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Katoomba · New South Wales · Australia

Blue Mountains Tours

Guided days west of Sydney, and what every fare actually covers

Blue Mountains tours run west out of Sydney to a sandstone plateau a thousand metres up, where three weathered turrets stand off the escarpment above a valley you cannot drive into. Every fare here is set out with what it actually covers, so you can see which one buys the ride down.

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Listed 2000World Heritage
1,017 mKatoomba's altitude
From $62Per person

Hours, prices and access verified by the Blue Mountains Tours team — last checked 2026-09-09

Blue Mountains Tours › Tours & Tickets 2026 Updated: 2026-09-09
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The best Blue Mountains day tour is the one that fits your day: buy the attractions, walk the country, or go late for the light. Pick yours from the three most booked.

Best sellerDepart Syd: Blue Mountains Best All Inclusive with Local Guide

Depart Syd: Blue Mountains Best All Inclusive with Local Guide

★★★★★ 4.9 (9,717 reviews · 10 hours)

Sydney CBD meeting pointScenic World passWildlife park entryLunch included

Board before seven at a Sydney CBD meeting point and hand the whole day to an operator licensed to work inside the national park. The fare carries a Scenic World pass for the railway, skyway, cableway and boardwalk, a sit-down lunch catering for vegan, halal, vegetarian and gluten-free diets, and entry to Featherdale Wildlife Park or Sydney Zoo. You name which wildlife park a day ahead, and the day finishes on the Parramatta River, so you come home to Circular Quay by ferry instead of the westbound traffic. Twenty travellers is the cap, and meeting points cannot be changed inside twenty-four hours.

  1. Meet at your Sydney CBD departure point
  2. Echo Point Lookout and the Three Sisters
  3. Scenic World Railway, Skyway and Cableway
  4. Katoomba Cascades photo stop
  5. Free time in Katoomba
  6. Bushwalking in Blue Mountains National Park
  7. Featherdale Wildlife Park or Sydney Zoo
  8. Parramatta River ferry to Circular Quay

From $209 per person

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Lunch includedFrom Sydney: Blue Mountains Tour with Waterfall Walk & Lunch

From Sydney: Blue Mountains Tour with Waterfall Walk & Lunch

★★★★★ 4.8 (2,939 reviews · 10 hours 30 minutes)

Meet at HaymarketScenic World extraLunch included

Meet at 812 George Street in Haymarket at half past seven, three minutes from Central station, and head west by minibus. The centrepiece is a ninety-minute walk down to the foot of Wentworth Falls and back up, and it is the reason this Blue Mountains day leaves out Scenic World, the zoo and the ferry on purpose. Lunch is a locally made continental roll covering vegetarian, vegan, coeliac and allergy needs, ordered on the morning rather than at booking. The group runs to roughly twenty-seven, the minimum age is fourteen, and you can opt out of the hardest section of the walk.

  1. Meet at 812 George Street, Haymarket
  2. Drive west to Blue Mountains National Park
  3. 90-minute waterfall walk at Wentworth Falls
  4. Freshly made continental roll lunch
  5. Three Sisters and Katoomba lookouts
  6. Return to central Sydney

From $86 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

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Sunset departureBlue Mountains Sunset Waterfalls Wildlife Tour From Sydney

Blue Mountains Sunset Waterfalls Wildlife Tour From Sydney

★★★★★ 4.7 (1,067 reviews · 10 hours 30 minutes)

Meet on George StGuided bushwalks

Start late, at ten in winter and noon in summer, from the kerb outside the Mercure on George Street, and skip the peak-hour run west altogether. Guided bushwalks at Wentworth Falls and stops at Echo Point and the Three Sisters build towards the last hour of light at Lincoln's Rock. National park entry, a driver-guide and a recorded guide in nine languages come with the fare; meals and hotel pickup do not, and the coach meets you rather than collecting you. Departure moves with daylight saving, so confirm your time before you plan anything for the evening.

  1. Meet outside Mercure Sydney on George Street
  2. Break at Glenbrook
  3. Guided walk at Wentworth Falls
  4. Echo Point Lookout photo stop
  5. The Three Sisters
  6. Sunset at Lincoln's Rock

From $113 per person

Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

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Trusted by Thousands of Visitors

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Best Guides

Local driver-guides who know which lookout is empty at eleven in the morning and reorder the day around the weather to get you there. Travellers name them by name, review after review, and that is the recommendation worth reading.

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Book With Confidence

All but one of these days can be cancelled in full up to 24 hours before departure, at no charge. You are not charged until the operator confirms, and one of them refunds outright if a road or track closure takes out a core part of the day.

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Experience of a Lifetime

You get a valley several hundred metres deep, three sandstone turrets standing off its wall, and a railway that drops into rainforest at fifty-two degrees. It is ninety minutes from a capital city and it looks like nowhere near one.

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FREE CANCELLATION up to 24 hours in advance on every day listed here except the stargazing session, which says so on its own card.

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Blue Mountains Day Tours and Adventures

Blue Mountains day tours and adventures take in everything else: coach and small-van days from Sydney, a three-hour ex-army truck ride, and a Blue Mountains stargazing tour with an astronomer after dark. The day tours to Blue Mountains from Sydney run eight to eleven hours. Blue Mountains hiking tours among them are built around a real descent.

Bushwalk + wildlifeExclusive Blue Mountains Wildlife and Bushwalk Tour From Sydney

Exclusive Blue Mountains Wildlife and Bushwalk Tour From Sydney

★★★★★ 4.7 (1,128 reviews · 10 hours)

Central Sydney pickupWildlife park entryGuided bushwalksMax 23 travellers

Pickup runs from a set of central Sydney points and the day is built around walking rather than riding. Featherdale Wildlife Park admission sits inside the fare, along with up to an hour of guided bushwalking that takes in Wentworth Falls, and the Three Sisters seen from Echo Point. Your guide reorders the stops around the weather and the coach parties, which is why travellers describe wet days here that still worked. Lunch is not covered, so buy it in the free hour at Leura, and expect a moderate level of fitness across uneven ground and steps.

From $146 per person

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Scenic World passSmall Group Blue Mountains, Wildlife & Scenic World Day Tour

Small Group Blue Mountains, Wildlife & Scenic World Day Tour

★★★★★ 4.6 (998 reviews · 11 hours)

Sydney pickupScenic World passWildlife park entryMax 35 travellers

Travel west by coach with a driver-guide and a Scenic World Unlimited Discovery Pass already paid for. That pass covers the railway, skyway, cableway and walkway, and the Blue Mountains day adds Sydney Zoo entry with a koala photograph, then Echo Point, Leura village and the Gordon Falls and Cahill's lookouts. Bottled water, snacks and gratuities are all in the fare while every meal is not, so buy your lunch during the stop at Leura. Thirty-five is the group ceiling and there is no hiking, which makes this the least strenuous way to cover the most ground.

From $136 per person

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Free time in LeuraBlue Mountains Day Tour With Bushwalks, Waterfalls & Featherdale

Blue Mountains Day Tour With Bushwalks, Waterfalls & Featherdale

★★★★★ 4.8 (360 reviews · 10 hours)

Central Sydney pickupWildlife park entryGuided bushwalksMax 23 travellers

Collect from a central Sydney pickup point and spend the day between Featherdale Wildlife Park and the Blue Mountains escarpment at Katoomba. Entry to Featherdale is included, as are guided bushwalks, the Three Sisters at Echo Point and an hour of free time in Leura or Katoomba. Guides on this one are named again and again in traveller reviews for rebuilding the running order to dodge both rain and coach parties. Return to Sydney is around half past six, twenty-three travellers is the ceiling, and the walks ask you for moderate fitness on uneven ground.

From $146 per person

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Six Sydney pickupsBlue Mountains Tour: Deluxe Small Group, ScenicWorld, Featherdale

Blue Mountains Tour: Deluxe Small Group, ScenicWorld, Featherdale

★★★★★ 4.9 (255 reviews · 10 hours)

Six Sydney hotelsScenic World passWildlife park entryMax 20 travellers

Six named central Sydney hotels take pickups between seven and half past, in a Mercedes or a minibus rather than a full-size coach. A Scenic World unlimited pass and a wildlife park visit both sit inside the fare, with Echo Point, Katoomba Cascades and forty-five minutes at Leura filling out the rest. The listing promises relaxed walks and no hiking at all, which makes it the one to book when stairs are the deciding factor. The day ends on a Parramatta River ferry whose fare you buy yourself at the wharf, so keep a card on you.

From $168 per person

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Lowest priceStargazing with an Astronomer in the Blue Mountains

Stargazing with an Astronomer in the Blue Mountains

★★★★★ 4.8 (253 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes)

At Wentworth FallsMax 20 travellers

Drive yourself to the Wentworth Falls picnic area after dark and spend ninety minutes at a telescope beside a working astrophysicist. Depending on the night you might pick out craters on the Moon, the rings of Saturn, Jupiter's moons or the Orion Nebula, with astronomical binoculars, hot chocolate and blankets provided. Ten minutes from Katoomba and a short walk from the lookout, it is the one thing here that starts after every day tour has driven home. Booking is final sale, so fix your date first; the operator moves you or refunds if cloud stops the session.

From $62 per person

Final sale — this one is not refundable, so fix your date before you book.

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Katoomba departureArmy Truck Adventures - 3 Hour Guided Tour

Army Truck Adventures - 3 Hour Guided Tour

★★★★★ 4.9 (55 reviews · 3 hours)

From KatoombaMax 8 travellers

Climb into an open-air ex-army Land Rover on Echo Point Road in Katoomba for three hours on tracks a coach cannot use. Eight travellers is the hard cap, the vehicle is a converted Australian army truck, and the entire run stays up in the mountains instead of driving out from the city. Bottled water comes with it and food does not, which matters on an afternoon with no cafe stop built in. Book this one if you are already staying up here and have half a day spare rather than a whole one.

From $109 per person

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Max 4 guestsBlue Mountains Full Day Guided Tour

Blue Mountains Full Day Guided Tour

★★★★★ 5.0 (38 reviews · 8 hours)

From KatoombaLunch includedMax 4 travellers

Eight hours that begin at your own accommodation up in the mountains, so the day starts where the Sydney coaches are still driving towards. Four travellers is the hard cap, lunch from a local kitchen is included, and the route is set with you rather than for you. Travellers describe rainforest walks, wild kangaroos, Butterbox Point over the Grose Valley and rock carvings a long way from any car park. The minimum age is eight, and it suits anyone already staying in Katoomba or Blackheath who wants a day off the highway.

From $242 per person

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Blue Mountains Private Tours

Blue Mountains private tours put a vehicle and a driver of your own at your party's pace, from a four-hour e-bike ride to nine-to-eleven-hour days out of Sydney. Every fare here is quoted per person.

Private tourBlue Mountains PRIVATE Day Tour from Sydney plus Wildlife Park

Blue Mountains PRIVATE Day Tour from Sydney plus Wildlife Park

★★★★★ 4.9 (208 reviews · 10 hours)

Sydney hotel pickupWildlife park entryYour group only

Your own air-conditioned mini coach collects at a Sydney hotel and stays with your group for ten hours. The route takes in Echo Point, Leura, Cahill's Lookout and Wentworth Falls Lake, then Sydney Zoo, and finishes with a harbour cruise that lands near the Opera House at around six. Entry to the national park and the zoo are both inside the fare while food and drink are not, and Aboriginal culture is part of the commentary. Three adults is the minimum booking, so this suits a family or a group of friends rather than a couple.

From $385 per person

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Top ratedPrivate Blue Mountains Escape The Crowds Tour

Private Blue Mountains Escape The Crowds Tour

★★★★★ 5.0 (82 reviews · 9 hours)

Sydney hotel pickupScenic World extraYour group only

Nine hours in a private vehicle, picked up in Sydney, with the route rebuilt around what you actually want to see. The day covers Glenbrook, Wentworth Falls, Govetts Leap, Leura, Katoomba, the Three Sisters and Cahill's Lookout, and more than seven of those hours are spent inside the mountains rather than on the highway. Scenic World and Featherdale admission are both excluded on purpose: this is a lookouts day, not a rides day. It is also the only vehicle here you can book that is wheelchair and stroller accessible.

From $330 per person

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All entries includedPRIVATE Blue Mountains Scenic World Wentworth Falls & Cruise Tour

PRIVATE Blue Mountains Scenic World Wentworth Falls & Cruise Tour

★★★★★ 4.9 (58 reviews · 9 to 11 hours)

From Sydney CBDScenic World passYour group only

Depart Sydney CBD in a private vehicle with every Blue Mountains entrance fee already settled, the Scenic Railway, Walkway, Skyway and Cableway among them. The route runs Wentworth Falls, Sublime Point, Leura, Echo Point, Katoomba Falls, Boar's Head and Cahill's Lookout, with two full hours held at Scenic World alone. Parking, fuel and facility charges all sit inside the fare, which is where most of the gap from a coach seat actually goes. Lunch is the only thing left to buy, and the day runs nine to eleven hours depending on how long you linger.

From $547 per person

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E-bikeBlue Labyrinth PRIVATE Tour: Sydney Blue Mountains by E-Bike

Blue Labyrinth PRIVATE Tour: Sydney Blue Mountains by E-Bike

★★★★★ 4.9 (31 reviews · 4 hours)

From GlenbrookYour group only

Ride into the Blue Labyrinth on an electric mountain bike, meeting outside Glenbrook railway station about an hour west of the city. Four hours of dirt track and fire trail open onto forest and gorge country that no road reaches, with routes matched to how confidently you ride. The bike, helmet, gloves, snacks and accidental damage cover are all included, and the group is only ever yours. Riders need to be twelve or over with a moderate level of fitness, and the meeting point is reachable on the same train line that runs to Katoomba.

From $282 per person

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Blue Mountains Sunset Tours

Blue Mountains sunset tours leave Sydney late, at ten in winter and noon in summer, and finish in the last hour of light.

Late startSydney: Waterfall Bushwalk and Blue Mountain Sunset Day Trip

Sydney: Waterfall Bushwalk and Blue Mountain Sunset Day Trip

★★★★★ 4.7 (666 reviews · 10 hours 30 minutes)

Meet on George StGuided bushwalks

Leave central Sydney around ten in winter or midday in summer, from the same George Street kerb the early coaches cleared hours before. Two to four kilometres of guided bushwalking includes the descent to Wentworth Falls, roughly eight flights of stairs, and the day closes on the Three Sisters at golden hour. National park fees, onboard Wi-Fi and a nine-language audio guide are covered; food, drink and hotel pickup are not. The operator refunds in full when a road or track closure cancels a core part of the day, so weather that shuts a track does not cost you the fare.

From $129 per person

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Max 10 guestsBlue Mountains Wild Kangaroos & Sunset Day Tour - Late Start

Blue Mountains Wild Kangaroos & Sunset Day Tour - Late Start

★★★★★ 4.9 (140 reviews · 10 hours)

From Circular QuayLunch includedGuided bushwalksMax 10 travellers

A twelve-seater van capped at ten leaves the Sydney Harbour Marriott at Circular Quay mid-morning, and the whole day is shaped around light and wildlife. It looks for wild kangaroos in the Megalong Valley rather than in a park, walks formed trails at Govetts Leap, Sublime Point and Wentworth Falls, and closes with cheese and wine at a sunset spot. Lunch is a pie and salad from an award-winning bakery, every park fee is covered, and an easier option is offered at each walk. Expect eight to fifteen thousand steps on your feet and, in high summer, a return as late as ten.

From $155 per person

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The destination

About the Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains are a sandstone plateau ninety minutes west of Sydney, cut by the Jamison, Grose and Megalong valleys and named for the haze that eucalypt oil throws off the ridgelines. Blue Mountains National Park is one of eight reserves in a World Heritage property inscribed in 2000, and Katoomba sits at 1,017 metres above Echo Point and the Three Sisters. Nothing here charges you admission, which surprises almost everyone who asks, and the only fee in the whole park is levied on vehicles at a single entrance.

The National Park

A Blue Mountains National Park tour crosses one of eight reserves in a property of over a million hectares. NSW Environment and Heritage records 96 eucalypt species inside it, thirteen per cent of every eucalypt on earth, along with the Wollemi pine. The coal beds under the escarpment date to between 245 and 290 million years ago.

Visiting

The park is always open, though parts close overnight and it may shut in poor weather or high fire danger. The only fee anywhere in it is $8 per vehicle per day in the Glenbrook area, on weekends, public holidays and school holidays. Scenic World is privately run and sells its own pass from $64 an adult.

Attractions

Echo Point faces the Three Sisters; Govetts Leap faces the Grose Valley; Lincoln's Rock faces west, which is why the late departures finish there. Wentworth Falls drops 100 metres and asks about two hundred steps of you. Jenolan Caves, in the same property, is closed until early 2027.

The Three Sisters standing off the escarpment above the Jamison ValleyThe Scenic Skyway cable car crossing high above the Jamison ValleyA walking track cut into the cliff edge with the valley open on one side
What you will see

Named Highlights of a Blue Mountains Day

Six things worth your stop, and one of them is on the Sydney side rather than up in the range at all.

The Three Sisters at Echo Point

Three weathered sandstone turrets standing off the north wall of the Jamison Valley, nearly a kilometre above sea level.

The Scenic Railway's 52-degree drop

You ride a carriage down an incline its operator bills as the steepest passenger railway in the world, into rainforest the road never reaches.

Wentworth Falls, one hundred metres

Jamison Creek goes over the edge and falls the full height of the escarpment, and the track down to it is about two hundred steps.

Govetts Leap and the Grose Valley

Twenty minutes north of the crowds, facing an entirely different valley that most coach itineraries never turn off the highway to see.

The blue haze itself

Eucalypt oil evaporating off the forest scatters the light, and the range is named for the colour that leaves on the ridgelines.

Koalas at Featherdale

On the Sydney side rather than up here, which is why so many day tours fold a wildlife park into the drive home.

Plan your visit

Everything You Need Before You Go

What it costs

There is no admission charge for the Blue Mountains. The National Parks and Wildlife Service levies $8 per vehicle per day, and only in the Glenbrook area, on weekends, public holidays and school holidays. Everything else you have seen a photograph of is free to reach and free to walk.

Fees, transport and what to wear

Getting there

Katoomba is about a hundred kilometres west, which the National Parks and Wildlife Service puts at within two hours' drive. Sydney Trains runs the Blue Mountains Line at least hourly and Transport for NSW puts the run to the top of the range at about the same two hours.

Map and distances

When to come

September is the driest month at 70.7mm and August the second driest at 79.3mm, so the coldest half of the year is also the clearest. December through February are the warmest and by some distance the wettest. Bureau of Meteorology averages for Katoomba.

Weather month by month

What to wear

Katoomba sits at 1,017 metres and runs about five degrees below the Sydney forecast by day, every month of the year. Closed walking shoes, a warm layer and a rain jacket cover it. Two operators ban open-toed shoes outright.

Things to do, by how long you have

With children

Minimum ages here are set per tour rather than across the board, and they run at five, six, twelve and fourteen. So the first question is which days take children at all, and the wildlife parks are on the Sydney side rather than up in the range.

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Be honest with me

Do You Need a Guided Tour at All?

Not always, and it is worth saying so plainly. Blue Mountains ticket prices are the shortest section on this subject anywhere, because there are none: the national park charges no admission, and the only fee in it is $8 per vehicle per day in the Glenbrook area on weekends, public holidays and school holidays. If you are happy with Katoomba, the train runs at least hourly and the walk from the station to Echo Point is fifteen minutes downhill.

What Blue Mountains guided tours solve is the road and the route. Four of a ten-hour day are the vehicle, the good lookouts sit twenty minutes apart in three directions, and the guides who reorder the day around the weather are the thing travellers write about afterwards. Where a fare bundles Blue Mountains tickets for Scenic World alongside transport and a meal, it costs less than the parts do at the gate. That is the whole argument, and it does not apply to everybody.

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Which Blue Mountains Tour Is Right for You?

Every one of the Blue Mountains tours and tickets, sorted by rating against review volume, so the best Blue Mountains tours by that measure read from the top. The best Blue Mountains day tour for you, though, is more likely to be decided by the Best-for column than by anything in the price one — read across your own row rather than down the cheapest.

TourLengthIn the mountainsFromBest for 
Depart Syd: Blue Mountains Best All Inclusive with Local Guide10 hoursAbout 5 hours at Blue Mountains stopsFrom $209
per person		First-timers who want every ticket and lunch settled in one fareBook
From Sydney: Blue Mountains Tour with Waterfall Walk & Lunch10 hours 30 minutesAbout 90 minutes on the waterfall walk, plus lookout stopsFrom $86
per person		Walkers over fourteen who would rather earn the view than ride to itBook
Exclusive Blue Mountains Wildlife and Bushwalk Tour From Sydney10 hoursAbout 5 hours at Blue Mountains stopsFrom $146
per person		Visitors who want koalas and a real bushwalk in the same dayBook
Blue Mountains Sunset Waterfalls Wildlife Tour From Sydney10 hours 30 minutesAbout 2 hours 45 minutes across five Blue Mountains stopsFrom $113
per person		Late risers who want golden hour rather than a seven o'clock startBook
Small Group Blue Mountains, Wildlife & Scenic World Day Tour11 hoursEcho Point, Leura, Gordon Falls and Cahill's lookouts plus a Scenic World passFrom $136
per person		Anyone who wants the rides and the zoo without any hikingBook
Sydney: Waterfall Bushwalk and Blue Mountain Sunset Day Trip10 hours 30 minutesAbout 2 hours walking, including the Wentworth Falls descentFrom $129
per person		Confident walkers chasing the falls and the sunset in one runBook
Blue Mountains Day Tour With Bushwalks, Waterfalls & Featherdale10 hoursAbout 5 hours at Blue Mountains stopsFrom $146
per person		Travellers who want free time in Leura as well as the lookoutsBook
Blue Mountains Tour: Deluxe Small Group, ScenicWorld, Featherdale10 hoursAbout 3 hours 45 minutes at Blue Mountains stopsFrom $168
per person		Anyone for whom stairs are the deciding factor on a long dayBook
Stargazing with an Astronomer in the Blue Mountains1 hour 30 minutes1 hour 30 minutes at Wentworth FallsFrom $62
per person		People already staying up here with a clear evening freeBook
Blue Mountains PRIVATE Day Tour from Sydney plus Wildlife Park10 hoursAbout 5 hours 10 minutes at Blue Mountains stopsFrom $385
per person		Families or friends of three or more wanting a harbour cruise homeBook
Blue Mountains Wild Kangaroos & Sunset Day Tour - Late Start10 hoursGuided walks at Govetts Leap, Sublime Point, Wentworth Falls and Megalong ValleyFrom $155
per person		Active travellers over twelve who want wild kangaroos, not a wildlife parkBook
Private Blue Mountains Escape The Crowds Tour9 hoursAbout 7 hours 15 minutes at Blue Mountains stopsFrom $330
per person		Small groups who want lookouts the coaches never reachBook
PRIVATE Blue Mountains Scenic World Wentworth Falls & Cruise Tour9 to 11 hoursWentworth Falls, Echo Point, Scenic World, Katoomba Falls and four lookoutsFrom $547
per person		Groups who want every entrance fee settled and no timetable at allBook
Army Truck Adventures - 3 Hour Guided Tour3 hours3 hours in the Blue MountainsFrom $109
per person		Visitors already based in Katoomba with a spare afternoonBook
Blue Mountains Full Day Guided Tour8 hours8 hours in the Blue MountainsFrom $242
per person		Guests staying up here who want a route built around themBook
Blue Labyrinth PRIVATE Tour: Sydney Blue Mountains by E-Bike4 hours4 hours on Blue Labyrinth trailsFrom $282
per person		Riders over twelve who want trails rather than lookoutsBook
Nine of us with Jay, who hosted and drove and knew the area properly. The boat back into Sydney at the end saves everyone from the drive home.Jennifer J., July 2026
A good balance of one real hike and several shorter lookout walks. The lunch handled my dietary restrictions without any fuss.Adrienne, August 2026
The mist was too thick for any of the views, and our driver did what he could against it. The wildlife park at the end was the part that still worked.Jo S., January 2026
What to expect

How the Day Works

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Pick your day

Four genuinely different shapes hide behind the listings. Read what each fare covers before you look at the price.

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Meet your coach

Some collect from a hotel; several meet you at a named Sydney kerbside instead, and three start up in the mountains.

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Two hours west

The Great Western Highway climbs the escarpment at Glenbrook, with a break in the lower mountains on most itineraries.

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The lookouts and the walk

Echo Point, the Three Sisters, and however much descending your day includes. This is the part you came for.

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Home, or golden hour

Early departures are back by six, sometimes by ferry. Late ones are still on a west-facing lookout when the light goes.

Traveller reviews

Blue Mountains Tours Reviews

Travellers' own words after their own day west of Sydney, with the stars each of them gave. The mixed ones are here too, because a three-star about thick mist tells you more about a winter morning on the escarpment than a page of praise.

★★★★★

Depart Syd: Blue Mountains Best All Inclusive with Local Guide

Nine of us with Jay, who hosted and drove and knew the area properly. It is a full day and an early start, but the boat back into Sydney at the end saves everyone from the drive home.

Jennifer J. · Small group · July 2026

★★★★★

From Sydney: Blue Mountains Tour with Waterfall Walk & Lunch

A good balance of one real hike and several shorter lookout walks, with rest stops timed sensibly on the drive. The lunch handled my dietary restrictions without any fuss.

Adrienne · Solo traveller · August 2026

★★★★★

Blue Mountains Sunset Waterfalls Wildlife Tour From Sydney

Chris took us on a proper walk and clearly knows the country. He kept up a running commentary on the plants and the animals, so the day was as interesting as it was pretty.

Chiara · Couple from Italy · August 2026

★★★☆☆

Exclusive Blue Mountains Wildlife and Bushwalk Tour From Sydney

The mist was too thick for any of the views, and our driver did what he could against it. The wildlife park at the end was the part that still worked.

Jo S. · Couple · January 2026

★★★★★

Sydney: Waterfall Bushwalk and Blue Mountain Sunset Day Trip

Chris told us about the land, the people, the animals and the plants, and we saw wild kangaroos and birds. The photo stops at the Three Sisters and over the Megalong Valley were the pick of it.

Klaus · Couple from Germany · August 2026

★★★★★

Blue Mountains Day Tour With Bushwalks, Waterfalls & Featherdale

Jason knew which places to reach early so they were not yet crowded. We did this on Easter Sunday, a national holiday, and it never felt rushed once.

Elayne D. · Family · April 2026

★★★★★

Blue Mountains Tour: Deluxe Small Group, ScenicWorld, Featherdale

Seven of us in the group with one guide. The run out, the waterfalls, the zoo and the ferry back all worked, and we were kept to time without being hurried.

Carrie E. · Family · April 2026

★★★★★

Stargazing with an Astronomer in the Blue Mountains

Neither of us had ever seen the Southern Cross. Watching it come up out of the twilight, with someone there who could explain what we were looking at, was worth the drive on its own.

Chuck H. · Couple from Colorado · March 2024

★★★★★

Blue Mountains PRIVATE Day Tour from Sydney plus Wildlife Park

Four of us including two teenagers, and Dave made it work for all of us. We saw and learned far more than we would have driving ourselves.

Treewillia · Family with teenagers · July 2022

★★★☆☆

Army Truck Adventures - 3 Hour Guided Tour

Our guide was lovely and he is the reason this was not a bad afternoon. Three lookouts in three hours felt thin for what we paid.

Sylvia L. · Couple · October 2025

★★★★★

Blue Mountains Full Day Guided Tour

Paul matched the walks to what we could manage at our age. We got to Butterbox Point over the Grose Valley, saw the cliffs and the rainforest, and then walked beside a stream with cascades.

Arthur B. · Couple in their seventies · March 2024

★☆☆☆☆

PRIVATE Blue Mountains Scenic World Wentworth Falls & Cruise Tour

I booked a private day and the weather was a whiteout, so there was nothing to see. Nobody controls that, but it was still a day and a lot of money gone.

Youssef E. · Solo traveller · September 2024

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Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Blue Mountains tours cost?
Day tours from Sydney run from about $87 to $210 a head, and the gap is almost entirely about what is bundled in. The cheapest full days cover transport, a guide and lunch; the dearest add a Scenic World pass, a wildlife park and a ferry home. Private cars with a driver of your own start around $283 and run to $547, and a ninety-minute stargazing session is $62.
Do I need to book Blue Mountains tours in advance?
Yes, and a few days ahead is sensible in summer and over school holidays. Most of these run small vehicles rather than full coaches, so seats go early on clear weekends. Almost every one refunds in full up to twenty-four hours out, so booking early costs you nothing but a decision.
How far are the Blue Mountains from Sydney?
Katoomba is about a hundred kilometres west of the city, which the National Parks and Wildlife Service puts at within two hours' drive. Tours allow ten to eleven hours door to door because the driving is only part of it. Late-start departures leave at ten or noon and miss the peak-hour run west entirely.
Why are the Blue Mountains blue?
Eucalypt oil evaporating off the forest scatters short-wavelength light, and the haze it leaves over the ridgelines reads as blue at a distance. It is strongest on warm, still days, which is also when the lookouts are at their best. The range is named for the effect rather than for the rock, which is honey-coloured sandstone up close.
How much walking is on a Blue Mountains tour?
It varies more than any other single thing about these days. The coach tours built around Scenic World and a wildlife park keep you on flat, paved lookouts. The bushwalking days put you on two to four kilometres of formed trail with roughly eight flights of stairs down to Wentworth Falls and back up, and the card for each tour says which it is.
Can I cancel a tour if my plans change?
Every tour listed here refunds in full if you cancel at least twenty-four hours before departure, with a single exception. The stargazing session is a final sale, though the operator moves you to another date or refunds you if cloud stops the viewing. Each card states its own policy, so you never have to guess which you are booking.
Do the tours pick up from my hotel?
Some do and several deliberately do not, which is the most common surprise on the morning. Several of the day tours meet you at a named central Sydney kerbside instead — the Mercure on George Street, 812 George Street in Haymarket, or the Marriott at Circular Quay — and one lists hotel pickup from six named hotels only. The private cars collect from your door.
Is there an entry fee for the national park?
There is no admission charge for the Blue Mountains. The only fee anywhere in the park is $8 per vehicle per day, and it applies to the Glenbrook area alone, on weekends, public holidays and school holidays. Every lookout you have heard of — Echo Point, Govetts Leap, Sublime Point — is free to walk up to.
How much does Scenic World cost, and is it included?
Scenic World is privately run and sells its own day pass from $64 an adult, covering the Railway, Skyway, Cableway and Walkway. Some of the day tours put that pass inside the fare and others rule it out; the rest do not mention it, and their cards stay silent rather than guess. Its own hours are 10am to 4pm on weekdays and 9am to 5pm at weekends.
Which tours include lunch?
The all-inclusive coach day, the waterfall walk from Haymarket, the late-start kangaroo day and the eight-hour day that starts in Katoomba all cover it. Others recommend a cafe in Leura or Katoomba inside their inclusions list while excluding lunch itself, so read that as a suggestion rather than a meal. Every card here says which of the two it is.
Can I get there by train instead?
Yes. Sydney Trains runs Intercity services on the Blue Mountains Line at least hourly, and Transport for NSW puts the journey to the top of the mountains at about two hours. From Katoomba station, public buses run to Echo Point and the hop-on hop-off Explorer Bus loops the attractions between Scenic World and Leura.
What time do the day tours start and finish?
The early coaches leave central Sydney between 6:30 and 7:30 in the morning and return around six in the evening. The late-start tours go at ten in winter and noon in summer and finish after sunset, which in high summer can mean ten at night. Departure times move with daylight saving on the sunset tours, so confirm yours before you book anything for the evening.
How much colder is Katoomba than Sydney?
About five degrees colder by day and close to six overnight, in every month of the year. Bureau of Meteorology averages put Katoomba's July maximum at 9.5°C against Sydney's 16.4°C, and its January overnight low at 12.9°C against Sydney's 18.8°C. Katoomba sits at 1,017 metres, and that altitude is the whole explanation.
What should I wear?
Closed walking shoes and a warm layer, whatever the Sydney forecast says. The operators' own what-to-bring lists agree almost word for word on this, and the reason is the five-degree drop between the coast and the plateau. Add a rain jacket between January and April, when Katoomba averages over 120mm of rain a month.
Are the day tours suitable for children?
It depends which one, and the minimum ages are set per tour rather than across the board. The floors run at five, six, twelve and fourteen depending on the day, and the coach tours built around Scenic World and a wildlife park sit at the low end. Every card states the cap and the minimum where the listing gives them.

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The Three Sisters seen from a Katoomba lookout above the Jamison ValleyCloud shadow moving across the sandstone escarpment and the valley belowA waterfall dropping from the clifftop into a densely forested valleyA creek stepping down flat rock shelves through the bushWater falling down a sandstone cliff face with ferns growing at its footThe red Scenic Railway carriage on its incline through the rainforest

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Where it is

Finding Echo Point and the Three Sisters

Echo Point Lookout
Echo Point Road, Katoomba, New South Wales 2780, Australia

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Name

Echo Point Lookout, Blue Mountains National Park

Address

Echo Point Road, Katoomba, New South Wales 2780, Australia

Hours

Always open. Parts of the park close overnight, and it may close in poor weather or high fire danger.

Getting there

About a hundred kilometres west of Sydney, within two hours by road, and about the same by rail on the Blue Mountains Line. Distances are on the map page.

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Compare what every fare covers, then pick your date. Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead on all but one of them.

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