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Hobart works as a base for the whole of southern Tasmania, not just the city itself. Bruny Island is an hour by ferry, Port Arthur and the Tasman Peninsula sit an hour south, and Mount Wellington looms directly over the city. The RedBalloon range covers all three, plus the wildlife, whisky and wine in between, so a short trip doesn't mean picking just one.
Most of what's worth doing from Hobart happens within a couple of hours' drive: a day trip to Bruny Island, a wilderness cruise past Cape Pillar, a wildlife sanctuary on the edge of the city, or a distillery tucked into the Tasmanian countryside. A few options run overnight for a trip built around one big day rather than several shorter ones.
The Bruny Island Day Tour covers the island's rugged landscape in a single day, with fresh-shucked local oysters, artisan cheese and a chance to spot the rare white wallaby along the way. The Bruny Island Gourmet Day Tour with Lunch goes further into the island's food scene, pairing a private cheese and beer tasting at Bruny Island Cheese Company with lunch at Pennicott's beachside restaurant overlooking Adventure Bay. For a walk-first version of the same island, the Bruny Island Coastal Wilderness Tour trades some of the tasting stops for more time on the sand and in the Mavista Rainforest.
The Cape Raoul Day Tour and Wilderness Cruise from Hobart combines the Port Arthur Historic Site with cliffs, caves and a cruise that watches for seals, dolphins and migrating whales along the way. The Tasman Island Nature Cruise is a popular pick on its own, running beneath the highest sea cliffs in the Southern Hemisphere at Cape Pillar and through the Tasman National Park's waterfalls, archways and sea caves.
The Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary Entry Pass includes a free food bag to hand-feed the free-roaming kangaroos, plus the chance to meet Tasmanian devils, wombats and more. For an overview of the city itself, the 48-Hour Hobart City Loop Tour runs on an open-top double-decker with multilingual commentary, hopping on and off at Hobart's main attractions across two full days rather than one lap.
The High Cheese and Chocolate Experience at Coal River Farm swaps a traditional high tea for a tiered spread of handcrafted cheese and handmade chocolate with a matching wine, beer or hot drink. The Whisky Distillery Tour with Tasting, Lunch and Wine goes behind the scenes at the historic Dysart House and Old Kempton Distillery, with a guided tasting of four spirits before an antipasto lunch shared over a bottle of red or white.
The Mt Field, Mt Wellington and Bonorong Wildlife Park Tour fits three landmarks into one day: a walk to Russell Falls in Mt Field National Park, the climb up Horseshoe Falls, and the view from the top of Mount Wellington above the city. Further south, the Tahune Airwalk and Hastings Caves Active Day Tour crosses the treetop Swinging Bridges Walk 40 metres above the ground before heading 40 metres below it on a guided cave tour.
For longer stays, the 2-Night Riverfront Escape - New Norfolk is set in a heritage-listed riverfront mansion built in 1825, close to the vineyards and distilleries of the Derwent Valley. The 2-Day Cradle Mountain Nature Tour from Hobart heads further afield again, an overnight trip into Cradle Mountain's national parks and rainforests with lakeside accommodation and breakfast included.
A day on Bruny Island or a night in a heritage riverfront mansion works as a gift precisely because it's not something most people book for themselves on a whim.
A RedBalloon gift voucher covers the full Hobart range, from the wildlife sanctuary to the whisky distillery, so the person visiting gets to build their own itinerary.
Two solid options are a day exploring Bruny Island, for the oysters, cheese and rare white wallabies, and a wilderness cruise past Port Arthur and Cape Raoul, for the cliffs and the whale-watching. Both run as full-day bookings with pick-up included, so neither needs a hire car.
The three-hour cruise to Tasman Island is a popular choice, running beneath the highest sea cliffs in the Southern Hemisphere with a good chance of spotting seals, dolphins or a migrating whale from the deck. It departs from the Tasman Peninsula rather than central Hobart, so it usually pairs well with a wider day out south of the city.
The gourmet version is built around food: a private cheese tasting, fresh oysters and lunch at a beachside restaurant. The coastal wilderness version spends more of the day walking through the Mavista Rainforest and along the island's beaches, with less time at the table.
The 48-hour loop pass covers unlimited hop-on hop-off travel around Hobart's main attractions for two full days, on an open-top double-decker with multilingual commentary running throughout the route.
The two-day trip covers guided exploration of Cradle Mountain's national parks, rainforests and waterfalls, with an overnight stay in lakeside accommodation and breakfast included the next morning before the return to Hobart.
For more time on the water beyond the Tasman Peninsula, island day trips and ferry transfers round up more ways to reach Bruny Island and beyond, and the wider whisky and gin tasting and distillery tours and wine tasting and winery tours ranges cover more of the Derwent and Coal River Valleys. Anyone drawn to Bonorong can browse the full zoos and wildlife parks range for more wildlife encounters beyond Hobart.