Tasmania Fungi Season Nature Experience, May 2027 - $6,800.00 Bookings Now Open!

Over 11 incredible days, explore Tasmania’s magnificent wilderness through fungi, moss and lichen macrophotography and nature journalling. Accompanied by expert guides, slow down, look closely and discover the extraordinary details of these rich forest environments.

Travel through a range of Tasmania’s cold temperate forests, with wilderness walks in Mount Field National Park, Franklin–Gordon Wild Rivers National Park and Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair National Park. Along the way, develop your photography and nature journalling skills while learning about the remarkable diversity of fungi, mosses and lichens.

Enjoy a full-day Gordon River World Heritage cruise, including visits to Hells Gates, Sarah Island and the Gordon River boardwalk. The itinerary also includes time for photo processing and nature journalling, plus a visit to a wildlife conservation centre to photograph Tasmanian devils, spotted-tailed quolls and eastern quolls.

Your guides are citizen scientist and photographer Christine Jones, NatureArt Lab Founding Director and artist Julia Landford, and zoologist and entomologist Alan Landford.

• Christine Jones, known as the “accidental fungi huntress” (@mycohuman on Instagram), is an Australian photographer dedicated to documenting the hidden world of fungi. Her work reveals rare and surreal fungal species from some of the wildest corners of Australia and abroad. Christine’s photography has regularly featured in social media posts by organisations such as CSIRO, iNaturalist, Fungimap and OM System (Olympus). As an active citizen scientist, she contributes her fungi observations to iNaturalist. She is particularly interested in tiny, often overlooked fungal species and Cordyceps fungi that parasitise insects and spiders. Her infectious enthusiasm and unique field skills will inspire you to appreciate the vital, unseen world of fungi.

• Julia Landford is the team leader and Founding Director of NatureArt Lab. She brings substantial experience in natural history, nature journalling and tour management across Australia and internationally.

• Alan Landford has a scientific background in zoology, specialising in entomology, from the Australian National University. He also brings substantial wildlife experience from Australia, Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica, the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador and Borneo.

What’s included:

• 11-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

• Macrophotography and astrophotography mentoring and workshops

• Nature journalling workshops

• Expert fungi talks

• Slow-paced nature walks through many of Tasmania’s most beautiful national parks

• Full-day Gordon River World Heritage cruise

• Visit to a Tasmanian devil conservation centre

• Visit to the Peter Dombrovskis photography exhibition at Cradle Mountain

Dates: 12–22 May 2027

Cost: $6,800 per person, including everything listed above, based on double or twin-share accommodation. A minimum of two people per booking applies to shared rooms.

Limited single rooms are available on request.

Payments: A non-refundable deposit of $1,700 per person (25%) is required to secure your booking. The balance is due by 30 March 2027.

Nature tour cancellation policy

Comprehensive travel insurance is required. Please ensure your policy provides appropriate cover for injury, illness, emergency medical evacuation, loss of or damage to personal belongings, inability to travel on your confirmed departure date, and tour cancellation due to unforeseen circumstances.

Any cancellation after the deposit has been paid will result in forfeiture of the full deposit. This helps cover tour design and management costs, as well as early supplier costs incurred.

For cancellations made 120–60 days before departure, 50% of the total tour cost will be forfeited. For cancellations made 59 days or less before departure, 100% of the total tour cost will be forfeited.

If NatureArt Lab cancels the tour due to insufficient bookings, 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

A moderate level of fitness is required. Walks range from short trails to full-day outings, including Grade 1 flat paths and Grade 3 tracks with some stairs and steep sections. Walks will be undertaken at a slow pace, with photography and nature journalling as our main focus.

Weather conditions

Be prepared for sunshine, rain, sleet and possible snow. The cold temperate forests we visit may be cold, wet and muddy.

An information briefing for participants will be held before departure.

If this tour is fully booked and you would like to join a future Tasmanian fungi nature tour, please send an expression of interest to info@natureartlab.com.au.

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Photo credit: Alan Landford