Lantern Ghost Tour: Port Arthur's Haunted Past
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195 Ratings
Port Arthur

Explore Port Arthur’s haunted history on a lantern-lit ghost tour. Discover chilling tales and paranormal encounters in Australia’s most haunted site.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Port Arthur Ghost Tours - This 90-minute guided Ghost Tour spans approximately 2km of the Historic Site, offering exclusive access after dark.

Accompany an expert guide through buildings and ruins, and listen to captivating tales of mysterious occurrences that have puzzled and startled convicts, free settlers, soldiers, and visitors alike.

What's Included
  • Certificate of Bravery and Courage at completion of tour
  • Professional guide
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
  • Any other additional tours onsite
  • Site Entry, this tour is evening Ghost Tour access only
Additional Information

Embark on a lantern-lit ghost tour at the Port Arthur Historic Site, renowned as one of Australia’s most haunted places. Listen to authentic stories of mysterious happenings and eerie paranormal experiences from the convict era to today, all while exploring Port Arthur’s atmospheric grounds and buildings after hours.
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Location
Port Arthur Historic Site
Tours depart from the foyer at the Port Arthur Historic Site Visitors Centre. The Visitors Centre also offers cafe/bistro, free parking, and visitor information.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Bobby
Mar 23, 2025
Best ghost tour ever. - The absolute best ghost tour I’ve done, by far. Port Arthur is an eerie place in the daylight . At night it is really spooky. Our tour guide Glen really made the tour. His knowledge of Port Arthur’s history was outstanding & his stories were told to perfection.
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Donna_b
Mar 9, 2025
Awesome tour go on it... - Awesome tour go on it guide made the tour enjoyable with the right amount of spookiness and facts loved it
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Colleen_c
Mar 8, 2025
Port Arthur Ghost Tour - Lots of interesting information and stories. Friends from the US came with us to do the day visit & the night visit. They had a great time. Thank you for having us.
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Marieanne_w
Feb 12, 2025
Intriguing and investing tour - Some of the walkiing was fast paced so wear comfortable shoes to walk in and a light jacket. The walking didn't effect us, but if your elderly I felt the walking was a bit fast, with some slight hills( maybe a little more time is required for this) Overall it was a great experience and a fun tour. Definitely worth doing!
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Natalie
Jan 25, 2025
Fun ghost tour - The tour was fun and something a bit different. The guide also did not try to scare us. We laughed more than screamed. It was a good way also to be orientated to the site before seeing it the next day.
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Danielh10810
Jan 21, 2024
A must see. - A beautiful place considering the atrocities that occurred there. Very friendly and knowledgeable guides available to inform and entertain. You’re also able to listen to a recorded explanation from a guide that has worked there over 30 years and explains in detail all the buildings and history. The ghost tour was fun but not as good as it used to be. Would love to hear more stories of the people there and not as many stories of encounters that people have had. Sad we couldn’t go to the surgeon’s house.
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Oldmrt755
Sep 28, 2023
A night to remember - The opportunity to experience the historic buildings at Port out at night was too good to pass up. The guide was very knowledgeable and regale us with numerous stories of paranormal sightings around the area. We were impressed with the way he included a number of special needs people and their careers in the experience.
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Tricia_n
May 14, 2023
Very informative, great... - Very informative, great tour. Dave our tour guide was very entertaining. Highly recommend this tour.
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Rohanw165
Feb 15, 2025
Underwhelming - Guide was a little hard to understand. Weather was perfect on a very warm night. Stories were a little disappointing. My wife was really looking forward to doing the ghost tour. However unfortunately it didn't meet our expectations.
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Fiona
Mar 19, 2025
Boring - Very underwhelming. Felt like a guided tour during the night. The tour guide reduced the eerie atmosphere that the tour could have been through the use of jokes. Sadly this is definitely not the memorable ghost tour I attended 20 years ago. Unlike my previous experience there was no pre-warm up photos of paranormal encounters that had happened on other tours on display to amp you up and the entire feel of the tour is commercial. Disappointing at best. Feel free to go if you’re between 10-13 years of age.
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