Tickets & Tours - Port Arthur Historic Site

Tickets & Tours

Your site entry ticket gives you two consecutive days to explore and enjoy Port Arthur Historic Site’s many sites, tours and activities including:

entry to the Port Arthur Gallery, which includes interactive exhibits and displays that tell the story of the Port Arthur Historic Site and its people,
a 40-minute, guided Introductory Walking Tour,
25-minute Harbour Cruise.
access to more than 30 historic buildings, ruins, restored houses, heritage gardens and walking trails.

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

Site Entry Ticket Prices

The proceeds from your admission fee contribute to the ongoing conservation, interpretation and development of the Port Arthur Historic Sites.

Adult $40
Child **FREE OF CHARGE** until 31 December 2020
Concession $30

Ticket of Leave – Two Year Pass

All ticketed patrons from now until 31 December will receive a free Ticket of Leave. A Ticket of Leave pass allows you to return to Port Arthur Historic Site and Cascades Female Factory as many times as you like, for two years from the date of purchase. Using your Ticket of Leave will include all activities normally included in the general site entry.

All ticket purchases are subject to our Conditions of Ticket Purchase and Entry.

Resident and Ratepayer Pass – “R&R Pass”

Residents and ratepayers of the Tasman Municipality are eligible for a Port Arthur Historic Site R&R Pass which provides free site entry for all adult ratepayers or residents and up to 6 children (aged 7-17 years of age). R&R passes are valid for 3 years from the date of issue and can be renewed.

An R&R Pass must be applied for in-person at the Port Arthur Historic Site Visitor Centre and requires proof that the applicant is a ratepayer or resident.

Click here or more information on the benefits and how to apply and how to use the R&R Pass.

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Tours
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Escape From Port Arthur Tour

Escape from Port Arthur tour

Introducing the Escape from Port Arthur tour, a walking true crime adventure novel. You'll meet cunning and criminal characters, some clever, some courageous and some without hope.

Adult - $15 Child - $5 Concession - $10 Family - $35

Daily at 3.00pm

Some stories should never be forgotten

Isle of the Dead cemetery tour

The final resting place for over 1,000 convicts, soldiers and free settlers

Adult $20

Daily at 11:00am, 1:00pm and 2:20pm

Exclusive guide driven tour

Commandant’s Carriage tour

Experience the Historic Site in style

Adult $30

Daily at 10.30 am, 12.45 pm and 2.15 pm daily

Escape from Port Arthur tour

Introducing the Escape from Port Arthur tour, a walking true crime adventure novel. You'll meet cunning and criminal characters, some clever, some courageous and some without hope.