This short guide has a downloadable route map of our full nine-day motorcycle ride around the incredible island of Tasmania…
This guide is based on our motorcycle ride through Tasmania during our round the world trip. The guides on this website are constantly updated by us and with info from contributors to keep them current, up-to-date and as helpful as possible.
The Ultimate Tasmania Motorcycle Tour
By Andy Davidson
Mad or Nomad - RTW motorcycle travellers
Tasmania is one of the best places in the world to ride a motorcycle. Tucked away in the corner of the Southern Ocean, it has it all – from hairpins up misty mountains to endless logging tracks, penguins and platypuses, stunning road riding, rugged coasts and wild riding.
There’s so much to see and do, and unless you live there or are going for an extended riding holiday, it’s hard to pack everything in to one trip.
So, for us, it is one of the only places we have ever been where we plotted out our exact route before we arrived because we didn’t want to miss out!
To help you get the most out of your motorcycle tour in Tasmania, we’ve plotted out our nine-day riding route below. We reckon it’s the ultimate ride!
Tasmania route info
We allocated eleven days for Tasmania. Two of those days were spent on the ferry to and from the mainland (we took the daytime ferry and arrived at night on both the journey to Tasmania and return to the mainland). So, we had nine full riding days to complete this loop.
This route around the island of Tasmania can be done clockwise or anti-clockwise. Once you get off the ferry, check the weather forecast for both sides of the island and make a call on which direction will give you the most sun.
The points we marked are the main destinations and stops. The yellow markers are for great campsites.
This route will take you on a mixture of paved roads and off-road trails.
For more details on the best camping spots in Tasmania, how to ride there, what paperwork you need, safety advice, top tips and much more, have a read of our Motorcycle Travel Guide for Tasmania. And for more detailed info on the roads you can’t miss and our absolute favourites, have a read of the Best Motorcycle Routes in Tasmania. Both links are below.
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Good morning from sleepy Switzerland. I spent the best part of a month planning a tour of Canada, waited 9 months for it to happen, severed my Achilles Tendon three weeks before departure and waved the rest of the group off at the airport.
To compensate I am planning to treat myself with a tour of Tasmania next year. A kind bloke put me on to your fantastic website and I will be using your guide to make this tour happen. Thanks for all you do for the motorcycle community and safe travels.
Hi Gary, ah no! So sorry to hear about your Achilles, that must have been so frustrating!!! How is it healing? Hope you’re on the mend now.
Wow, thanks so much for letting us know! Your comment has put a huge smile on our faces, thank you, it’s really lovely to know that this site might help a few people, so thank you for that – hugely appreciated.
You’re going to love Tasmania, such a cool place to ride. And unlike Canada where you’ve got to do massive mileage to see everything, you can explore every hidden nook in Tasmania, which makes it so much more fun!
Please do report back on here and let us know how you get on and what you think of Tasmania. Would love to hear about your trip.
Thanks again and all the best – from a sleepy Mozambique 🙂
Andy