Welcome to Tasmania, Australia’s Island State. Your motorhome holiday begins in Hobart, where you will collect your choice of campervan.

Enjoy a relaxed day exploring Hobart. You could drive, or catch a shuttle bus, to the top of Mount Wellington for impressive views over the city. The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is also well worth a visit, with its unique and interactive exhibits, all housed in a fascinating subterrainian building perched beside the River Derwent.

Further outside of the city, Hartz Mountain National Park is just over an hour’s drive away and boasts beautiful hikes.

Continue to the simply stunning Freycinet Peninsula today. The walk around Cape Tourville Lighthouse is an easy loop and you’ll be spoiled with stunning views over Freycinet National Park. The walk to Wineglass Bay Lookout is slightly more challenging, but only takes around 90 minutes, rewarding you with one of the most iconic views in Australia.

In the evening, visit Bicheno for fresh seafood at the waterside Lobster Shack, then you keep you eyes peeled for tiny penguins that waddle ashore at dusk.

Hobart > Coles Bay | 193 km

You could start your day with a cruise to Wineglass Bay, or you may like to take a kayaking tour from Coles Bay, to discover the Freycinet Peninsula from the water.

After soaking up the scenery this morning, your journey continues to Launceston. Tasmania has a layered history, as Britain transported over 75,000 convicts to the island between 1804 and 1835. You can visit the World Heritage convict sites of Brickendon and Woolmers Estates, where convincts were employed to do farm work.

Reaching Launceston in the early evening, take a stroll around the historic architecture of the town centre.

Coles Bay > Launceston | 176 km

Enjoy a day exploring Launceston at your leisure. Why not take a walk around Launceston’s City Park, with its lush greenhouse and unique resident monkeys. Alternatively, head to the historic village of Evandale, with its late-Georgian and early-Victorian architecture. You could pay a visit to Cataract Gorge, where you can enjoy a relaxed and pleasant walk, discovering its resident wildlife, take the charlift over the gorge, or even enjoy the outdoor swimming pool in this beautiful setting.

Launceston is also a UNESCO City of Gastronomy, so you can sample some of its thriving food scene this evening. There are plenty of farm-to-table restaurants where you can sample some of Tasmania’s incredible produce, as well as wineries where you can enjoy their cold climate wines.

Travelling from Launceston to Devonport today, make sure to follow some of Tasmania’s Tasting Trail, a group of over 40 farms, wineries, distilleries and artisanal markets in the north west.

You can hunt for truffles at The Truffle Farm in Deloraine or the Truffledore, then sample local honeys at nearby Melita Honey Farm, stop for an ice cream at Van Diems Land Creamery, watch chocolate being made at Anvers Chocolate Factory, then pick up your tipple for the evening at Ghost Rock Wines or Southern Wild Distillery.

Launceston > Devonport | 101 km

Make your way south to Cradle Mountain today. En route, you make like to stop in Sheffield, known as the ‘Town of Murals’, or visit Tasmazia and the Village of Lower Crackpot, a unique attraction with beautifully maintained mazes, a charming model village and a lavender farm, in flower from December to February.

In the late afternoon, into the evening, the wildlife of Cradle Mountain is at its most active. You may like to join a Tasmanian Devil night feeding tour, or head into Cradle Mountain National Park independently to spot wombats, wallabies and echidnas.

Devonport > Cradle Mountain | 85 km

Spend the day exploring Cradle Mountain as you please.

One of the most popular walks in the park is the Dove Lake Circuit, a six kilometre circuit that takes in one of the most iconic views in the National Park at the Dove Lake Boatshed.

The roughly seven kilometre Crater Lake Circuit takes in fast-flowing Crater Falls, as well as some breathtaking lakes. The hike to Marions Lookout is more challenging, but from the top you look down over Dove and Crater Lakes.

For the more adventurous, you can go kayaking on Dove Lake, or you can even go canyoning.

In the evening, the stargazing around Cradle Mountain is incredible, or you could go on a guided night wildlife tour.

Head for Tasmania’s wild west coast today. You may like to stop at the heritage town of Zeehan, a historic mining city, with a main street boasting grand architecture. From the city you can take the easy one-hour walk along the Spray Tunnel, that once led to a silver mine, tracing the steps of miners.

Alternatively you can take in the scenery from the West Coast Wilderness Railway, with three-hour return journeys taking you deep into the rainforest.

As you reach Strahan, pay a visit to Hogarth Falls, or head to Ocean Beach, a great spot to watch the sunset.

Cradle Mountain > Stahan | 145 km

You’re travelling across the width of Tasmania today as you make your way back to Hobart. On your journey from coast to coast you’ll pass through historic mining towns and towering rainforests, across valleys and up through mountains.

On your way, you can stop as you please. You may like to pay a visit to Queenstown, with its art galleries and museums, and the Iron Blow Lookout, just outside of the town, offering a dizzying views into the open-cut copper mine. Between Queenstown and Derwent Bridge, you can stretch your legs on the Franklin River Nature Trail, an hour-and-a-half’s walk through mossy rainforest. Derwent Bridge is known for ‘The Wall in the Wilderness’ a 100-metre long carved sculpture depicting the region’s history.

Closer to Hobart, you could take a walk around Mount Field National Park, admiring the multi-tiered Russell Falls. New Norfolk is also worth a visit, a town on the Derwent River known for antiquing.

Strahan > Hobart | 296 km

Spend a relaxed morning sampling some of Hobart’s independent cafés or taking a stroll along the waterfront before you return your motorhome and head to the airport.

If you’d like to extend your holiday, adding extra nights or destinations, just let us know what you’d like to do.