Lantern Ghost Tour: Port Arthur's Haunted Past

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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

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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

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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Felicity

Apr 19, 2026

For a different view of the site - We chose this tour to experience the site from a different perspective, and it didn’t disappoint. Our guide was a captivating storyteller, keeping everyone completely absorbed with chilling accounts of paranormal events dating back to the site’s early days. Definitely worth the visit.

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Michelle

Apr 15, 2026

Interesting and informative - Our guide was amazing great stories, he had lots of knowledge we took many fantastic photos and enjoyed ourselves.would do it again.

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Rhiannon_h

Apr 12, 2026

Worth doing! - Aaron was our tour guy - absolute legend and knowledgeable! Fun, historic tour and yummy tasters to finish!

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Quest08384908805

Mar 9, 2026

Great tour - Great adventure. Tour guide was knowledgeable and entertaining

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Evelyn

Mar 6, 2026

Ghosts in the house. - Our group really enjoyed the ghost tour. Very informative exciting experience. We even had a couple of orbes in photos.

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Gard_s

Feb 12, 2026

The best way to see Port Arthur - We chose a dark, stormy night for our ghost tour. We qwre lucky and missed the rain. We didn'r experience any supernatural phenomena, but Tony (our tour guide) was a great storyteller and told tales that had a shiver running down our spines. Given the dark history of the place, an afterdark tour was perfect. Great value, wpuld recommend.

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James_r

Apr 11, 2026

was fun but fail in... - was fun but fail in obtaining a cert of brave at end of tour would be nice if they gave them out like the page said

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Julianne_r

Apr 4, 2026

Interesting and the guide told the stories with passion and a wee sense of humour - Yes. Our history needs to be told Ideal surrounding to tell our heritage of the convicts who built Australia

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Kymb2019

Mar 8, 2026

Got the shivers….. - Lots of ghost stories, not enough time. Ghost tour was fantastic well done. Only thing we found was not many places to have dinner before hand if you haven’t booked a table somewhere a head of time. But not there fault

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Mitchell_f

Feb 28, 2026

Ghost Tour - Cool experience, but wish we were able to see more of the buildings/rooms. At times it felt a bit underwhelming due to simply listening to stories versus being able to explore a little bit.

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From $25

up to 9 guests

1 - Adult