Blue Mountains Nature and Wildlife Day Tour from Sydney

Sydney, Australia

Explore the beautiful bushland on Sydney's doorstep by taking a full-day nature and wildlife day trip to the World Heritage listed Blue Mountains. Leaving the city behind, you'll visit quaint mountain villages and Featherdale Wildlife Park on your scenic drive from Sydney. Experience all the Blue Mountains has to offer including the Three Sisters, Aboriginal Dreamtime legends and a boardwalk stroll through the rainforest.

You will see stunning vistas such as the Three Sisters at Katoomba, and have the option to ride the scenic railway, skyrail or cableway at Scenic World. You'll also have the opportunity to see Australia's unique wildlife including kangaroos, koalas, wallabies and wombats.

Highlights of your Blue Mountains tour include:

• Free time to visit Leura village, a delightful blend of groomed gardens and quaint shops
• Stopping at Echo Point to see the famous Three Sisters rock formation
• Discovering the Aboriginal Dreamtime legends of the mountains and Three Sisters
• Following the scenic Cliff Drive and enjoying breathtaking views of the Megalong Valley
• Traveling through Katoomba, the heart of the Blue Mountains' resort region
• Enjoying an easy walk and stroll along the boardwalk through the rainforest
• The option to lunch at Scenic World, with 360-degree panoramas and views of the Three Sisters from your table
• The option to ride the Scenic Railway (the world's steepest incline railway) to the rainforest boardwalk, the Scenic Skyway for views of the Three Sisters, or the Scenic Cableway (the steepest aerial cable car in Australia) over the rainforest of the Jamison Valley
• Seeing koalas and other Australian animals at Featherdale Wildlife Park

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USD $112.74

Traveler Reviews

Review by: SYBILLE M	April 2012
From start to finish the service was a pleasure Dave was great with the comentarys not to much and friendly great customer service have recommented to friends

Review by: Martin S	March 2012
This was an excellent trip as the sun was shinning. We took the option of coming back to the city by ferry. This was great. This was our 3rd. booking with Viator in different parts of the world and all have been excellent.

Review by: Syed Z	March 2012
Good trip really enjoyed the wildlife park but the lunch at the revolving restaurant was dreadful in a chaotic setting and very very poor food

Review by: Joan B	March 2012
Lunch was disappointing in quality, we were made to get off the coach in a storm to see animals that were hiding from the rain. we asked to be allowed to stay on coach but were told it was not possible so we all got soaked.

Review by: Kevin D	March 2012
A very full day. Driver/guide talked incessantly for literally hours from the time we boarded. He wanted us to attend an aboriginal 'experience' en-route to our Blue Mt. destination,( extra charge) but we all resisted. The buffet lunch is well worth the extra, but means it's impossible to see all there is at the destination. Weather will inevitably affect the enjoyment of the trip. Very good wildlife park stop on outskirts of Sydney on return. We opted for the river cruise back into the city, if only to avoid the inane chatter from the driver.

Review by: Leonila C	March 2012
What an exciting day! I love every bit of the tour in Blue Mountains and Featherdale Wildlife Park. Excellent!

Review by: john granlund	February 2012
Very expensive and if we have had the chance we would have cancelled this day. The guide was good but the wanted to add extras for Aborigins etc and the day was rushy from place to place. We had almost no time for lunch and walking in the rain forest. The stop at Featherdale wildlife park was very good.

Review by: Anna G	February 2012
I loved every moment of the tour. Great information while driving to the different places, was able to pet kangaroo's and koala's! The only thing that makes it a 4 star and not a 5 would be that there was not enough time at Scenic World to go on all the rides and enjoy the majestic scenery.

Review by: Roger S	February 2012
Unfortunately the Blue mountains views were spoiled by the mist so we visited the aborigine culture show. We felt that this show was too rushed. The included lunch was good and the Wild life centre was very good. Long journey times getting in and out of Sydney.

Review by: elizabeth a	February 2012
The trip itself was good, only the weather was foggy and viewing impossible. Perhaps another time of year? The wildlife park was fantastic.

Review by: Steven A	February 2012
This tour was very enjoyable except for the mess up with not knowing about the additional charges for the skytrain. We were misinformed and told that the lunch was the only optional charge. even the bus driver said that this happens almost every day so apparently we were not the only ones led to believe that the transportation in the park was included. It was a real problem for us and the driver because he could not take credit cards or american currency. we were 4 people and the extra charge was 112 us dollars. We were upset with the hassle. Also we did not have lunch because we ran out of time. Not enough time was given for the park nor at featherdale.

Review by: liliana.pereira	January 2012
It was really god, but the time spent in the park at the blue mountains wasn't enought and we had to run a lot to do everything... some people didn't get to do and see everything, ubt they got part of the money back.

Review by: Margaret M	January 2012
We both enjoyed our trip to the Blue Mountains. The views were quite spectacular - especially from the skyrail. Only one of the skyrails were in operation due to maintenance work being carried out but that was just unfortunate really. The ride on the fenicular railway was as near to a fairground ride as you could get. We both enjoyed the ride. The member of staff who answered our queries regarding the forest was helpful and informative. It was sad but a useful experience to see at first hand the effects of the forest fires which we only witness through television and newspapers. The fire was believed to have been started deliberately. The visit to the wildlife zoo was entertaining. It was interesting seeing the wildlife together which we would only normally see, individually, in zoos at home. It was a great collection of Austalian animals, birds and reptiles etc. The trip round the various sports stadia and arenas of Sydney seemed to be filling time and consequently, was a waste of it. We felt the time would have been better spent in the Blue Mountains as we didn't get to see all the forest area having to rush back to the coach.

Review by: Abbe S	January 2012
brilliant day out and well organised. only downside is that we found that there wasnt enough time to do all we wanted and could have done with extra time. all in all great day out!

Review by: Robert P	January 2012
Everything went well.

Review by: Ann-Marie	January 2012
The time at each stop was very limited and at Scenic World it was a race against time to get around which spoilt the day a bit. Also at the Olypmic Park I would've liked to have a walk around.

Review by: Ann-Marie	January 2012
The time at each stop was very limited and at Scenic World it was a race against time to get around which spoilt the day a bit. Also at the Olympic Park I would've liked to have a walk around.

Review by: Wun Shan Femme K	January 2012
Nice Scenes

Review by: Xiao Ling W	January 2012
Excellent, although had trouble to call the local tour operator overseas via the phone number provided 24 hours beforehand.

Review by: Richard J	January 2012
A great day. Most enjoyable. Our driver was excellent.

Review by: Richard J	January 2012
A great day. Most enjoyable. Our driver was excellent.

Review by: SUZIE P	December 2011
Featherdale zoo was the highlight of this trip. Don't waste your money on the skywalk!

Review by: Jerri	December 2011
ENJOYED THE TOUR. THE LUNCH WAS HORRIBLE. THE BLUE MOUNTAINS WERE BEAUTIFUL, ESPECIALLY THE THREE SISTERS. THE WILDLIFE TOUR GAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO TOUCH THE ANIMALS.

Review by: Manju K	December 2011
It was fairly good trip. Driver which was working as guide was friendly. Lunch was fairly good. The downside of the trip was that we were not informed in advance that the rides were not working. Plus time given for rides was unrealistic, we did not take the rides to be back in the bus at schedule time. We waited in the bus for One and half hour before all the guest returned who took all the rides.....

Review by: Harvey B	December 2011
This was an excellent trip. We enjoyed the day so much. The Blue Mountains are very scenic. We were lucky to get good views before the clouds and rain rolled in. The railway at Scenic World was like the old "E" ride at Disneyland. Scary, but fun. I can't decide which was scarier...going down or going up backward. We got a special treat to see the Aborigine dancers before we reached Scenic World. Our stop at Featherdale was a treat. We fed the kangaroos and patted the koala. So cute. We even had time to drive through Olympic Park on the way back to Sydney. It was a long day, though, but very glad we did it.

Review by: Lynn H	December 2011
Trip was good but hidden costs for rides at the blue mountain and optional ferry trip home at extra cost

Review by: Jennifer A	December 2011
Good day trip. Our driver was very informative and Freindly. Was a little crowded once we got to Scenic World since it was a Sunday. Would suggest doing this during the week. Also, 1 of the 3 rides was down so the other 2 were a little crowded. Featherdale Zoo was the best. You definately need more than an hour there. Would go back just to Featherdale Zoo on our own. If you don't have a lot of time to explore all of the sites, this is definately a good way to see all of them in 1 day.

Review by: Cherny_1612	December 2011
Picturesque views!

Review by: Eileen T	December 2011
A very full day, the driver was an excellent guide, full of information. We actually got to stroking kangaroos, wallabies and a koala, which was great, after not having seen those in the wild, either in Cairns or Ayers Rock. _br/_ A good day out. More time was needed on certain aspects, but then it was peak season, so no complaints.

Review by: Paul J	November 2011
I really liked this tour although the weather was horrible. Having visited the Amazon rain forest, the Scenicworld tour didn't seem completely authentic but it would be fine for most people. The animal rescue centre visit would have been great if hadn't rained to much.

Review by: Kerry D	November 2011
Very good trip. Unfortunately there was a long wait at scenic world which made the trip over an hour late. However the tour guide, Mel, was brilliant. 10/10 for her.

Review by: willow	November 2011
Thoroghly enjoyed the trip.The sights were beautiful and the Featherdale wildlife park is fantastic!!!

Review by: Richard B	November 2011
Unfortunately a cloudy foggy day so we could not see anything. Our tour guide did a great job though.

Review by: Ian L	November 2011
Excellent tri and well organised. Just about the right amount of time at each stop. Very informative driver.

Review by: steven m	November 2011
Fun day, began with visit to little town called Luera which was ok for a shrt walk around but not that impressive. Arrived at blue moutains which were stunning. Guide was very knowledgeable and interesting. Then continued to scenic park which was good for lunch but the attractions were not veryimpressive- the mines at the base of railway are dull. THEN howeer the day improved massively with a visit to a zoo with Australian animals. This was impressive with close contact to Koala, Roo's Wombats Taz devil and everything! Impressed with the zoo and you can feed animals and stroke Koala and Roos. Day was overall enjoyable and kids will love zoo.

Review by: Mary H	November 2011
The weather was rainy and foggy; therefore, I did not get to enjoy the excellent views of Blue Mountain; however, I enjoyed having lunch in the revolving restaurant and the wild life Park. We opted to take the Ferry back to Sydney and I would recommend it to anyone who takes this tour. We took three day long Viator tours while in Cairns and Sydney and all were very timely and well organized.

Review by: Gabrielle H	November 2011
Excellent tour just a bit rushed. Worth booking the lunch before you go as it's a lot more expensive to book there.

Review by: David C, United States of America	July 2010
The trip was excellent would highly reccomend it!!!

Review by: J K S, India	June 2010
Very interesting and enjoyable. Runnig commentary by Mr James was outstanding

Review by: Melissa P, United States of America	May 2010
Great! Would have liked more time in Leura and at Scenic World.

Review by: Geoffrey H, United Kingdom	April 2010
This was an excellent days trip all round.

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	April 2010
Very informative, humourous driver. This tour covers all you need to see of the Blue Mountains area & provides breathtaking views & endless photo opportunities. Wasn't too rushed for time in each location.

Review by: Stacy M, United States of America	March 2010
Don't miss out. Spectacular mountains.

Review by: Susan B, United States of America	March 2010
Great

Review by: Teresa A, Canada	March 2010
We were very pleased with this tour. The driver we had, Phil, was very informative and a very nice person. It is worth the time and the small cost to see the Blue Mountains and everthing else that is included with this day trip.

Review by: Naresh C, United States of America	February 2010
Fantastic.

Review by: David S, United Kingdom	February 2010
A fantastic not to be missed experience. Superb organisation.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	December 2009
Absolutley a must if you go to Sydney. So magnificant I nearly cried.

Review by: Richard H, United Kingdom	November 2009
We were picked up from our hotel exactly on schedule. The driver, as well as our guide, were well versed and gave an excellent commentary throughout the journey. The Blue Mountains are magnificent and the views are stunning. The vista from Echo Point with the Three Sisters was a sight to behold. Featherdale Wildlife Park was amazing. All three of us hand fed the wallabies and kangaroos. So many beautiful and exciting birds and animals to see.

Review by: Robert S, United States of America	November 2009
Mountains where great, stop offs interesting & bus ride comfortable