“Every light has a different character, the navigator picks up this character and looks at the chart and says ‘ I know where I am now’”
John Cook, Tasmania’s last Lighthouse keeper
Cape Bruny Lighthouse Tours
Hear the stories and walk the balcony of one of Australia’s oldest lighthouses.
Our tours were developed by business operator Craig Parsey, who lived with his Lighthouse Keeper family at many Tasmanian remote light stations during the 1970s.
Remote and Historically Rich
The Cape Bruny Lighthouse is the only Southern Tasmanian lighthouse open for tours.
The heritage-listed 1836 Cape Bruny Lighthouse towers 114m above dramatic cliff tops and coves that form this wild rugged Tasmanian coastline of Cape Bruny.
John Lee Archer, the famous architect who designed many well-known structures around the world was well ahead of his time and the iconic lighthouse he designed still stands proud today.
Discover this remote and historically rich piece of Bruny either by car or by joining one of our Bruny Island Safaris tours.
Join our team of local Bruny Island resident guides who are enthusiastically passionate about this historic landmark. Climb the cast-iron spiral stairs to the top and out onto the balcony where the views are outstanding. Company owner Craig Parsey lived at The Cape Bruny Light Station as a child in the 1970s with his Lighthouse keeper family before the station was automated. Craig also lived at Maatsuyker Island, Eddystone Point and Low Head light stations.
Learn about the shipwrecks, lighthouse keeper hardships and stories of Bruny Island’s rich past. Stories and facts taken from some of the last true Tasmanian Lighthouse Keepers.
We encourage you to book your tour online before coming to Bruny. This will help us conduct your tour experience more safely and avoid unnecessary queuing. Please note: A National Parks Pass is required to join a Lighthouse Tour. National Park Passes can be purchased once you arrive at South Bruny National Park or by pre-purchasing them online from Parks and Wildlife. Our recommendation: Purchase a Vehicle Holiday National Parks Pass if you plan to visit multiple National Parks within Tasmania. This pass is valid for 2 months and covers entry into all 19 of Tasmania’s National Parks.
Cape Bruny Lighthouse Tour
Bookings Essential
$25 (5 years and over) from 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Meet our knowledgeable local team of Bruny Island tour guides on this historic lighthouse tour experience, one of the more remote coastlines in Tasmania. Be enlightened by Bruny Islands’ most historic attraction, the southernmost Lighthouse Tour in Australia. Lighthouse history, heritage, human ingenuity, local characters and shipwrecks. Walk the balcony for the most amazing photographic opportunities.
Sunset Lighthouse Tour
Bookings Essential
$80 (5 years and over) valid from 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Experience spectacular sunsets from the lighthouse balcony and stargazing from the highest point of the rugged Cape Bruny coastline. Discover the history and life of a lighthouse keeper as the sun sets over the South West Wilderness. Dress warmly and enjoy your nighttime activity. In winter, expect to see beautiful sunsets some nights, and dark moody skies on others. It gets dark and cold quickly in Tasmania. Expect the unexpected.
“You’d sit there in the tower, on some of those nights, it was eerie those nights, a mass of white sheet and sleet and that, it’s hard to explain – as you look into the storm, but it’s just like looking into a firestorm, just roaring at you as it hits the tower”
John Cook, Tasmania’s last Lighthouse keeper
Listen to John Cook talk about the Cape Bruny Lighthouse in the video above.
- Wendy R
Nigel was our tour guide, very knowledgeable and went out of his way to make our day enjoyable. He picked up oysters from Shucked Oysters, fresh bread and cheese from... read more 
November 23, 2019
