Tours in Tasmania: Tasmania Wildlife and Tasmania Bird Tours

About Pepper Bush Adventures – Tours in Tasmania

Product Overview – Tours in Tasmania – Experience Tasmania’s wild beauty with our exclusive wildlife tours . Discover northeast Tasmania’s remote trails, explore hidden beaches, and wander through ancient forests and stunning alpine peaks. Enjoy campfire dining under the stars and, for more adventure, try alpine hikes with Pepper Bush Adventures on our Tasmania tours.

Pepper Bush Adventures also offers a selection of soft-travel day tours departing Launceston, designed for travellers who enjoy discovering Tasmania at a relaxed pace. Explore picturesque vineyards and cellar doors, sample cool-climate wines, meet unique Tasmanian wildlife, or venture into the island’s spectacular alpine landscapes. Along the way, enjoy scenic drives, fascinating local stories and plenty of time to soak up the surroundings. Our tours combine memorable experiences with leisurely lunches featuring delicious local produce.

Team Pepper Bush

Pepper Bush Adventures is a family-run micro-business led by Craig, Ben, and Janine Williams and Casey Faoro in Scottsdale, northeast Tasmania. We offer private wilderness, wildlife, and soft-travel day tours for visitors from Australia and around the world. Check out our Tasmanian Ultimate Wildlife Experience and Bushie’s Backyard videos to see more!

Pepper Bush Adventures - Guide - Craig Williams

Craig 'Bushie' Williams
Founder and Wildlife Guide

Craig Williams is one of Australia’s most respected wildlife guides and the founder of our Quoll Patrol tour. He is a quick-witted 6th-generation Tasmanian, regarded as a real-life bushman, an accomplished campfire cook, and a storyteller. Craig welcomes visitors to his Bushie’s Backyard.

Pepper Bush Adventures - Guide - Ben Williams

Benjamin Williams
Wildlife and Birding Guide

Ben Williams is our lead birding guide, an exceptional wildlife guide and a savvy campfire cook, who loves sharing his passion for Tasmania’s wild places with visitors. Whether leading wildlife or birding tours, Ben enjoys exploring the forests and discovering the wild treasures along the way.

Pepper Bush Adventures - Guide - Casey Faoro

Casey Faoro
Day Tours and Transfers

Casey Faoro brings energy, enthusiasm and plenty of personality to every Pepper Bush Adventures day tour or transfer. With a lively, fresh character, Casey loves sharing Tasmania’s hidden gems, local stories, and spectacular scenery, making every journey as enjoyable as the destination.

Janine Williams
Business and Operations

Janine Williams loves nature, especially wildlife, and is responsible for all administration, reservations, communications, finances, media, and. associated scheduling. Product development and general touring and transfers are also part of Janine’s role with Pepper Bush Adventures.

Tour Vehicles: Pepper Bush Adventures travels in comfort with a fleet of four luxury 4WD vehicles, carefully chosen to suit Tasmania’s country roads, forest tracks and touring routes. Our Toyota Prado LandCruiser and Ford Everest provide a smooth, comfortable ride, with plenty of space to relax and enjoy the scenery as we travel between Tasmania’s best wildlife and nature experiences.

For general touring, private transfers and smaller group journeys, we also use a Mitsubishi Pajero Sport and Nissan X-Trail. These vehicles offer a comfortable and practical way to explore, whether you’re travelling between destinations, enjoying a scenic transfer or discovering the attractions of North East Tasmania.

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Great personalised tour of Ben Lomond I did a personal tour of Ben Lomond National Park in early November 2022. I enjoyed my experience thoroughly. You need a certain type of vehicle to get into Ben Lomond National Park and I found it fascinating. My guide made plenty of stops along the way, I had lots of photo opportunities and the scenery is just stunning. I highly recommend. It's a great spot off the beaten track that a lot of tourists dont' think to go to. The wildlife is lovely as well as the lookouts and scenery. Very peaceful place. Even received some delicious fresh sandwiches from the award winning scottsdale bakery. Yum :) Thanks for a great half day trip.

Michelle P

25/02/2023

Tassie wildlife We did a 3 night / 2 day tour enjoying both Mt William & Ben Lomond NP our guide was informative and the meals supplied were more than sufficient The best part was watching the playful baby quolls enjoying their evening seach for food, so small, playful and moved so fast

MAW

09/12/2022

Lifelong memories My wife and I had booked the Canopy Capers’ excursion with ‘Pepperbush Adventures’ as part of our road trip in Tasmania. Ben came promptly at 5 pm and we were taken to a nearby irrigation pond to look for platypuses. Whilst there were a few glimpses it was very difficult to see as it was quite windy so the water was quite rippled. We left there and drove to an area of private land where there was a small cabin overlooking a lake. There were some kookaburras, and we saw some pademelons and some possums. Ben prepared a meal for us to eat - there was an appetiser tray of smoked wallaby and smoked chicken, salmon, grapes and strawberries. After that he cooked steaks on the barbecue which we had a with some beans, new potatoes and salad. We finished off with some cheesecake and fruit. There was wine and soft drinks to accompany our meal - pre-arranged with the company. We stayed until it got dark. Although the animal sightings were rather scant, this was offset by the passionate and educational input from Ben. He is the consummate host / guide and we greatly enjoyed learning so much about the flora and fauna of the area. The next day we enjoyed a full day out with Ben on another excursion - aptly named ‘The Quoll Patrol’. Ben arrived just before 11 am as arranged. We had another look for platypuses but again the sightings were fleeting even though it was much less windy. We then had a long drive into Ben Lomond National Park in the extreme north-east of Tasmania. We had periodic stops, whenever there was a wildlife sighting or a point of interest. We had a stop at a lookout where we had lunch - rolls and sandwiches bought from the cottage bakery back in Scottsdale. We drove further up to reach Ben Lomond village - it was only 5 degrees there. We stopped to look at the interesting geological formations - 300 metre tall dolorite columns with huge areas of rocky boulders beneath. Ben dropped us at the village - we did a short trail for about 20 minutes where we met up with him again waiting for us in the car. We drove back down from the National Park and again made a number of stops, smelling and tasting some of the roadside plants. We reached our final destination, a cabin surrounded by pasture. Ben set the fire and we were able to view and feed the kangaroos which lived there - it was an unofficial nature reserve of about 100 acres. The original kangaroos had come from Bonorong and now numbered about 40. It was a very engaging experience watching the kangaroos as we had our first course - a range of appetisers similar to the previous day. Ben then prepared wallaby meatballs with onions and courgettes. We thought this was the main course but later we were given some salmon and salad - my wife couldn’t eat any more as she was full already. The dessert course was chocolate fudge cake served with raspberries and blackberries. During the evening we sat beside the fire, watching the Eastern Quolls appearing, followed by the pademelons and finally the possums. As it got dark there was a long drive back to Scottsdale. We were exhausted at the end of the day but felt utterly thrilled by the experiences we had. As a guide Ben is truly fantastic. His personable nature, coupled with his commitment to the natural world, will remain in our memories. We thoroughly enjoyed his company - such a kind and generous spirited man. PS. We went to the irrigation pond on our last day as we were leaving Scottsdale and guess what - we saw two platypuses at the surface of the water. We managed to bag some quality photos - result! Thanks again, Ben. You’re a top guy. Good luck with your new hobby of crafting in metalwork.

Owen Thesaints

07/12/2022

A fantastic wildlife experience The 2 days we spent with Craig was the highlight for us of a month travelling around Tasmania and a fantastic opportunity to see wildlife, especially the nocturnal creatures you don't usually get to meet. Craig has a wealth of knowledge and experience of living in the bush, so we learned alot about the flora and fauna of the north-east part of Tasmania and saw platypus on several occasions, along with wallabies, echidnas , kangaroos and, padmelons during the day. The Canopy Capers and Quoll Patrol experiences are both amazing. After a great meal in the open air, we watched as the wildlife drew near at dusk - possums, quolls, wombats. It's an incredible, magical experience, I can't recommend enough.

Island Sue

10/04/2020

A great wildlife experience A great day with Bushy seeing visiting Ben Lomond, learning so much about the flora and fauna of Tasmania, topped off by a delicious bush meal, sharing the site with possums, quolls, wombats and more

D H

31/03/2020

A Wonderful Backwoods Experience With Bushy The Ben Lomand and Quoll Patrol adventure was fantastic. We drove up Jacob's ladder at Ben Lomand and Bushy took us into the forest for exploring. Dinner at the cabin and the night adventure with the Kangaroos, Wallabies, Paddymellons and Quolls was a highlight. You can't believe the wildlife here.

Laura R

24/03/2020

Marvellous Some good walks and opportunity for wildlife viewing. The evening barbecue with kangaroos, wallabies and quolls was magical. A very good insight into local life - the farming and cheese making. Fabulous scenery all around.

Sally G

11/03/2020

Amazing We had a 1 day tour with Craig and it was truly amazing. Started with a sighting of a platypus and then an echidna. A great scenic drive up Ben Lomond via Jacob's ladder and then sightings of some iconic wildlife including wombats, quolls, tawny frogmouths and wallaby's and kangaroos. The bush supper with quality wines was a great success. We loved the whole experience.

LondonWelshboyo

07/02/2020

Outstanding bush experience, some of the best wildlife viewing in Tasmania We thought we had already had some amazing wildlife experiences in Tasmania, but Ben's Quoll Patrol with us was truly over the top. Lots of wildlife, including a number of elusive quolls. You have to see it all to believe it! Kangaroos, wallabies, pademelons, bushy-tailed opossums, eastern quolls, short-snouted echidna, come to mind. Meeting his mob of kangaroos is an experience not to be missed. And on top of it all, Ben cooked us an excellent meal out there in the bush. All in all, a very memorable experience.

LafayetteJohn

Outstanding experience in the Tasmanian bush We spent 9 hours with Craig who took us to the Ben Lomond National Park and its surroundings, watching for a wide variety of Tasmanian wildlife. This ended with an excellent and copious dinner he cooked around a fire in the open surrounded by Kangaroos, Wallabies, Wombats, Pademelon, Possums....and even sighting a platypus and a quoll. We are amazed by the extent of Craig's knowledge of the bush, its flora and fauna and his ability to communicate his passion for them to us. He enabled us to experience at first hand many examples of the plants and animals unique to Tasmania. An amazing and unforgettable experience.

Peter B

26/01/2020

About Pepper Bush Adventures – Tours in Tasmania

Team Pepper Bush

Craig 'Bushie' Williams Founder and Wildlife Guide

Benjamin Williams Wildlife and Birding Guide

Casey Faoro Day Tours and Transfers

Janine Williams Business and Operations

Craig 'Bushie' Williams
Founder and Wildlife Guide

Benjamin Williams
Wildlife and Birding Guide

Casey Faoro
Day Tours and Transfers

Janine Williams
Business and Operations