We love trees
giant trees, sprawling trees, monster trees, ancient trees

..and you will love them too
we will teach you how to listen to their stories

Exploring giant trees since 1999...
We've climbed and studied some of the world's tallest and largest flowering plants, conducted the first systematic measurements of the giant banyans, and explored significant trees internationally.

We've chased trees around the world..
From the redwood forests to the Himalayan slopes to the Australian rainforests to the heartland of China to the islands of Japan
Gum trees and bunya pines and figs in Australia • Redwoods and redcedars and sequoia and baldcypress in the USA • Spruce and fir in Canada • Giant banyans and baobabs and teaks and cedars in India • Kauri in New Zealand • Araucarians and strangler figs in New Caledonia • Dipterocarps in Borneo • Yakusugi giants in Japan • Ancient beech and oak in Europe • Metasequoia dawn redwoods in China • and more....

We've worked with or appeared in:
...as a scientist....
biodiversity surveys • branching structure • arboreal plants • insect life • forest dynamics, photomonitoring • leaf chemistry • vertebrate habitats •

... and as a documentarian.
• words • pixels • moving images •

In 2002, fell madly in love with Tasmania's giant forests
They have a unique charm all their own

and now it's your turn!
Join us on a forest adventure - suitable options for all age levels and abilities

Now based in Hobart, Tasmania...
A beautiful port city on an emerald island on the edge of the world. The finest of Australian destinations and only and a short distance from several of the world's superlative trees.
– New York Times’ 52 Places to Go in 2018 – #33
– Fodor’s Global Go List 2018
– Favourite Travel Experience (Australian Traveller People’s Choice Awards 2017)
– Best Place in the World to Visit in January (Lonely Planet)
– Best Travel Destination in the World (Travel+ China Magazine 2015)
– Best Island in Australia (Travel+Leisure Magazine 2015)
...and inviting you on an Expedition to these spectacular forests
let's meet some of these amazing organisms and learn their lessons

Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness grew up between the coastal redwoods and the giant sequoia groves of California, studied forest ecology in the coastal rainforests near Seattle, and originally came to Tasmania to conduct the first on-ropes biodiversity surveys of the giant Eucalyptus treetops.
In the years since, he’s travelled 26,000km around India documenting trees as part of a Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship, conducted the first systematic measurements of the world’s broadest trees, climbed the world’s tallest flowering tree, mapped out Hiroshima’s atomic-bomb survivor trees, and clambered into the branches of a New Caledonian aracaurian pine. He has served as Field Editor and regular contributor to Asian Geographic Magazine, assisted international film documentaries, and founded Tasmanian Geographic.
Now returned to Tasmania, he is on a mission to champion the superlative Giant Trees of the island as globally recognised tourist attractions.
Let’s go to the forest!
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We acknowledge the long human history of Tasmania and pay our respects to the Tasmanian Aboriginal communities.
Contribute to our citizen science efforts at iNaturalist. Discover the biodiversity of the Giant Forests of Tasmania via our downloadable iNaturalist Field Guide.
© Giant Tree Expeditions. You might enjoy reading about our lovely island at Tasmanian Geographic. Check out our other fun projects at Outreach Ecology. Email us at hello@giant-trees.com. Tell the world about these giant trees at TripAdvisor. Read our story of how we began. Meet ambassador trees we know and love. Learn about and book your place on an Expedition.


This tour was a highlight of my trip to Tasmania and was a truly special experience. I was travelling with a friend and whilst we had already done a lot… read more of hiking and exploring around the island I wanted to benefit from the expertise of someone more familiar with the trees and their stories.
Our tour booking coincided with the beginning of one of Tasmania’s worst fires and our guide Yoav admirably rescheduled all our plans to avoid unsafe areas and road blockages, while still meeting our requests. This itself was impressive.
Our fully customised day trip was based on our specific interests in ecology, botany, good food and waterfalls. We heard about local history and trivia, gorged on fresh berries and vegan bagels, met the people behind these amazing places, explored remote and seemingly unvisited areas, went for a refreshing ice cold swim and felt a true sense of exploration and discovery as we searched through dense forest for giant trees.
Tasmania’s giant trees are such characters, with their own names and personality. In much the same way as getting to know a person, it helps to have a good mutual contact to make introductions. Yoav is very good at this! I came away from this day feeling like I had developed an intimate and personal connection with Tasmania’s trees. Yoav took us to places and told us stories that won’t be found in books. I transitioned from feeling like an outsider, observing, to being welcomed into the tree-fold. And that is the real gift.
Tip: Give Yoav your list of desires and then take his advice. Highly recommend.

2/26/2019

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