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Port Arthur Escapes Tour

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Port Arthur Historic Site

Pre-bookings essential

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Your experience starts here

Site entry tickets are valid for 2 days and include a harbour cruise, a self-guided audio experience, complimentary site talks. Site entry is required to be booked with any additional tour.

Opening Hours

The Port Arthur Historic Site is open everyday from 9am until 5pm (closed Christmas Day).

Pricing

Adult: $48
Child: $23
Concession: $38

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Do you believe in ghosts?

As the sun sets, come out to the dark grounds of the Port Arthur Historic Site for your 90-minute, lantern-lit Ghost Tour. Follow your expert guide through some of Port Arthur’s more infamous buildings, ruins and hear vivid stories of unexplained events.

Tour Times

Tours currently depart at 7pm, 8:30pm and 9pm

Pricing

Adult: $35
Child: $18

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What's On

There are a range of complimentary guide talks  as well as additional tours and special events available each day.  Scroll down for more information about what’s on today and in coming days.

Guide Talks

Commandant’s House
PenitentiaryJunior Medical Officer’sConvict ChurchSeparate Prison
10.00am10:30am
12.00pm11:45am11.30am
1.30pm1:00pm1:30pm
2.30pm2.00pm2.00pm
3.30pm3.00pm

In 1835 at Point Puer Daniel Champion was charged with highly disorderly conduct in school and received 5 days solitary confinement.

Tours and Events

A Port Arthur Guide in uniform gestures towards the ruins of the Penitentiary watched in interest by two visitors

Port Arthur Essentials Tour

Port Arthur was a bold experiment and ground-breaking attempt at reform of convicts in the colony. Join our expert guide as they share the essential history and characters who lived, worked, and served their time here. The Port Arthur Essentials Tour runs for approximately 45 minutes and is our most accessible tour with only a…

Available in addition to standard site entry fees.
guide conduction tour of the cemetery island

Isle of the Dead cemetery tour

Step off the Harbour Cruise for a 40-minute guided tour around the final resting place for many convicts, soldiers and free settlers.

Available in addition to standard site entry fees.
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four friends smiling and enjoying a burger and salad in the port arthur cafe

Eat + Drink at Port Arthur

We offer a range of dining options across the site open daily

four friends smiling and enjoying a burger and salad in the port arthur cafe

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Acknowledgement of country

We would like to acknowledge that the Port Arthur Historic Site is built on unceded Aboriginal land. We pay respect to the Palawa (Tasmanian Aboriginal) Community, their Elders past and present.