Explore the car-free, UNESCO-aspirant wilderness of Maria Island — Tasmania's most extraordinary island national park — with a private guide on an exclusive walking experience among wombats, fossil cliffs, and convict ruins.
What to expect
The ferry from Triabunna delivers you to a car-free island where wombats graze between the ruins of a UNESCO-listed convict probation station. Your private guide leads you past the extraordinary Painted Cliffs — sandstone sculpted by millennia of wave action into abstract art — and through eucalypt forests where Tasmanian devils have been successfully reintroduced. The silence is profound; on clear days, the Tasman Sea stretches to the Antarctic horizon. Gourmet Tasmanian provisions for a clifftop lunch complete the experience.
Good to know
Maria Island is accessed by ferry from Triabunna (approx. 1.5 hours from Hobart or 2.5 hours from Devonport). Allow a full day — this is not a half-day excursion. Wear sturdy walking shoes and bring sun protection; the coastal tracks are exposed. Book well ahead as private guide availability is limited.