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1 Day Birds and Raptors
Highlights
- Embark on a private walking tour at Inala Private Nature Reserve, uncovering Tasmania's rare and endangered bird species.
- Spot the elusive Forty-spotted Pardalote from a specially designed canopy platform, enhancing your birdwatching experience.
- Enjoy a delicious lunch with stunning bay views, making your day of exploration even more memorable.
- Engage with majestic raptors at the Raptor Refuge, gaining insight into their rehabilitation and conservation efforts.
Set off early from Hobart for an inspiring full-day birding experience. Travel through the scenic Channel region to Bruny Island—one of Tasmania’s most biodiverse hotspots. Your first stop is the Inala Private Nature Reserve, a sanctuary for rare and endangered species. With a specialist guide, explore its diverse habitats on a private walking tour. Discover all 12 of Tasmania’s endemic birds, and from a specially designed canopy platform, observe one of the largest colonies of the endangered Forty-spotted Pardalote. Keep your eyes skyward—you may spot raptors such as the Wedge-tailed Eagle (Tasmanian subspecies) or the elusive white morph Grey Goshawk. After a lunch in a local restaurant view bay views return to the mainland for a private visit to the Raptor Refuge, Tasmania’s premier raptor rehabilitation centre. On a personal “Walk & Talk” tour, meet some of the island’s most powerful birds—eagles, hawks, falcons, and owls—up close. Wander through tranquil bushland, step inside the largest flight aviary in the southern hemisphere and explore the interactive education centre. Each bird has a story—and you’ll leave with a deeper understanding and awe for their incredible abilities.
Itinerary highlights
INALA PRIVATE NATURE RESERVE
Inala Private Nature Reserve, a sanctuary for rare and endangered species. With a specialist guide, explore its diverse habitats on a private walking tour. Discover all 12 of Tasmania’s endemic birds, and from a specially designed canopy platform, observe one of the largest colonies of the endangered Forty-spotted Pardalote.
RAPTOR REFUGE
Raptor Refuge, Tasmania’s premier raptor rehabilitation centre. On a personal “Walk & Talk” tour, meet some of the island’s most powerful birds—eagles, hawks, falcons, and owls—up close. Wander through tranquil bushland, step inside the largest flight aviary in the southern hemisphere and explore the interactive education centre. Each bird has a story—and you’ll leave with a deeper understanding and awe for their incredible abilities.
Tour details
- On demand
Features
Service facilities
Disabled access available, contact operator for details.
Operation information
Premier Travel Adventures Tasmania
Welcome to Premier Travel Tasmania. Tasmania’s leading provider of premium small group tours, tailor-made private tours and specialty self-drive adventures.
Since 1996, Premier Travel Tasmania has been offering refined encounters with nature, showcasing Tasmania’s pristine environment and wonderful way of life. Their focus is on fascinating nature and wildlife, rich heritage, gourmet food and wine and high-quality interpretation. They invite you to be immersed in a rejuvenating environment where lush wilderness is combined with all the comforts of modern life.
Here, at ‘the edge of the world’, let them refresh your body and mind with all that a Tasmanian vacation has to offer.
The on-the-ground team consists of very experienced tourism professionals who identify with the southernmost Australian Island state.
The experienced tour guides know Tasmania inside out and will do everything possible to bring you our island with its rich offer of sights, a wide variety of fauna and flora – many of them endemic, excellent food and the history of when Tasmania was still known as a convict island as close as possible.
They have a sustainable approach and have been labelled as a sustainable tour operator by TICT (Tourism Industry Council Tasmania). They are also part of Australian Wildlife Journeys and the Signature Experience Program by Tourism Australia.
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Quality Tourism Accreditation
- State/Territory Bus Operators Accreditation
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Sustainable Tourism Accreditation by ATIC
Memberships
- Australian Tourism Export Council
- Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
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