing oyster farms and grazing properties en route. Your island tour begins with views from Adventure Bay lookout and the Hummock lookout, a significant indigenous site that's home to Truganini Memorial. Continue to Adventure Bay where your guide will prepare a picnic style morning tea of warm wood fired breads, award winning cheeses and juicy fresh oysters. Your tour continues over the Mount Mangana Trail and through ancient rainforests with Tree Ferns standing 16-foot (5 meters) high and, keeping an eye out for echidnas, wallabies, wildflowers and the island's unique birdlife. Make your way to Cape Bruny Lighthouse in the South Bruny National Park for your exclusive group lighthouse tour. The lighthouse is Australia's last vantage point to spot migrating humpback and southern right whales, and an important navigational landmark for ships at sea. The coastal views are among the best in Tasmania with rugged dolerite coastlines looming eerily over the Tasman Sea. Feeling hungry by now, stop at Bruny Island Hotel for a wonderful lunch featuring regional foods such as a delicious Seafood Chowder with locally caught fish, seafood platters, beef, chicken, vegan and vegetarian options and the popular slow cooked shoulder of lamb. The afternoon is all about nature and more food, with stops at Get Shucked for fresh oysters, Bruny Island Fudge Chocolate Shop, Bruny Island Honey Shed and Bruny Island Cheese Company to taste delicious artisan cheeses and see how it is made. You complete the day with your round-trip ferry to Kettering before returning to Hobart.
What‘s Included
Mouth watering lunch menu. Seafood platters, slow cooked lamb, seafood chowder and more local foods.
Hotel pick-up and Drop-off from select Hobart hotels
Bruny Island Honey, Chocolates and Fudges prepared at the venues by our guides
Ferry Fares, Cape Bruny Lighthouse Tour and all food tasting costs
Morning Tea drinks available. Coffee, Tea, Herbal Tea, Hot Chocolate
Translations & Subtitles
Highly experienced Bruny Island tour guides
Tasmanian National Park day entry pass
Morning Tea at the beach with Bruny Island Cheese, Get Shucked Oysters and Fresh Bread.
Historic Cape Bruny Lighthouse Tour - Explore Australia's Southern-most Lighthouse
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Bruny Island Sightseeing Tour
Exclusive Lighthouse Tour: We are the only operator in Tasmania who explore the inside of this amazing attraction
Pickup included
Reviews
2,973 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Epic day out.
lisacI464SZ,,Jan 7, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Loved this tour... was relaxed, interesting, great stops, food was delicious, lighthouse was spectacular and Nigel was a great driver/guide. Thanks for a great day!
Bruny Island experience
phu0ngchit,,Jan 7, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A full day with a knowledgeable tour guide. Visiting and learning about the Bruny lighthouse was fantastic. Lunch at the pub was delicious and tasting the chocolate and oysters is a must.
Don't take the tour.
390diogoc,,Jan 6, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00The tour lasted 11 hours. Of all the attractions, the only one worth seeing was the lighthouse. The breakfast is weak, amateurishly prepared. They put out a limited number of breads and cheeses, coffee, and that's it. We spent more time inside the van than actually sightseeing. The chocolate factory is totally disappointing. The tasting is, again, three chocolates cut up and eat. There's no explanation about the production of the products, types of pairing, manufacturing, or anything like that. The same thing at the brewery. There wasn't even a tasting there. If I wanted, I could have bought the beer and drunk it quickly because I had to get back to the van. Lunch is good. The cost-benefit ratio is terrible. The tour isn't worth it. I was in Australia to write a report for a magazine and unfortunately I have to recount this negative experience.
Bruny Island No Go Tour!
Resort779053,,Jan 6, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00Very disappointing! Was advertised as a "food " tour but apart for a 10 minutes stop at a honey shop and chocolate shop, morning tea in a public roadstop where the driver provided 3 small squares of cheese on a piece of bread. 3 oysters at 10am in the morning for tea. Don't step in the wallaby poo as you pick up your cheese! The sumptuous seafood platter was at the local pub! Huge trek up to get to the lighthouse...... the rest of the time driving up and down a dirt road. At $280 per person, do not waste your time or money on this tour!
Andy was a great guide....
Greg G,,Jan 4, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Andy was a great guide. Very safe driver. The tastings we had were delicious. Bruny Island was a very enjoyable day out
Amazing tour
isabellan750,,Jan 3, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had a great tour of the lighthouse, the scenery from the top was amazing and the tour was very informative - would definitely recommend if you’re going to the Cape Bruny Lighthouse!
From pick up to drop off...
Jevon R,,Jan 2, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00From pick up to drop off the hardest decision was choosing what honey or chocolate to choose. The tour guide was great, informative and friendly. Would recommend this experience to anyone
Definately worth while
Lynette F,,Jan 1, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Dave was fabulous! Informative, well organised and welcoming. Small group numbers with all aspects of the island its nature, history and fabulous food well covered. Lighthouse was a standout.
Awesome Day Out
MP4570,,Dec 31, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Brilliant tour. Great value as it includes stunning Bruny Island produced foods including cheeses, oysters, bread, chocolate and great pub lunch. The guide was very informative, friendly and the tour was well planned. Highly enjoyable.
A touch of history
Carolynn J,,Dec 31, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Thank you Dave for an informative and relaxing experience, loved your history stories and quirky jokes, I had holidayed on Bruny Island as a young girl however your tour showed me the history of Bruny Island, we loved the experience
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