Bushie’s Tasmania Wildlife Safari
Tasmanian Wilderness Tours with campfire dining & stunning landscapes
The Experience – Private Charter Tour – 2 days / 2 nights + transfers – Self-drive or Transfer arrival
Day 1 – Ben Lomond & Quoll Patrol – Internationally reviewed as one of Australia’s best wildlife tours
Premium Australian wildlife viewing tour – a day in the highland areas of north east Tasmania.
Self-drive to Scottsdale or Pepper Bush Adventures transfer from Launceston to Scottsdale. An afternoon departure to visit Ben Lomond National Park, a spectacular mountain of dolerite columns and scree slopes. Impressive views and a magnificent array of alpine vegetation are on offer. From Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife, “The Ben Lomond National Park is invaluable for the conservation of the flora communities and species diversity of Tasmania’s alpine areas. The area consists of an outstanding variety of glacial and periglacial features which are considered of national significance”. On leaving Ben Lomond we travel via the Roses Tier forests to the Tyne Valley for a campfire dinner with the forester kangaroos. Relax by the camp fire with a glass of Tasmanian wine or beer and see our field of dreams comes alive with eastern quolls, brush-tail possums & Tasmanian pademelons visiting the camp fire while Bennett’s wallaby and wombats graze close-by.
Day 1 – Optional Morning Activity – Trowunna Wildlife Park
A morning departure from Launceston to travel to the Trowunna Wildlife Park for a private Tasmania wildlife tour, you can cuddle a wombat and meet the Tasmanian devils, spotted tailed quolls and other fur and feathered residents. Travel to Evandale for lunch at the local bakery and meet your afternoon/evening wildlife guide to continue on to Ben Lomond and the Quoll Patrol. (not available for self-drive)
Overnight – Beulah Heritage Accommodation
Dinner – Campfire dinner on tour
Day 2 – Mt William National Park & Bay of Fires region
A day in the Tasmanian wilderness to pursue the monotreme double in platypus and echidna, travel to the far north east corner of Tasmania to the Mt William National Park. Take a stroll on the stunning white beaches in the Bay of Fires region, lunch with the Bennett’s wallabies and see the resident wildlife in the area. The Forester kangaroo and the wombat are just a couple of the inhabitants who share this coastal National Park with over one hundred species of birdlife.
Day 2 – Optional Evening Canopy Capers
Capture the timeless ambience of Tasmania’s bush on this Australian nocturnal wildlife tour. Listen to the afternoon sounds of the bush chorus from nearby birds, enjoy a campfire dinner and a nocturnal walk in the forest to see and hear the brushtail & ringtail possums, pademelon & Bennett’s wallabies and bettongs go about their nightly business.
Overnight – Beulah Heritage Accommodation in Scottsdale
Dinner – In-house or Canopy Capers campfire dinner on tour
Day 3 – Morning Departure
Self-drive departure or depart via Pepper Bush transfer to Launceston
Product Review November 2020
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