Canberra Day Trip from Sydney

Sydney, Australia

Visit beautiful Canberra on a day trip from Sydney. The nation's capital - a purpose built city, ultra modern, with imposing architecture yet a rural charm of lakeside, gardens and open spaces. Come and discover this hi-tech city - home of superb national monuments, museums and galleries.

Canberra, Australia's most modern capital city and the political and administrative heart. Striking architecture contrasts with natural bushland. Visit the new billion dollar Parliament House and New Museum for an exclusive guided tour of both, pass the Prime Minister's Lodge and diplomatic embassies and visit the Australian War Memorial.

USD $153.28

Review by: Dnice	March 2012
its a long bus ride to Canberra from Sydney but our driver made it very enjoyable and interesting, well done Jules. The tour of Memorial was great but need more time to appreciate it. Enjoyed Parliament house tour and guides were very informative. Gallery was same as other galleries wonderiul pieces of art and some that looked like a 3 yr old did it.

Review by: Anais M G	January 2012
The tour guide was wonderful. Canberra had so much to offter than I was expecting. The capital was just beautiful. The tour guides did a great job of explaining Australia's coming to story. This was a really sobering tour and I just loved it!

Review by: Tiffanie	December 2011
This was by far a fantastic trip. I highly recommend to anyone who wants to take in breathtaking views. This tour included the War Memorial which is the best I've ever seen, the Canberra Art Museum, and of course ACT Parliament House.

Review by: Lucy G	December 2011
This trip was a memorable one. The guide was a very nice person, very profesional and very helpfull. I can not forget the Memorial . _br/_ Thanks

Review by: Susan K	November 2011
Good Itinerary

Review by: van thanh L	October 2011
great,i enjoy the trip,thanks for the services.

Review by: AZAD F	June 2011
Excellent day. Knowledgeable driver/guide. Local guide very good.

Review by: Juantorena C	March 2011
Intresting.

Review by: bubbles_mean	January 2011
It was a nice experience. The driver/tour guide was very friendly and accommodating. Although me and my friend were always late returning on the bus after each tour, he was still smiling and asking us if we enjoy it. The tour guide in the three places we visited was good too coz he knows a lot about the places. We really enjoyed the trip.

Review by: grace B	January 2011
Coach takes about 3.5 hrs to Canberra with stop en-route but felt quicker due to showing some DVDs. War memorial was very interesting but more time needed there. Less time needed for Australia Museum which is still being built up. Parliament House was not sitting but tour guide here was excellent but not needed for other parts of tour. Driver was friendly and informative. Quite pricey albeit a 13hr trip and overall recommended.

Review by: Erwin S	November 2010
Interesting trip. Too few time in the parliament, more time and information would have been great. Participants were not the youngest...

Review by: Connie S	November 2010
Trip was fine - however I think that as it is such a long day more time could be spent at the National Museum, Aust War Memorial and Parliament House if we did not have to look at the Embassy Houses. Afterall apart from the PNG House they are really just houses.

Review by: Anonymous	July 2010
If you want to see the countryside this is a great way to get out and get going. The visit to the capital should be on your list, if you want to get to know Australia.

Review by: Reformador A, Australia	April 2010
Tour guide is very informative and friendly. Highly recommended to go on this tour as you will see all the major tourist attractions and lots of time to take some pictures and shop for souvenirs. Many thanks to VIATOR. This my second time with them, the first one was in Singapore and it was spectacular.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	April 2010
long drive, restaurant for dinner do not give many choices, just pies, no soup ,no salad.

Review by: Anthony D L	January 2010
The local guides in Canberra were pretty good, and our bus driver / guide was also decent. There really isn't that much to see in Canberra, however, so do this tour only if you have an extra day where you would do nothing otherwise.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	December 2009
The tour was good and interesting. The bus driver and tour guide once we arrived were both very informative! However the bus was supposed to pick us up and then couldn't, so we went to Star City but do to the construction the place was difficult to locate. Then we got stuck in traffic for an hour and the rest of the day was a bit rushed trying to catch up.

Review by: Bhaskar S, Australia	October 2009
Not bad, in fact, quite a good experience! Our driver and our guide was a very friendly person and knew what he was doing. I do not regret my decision to use Viator instead of any other provider or using my own car for the trip. I would have missed a lot. 2 thumbs up. Wished I had more thumbs!

Review by: George C, Singapore	September 2009
How can one not pay a visit to the ACT Caught a parliamentary sitting, great! Could have done without the rain, though.

Review by: Cheryl Q, Australia	September 2009
The bus driver and the guide were both full of very interesting information. I could have spent a bit more time as the war memorial though, had to rush around, otherwise very good!

Review by: GEORGE, KOK KEONG C	September 2009
How can one not pay a visit to the ACT Caught a parliamentary sitting, great! Could have done without the rain, though.

Review by: CHERYL Q	September 2009
The bus driver and the guide were both full of very interesting information. I could have spent a bit more time as the war memorial though, had to rush around, otherwise very good!

Review by: Kimberley L, Australia	August 2009
I have been to Canberra before, but it was awhile back when I was in primary school. My boyfriend and I decided that since we were holidaying in Sydney, to take a visit to Canberra. It was his first trip to Australia, so it made sense to take him to our nation's capital. He loved it! I loved it! The tour group was great. Everyone was from all over the world! The tour guide/bus driver was fantastic! He was very knowledgeable and friendly, and did a great job coordinating everything. This was definitely a worthwhile tour!

Review by: Alan J, United States of America	July 2009
There was some confusion about the pick-up location that required email exchanges with Viator while we were traveling, so that was a bit of a challenge. The company did an excellent job - great, informative and likable driver as well as an informative local guide in Canberra.

Review by: Deborah H, South Africa	March 2009
It was so informative and well organised. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. Thank you!

Review by: Anonymous, Italy	February 2009
Just great, maybe a little bit fast for the little time we had.

Review by: K K, United States of America	August 2008
Great to see the capital but it was even more a rush than previous reviews stated, as we ran into traffic. Time would have been better spent in the National museum than driving past the embassies and taking so long at the War Memorial. The guide for the Museum and Parliament was SO incredibly knowledgeable, would have been much better to have more time to spend in those 2 places.

Review by: Karen K	August 2008
Great to see the capital but it was even more a rush than previous reviews stated, as we ran into traffic. Time would have been better spent in the National museum than driving past the embassies and taking so long at the War Memorial. The guide for the Museum and Parliament was SO incredibly knowledgeable, would have been much better to have more time to spend in those 2 places.

Review by: Virendra S, Australia	May 2008
This is really a good value for the money. I came to Australia for the first time and really wanted to have a tour which would give me a detailed guided tour to Canberra. This trip to Canberra is definitely what I was looking for; it gave me everything and covered every aspect of Canberra I was looking for. Most importantly, I loved the way our guide explained everything to us in a very nice and patient manner. I will surely recommend this tour to my friends, and it is a great value of the money. I would like to thank Viator for this memorable trip to Canberra.

Review by: Virendra Prasad S	May 2008
This is really a good value for the money. I came to Australia for the first time and really wanted to have a tour which would give me a detailed guided tour to Canberra. This trip to Canberra is definitely what I was looking for; it gave me everything and covered every aspect of Canberra I was looking for. Most importantly, I loved the way our guide explained everything to us in a very nice and patient manner. I will surely recommend this tour to my friends, and it is a great value of the money. I would like to thank Viator for this memorable trip to Canberra.

Review by: Rosaleen D, New Zealand	March 2008
I really enjoyed the trip. My only regret was that it was a bit rushed - I would have liked to have spent longer at the National Museum and the War museum in particular.

Review by: Graham B, Australia	March 2008
If you have not been to Canberra before this is a great introduction. Very informative commentary.

Review by: John D, United Kingdom	March 2008
Good trip although be prepared for a long journey of 4 hours there and the same back. Time in Canberra well allocated and very good. Driver gave excellent commentary on the way there. Not a lot of time to eat during the day, relied on snacks.

Review by: Karen T, New Zealand	March 2008
This tour was enjoyable but very rushed. I believe there was not enough time at the Museum; the tour there was very limited. The time at the Parliament was interesting, but again, rushed. The driver was very knowledgeable.

Review by: George L, Australia	December 2007
Driver of the day was very accommodating. The trip was all done in a hurry, but this was to be expected of from a day tour. Otherwise, I was very pleased with the experience.

Review by: Tracey O, United States of America	October 2006
It was a beautiful capital city!