Wildlife Photography Tours Tasmania

Wildlife Photography Tours Tasmania…..

Capturing Tassie Wildlife, One Click at a Time…..

Fun Overview -Wildlife photography tours with Pepper Bush Adventures in Tasmania are like an intense game of hide-and-seek, with photographers as the determined seekers. Armed with a camera and a ton of patience, wildlife photographers move slowly through forests and fields, often crouching in odd positions, waiting for that perfect moment when an animal looks either strikingly majestic—or, let’s be honest, a little goofy. It’s all about blending in, staying quiet, and feeling like a secret agent on a mission to capture nature’s most unpredictable stars.

Wildlife Just a Camera Click Away

Platypus and birdlife in local waterways
Bennetts Wallabies at Ben Lomond & Mt William National Parks
Forester kangaroos, Tasmanian pademelons & eastern quolls in daylight hours
Brush-tail possums & wombats on nocturnal tours
Roadside discoveries – echidna, reptiles, raptors
Note – we can lead you to wildlife, but no photography tuition available

With Pepper Bush Adventures – Pepper Bush Adventures has become a favourite for wildlife photography tours in Tasmania, drawing visitors from around the world. Tasmania’s rich biodiversity and stunning landscapes make it a paradise for photographers. On a Pepper Bush Adventures tour, photographers get the chance to capture Tasmania’s unique wildlife in top locations. Whether you’re just starting or are a seasoned photographer, northeast Tasmania offers endless opportunities to improve your skills and take amazing photos.

Tasmanian Nature Tours - platypus swimming — Tasmanian Nature Tours – Pepper Bush Adventures – See the Fascinating Platypus

Guides, Bushie, and Ben host the Quoll Patrol and Canopy Capers tours, designed to give photographers incredible wildlife photo opportunities. The area’s waterways near Scottsdale are ideal for photographing platypus, and bird photography can be enjoyed across northeast Tasmania. Pepper Bush Adventures offers exceptional photography tours in northeast Tasmania.

Wildlife Photography Tours with Pepper Bush Adventures

Platypus Photography – Photographing platypus in Tasmania is a one-of-a-kind experience that takes patience and respect for nature. With guidance from Pepper Bush guides, you’ll visit well-chosen locations to capture these fascinating animals in their natural habitats. The guides ensure you’ll explore various local waterways for the best opportunities to photograph platypus.

What to see in Tasmania - Tasmanian Endemic Birds - Green Rosella — What to see in Tasmania – Tasmanian Endemic Birds – Green Rosella – Birding tour with Pepper Bush Adventures

Bird Photography – Tasmania is a paradise for bird photography, offering a chance to capture the island’s unique and diverse birdlife. By visiting prime locations, you can create beautiful images of Tasmania’s bird species. Whether you’re capturing endemic species or seasonal migrants, Tasmania’s bird habitats provide endless inspiration for amazing photography. In the waterways around Scottsdale, you can photograph local waterfowl like Tasmanian native hens, black swans, ducks, grebes, and more. Nearby forests are home to endemic species such as honeyeaters and robins, as well as yellow-tailed black cockatoos. At the same time, the coastal areas around Mt William National Park and Bridport reveal incredible shorebirds.

Wildlife Photography in Daylight Hours. – Exploring the backroads and national parks of northeast Tasmania offers exciting chances to photograph wildlife during daylight hours. Warmer months reveal unique finds, such as echidnas and reptiles. The blue-tongue lizard shows off its striking tongue, and quick reflexes are often needed to capture the echidna before it hides. Mt William National Park offers friendly encounters with Bennett’s wallabies, while Ben Lomond National Park requires a little more patience. You can also photograph Forester kangaroos, eastern quolls, and Tasmanian pademelons during late afternoon daylight hours at Pepper Bush Adventures’ Quoll Patrol venue.

juvenile forester kangaroos sparring — Wildlife Photography Tours in Tasmania. Forester Kangaroos with Pepper Bush Adventures.

Nocturnal Wildlife Photography Tours

Nocturnal Wildlife Photography – Unleash your inner night owl on a nocturnal wildlife photography tour! Step into the quiet magic of the night, where every rustle in the dark and glint of eyes in the beam of your flashlight brings you closer to creatures rarely seen by daylight. As the stars shine above, make every shadowy encounter a work of art. Perfect for wildlife lovers, photographers, and adventurers with a soft spot for the mysteries of the night!

Pepper Bush Adventures - Australian wildlife - Tasmanian nocturnal tour - brush-tail possum — Pepper Bush Adventures – Tasmanian Animals on a Tasmanian Nocturnal Tour – Brush-tail Possum

Pepper Bush Adventures’ Quoll Patrol wildlife-viewing venue offers excellent photo opportunities of nocturnal species. Throughout the evening, you’ll likely see brush-tail possums, eastern quolls, Tasmanian pademelons, and Forester kangaroos. Guides Bushie and Ben can also add extra lighting to help you capture these animals at night. For an extended wildlife photography-focused tour, the Bushie’s Wildlife Getabout is an excellent option.

Summary – Wildlife photographers often travel to remote, scenic locations in search of extraordinary subjects. Pepper Bush Adventures is thrilled to be part of their journeys here in northeast Tasmania. Whether you’re a beginner looking to improve your skills or an experienced photographer seeking rare wildlife encounters, we can customise an experience to suit your needs.

See our kangaroos at Sunset Gallery – Click Here

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

Tasmanian Wildlife, Tours and Product

Wildlife Photography Tours Tasmania…..

Capturing Tassie Wildlife, One Click at a Time…..

Wildlife Just a Camera Click Away

Wildlife Photography Tours with Pepper Bush Adventures

Nocturnal Wildlife Photography Tours