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Tasmania: the Three Capes and a table for two
Photo: Jane6592, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Tasmania: the Three Capes and a table for two

Ten days for a couple in December: Hobart's restaurants and its Saturday market, four days walking 300-metre sea cliffs with lodges and wine at the end of each day, then Bruny Island and Freycinet.

10 days, 9 nightsFor a coupleWaterfront hotel, walking lodges and a bay suiteA guided walk, food and wine
HobartHobartCape PillarCape PillarBruny IslandBruny IslandColes BayColes Bay
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Tasmania is small enough to do slowly. Hobart first, for a market morning and two of its most talked-about tables; then the Three Capes, four days on the Tasman Peninsula with two guides, private lodges inside the national park and Tasmanian wine with dinner. To finish, oysters on Bruny Island and two nights above the granite of Freycinet.

Hobart

Day1

Getting there

Fly into Hobart via Melbourne or Sydney; the waterfront is twenty minutes from the airport.

Where you're staying

MACq 01 Hotel on Hunter Street, right on the harbour, where the walking company picks you up on the first morning of the walk.

  • Two nights now and two after the walk; leave your city luggage here while you walk
  • Rated 9.4 on Booking.com from about 1,400 reviews
  • December 2027 is not on sale yet; a king room was about €673 for two nights in December 2026, breakfast €26 extra
The hotel on the old wharf, from the air
A king room with a harbour view
A suite's sitting area over the harbour
A stone bath in a suite
The lounge by the fire

Photos: macq01.com.au

Evening

Dinner at Aløft, on the top floor of Brooke Street Pier: a changing nine-course menu from the chef Gourmet Traveller named its Chef of the Year for 2026.

  • Tuesday to Saturday from 17:30; book as soon as the trip is set
Brooke Street Pier, with Aløft on the top floor
The pier and its deck on the harbour

Photos: Wikimedia Commons (Chuq, CC BY-SA 4.0; Gary Houston, CC0)

Salamanca and MONA

Day2

The day

The Saturday morning Salamanca Market along the old sandstone warehouses, then the ferry up the Derwent to MONA, the museum dug into the riverbank.

  • Go to the market early, before the crowds and with the best of the produce
  • The MONA ferry leaves from Brooke Street Pier
Salamanca Market
The stalls
Saturday morning

Photos: Wikimedia Commons (JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0; Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0; Dave Snowden, CC BY-SA 2.0)

Evening

Dinner at Fico on Macquarie Street: a set menu only, cooked by a small team in a narrow room.

  • Dinner Thursday to Saturday, lunch on Sunday; book weeks ahead in summer
The door on Macquarie Street
The dining room
A course from the set menu

Photos: ficofico.net

Into the national park

Day3

The day

Pickup at the hotel at nine, a boat across to Denman's Cove, and an easy 6 km walk up to Crescent Lodge, with Cape Raoul across the bay.

Arthurs Peak

Day4

The day

About 11 km over Arthurs Peak and along the south-facing cliffs to Cape Pillar Lodge, home for two nights; a massage or a plunge bath before dinner.

Flagship day

Cape Pillar and the Blade

Day5

Day 5 · Tue 7 Dec

The walk

The big day of the Three Capes Signature Walk: through silver gum forest to Cape Pillar and out onto the Blade, a fin of dolerite with Tasman Island and its lighthouse below. Lunch at Chasm Lookout, then back to the lodge.

  • About 18 km and six hours of walking, about 300 m of climbing
  • Two guides, all meals and a selection of Tasmanian wines included
  • AUD 4,395 each, twin share, for departures from September 2027 to May 2028: transfers from Hobart, three lodge nights and the park pass included
Towards Cape Pillar
Tasman Island from the Blade
Food on the lodge deck
Cape Pillar Lodge at sunset
Dinner with Tasmanian wine

Photos: taswalkingco.com.au

The Blade

The dolerite columns of the Tasman Peninsula form some of the highest sea cliffs in the Southern Hemisphere. Albatrosses and gannets ride the wind below the edge.

Fortescue Bay

Day6

The day

Over Mount Fortescue to Cape Hauy and down to the white sand of Fortescue Bay; back in Hobart by about six, with a glass of bubbles.

Bruny Island

Day7

The day

A hire car and the ferry from Kettering: oysters at Get Shucked, the Bruny Island Cheese & Beer Co., and the view from the Neck. Omotenashi in the evening if you can get one of its ten seats.

To Freycinet

Day8

The day

About two and a half hours up the east coast to Coles Bay and two nights at Edge of the Bay, in a suite facing the Hazards; rated 9.4 on Booking.com.

Wineglass Bay from above

Day9

The day

Mount Amos early, for the view of Wineglass Bay without the crowd at the lookout, then oysters by the water in the afternoon.

Home

Day10

Getting home

Lunch at a cellar door in the Coal River Valley on the way back, then the flight from Hobart.

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