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Tasmania Culinary Tour & Lunch

  • Tasmania Culinary
Take the ultimate Tasmanian culinary tour where you’ll sample truffles, honey, chocolate, wines, and enjoy a gourmet lunch.
Head out over Tasmania’s beautiful north coast to a truffle farm to learn about how truffles were first grown in Australia while sampling local truffle products. You’ll then go to a honey farm to see local bees at work (from behind safety glass) and find out the secrets of their hives. Lunch will be served at a local vineyard where you can sample different wine blends, followed by dessert in a chocolate factory that produces handmade cakes, pralines, liqueurs and more sweet delights.

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This tour operator has received third-party certification based on the Global Sustainable Tourism Council criteria.

Shore Thing Highlights

  • Drive along beautiful Northern Tasmania to the one of the largest truffle farms in Australia for a demonstration and truffle sample

  • Taste the range of pure Tasmanian honey at Melita Honey Farm and watch as the local bees create their liquid gold

  • Visit a family owned vineyard for lunch, plus enjoy samples of Australian chardonnay, pinot gris, pinot noir, and sparklers

  • Finish off at a chocolate factory that features hand-made chocolates, fudge, pralines, and more that use fresh Tasmanian cream and butter

Need to know

  • Sailors in wheelchairs or with limited mobility should not select this Shore Thing

  • Lunch and local wine is included

  • Sailors should advise of any dietary restrictions or allergies in advance of the experience

  • Sailors prone to motion sickness should take precautions prior to this Shore Thing

  • Approximately 1 hour and 15-minute drive each way to/from the pier

  • Sailors should expect long periods of walking and standing

  • This Shore Thing operator has received third-party certification based on the Global Sustainable Tourism Council criteria

  • Please keep in mind that cancellations made within 72 hours or less are subject to a 100% cancellation penalty

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Shore Things are fully refundable to the original form of payment. However, please note that Shore Things are only fully refundable if they are canceled within 48 hours prior to the booked Shore Thing taking place, unless stated otherwise in a specific Shore Thing 'Need to Know' section. If you fail to either (a) cancel within 48 hours of the booked Shore Thing (or alternative time period as may be stated in a specific Shore Thing 'Need to Know' section), or (b) show up for a booked Shore Thing, you will be charged for 100% of the Shore Thing price. 

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If you make another purchase prior to midnight EST, after canceling a booking eligible for a refund, the credit from the canceled booking will be applied to your new booking. Therefore, you’ll only be charged for the price difference between the canceled and new experience. If you have remaining temporary credit left on your account after you’ve made another experience purchase, the remaining credit will be refunded to your original form of payment after midnight EST.

If you cancel a Shore Thing during your voyage and are eligible for a refund, a credit will be applied to your folio and not to your original form of payment.


Shore Things departure times and/or meeting locations are subject to change. We will make every effort to notify Sailors in advance via the Sailor App of any tour departure and/or meeting changes.
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