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
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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
Pickup points
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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
2,946 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Highly recommended!
Rashelle A,,Dec 11, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Good group, gorgeous views, great tour! What more would you want? Oh wait, an extremely knowledgeable and accomodating tour guide that plays driver, chef, and photographer? You get all that, and more on this tour :) Thanks Jimmy!
Bruny Island Tour
396garyk,,Dec 10, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great day with Wifey and the tour provided us with great highlights, including oysters, fine cheeses, a lovely seafood lunch, a visit to the chocolate factory, fantastic sightseeing plus great commentary. Thanks Team Bruny Island Safaris.
Excellent
anthonywH887DB,,Dec 9, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Rick was a great guide. The tour was a fantastic experience and well recommended. The cheese and oyster was interesting and lunch was amazing with plenty of choice
Comfortable Day trip
U8232VQjerryl,,Dec 9, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We joined a Bruny Island day tour yesterday and had an amazing experience. Our guide was fantastic — very knowledgeable, engaging, and made the whole journey so enjoyable. He also went the extra mile by dropping everyone back at their hotels, which we really appreciated. He worked so hard throughout the day, and his passion and professionalism made the tour truly memorable. Highly recommend this tour and our wonderful guide!
All encompassing trip of Bruny Island with a passionate driver/guide
olafs287,,Dec 9, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A wonderful and full day led by a passionate and knowledgeable driver/guide, Jimmy. A great coverage of history, experiences like a private tour up the Bruny Island lighthouse and, of course, foods like the wonderful cheeses, honey and lunch at the Bruny Pub. While it may be a nit more expensive than other Bruny Island tours, it is all encompassing without additional costs (unless you want to buy some of the cheeses and honey that you had a chance to try of course). A wonderful small group (and not crammed into a small van) and guide. He even stopped by a bottle shop on the way back to Hobart to allow passengers to buy some wines to go with the bread and cheeses bought on the tour (these additional ad hoc offers makes for a great and considerate tour guide). Well worth it. Many thanks.
Outstanding. A must tour. Thank you!
Sebastian A,,Dec 9, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Even though we weren’t able to see the White Wallabies (too shy today) our Guide Jimmy more than made up for it…. Jimmy’s sense of humour and genuine hospitality made my hubby’s Birthday most memorable. Even better when we found out it was our tour guide’s birthday as well. Fancy working on your own birthday, bringing joy to others, definitely deserve an extra star!! We will definitely recommend the tour to family and friends. Thank you for such a wonderful tour today and wishing you a very Happy Birthday also Jimmy! Thank you Kim & Sebastian
Best tour in a while
grantuseyes,,Dec 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Absolutely stunning views, great cuisine and overall location experience. David did a fantastic job guiding us with funny jokes and useful information surroundings. Would do again, highly recommended!
Jimmy is the best tour guide for Bruny Island day trip
gengizs2025,,Dec 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Went on an all inclusive Bruny Island day drip from.Hobart with Bruny Island Safari Tours. Our driver and tour guide, Jimmy, was awesome. Very friendly, respectful, and informative. We had the absolute best day exploring beautiful Bruny Island, with the best stop overs for morning tea, fresh bread and cheese, and freshly shucked oysters, scenic views, honey tasting, lighthouse visit, an amazing lunch, chocolate tasting, more cheese sampling - then heading back to Hobart. An absolutely beautiful day. Thanks again Jimmy. We will definitely come back with family and friends!!
Best tour in a while
Grigorii S,,Dec 5, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Absolutely stunning views, great cuisine and overall lovely experience. David did a fantastic job guiding us with funny jokes and useful information about surroundings. Would do again, highly recommended.
Wonderful Bruny Island Excursion.
Dan M,,Dec 5, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00David was a marvelous guide. Extremely knowledgeable, very funny, kind and helpful. We enjoyed every minute.
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