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Port Arthur Entry

Your experience starts here

Your Port Arthur entry ticket includes:

  • self-guided exploration of more than 30 historic buildings, ruins, restored houses, heritage gardens and walking trails.
  • short guide talks throughout the site at the Penitentiary, Commandant’s House, Convict Church, Separate Prison and more.
  • a complimentary 20-minute Harbour Cruise.
  • a self-guided audio experience.

A courtesy shuttle service is available for people with restricted mobility (available between 10:30am and 3:30pm each day, with an extended service offered during summer).

Pair your self-guided exploration of Port Arthur with one of our tours.

Upgrade your visit and let our expert tour guides take you on a journey through the ruins and grounds of the site on a Premium Tour, Essentials Tour, or Escape Tour. Additional tours take you on a short ferry to the Isle of the Dead, or through the ruins at night on a Ghost Tour.

Conservation

In purchasing tickets to visit our site you are contributing to the ongoing conservation, interpretation and development of Port Arthur, the Coal Mines and the Cascades Female Factory Historic Sites.

Thank you for your continued support for this special World Heritage Site.

Ticket of Leave

Upgrade your visit with a Ticket of Leave 2-year pass.  Ticket of Leave 2-year passes can be added to your purchase at the ticketing counter when you arrive and will be valid for ongoing free entry to the Port Arthur Historic Site and the Cascades Female Factory.

Please note that the Ticket of Leave does not include additional tours (see terms and conditions for details).
Adult $20 / Family $40

Opening Hours

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

Pricing

Adult: $55
Child: $27.50
Concession: $44

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Eat + Drink at Port Arthur

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

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Looking to visit Port Arthur by night?

Ghost Tour tickets available now

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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.