You guys NEVER showed up!!! We waited for over an hour & 15 minutes & no one showed. ( other tours did) We found a taxi guy to take us at twice the price but the 31st was our only day here to do it
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Expert photo assistance at major viewpoints
- All Blue Mountains National Park fees and conservation charges
- Featherdale Wildlife Park entry ticket
- Flexible itinerary with strategic crowd-avoidance timing
- Return transportation from Sydney to Blue Mountains in a comfortable air-conditioned minibus
- Scenic World Complete Pass - Railway, Skyway, Cableway & Scenic Walkway
Excludes
- enjoy lunch at Scenic World on-site restaurants or cafés.
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Stand in the BUS/COACH zone in front of the church at 7:30 AM SHARP (arrive by 7:20 AM). Driver/guide will call for "Blue Mountains Tour" with Mate Tours signage. Access via Central Station (5-min walk), Light Rail (Capitol Square/Chinatown, 3-min walk), or taxi. Map sent in confirmation email.
Return
- Stand in the BUS/COACH zone in front of the church at 7:30 AM SHARP (arrive by 7:20 AM). Driver/guide will call for "Blue Mountains Tour" with Mate Tours signage. Access via Central Station (5-min walk), Light Rail (Capitol Square/Chinatown, 3-min walk), or taxi. Map sent in confirmation email.
Itinerary
Arrive Featherdale before large tour groups when animals are most active. With a certified guide on hand, observe kangaroos and wallabies, koalas, wombats and Tasmanian devils, and explore reptile exhibits in this award-winning park. Your guide assists with photos and shares wildlife conservation insights.
Enter the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains National Park through the dramatic escarpment. Your guide explains how the region earned World Heritage status and points out the distinctive blue haze created by eucalyptus oil droplets in the air. Watch the landscape transform from western Sydney suburbs to ancient sandstone cliffs and deep valleys.
Capture sweeping 180-degree panoramic views across Jamison Valley with blue-hazed eucalyptus forest. Your guide explains the unique "blue" haze phenomenon and Blue Mountains geological formation.
Pass through Katoomba, the Blue Mountains' largest town, known for its Art Deco architecture and vibrant arts scene. Your guide shares insights about this historic mountain community as you make your way to Scenic World.
(if Scenic World + Lunch option selected) Experience all four world-class attractions with generous time to enjoy each. Ride the world's steepest railway (52-degree incline), explore ancient Jurassic rainforest on elevated boardwalks, glide across Jamison Valley on the glass-floor Cableway, and soar on the Scenic Skyway 270 meters above the gorge. Use your included lunch voucher at Scenic World dining facilities, offering convenient options for all dietary requirements,
Take in breathtaking 270-degree panoramic views across Jamison Valley from multiple viewing platforms at this renowned Blue Mountains vantage point.
Visit the iconic Three Sisters rock formation and hear Dreamtime stories from your guide about this legendary landmark.
Experience one of the Blue Mountains' most spectacular waterfalls. Take a scenic walk to witness the 187-meter cascading Wentworth Falls, or relax at the Conservation Hut Café with refreshments (own expense) while others explore. Your guide will try to accommodates different activity preferences.
Relax on the scenic drive back through Blue Mountains villages. Your guide shares final insights, answers questions, and provides Sydney recommendations before drop off at the Meeting Point in Sydney Central.
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Reviews
Awesome adventure. The wildlife park is sssoooooo great. Seeing koalas and petting and feeding Kangaroos. Plus you get to see so many more native wildlife. The mountains are good too. Just be ready to go down a hell of a lot of stairs and then climb back up them. I was gassed at the end. Scenic world was great too but just keep an eye on your watch cause we ended up missing the cable car ride which was the best I think. All in all great way to see all the fun stuff.
It was a truly a great experience!!! Diana (Di) was wonderful and charming as a guide. We wish we had more tome at Featherdale and ScenicWorld but Loncoln rock is a must see viewpoint!
It was my husband’s birthday and we decided to celebrate it together taking a day tour to Blue Mountains. The day tour was very well organised. The driver/guide Carol’s explanations about the Featherdale Zoo and Blue Mountains were very informative and helpful. We had a happy and great day together with Carol and the others from the group. The atmosphere within the organisation and the group was really amazing. Carol is a very good driver and also a very good guide. I will recommend this trip to my friends and family.
Fun day trip to the Blue Mountains! I chose this day trip because it included tickets to Scenic World. The stop at Featherdale was fun, though I enjoyed my visit at a different wildlife park a little more. The Blue Mountains were beautiful and our guide Michael took us to some look out points for incredible photos! Michael was very nice, but he didn't give much information or fun facts about things while we were driving. The bus was comfortable, however I did not see any charging ports for phones. Overall, I still had a good time.
Love the trip. Michael was incredible and very knowledgeable about the area. The transport was really comfortable and the stops we made were brilliant thanks so much.
Amazing views and places to go to but tour is really just booking transport A2B and park entrance - all info is sourced independently
I called to reschedule my trip 1 day in advance and I was told that is all booked for the day I requested . Which was a lie. They had availability on Viator site up to the morning of the day I wanted the trip . It was cloudy and rainy and we couldn’t see any of the great scenery . No guide , just the driver who did not explain anything. ZERO !! Our trip was in total silence which is unacceptable. So , it was a waste of a lot of money !!! Look for another company w the option to cancel and check the weather . If it is cloudy and rainy do not go !!
Awesome day and sites, and tour guide was very accommodating and engaging! Well worth it to see more of Australian landscape.
Highlight of this trip was the visit to the Featherdale Wildlife Park. The interaction with the kangaroos, wallabies and koalas was magical. Stopping there first was excellent planning, the crowd was small and the animals were active. We enjoyed the Blue Mountains and Scenic World, also. The landscape and views were stunning. Our tour guide, Tiago, was very friendly and made the day enjoyable. I recommend this trip!
Good chance you won't see three sisters as it rains and is cloudy often. We took a hike to a waterfall instead, which was great. We really enjoyed Featherdale wildlife. Just disappointed we didn't see a kangaroo.
We joined a one-day tour to the Blue Mountains during the New Year holidays. Despite the large crowds at every attraction, the experience at each site was still enjoyable. The tour guide is friendly he helped us to took nice pictures at each attractions. However, I have serious doubts about the professionalism of this tour company: 1. **Lack of Communication:** Since we joined the tour during the holiday season, we understood that the schedule might be affected. I assumed delays were due to traffic, which caused us to arrive late at some stops. However, it wasn’t until the afternoon that the guide informed us that Scenic World would not be visited due to excessive crowds and long wait times during the holidays. According to Viator, the tour company checks the crowd situation withScenic World twice daily to adjust the itinerary accordingly. Furthermore, the guide mentioned they had already spent hours stuck at Scenic World the previous day. This suggests the company was well aware of the high likelihood of skipping Scenic World but failed to notify customers in advance. This lack of transparency denied us the option to cancel the tour beforehand. 2. **Refund Issues:** The tour description clearly stated that Scenic World tickets were included in the fee. When I raised this issue with Viator's customer service, hoping the tour company would refund the unused ticket cost, the company refused to issue a refund. Instead, they only offered a discount voucher for future tours. Considering they likely knew in advance Scenic World might not be visited but neither informed us nor refunded the ticket cost, I felt deceived. 3. **Mismanagement of Alternative Plans:** Since Scenic World was skipped, the guide offered an alternative visit to a waterfall. However, at Echo Point, both the guide and most group members returned late to the meeting point after the scheduled time. This resulted in the cancellation of the alternative waterfall stop. When I returned to the meeting point on time, only a few others were there, and I initially thought I had misheard the time. Later, the guide admitted, "We were supposed to leave 30 minutes ago," but even the guide was 30 minutes late. I found this completely incomprehensible. 4. **Lack of Information and Context:** The guide did not provide any cultural or relevant explanations at any of the attractions (only some simple explanations such us we can buy food to feed animals, which route we are going to walk, but there was no detailed explanation about the attraction). Having participated in several tours across Australia, this was the first time I encountered such an issue.
Amazing day trip to the Blue mountains, mostly thanks to our amazing guide Marco!! Never found such a nice guy to give best advices and help to make our tour memorable! Keep in touch Marco, you are more than welcome in south of France! Memorable times especially at Wentworth falls and Lincoln Rocks, which are unmissable. Last, starting the tour with an easy stop at featherdale sanctuary enables a smooth uncrowded visit. Congrats, you made our day!
This was such a great tour with a top guy. Very relaxed, quick coffee on the way, then to the park loaded with animals and birds where you are instantly feeding them. A further hour or so ride to the incredible mountain views and rides. On the way back you visit the falls and whilst there are many steps down to the bottom it is definitely worth the effort. Would go again on another trip with this company.
The tour was canceled by the subcontracted Mates tour & you seemed to not communicate with them at all. We are expecting a full refund.
This tour provided a really full day with amazing experiences! The early stop at the wildlife park meant less people and hungry kangeroos and we had some real magical interactions with the animals. Mac provided first class service for this small group tour. He was professional, kind, went the extra mile and always with a smile. When the foggy weather meant no view, he quickly changed the plans so we could come back later in the day and had amazing views. Highly recommended!
Many wonderful things to see and live with two funny characters - Mac and Ali- that gave a bonus to the trip. I highly recommend, taking the option that leaves earlier is a very good decision ;) ... of the landscapes, sites and attractions I will just say THEY ARE SPECTACULAR!!!... Very well organized... don't hesitate... it's them ;)
Estoy esperando que me contesten el mail que mande reclamando porque no pude hacer la excursión debido a que yo la contrate en ESPAÑOL y la guía solo hablaba inglés.Ademas la combi era espantosa.
Excursión muy bonita. El lugar impresionante. En el parque de animales puedes alimentar a los kanguros. Las Montañas Azules preciosas. Tienes tiempo para verlo. También hay miradores preciosos. El guía, Maikel, fue muy simpático y divertido. Se ofreció a hacerles a todos fotos y nos hizo algunas preciosas. No sientes como con otros guías que solo quieren volver a casa corriendo. Él fue profesional y se nota que le gusta su trabajo. Muy recomendable.
Hele turen var veldig bra, fra Featherdale-besøket til rundturen i Blue Mountains. Eneste minuset opplevelsen var minibussen som hadde forferdelige fjæringer og et defekt air-condition anlegg. Heldigvis var det ikke altfor varmt den dagen.
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