Hobart: Bruny Island Adventure: Hiking, Highlights & Local tastes
Overview
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10 hours
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Bruny is an island off an island off an island! Hike Bruny's stunning coast to the famous Arch, climb the stairs to 360° views, then reward yourself with an afternoon tasting trail enjoying Bruny's gourmet local produce. The perfect day, we do say!
• Hike to the spectacular Arch and rock formation on Miles Beach via Mars Bluff (approx. 9 km return)
• Climb the stairs to the top of Trugannini Lookout at The Neck
• Visit historic Two Tree Point
• Relax on the beach at Adventure Bay with your own lunch OR enjoy your lunch at the local cafe
• Visit Bruny Island Chocolate Co.
• Visit Bruny Island Honey
• Visit Bruny Island Cheese Co.
• Visit Get Shucked Oyster Farm for takeaway fresh oysters
Additional Info
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Kettering
Join us for an early morning start, beating the crowds to Bruny Island! We depart Hobart heading south, a scenic 30 minute drive takes us to Kettering and the Ferry terminal. Here you will have an opportunity to purchase any breakfast, snacks, or lunch supplies that you may need for the day ahead, then we board the ferry bound for Bruny Island.
Cape Queen Elizabeth
We begin our adventures on the island with a spectacular hike highlighting the amazing coastal scenery. We follow the Cape Queen Elizabeth trail. We don’t complete the full walk today, we walk to Mars Bluff, Miles Beach, the unique rock formations and then return. The first 30 - 40 minutes of the walk is an easy stroll along a wide, sandy track that takes you towards the beach through coastal heathland. We pass between Big Lagoon and Little Lagoon, home to a large number of water birds. A 10 minute uphill hike takes us over Mars Bluff, where the elevation provides a beautiful vantage of the surrounding coast. We walk down onto remote Miles Beach and explore the unique rock formations. We have plenty of time to take in this wonderful location, photograph the Arch before returning back to the start of the trail. The walk we complete is a total of around 6 kilometres, and is classified as easy to moderate, coastal walking.
What‘s Included
• Small, friendly groups
• Professional guide & interpretative walks
• Bruny Island Ferry
You may bring your lunch with you or we will stop to give you an opportunity to purchase a Bakery style lunch. Or join our guide for lunch at Pennicotts Seafood Restaurant
No luggage on board, only your day pack
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Hobart: Bruny Island Adventure: Hiking, Highlights & Local tastes
Reviews
20 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Bruny island hiking and tasting
Liza C,,Dec 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Loved the hike and seeing nature close up. Enjoyed the stops to taste local produce and enjoy the scenery. Small group easy and friendly. Our guide Heather was fantastic. She is knowledgeable, helpful, friendly and extremely patient. Highly recommend if you like to do more than just sit in a bus.
Beautiful island, great tour
Amanda W,,Dec 6, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Clinton full of energy and very knowledgeable about the area Knew all the places to go, with commentary along the way. 10 out of 10
Fun!
hanag738,,Nov 22, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Heather was an amazing guide, she knew so much about the island but generally about Australia too it was a pleasure meeting her. The walk was wonderful, it was high tide so we had to go up a small mountain rather than the beach but it was still so worth it because we got a great view of the neck! I didn’t love that there are so many shop stops, for example if you’re not a drinker there’s not much else around the cheese and beer tasting so I was kind of just sitting around. It would be great if there was an option to do a second walk instead or something. But generally the timing of everything was pretty good!
Beautiful Bruny Island.
Cheryl R,,Nov 11, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00A wonderful day exploring Bruny Island. Such a pristine and peaceful place. A lovely hike, an informative guide and nature, a perfect day.
Tour
Egor Z,,Apr 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great job from lady your guide with a lot of dedication to work and this tour for reasonable price and with all amenities included during the tour!
Very bad. Rude behaviour.
Preena B,,Mar 25, 2025
- Review from Viator
1.00This tour operator is very rude. They are not friendly at all. I won’t recommend this for anyone. They took money from me and left me without picking me on the tour day with rude behaviour. When requested for a refund, their response is not good at all. Talking in rude manner. I am not at all happy with Viator also in this case. How can you fool someone like this ? Not recommended at all.
Tour in need of rethink
adrianwiles53,,Mar 19, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00Not enjoyable. Coaster bus uncomfortable. Walk to the Arch return time of around 3 hours (not as advertised). Two groups did not make it and returned to a locked bus. No safety checks e.g. guide had no idea about the condition of 50% of the group that turned around, no mobile contact list or monitoring, not suitable for runners (hiking boots only). 5 minute stop at Honey, Chocolate shops and drive through oyster shop. Lunch 30 minutes - rushed and general store for a sandwich was only realistic option.
Bruny Island introduction.
Robyn S,,Mar 16, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Great mix of places to see on the island, with a lovely walk included. Walk was always surprising us just ahead with lots to learn about the area.
Bruny Island Beautiful beaches
Michele B,,Feb 5, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00Clinton was a great guide, I’d probably skip raspberry farm and couple other food shops, and spend time visiting lighthouse or actual Penicott rock formations.. Overall, good way to see a bit of island without driving!
Bruny Island
debbieb414,,Jan 20, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00It was amazing. The walk, the views, which were stunning. Beautiful white sand beach. Our tour guide was lovely. Very knowledgeable. Didn't rush us. Also new experience for myself and my husband trying oysters!! Definitely worth going with a tour guide. Or we got lucky!! Great experience all round.
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