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Bruny Island Wilderness Cruise
Highlights
- Embark on a wilderness cruise from Adventure Bay, experiencing Bruny Island's stunning coastal scenery and wildlife.
- Dress warmly and enjoy provided wind and waterproof jackets while exploring the rugged beauty of Bruny Island.
- Drive 40 minutes from the ferry to Adventure Bay, ensuring a seamless journey to your unforgettable cruise experience.
- Savour lunch options at the beachside restaurant after your cruise, enhancing your day of exploration and relaxation.
Bruny Island Cruises wilderness cruise departs daily all year round from Adventure Bay, Bruny Island at 11am.
Access to Bruny Island is via vehicular ferry from Kettering (45 minutes drive from Hobart). Make sure you arrive half an hour early to get your place on the ferry. Visit www.sealinkbrunyisland.com.au for the ferry timetable. Once you arrive at Bruny Island, please allow 40 minutes to drive to Adventure Bay where our cruise departs.
The cruise departs daily all year round (except Christmas Day) from Adventure Bay at 11am and returns at approximately 2pm. Warm dress is recommended. Full length wind and water proof jackets provided. Bookings are essential. Lunch not included with the cruise but available for order on the day at the beachside Restaurant.
Itinerary highlights
The Friars
Tour details
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Available from 10 May 2024 to 31 March 2026
Features
Service facilities
Sevice Activity
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
Hearing
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
- Modify their cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc).
- Staff are trained to respond to allergic reactions.
- Equipment to respond to anaphylactic shock such as epi–pens and defibrillator.
Operation information
Bruny Island Cruises – Pennicott Wilderness Journeys
Pennicott Wilderness Journey’s Bruny Island Cruises provides an unforgettable wilderness cruise along Bruny Island’s rugged coast in southern Tasmania.
The cruise has been awarded Australia’s Best Ecotourism Product four times. It has also won numerous state tourism awards, including Tasmania’s Best Tourist Attraction 10 times.
The Wilderness Cruise departs from Adventure Bay, Bruny Island and travels along 50 kilometres of coastline to the Friars and back. The custom-built yellow boats take you up close to the awesome ‘Breathing Rock’, into deep sea caves and up close and personal to soaring cliffs and wave carved sea stacks, including the iconic “The Monument.” You’ll feel the power of nature at the point where the Tasman Sea meets the mighty Southern Ocean. Albatross, dolphins, seals and migrating whales are just a few of the abundant wildlife calling the coastline of Bruny Island home.
Bruny Island is accessible by vehicular ferry at Kettering, a 40-minute drive south of Hobart. Guests can drive themselves to Bruny Island for the cruise, join the tour from Kettering or take a Full-Day Tour from Hobart including meals, transfers and sightseeing.
Activities
Tags
Accreditations
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EarthCheck Certified
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ECO Certified (Advanced Ecotourism) by Ecotourism Australia
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Quality Tourism Accreditation
Memberships
- Australian Tourism Export Council
- Regional Tourist/Tourism Association/Organisation
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