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Top Picks for Thrill Seekers

For Thrill Seekers, Tassie has it all. From ocean diving to four-wheel driving there's plenty to keep your adrenaline pumping and your heart rate high. Here is our ultimate list of dare devil experiences. 

Dive Wild Waters

Go scuba-diving and immerse yourself in the haunting world of giant underwater kelp forests at Eaglehawk Neck, on the Tasman Peninsula, or dive with dolphins, seals and seahorses in temperate waters.

Go on the Ride of your Life

Huon River Jet Boats is an exhilarating ride along 12 km of the Huon River combining beautiful river scenery and the thrill of white water. Speed through rapids and feel the excitement of 360 degree spins and breathtaking turns, drift along tranquil waters reflecting riverside forests.

Mad About Kayaking?

Meet a team of guides who grew up on waterways around the island. Roaring 40s Kayaking will take you on two-and-a-half-hour city paddles with fish and chips, day tours exploring cliffs, caves and beaches or multi-day expeditions into the Tasmanian wilderness.

 

Explore Cradle’s Canyons

If adventure, wilderness and action is what you’re after, head to Cradle Mountain and slip into a wetsuit. Cradle Mountain Canyons run trips where you jump, swim and abseil through ancient canyons and shoot down a natural waterspout.

Explore Beaches on a Four Wheeler

Orange cliffs that rise from white sandy beaches with turquoise seas will surely make your eyes pop, but seeing it all on a quad bike with All4Adventures will get your heart racing. Keep pace with your guide on tracks that lead to remote beaches few have discovered.

Fly Above the Trees

Soar tree-to-tree with Hollybank Treetops Adventure and see the forest up close. The Treetops Adventure Tour combines all the adrenaline and thrills of a high wire canopy ride with an informative and entertaining forest adventure.

Climb Mountain Peaks

Tasmania packs a range of white-knuckle adventures of the vertical kind into a small space and at a mellow pace. From short and sporty to big and wild; spectacular sea cliffs to challenging mountains Climb and Guide Tasmania can find your climb, teach technique and bring all the equipment.

Ride Blue Derby

Blue Derby is a network of mountain biking trails that surround the town of Derby. Once the centre of a tin mining boom, these days it’s the mountain bikers carving up the dirt. The world-class single track includes enormous granite slabs, dense tree fern forests, and breathtaking scenery.

Cruise Bruny Island

Pennicott Wilderness Journeys explores the rugged unspoilt southern coastline of Bruny Island boasting spectacular rock formations, intriguing caves and sea cliffs that are amongst the highest in the world. Spot seals, dolphins, migrating whales, and seabirds all from the comfort of your custom-built eco-cruising vessel.

Walk the Overland Track

Discover the dramatic landscapes of Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park. Walk through glacially-carved valleys and ancient rainforests. Unwind in the comfort of private huts along the trail where gourmet are meals prepared by your guides while you relax with a glass of Tasmanian wine.

Images supplied by:
Tourism Tasmania Rob Burnett Mark Spencer Flow Mountain Bike
Garry Moore Brad Harris Joe Shemesh Sean Scott
Great Walks of Australia
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