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Premier Travel Tasmania

Premier Travel Tasmania

Premier Travel Tasmania has been offering refined encounters with nature across the ‘island state’ for over 20 years. Tasmania is incredibly blessed to have around forty per cent of land protected via national parks and reserves. The company’s promise to share the diverse flora & fauna, pristine wilderness, rich heritage, gourmet food & wine and local characters, inextricably connects guests to what is quintessentially Tasmania.

Tasmania has an abundance of native wildlife and together with UNESCO World Heritage Listed Wilderness, rugged mountains, temperate rainforests and pristine white sandy beaches it provides a perfect place for touring away from urban hustle and bustle. Travellers are invited to be immersed in this rejuvenating environment with all the comforts of modern life; this consistently leads to guests being refreshed across body and mind beyond expectations.

The team led by Daniel & Sylvie Schoedler, consists of local guides who know Tasmania intimately and are able to provide interpretation and share stories in a meaningful way. At the core of the company’s ethos is to preserve Tasmania’s endemic wildlife and their natural habitats, with major contributions provided towards saving the Tasmania Devil from habitat loss and disease.


Speciality areas

  • Birds
  • Land Mammals & Marsupials
  • Marine Mammals
  • Reptiles & Amphibians

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About the region

Tasmania

Tasmania Tours

One third of Tasmania’s land mass is national park and UNESCO world heritage wilderness, providing an extraordinary diverse habitat for an abundance of native wildlife. Tasmania is an archipelago of over 330 islands with landscapes that were shaped by previous ice ages and many of Tasmania's plants and wildlife species are living evidence of the breakup of the super-continent of Gondwana, millions of years ago. 

When touring Tasmania, visitors will experience an amazing blend of expansive ancient temperate rainforests, spectacular coastlines, rugged mountains and sparkling highland lakes provide refuge and habitat for a rich array of rare and endemic plants and animals.

This natural wonderland supports a population of mammals, birds, frogs and reptiles, many of which are found only in Tasmania. Small group tours across Tasmania provide access to 12 endemic bird species, 33 native terrestrial and 41 marine mammals which are known to occur in Tasmania, with the region renowned as a prime spot for marsupials including quolls, bandicoots, bettongs, potoroos, kangaroos, wallabies, pademelons and wombats.

Tasmanian Tour Highlights

  • One third of Tasmania is National Park with numerous UNESCO World Heritage areas.
  • Magnificent alpine landscapes, dominated by dolerite with cracking resulting in spectacular mountains and cliffs, including Mt Wellington, peaks across Ben Lomond National Park and the world famous Cradle Mountain.
  • Australia's largest area of cool temperate rainforest are found across Tasmania. Wet eucalypt forests are found mostly in the south, west and northwest of the island with tall eucalypts up to 90m high grow.
  • Granites intruded the east coast of Tasmania around 400 million years ago, with some spectacular outcrops visible including the Bay of Fires and Freycinet Peninsula.
  • Tasmanian tours are ideal to see multiple marsupials including quolls, bandicoots, potoroos, bettongs, wallabies, platypus and wombats.
  • Rich marine offerings including Australian Fur Seals, Little Penguins, cormorants and albatross.

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Meet our guides

  • Meet our guides

    Geoff Curry

    Geoff is an expert on Tasmania's native flora and he's a passionate photographer as well. "Australian Native Orchids are my passion, when I’m not guiding tour groups, my preferred pastime is spending time out in the forest looking for and photographing Tasmania’s 200 + species of native orchids. On tour, I like to share my knowledge of Tasmania’s unique environment, plants and wildlife. My family started in tourism in 1926, and I am the third generation involved in the industry, so tourism is in my blood...

    Meet our guides

    Geoff Curry

    Geoff is an expert on Tasmania's native flora and he's a passionate photographer as well. "Australian Native Orchids are my passion, when I’m not guiding tour groups, my preferred pastime is spending time out in the forest looking for and photographing Tasmania’s 200 + species of native orchids. On tour, I like to share my knowledge of Tasmania’s unique environment, plants and wildlife. My family started in tourism in 1926, and I am the third generation involved in the industry, so tourism is in my blood and ensuring my guests get the best experience is in my DNA."

  • Meet our guides

    Elise T

    Elise has a genuine passion for Tasmania’s natural beauty, ecology, history and culture, which she loves to share. Elise studied in Britain and Canada before settling in Tasmania after being drawn to the unique charms of the island 30 years ago. She is a bi-lingual speaker of English and French. Her earlier career was as a school and university teacher and Elise has been a professional guide with Premier Travel Tasmania for the last 12 years. In her spare time, she regularly hikes through Tasmania’s many wilderness areas...

    Meet our guides

    Elise T

    Elise has a genuine passion for Tasmania’s natural beauty, ecology, history and culture, which she loves to share. Elise studied in Britain and Canada before settling in Tasmania after being drawn to the unique charms of the island 30 years ago. She is a bi-lingual speaker of English and French. Her earlier career was as a school and university teacher and Elise has been a professional guide with Premier Travel Tasmania for the last 12 years. In her spare time, she regularly hikes through Tasmania’s many wilderness areas. Elise has extensive knowledge of the island’s flora and fauna including its diverse species of birds, many of which she can identify from their calls.

  • Meet our guides

    Andrea E

    German-born Andrea Edwards was living in Queensland when she discovered the island paradise of Tasmania. “I came from Brisbane for a one-week holiday and fell in love with the island,” she says. “I moved here and have been living in the Tamar Valley for more than 20 years now. Andrea is passionate about meeting new people from all different backgrounds and cultures. As a tour guide and international student adviser, she has shown countless visitors and overseas students around her beloved island state with infectious enthusiasm. She has also welcomed...

    Meet our guides

    Andrea E

    German-born Andrea Edwards was living in Queensland when she discovered the island paradise of Tasmania. “I came from Brisbane for a one-week holiday and fell in love with the island,” she says. “I moved here and have been living in the Tamar Valley for more than 20 years now. Andrea is passionate about meeting new people from all different backgrounds and cultures. As a tour guide and international student adviser, she has shown countless visitors and overseas students around her beloved island state with infectious enthusiasm. She has also welcomed visitors from around the world at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, World Expo 88 in Brisbane, and numerous international trade fairs and exhibitions in Europe. With her extensive knowledge, love of nature, caring attitude, and sense of humour, Andrea endeavours to make the visitor experience enjoyable, interesting and fun.

  • Meet our guides

    Robert B

    Rob is born and bred in Tasmania and has been guiding in his beloved state for the past 15 years. After a wonderful career that based him in three of the four regions of Tasmania, he divides his time between guiding, bushwalking, photography, building, driving ambulances and volunteering in some amazing National Parks. He has a love of meeting people, sharing stories and food, exploring every corner of the state, reading Tasmanian history, and expanding his knowledge of botany and zoology.

    Meet our guides

    Robert B

    Rob is born and bred in Tasmania and has been guiding in his beloved state for the past 15 years. After a wonderful career that based him in three of the four regions of Tasmania, he divides his time between guiding, bushwalking, photography, building, driving ambulances and volunteering in some amazing National Parks. He has a love of meeting people, sharing stories and food, exploring every corner of the state, reading Tasmanian history, and expanding his knowledge of botany and zoology.

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