Tasmania Fungi Season Nature Experience - 12 days from 6 - 16 May 2025 - Full price $5,800.00. One last place available!

*One last place available - female twin share!

Over 12 incredible days explore some of the magnificent wilderness areas of Tasmania for a specialized fungi, moss and lichen macro-photography and nature journaling experience accompanied by expert guides. This is a unique opportunity to see some of the over 2,000 fungi species, mosses and lichens of Tasmania's wilderness areas. 

This specialized nature tour includes all of the major bioregions of Tasmania, and enables you to see a full a range of cold temperate fungi.

You will experience some of Tasmania's most important forest ecosystems with wilderness walks through the Mount Field National Park, the pristine Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers, Lake St Claire and the exceptional Cradle Mountain National Park. Enjoy the opportunity to observe and learn about hundreds of unique fungi species with the use of macro-photography and nature journaling techniques. 

Enjoy a full day Gordon River World Heritage cruise with visits to Hells Gates, Sarah Island and the Gordon River boardwalk. This nature tour includes time for photo processing, nature journaling, as well as a visit to a Tasmanian Devil wildlife conservation centre for photo opportunities of Tasmanian Devils, Spotted tail and Eastern quolls. We will include dusk or night spotlighting walks at various locations to see some of Tasmania's nocturnal wildlife. 

Your tour guides include passionate macro-photographer Cristy Froehlich; NatureArt Lab Director, and nature journaler Julia Landford and zoologist/entomologist Alan Landford. 

• Julia Landford is the team leader and Founding Director of NatureArt Lab and brings substantial experience with natural history, nature journaling and tour management in many international locations including Costa Rica. 
• Alan Landford has a scientific background in zoology, specialising in entomology from the Australian National University. He also has substantial wildlife experience from Australia, Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica, The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador and Borneo. 
• Cristy Froehlich is an award-winning Canberra-based nature photographer with over 10 years of experience within the professional photography field. With a wealth of technical knowledge as well as in-field skills, Cristy specialises in nature photography, and her genuine love and knowledge of nature coupled with her photographic passion makes her an inspiring facilitator. Cristy enjoys using photography to shed light on the macro world not often seen, and creating beautifully edited, artistic images to create awareness of nature and its conservation. 

What's included: 

• 12-day guided nature tour across Tasmania
• accommodation for 10 nights
• all breakfasts, lunches and dinners throughout the trip
• small group transport around Tasmania
• all national park passes
• macro-photography, astro-photography mentoring and workshops
• nature journaling workshops
• expert fungi talks
• gentle nature walks through many of Tasmania's most beautiful national parks
• full day Gordon River World Heritage Cruise
• visit to a Tasmanian Devil wildlife conservation centre
• a visit to the Peter Dombrovski photography exhibition at Cradle Mountain
• visit the Royal Tasmanian Botanic Gardens

Dates: 6 - 16 May 2025

Flights are not included for this trip: participants need to arrive in Hobart by Tuesday 6 May 2025 at 12.15pm to connect with our tour departure (from Hobart airport). Return flights can be made from Hobart from midday on Friday 16 May 2025. If you wish to extend your stay you can make your own arrangements to stay on in Hobart. Please contact us if you have any questions at info@natureartlab.com.au 

Cost: Total cost with all inclusions listed above is $5,800.00 per person (based on couples or twin share accommodation). No single supplements are available.

Payments: A 25% deposit of $1,450.00 will secure your place on this nature tour and is due by 28 January 2025; the balance of $2,000.00 and $2,350.00 ($4350.00) is payable in two instalments (on 2 February and by 28 March 2025).

Nature Tour Cancellation policy: 

Comprehensive travel insurance is required for any financial loss caused by injury, illness, emergency medical evacuation, loss and damage to personal belongings, not being able to travel on a confirmed date of departure or tour cancellation due to unforeseen circumstances.  

Any cancellations after the deposit is paid will incur loss of the full deposit, which helps to cover our costs for design and management of the tour program and early supplier costs incurred. 

For cancellations 120 to 60 days before departure 50% of the cost of the tour will be forfeited. If cancellation takes place 59 days or less before the start date 100% of the tour cost will be forfeited. 

If NatureArt Lab has to cancel a nature tour due to undersubscription, you will receive a refund of all payments made for the tour.

Please contact us at info@natureartlab.com.au if you have any questions. 

Fitness levels for participants:  Moderate level of fitness required. Walking trails will range from full day walks through to short trails (ranging from Grade 1 flat walks to Grade 3 with some stairs and steep sections). All walks will be done very slowly with photography and nature journaling as our main objective. 

Weather conditions: We can expect all weather conditions at this time of year including sun, rain, sleet and light snow. Fungi like cold temperate forests which are often cold, wet and muddy. 

Note: An information briefing for participants will be held prior to departure.

If our tour is fully booked and you are interested in joining our next fungi Tasmania nature tour please send an EOI to info@natureartlab.com.au

Photo Credits:  Alan Landford