3-Day Fungi of Tasmania private tour – South West

Private Touring
3 Day guided tour
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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)

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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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Accommodating and knowledgeable

Karin was very accommodating and knowledgeable. She was delightful to be with.

Johanna

USA

One of the best guides we have ever had

We loved our time in Tasmania. Our guide Richard was one of the best guides we have ever had – extremely knowledgeable and a pleasure to be with.

Jim & Betsy Jansen

USA, February 2019 (private tour)

Excellent, and great value

This tour was excellent. We liked the idea of a small group tour and it was great value. John is an exceptional guide. His knowledge and enthusiasm for sharing, is outstanding. We were always well looked after, had any questions answered and enjoyed chatting with John. Our vehicle was always clean and ready to go and we always knew what our agenda was going to be.

Kim Goodman

USA, January 2019 (small group tour – 8 Day Tasmanian Wilderness and Wildlife Encounter)

Would highly recommend

We wanted to experience the natural environment of Tasmania, and learn more about its history and wildlife. Our guide was THE BEST! He was knowledgable, enthusiastic, and responsive to our pace and questions.

Carolyn

USA, March 2019