This full day signature experience on Tasmania's West Coast combines a cruise on Lady Jane Franklin II with a sea kayak trip to experience the true charater of a wilderness river. 

A day you’ll always remember begins with a voyage from Strahan across Macquarie Harbour on Lady Jane Franklin II. You’ll pass through Hell's Gates and feel the power of the Southern Ocean; then glide into the Gordon River alongside ancient rainforest mirrored in the water.

After a safety briefing from your guide, we’ll lower the sea kayaks at Heritage Landing, the furthest point that cruise boats can reach. In your safe, stable and comfortable kayak, your free to explore the beauty of the wilderness. With a minimum of two and a maximum of eight paddlers you’ll be in a small intimate group moving quietly upstream on the lower Gordon River.

This is the best way to experience a wild river – pristine forest air to breath, ripples fanning away from the bow, the swirl of a platypus ahead. Only bush birds and the splash of your paddle break the silence of the wilderness.

After an easy hour and a half paddling, we’ll go ashore for a hot drink and riverbank picnic lunch of fresh Tasmanian produce.

Then it’s a lazy drift and paddle back downstream hearing stories of the river, keeping an eye out for a sea eagle or                                             Azure Kingfisher, before arriving at Heritage Landing to meet Lady Jane Franklin II.

Now it’s time to relax after your adventure - and to toast the experience with a Tasmanian wine or chilled beer with your paddling companions.

During the return voyage to Strahan,                                                           indulge in a delicious buffet dinner before stopping off at Sarah Island, where an interpretive guide will lead a fascinating discovery walk around the ruins of the convict colony. What a wonderful way to end a memorable day.

The Gordon River Paddle signature experience operates from January 1 to March 30. Tour cost $345 and includes the Lady Jane Franklin II cruise, all equipment, morning and afternoon tea, lunch and dinner. The cruise boat departs Strahan at 8.30am and returns at 8.30pm.

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