Hobart City tours.

Bruny Island, Port Arthur and the Tasman Peninsula, kunanyi/Mount Wellington, MONA and the Huon Valley are the five most popular day trips from Hobart. Aussie Loop covers all of them. The Bruny Island Cruises Full Day Tour from Hobart combines a three-hour wilderness boat tour with island food producers and Cape Bruny Lighthouse in a single day. The Cape Raoul Cruises Day Tour from Hobart with Historic Site Entry covers the dramatic Tasman Peninsula sea cliffs and Port Arthur in a single well-paced day. For wildlife, the Tasmanian Devils Bonorong Experience Tour departs from Hobart daily. For a fuller read on what the city and surrounds offer, the things to do in Hobart guide on Aussie Loop covers city highlights alongside the best day trips.

MONA — the Museum of Old and New Art — is the standout. Allow a full day, go on a weekday and take the MONA ROMA ferry from the waterfront rather than driving. The Salamanca Market runs every Saturday from 8.30am to 3pm and is one of Australia's best outdoor markets — arrive early as the best produce sells out by 11am. kunanyi/Mount Wellington rises 1,270 metres directly behind the city and gives panoramic views across the Derwent estuary and on clear days across to the mainland. Battery Point's Georgian sandstone streetscapes are worth a slow walk on any day. The Hobart waterfront at Sullivan's Cove has the best concentration of seafood restaurants in the city. The Hobart City Tour Morning on Aussie Loop is a good orientation if you want a guide who knows the city's history and can tell you where the locals actually eat.

Yes without qualification. MONA is one of the most significant private art museums in the world and is unlike any other gallery in Australia — built into the sandstone cliffs of a peninsula 12km north of Hobart by private collector David Walsh, it is confrontational, original and genuinely impossible to categorise. The most enjoyable way to get there is the MONA ROMA ferry from Sullivan's Cove on the Hobart waterfront, which takes around 25 minutes and sets up the arrival the way the museum was designed to be approached — from the water. Allow at least four to five hours inside. It is closed on Tuesdays. The MONA Hobart City Tour on Aussie Loop combines MONA with a Hobart city experience in a single guided day if you want context alongside the art.

Hobart has one of the most interesting food and drink scenes in Australia for a city of 240,000 people. The Salamanca Market on Saturday morning is the best single food experience. The Tasmanian Seafood Seduction Cruise departs from the waterfront and pairs fresh Tasmanian seafood with the harbour. The Premium Spirits Tour of Southern Tasmania covers the best distilleries south of Hobart. The Signature Wine Tour Richmond Coal River Valley visits four boutique vineyards with lunch. The Crafty Hobart Night Tour covers the city's best craft beer venues with a knowledgeable local guide after dark. For those who want to cook as well as eat, the Tasmanian Food Lovers Aspiring Chefs Dream Weekend is a full weekend food experience based in southern Tasmania.

Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary in Brighton, 25 minutes north of Hobart, is the most accessible wildlife experience from the city. It houses Tasmanian devils, wombats, kangaroos, echidnas and eastern quolls with daily guided feeding sessions. The Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary Daily Shuttle on Aussie Loop runs from Hobart hotels every day. The Russell Falls and Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary Day Tour combines both in a single day, adding the Mount Field National Park waterfall circuit. For fur seals, sea eagles and dolphins from the water south of Hobart, the Bruny Island Cruises tour is the most wildlife-rich boat experience available as a day trip. For visitors who want to explore independently, the things to do in Hobart guide on Aussie Loop covers wildlife options across the city and surrounds.

kunanyi/Mount Wellington is the 1,270-metre mountain that dominates the Hobart skyline and is visible from almost everywhere in the city. At the summit, the temperature is typically 10 to 15 degrees cooler than sea level and wind chill is significant year round — always bring a warm layer even if Hobart is warm below. The views on a clear day extend across the Derwent estuary, over the city to the peninsula and in exceptional conditions across to the mainland. Snow falls on the summit several times a year, occasionally within the same week as warm weather in the city below. The Mt Wellington Morning Escorted Tour on Aussie Loop includes return transport from Hobart and a guided summit experience. Self-driving is possible on a sealed road to within 500 metres of the summit.

Hobart's working harbour is one of the most beautiful in Australia and the water tours reflect that. The Hobart Harbour Luxury Sailing Cruise covers the harbour and Derwent River on a classic sailing vessel. The Iron Pot Cruises Hobart heads south down the Derwent to the Iron Pot lighthouse at the river mouth — the oldest lighthouse in Australia. The Private Twilight Sailing and Dining Hobart Harbour is a private evening experience combining sailing with a dinner on the water. For those who want the most premium option, the Luxury Yacht Charter on Derwent River Storm Bay takes you out into Storm Bay beyond the river mouth for a full-day sailing experience with catering on board.

Three days covers the city highlights — MONA, Salamanca, kunanyi/Mount Wellington and the waterfront — comfortably. Five days lets you add Bruny Island and Port Arthur without rushing. A week gives you room for the Huon Valley, the Tasman Peninsula's Cape Hauy hike, a harbour cruise and one of the food and wine experiences south of the city. Hobart is compact and walkable which means you spend less time in transit than in most Australian capital cities. Most visitors who spend three days wish they had booked five. For a realistic week-long itinerary that includes Hobart alongside the rest of Tasmania, the 7 days in Tasmania guide on Aussie Loop maps out a practical schedule covering both the north and south of the island.

The Salamanca Market runs every Saturday from 8.30am to 3pm along Salamanca Place between the historic Georgian sandstone warehouses and Sullivan's Cove. It is one of Australia's best outdoor markets with over 300 stalls selling fresh Tasmanian produce, cheese, smoked meats, seafood, handmade arts and crafts, plants and street food. Arrive early — the best produce and hot food sell out by 11am. It does not run on public holidays. The surrounding Salamanca precinct has excellent restaurants and cafes open daily. Battery Point, a five-minute walk uphill, is one of the best-preserved Georgian streetscapes in Australia and worth adding to a Saturday morning. The Hobart Highlights Day Tour on Aussie Loop incorporates Salamanca alongside the city's other key stops.

The best. All major car rental companies operate from Hobart Airport. The city is compact and walkable. Bruny Island is 40 minutes south. Port Arthur is 90 minutes southeast. The Huon Valley is 45 minutes southwest. Wineglass Bay is 2.5 hours north. Cradle Mountain is 3 hours north. Every Aussie Loop tour listed on the Hobart page departs from city accommodation so you never need to navigate your own way to a pickup point. For visitors who prefer not to hire a car at all, the Tasmania without a car guide on Aussie Loop covers how to reach every major Tasmanian destination by guided tour from Hobart as a base.

Dark Mofo is MONA's annual mid-winter festival held in Hobart each June. It transforms the city with large-scale art installations, live music performances, film screenings, fire, light and winter feasting events across the waterfront, the city streets and the museum itself. It is one of the most distinctive cultural events in Australia — deliberately confrontational, deliberately winter, deliberately unlike anything else on the Australian festival calendar. Accommodation books out months in advance so plan well ahead if your travel coincides with it. The festival typically runs for two to three weeks in June. Even if Dark Mofo is not running during your visit, MONA itself operates year round and is worth the trip on any day. For a broader look at what Hobart has on across the year, the things to do in Hobart guide on Aussie Loop covers seasonal highlights alongside the permanent attractions.

Yes. Maria Island is a car-free national park off Tasmania's east coast, around 2.5 hours from Hobart by road to Triabunna then a short ferry crossing to the island. There are no shops, no cars and no roads open to visitors — just walking tracks, colonial ruins, wildlife and some of the best bird watching in Tasmania. The island has wombats, Tasmanian devils, Cape Barren geese and the introduced Forester kangaroo in numbers that are genuinely impressive. The historic Darlington probation station is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed convict site. The Private Maria Island Day Tour on Aussie Loop handles all transport from Hobart including the ferry crossing, making it a fully managed day without requiring your own vehicle. For those combining it with other east coast stops, the Bruny Island day trip guide on Aussie Loop gives useful context on how to structure southern Tasmania day trips from Hobart.