Activities in Coles Bay & Freycinet National Park
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All4Adventure
Get off the beaten track into parts of the national park few others access. Two-hour quad bike tours (with 30 minutes' training beforehand) depart daily at 1pm and 4.30pm (the latter only during daylight saving), costing $115. Half-day tours to the Friendly Beaches and lovely Bluestone Bay depart at 8am and cost $195. A driver's licence is essential. They also have ATV passenger vehicles for adults or kids ($65/105 two hours/half-day).
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Freycinet Experience
Freycinet Experience offers a four-day, 37km, fully catered traverse of the entire peninsula ($2175). Walkers return each evening to the secluded and environmentally sensitive Friendly Beaches Lodge to enjoy gourmet meals and local wine.
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Freycinet Adventures
Freycinet Adventures offers three-hour tours ($95) twice daily (morning and twilight – times vary seasonally) that allow you to get a glimpse of the peninsula from the water. Kayak hire is available for experienced paddlers ($55 per person per day).
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Freycinet Air
Scenic flights over the park from the Friendly Beaches airstrip. Flights start at $95 for 30 minutes.
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Wineglass Bay Cruises
Four-hour cruises to Wineglass Bay (adult/child $110/75) including champagne, oysters and nibbles. Look forward to dolphins, sea eagles, seals, penguins and perhaps migrating whales in the right season. Departure times vary through the year (9am midsummer and 10am shoulder season). Book several days in advance.
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Long Lunch Tour Co.
Foodie Brad Bowden arranges gastronomic adventures of the east coast. Combine top wines, tempting morsels and berries ($130), take an afternoon wine-and-nibbles tour ($65), or travel all the way from Hobart stopping to wine and dine along the way ($220).
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Coles Bay Gear Hire
Hires dinghies with outboards and all safety equipment ($100/120 per two/three hours). Also rents fishing equipment (with boats or without) and can advise on good shore-based fishing spots. The friendly owner even guts and fillets your fish for you when you return. Snorkelling equipment and Canadian canoes ($55/65 per two/three hours for two people) are also available for hire.
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