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Bruny Island Cruises - Pennicott Wilderness Journeys
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36 reviewsAbout
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.
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Bruny Island Wilderness Cruise
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.
Bruny Island Wilderness Cruise with Kettering Pickup
Leave your car at Kettering and catch the Bruny Island Cruises bus service from the Oyster Cove Marina meeting point at 8.15am. The bus service has the additional value of adding three more hours of guided travel experience to your day for an additional AUD15 per person. The day includes our award winning wilderness cruise which departs daily from Adventure Bay at 11am and returns at approximately 2pm. Our bus departs Adventure Bay at 3.00pm to arrive back to Kettering at around 4.45pm. Warm dress is recommended. Full-length wind and water proof jackets provided. Bookings are essential. Lunch not included with the cruise but is available for order on the day at the beachside restaurant.
Full Day Tour from Hobart
Escape to Bruny Island for the day, including scenic guided bus tour, ferry crossing to Bruny Island, morning tea, wilderness cruise and lunch. You will depart Hobart at 7.45am from Pennicott Wilderness Journeys Booking Centre on Hobart's Waterfront, located next to the Elizabeth Street Pier and Constitution Dock Lifting Bridge, for Kettering where the ferry will then leave for Bruny Island. When you arrive at Adventure Bay you will enjoy a morning-tea break at the idyllic beachfront restaurant. At 11am, your cruise will depart, exploring the south Bruny Island coastline before returning to Adventure Bay for a delicious fresh lunch with time to relax before your return trip to Hobart. The bus departs Adventure Bay at 3.00pm to arrive back to Hobart at approximately 5.30pm.
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Reviews & Ratings
Danielle Greenslade
Google review
With very short notice our group of six friends booked the coastal boat tour from Adventure Bay on Bruny Island with Ben and Lizzy as our fabulous guides. We were so lucky with perfect weather conditions and enjoyed a spectacular experience. Very good care was taken of all passengers and our comfort and safety. We got up close and personal with stunning caves, blowholes, a colony of seals and many seabirds. Can’t recommend highly enough.
Gregory Long
Google review
Spectacular!!! Without doubt, the Bruny Island tour was one of the best things I have done in my holiday to Tasmania. When we got back from the boat tour, fresh fish and chips was waiting for us and it was excellent. The boat captain (the Albatross in our case) was humorous and informative and made the journey fun. I would highly recommend it.
Natalie
Google review
We did the Bruny Island Wilderness Cruise and it was a standout in our time in Tasmania. Our guides (Lizzie and Ellen) were very knowledgeable and funny, the weather was average but we still had a great time and had amazing sightings of dolphins, albatross and seals. Would definitely do this again!!
Keyla Cardenas
Google review
I have no words to describe this experience — it was worth every cent and so much more. The guides were incredible, always positive and attentive, and the entire tour was simply exceptional. Mick had such beautiful energy; funny, accurate, and truly engaging. The food was delicious, and having it included made everything even better. This experience exceeded all my expectations.
Russell Newell
Google review
An amazing experience with amazing staff and crew. They know their stuff, they’re funny and entertaining and they care. I’ve been on the wilderness adventure 6 times now and have seen something different every-time. The quintessential Tasmanian tourism experience A+++
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Where you'll be
1005 Adventure Bay Road
Bruny Island TAS 7150