Event Details
Come and join us for 6 days on this glorious sparkling clean green island. Tasmanian food and wine has gone to new heights and some of the big names are all dear friends so expect a wonderful journey into flavour and the ābehind the secret doorā experience we deliver on our Gourmet Safaris.
Our 2026 Tasmania Safari includes new accommodation at the luxury Tasman Hotel right on Salamanca place and close to the city and Sandy Bay.
Each day will be a journey of discovery to meet producers, chefs, winemakers, cheese-makers, foragers and more. We include some of the top restaurants in our itinerary as well as visits to farms and private estates. We also include a day on the āisland off an island off an islandā ā wild, beautiful Bruny Island.
Youāll have a special day of art and food and wine at MONA, taste oysters just out of the cold clear seas, swoon with chocolates and fudge, have some hands-on food experiences and meet wine producers, whisky distillers, beer and cider makers and a new day in the itinerary this year in the South East featuring Break Creek vineyard, Ophir restaurant and two family farms. Plus enjoy Tasmanian hospitality at local markets and beyond.
Host:Ā Maeve OāMeara
2025 Tassie guests –
Thanks to the wonderful Maeve & Suzy for curating such a trip for us. Martin & I had a great time meeting everyone & sharing the unique Gourmet Safari experiences X
Hey Maeve, I feel 10 years younger. So lovely to have everything done for moi! And, with such exquisite love and detail. I do so appreciate your good work.
PS. I know I shouldn’t start a sentence with and, but, whatever! I’m beginning to live on ‘the edge.’ššššš – Jenny
This was our 3rd Gourmet Safari with Maeve and they keep getting more and more fantastic !!!!
We love meeting your contacts and every day offers so much variety. Your research and organisation is gold standard!! Thank you šš½ (Irene and Wayne)
Thanks so much Maeve, great trip. I really appreciated all the research and planning youāve put in to make it seem effortless for us – Kris
Thank you @āØMaeve OāMeara,ā© Supriya and I loved our first trip with you. It was a brilliant homage to inspiration, persistence and sensational food and flavour by the marvellous producers who work so hard ā¤ļø – Josephine
An enormous thank you to Maeve for coordinating this amazing event. We are celebrating a special a time in our lives and how better than what transpired over the last 6 days with a fabulous like minded group. Thank you to everyone for helping our celebrations and best wishes for the future – Wayne and Kay
Six days of spectacular food, fun and wonderful company – all led by the exuberant Maeve OāMeara herself. Thanks to Maeve and all the amazing people who put their hearts into making this trip so special! – Michael and Susan P.
Totally agree…such a beautiful group, we loved chatting to you all. Thanks for making it such a pleasurable trip ā¦And THANKYOU Maeve! Exceeded all expectations.. a unique experience never to be forgotten – Cheers Sheryl and Rob
To our intrepid leader Maeve, we struck gold when we discovered your tours. Brilliant as usual and a huge thanks from Des and myself. š„°š
Dear Maeve, Sincere thanks to you and your Hobart foodie friends. Without fail, every farmer, producer, maker and chef we visited over the past six days was exceptional. Each one was so considered and purposeful with their craft; from peonies to five-star restaurants, we were informed, welcomed and wonderfully looked after at every step.Thank you for creating such a memorable experience – Helen š„
Tassie guests 2024 –
We asked guests for one word to describe their experience…some chose more…itās lovely to share their thoughts.
āMemorable, delicious, magic, exhilarating, awesome, leisurely, sensational, gorgeous, amazing, fanTAStic, molto indulgent, outstanding…”
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āWonderful unique experiences in fantastic āTassieā!
āThe trip had it all – delicious food and wine, art, nature, great company, and careful curation by Maeve to optimise the experienceā
āProfessional and well worth itā
Kate B –
āI just wanted to say what a simply superb time I had on the recent trip to Tasmania. It still makes me smile every time I think about any moment of that time & I think about it a lot. I was describing those 6 days to a friend last week & I said it was like someone picked you up out of your everyday life & with a puff of fairy dust, transported you to some bucolic idyll, all of a sudden you are in the middle of a great master’s rural painting, still life or lively tavern scene. Maeve, you have a great way of seeking out life’s magic, and what is even better you share that magic with us mortals!!ā
Ross and Christina – Bowral NSW –
Tasmania May 2022
We thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of this Gourmet Safari. It was so well organised, timing, accommodation, exploration and of course the food and wine. Trips to the markets were a real experience and meeting producers who are so passionate about their work and produce as well as providing wonderful background stories so freely given. Day trips to Bruny Island, Fat Pig Farm and the Agrarian Kitchen were informative and a delight. Breakfast at Pigeon Hole Cafe and lunch at Stefano Lubiana Estate ended the food experience perfectly. Mount Field National Park walk took us back to nature and was a favourite of Ross. We truly recommend this, our second Gourmet Safari.