3 day Fungi of Tasmania private tour – South West

Private Touring
3 Day guided tour
POA

The largest remaining area of ancient Gondwanan rainforest is protected within the Southwest Wilderness Area of Tasmania. The fringes of these rainforests are often dominated by more recent giant Eucalypt trees and are home to a rich and unique flora of fungi, moss and lichens. The diversity of fungi is astonishing, with many species and varieties still to be documented.

Mycena interrrupta

Hygrocybe firma

Clavaria zollingeri

Podoserpula pusio

Mycena epipterygia

Chlorosplenium sp. 'green' RR39TAS

Hericium coralloides

Hygrocybe chromolimoneal

Porpolomopsis lewelleniae (H. lewelleniae)

Highlights
Itinerary

This 3-day privately guided tour takes you deep into Tasmania’s oldest national park, Mt Field, and the ancient rainforests of the Southwest Wilderness Area to explore and discover fungi only found in this region of the world.

This small group tour is specifically designed to allow time for macro photography, interpretation, and discussion to cater for both the novice and experienced fungi enthusiast. Your local guide, an experienced mycologist, will share his scientific knowledge of fungi, the ecology of these unique and ancient forests, and other aspects of Tasmania’s natural history.

This tour includes:

3 days of private touring with local guide
Transport in well-appointed vehicle
2 x nights’ accommodation
2 x breakfast, 3 x lunch, 1 x dinner
All National Parks passes.

DAY 1 Hobart to Mt Field o/n Pedder Wilderness Lodge

DAY 2 Southwest National Park o/n Pedder Wilderness Lodge

DAY 3 Florentine Valley to Hobart

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Exceeded my expectations

I wanted to experience Tasmania with a knowledgeable guide and in luxury / comfort. It was a tour that exceeded my expectations. We loved Rob and the coach was perfect. Thank you!

Catherine Leggett

USA, January 2019 (private tour)

Definitely recommend to anyone visiting Tasmania

We hope to come back! And we would definitely recommend your services to anyone visiting Tasmania. We enjoyed everything. The tour was tailored to our needs, with attention to details and to a very high quality of service. Patrick was fantastic!

James & Magdalena Bruce

Canada, February 2019 (Private Tour)

Excellent!

Excellent! Our guide, Mark, gave us a spectacular day, with patience and kindness. All the stops / breaks were very thoughtful. I don’t have enough superlatives to describe Mark’s knowledge!

Jesse and Debbie Colon

Michigan USA February 2019 (private day tour)

A very good decision

We wanted a private tour to take advantage of our short visit to Tasmania and it was a very good decision. Richard was the most fantastic guide, he knew so much history and was just the best company the whole day.