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From Sydney · Scenic World, Echo Point, Wildlife Park · Full Day
Blue Mountains Tour from Sydney
Andersons Tours' day from Sydney: pickup at 6:45 AM, a guide at Scenic World for the Railway, Skyway and Cableway, the Three Sisters, valley lookouts, koalas and kangaroos at a park near Sydney, then the river cruise back. The day is sold as small-group on mini coaches, but one option, on sale on fewer dates, is a large coach. Lunch only on the All-Inclusive option.
- 4.8 / 5 4036+ Reviews
- 104 km By road from Darling Harbour to Scenic World, Katoomba, routed
- 20-23 C Average daily top at Katoomba, November to March (Bureau of Meteorology)
- Free Cancellation
The Experience
What the Day Includes
Guided entry to Scenic World's three rides and a rainforest walk, the Three Sisters, lookouts in the Jamison and Megalong valleys, a wildlife park and the cruise back. Snacks and drinks are not included; lunch is in the All-Inclusive option only.
Andersons Tours - Blue Mountain Tour's own highlights, inclusions and notes, as listed on GetYourGuide in November 2026.
Highlights
- See iconic Three Sisters views with local guides and many unique lookouts
- Enter Scenic World early: Skyway, Cableway, Railway and guided rainforest tour
- Enjoy a chef-prepared lunch if selected & end the day by Rivercruise*
- See kangaroos and koalas and so many more Australian animals
What's Included
- Guided tour
- Blue Mountains Lookouts only accessible to small groups
- Guided entry into Scenic World with cableway, scenic railway, and skyway
- Guided rainforest walk with a visit to the Three Sisters
- Blue Mountains Tour - No Lunch option: does not include a wildlife preference, as guests will go to Sydney Zoo. Lunch is at own expense
Not suitable for: Wheelchair users · Not Included: Snacks, Drinks
The Day, from Pickup to the Ferry
About 10 hours from the 6:45 AM pickup in central Sydney to the drop-off back in the city.
Pickup in Central Sydney
The day starts at 6:45 AM from one of three pickup points in central Sydney, among them 150 Day Street by Darling Harbour and 98 Harrington Street in The Rocks. The Large Coach Group option has two pickup points and its own times. About an hour on the road to the mountains.
Scenic World with a Guide
About an hour at Scenic World in Katoomba: guided entry to the Scenic Railway, the Skyway and the Cableway, and a guided walk through the rainforest on the valley floor.
The Three Sisters and the Valleys
About 30 minutes at the Three Sisters, a short walk down the road to Echo Point, then lookouts over the Megalong and Jamison valleys. Lunch at a mountains restaurant comes with the All-Inclusive option; the No Lunch option leaves it to you.
Wildlife Park, Then the River
About an hour at a wildlife park on the way back: Sydney Zoo on the No Lunch option, Featherdale or Sydney Zoo on the All-Inclusive option if you ask 24 hours ahead. Then about an hour on the Parramatta River by boat, and drop-off in the city, Circular Quay among the points.
Photo Gallery
Cliffs, Rainforest and the Three Sisters
Sandstone escarpments over the Jamison Valley, the rides at Scenic World and the wildlife stop on the way back.
Book Your Experience
Check Availability & Prices
Pick a date to see which options are on sale and the price of each. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Choose the Day
Blue Mountains Tours, One Question per Page
Summer weather and fire days, what the prices buy, group size, sunset departures, private days and the wildlife park.
Prices are each page's featured tour: GetYourGuide checked November 2026. Prices are per person unless a card says per group, in US dollars.
Four Kinds of Blue Mountains Day
The early full day, a late start that stays for sunset, a walking day without Scenic World, and a private day. When each leaves, what is in the price, the group, and who each one is not for. Prices with the month they were checked.
| Feature | Most reviewed of these THIS PAGE The full day | Late start, sunset | Walking day | Private day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What You Pay | From US$145 per person (checked November 2026) | From US$139 per person (checked November 2026) | From US$83 per person (checked November 2026) | From US$343 per person (checked November 2026) |
| Leaves Sydney | 6:45 AM from three central pickup points | From Circular Quay, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM by season (12:00 PM on 26 November 2026) | 7:30 AM from a meeting point in the city; no hotel pickup | Pickup in Sydney; 9 hours |
| Scenic World Rides | Guided entry: Railway, Skyway, Cableway and a rainforest walk | Not on the itinerary | Not included | An optional stop; entry not included |
| Animals | Sydney Zoo, or Featherdale on the All-Inclusive option | Wild kangaroos in the Megalong Valley | None | Featherdale an optional stop; entry not included |
| Food | Lunch on the All-Inclusive option only | Pie lunch, snacks, cheese and wine at sunset | A continental roll for lunch; no drinks | Lunch not included |
| Group | Mini coach; one option is a large coach | Up to 10, in a 12-seat van | About 20 to 27 adults or teenagers | Private, with a local guide |
| Not For | Wheelchair users; no prams or large bags | Children under 12, people over 70, wheelchair users | Children under 14, people over 75 | Not stated |
| See dates | See the late start | See the walking day | See the private day |
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UP TO 35 GUESTSSmall Group Blue Mountains, Wildlife & Scenic World Day Tour
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Before You Book
How the Blue Mountains Day Works
The road, the three options and what each costs on which date, who the day does not suit, and the other kinds of Blue Mountains tour.
A Blue Mountains tour from Sydney is a long day out: 104 km by road from Darling Harbour to Katoomba, an hour on Scenic World’s rides, the view of the Three Sisters, koalas and kangaroos at a park on the Sydney side, and a boat down the Parramatta River. This site leads with Andersons Tours’ Blue Mountains All-Inclusive Scenic World, Wildlife & Cruise, from US$145 on promotion, usually US$180 (checked November 2026), with 4,036 reviews. On 10 November 2026 the booking box showed From US$145, a price none of the options cost on the dates we read: on every date from 11 November 2026 to 24 March 2027, the cheapest option, No Lunch & Sydney Zoo, cost US$180.08 a person.
Three options, three prices
The tour is one listing with three options, and they are different days.
| Option | Price on the dates we read | Lunch | Wildlife park | Vehicle and pickup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Lunch & Sydney Zoo | US$180.08 | Buy your own | Sydney Zoo | 6:45 AM, three pickup points |
| All-Inclusive | US$197.40 | One course at a mountains restaurant | Featherdale or Sydney Zoo, your choice 24 hours ahead | 6:45 AM, three pickup points |
| All-Inclusive Large Coach Group | US$183.55 (30 December only) | Not stated in the option’s details | Not stated in the option’s details | Large coach, two pickup points |
Andersons Tours - Blue Mountain Tour on GetYourGuide, one adult, taxes and fees included, checked November 2026.
Two things in that table are easy to miss. The day is sold as a small-group tour on mini coaches, but the third option is a large coach; on the dates we read it was on sale only on 30 December, when it was the only option. And if you book the No Lunch option, the wildlife park is Sydney Zoo, with no choice. Two reviewers in October and November 2026 asked for one park and were taken to the other, so on the All-Inclusive option, send the request well before the 24-hour limit.
Which Blue Mountains day to book
Blue Mountains All-Inclusive Scenic World, Wildlife & Cruise
Andersons Tours - Blue Mountain Tour: 6:45 AM from central Sydney, guided entry to Scenic World's three rides, Echo Point, a wildlife park and the river back. Lunch on the All-Inclusive option only.
Check dates →Blue Mountains Small Group All Inclusive Multi Award Winner!
Diamond Tours: Scenic World's rides with a rainforest walk, Sydney Zoo entry and the ferry to Circular Quay, a maximum of 20 people. Three meeting points, no hotel pickup.
See the day →Blue Mountains Adventure: Scenic World, Zoo & Koala Photo
Wine Hop And Coastal Tours: pickup from selected CBD hotels, Echo Point, Katoomba Cascades, three rides at Scenic World, Sydney Zoo with a digital koala photo, then the ferry. Lunch is an option.
See the day →Blue Mountains Steam Train Tour + 3 Sisters & Scenic World
Wine Hop And Coastal Tours: 45 minutes on the Zig Zag Railway, Echo Point, Katoomba Cascades and Scenic World's rides, back by ferry to Circular Quay. Lunch not included; the train may run with a diesel engine.
See the train day →Prices, ratings and review counts from the GetYourGuide listings (checked November 2026). Operators price by date and season, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.
The two cheapest days on this site leave Scenic World out. Coast Warriors Travel Australia's walking day spends 90 minutes on a waterfall walk at Wentworth Falls instead, with a continental roll for lunch, and Wildlife Tours Australia's sunset day started at noon on the date we read. Blue Mountains tour prices sets every price beside what it buys.
The road, and where the wildlife parks are
The drive from Darling Harbour to Scenic World is 104 km by road. Both wildlife parks are on the Sydney side: Featherdale is about 38 km by road from Darling Harbour, and Sydney Zoo is near it at Bungarribee. Featherdale opens from 8am to 5pm every day and Sydney Zoo from 9am to 5pm (each park’s own site, checked November 2026).
The tours end in different ways. Several, Andersons Tours’ among them, put you on a boat down the Parramatta River, which one reviewer of the Andersons day boarded at Sydney Olympic Park; others drive you back. Tours with a wildlife park sorts the days by which park they visit.
Summer on the mountain
From November to March the average daily top at Katoomba is 20.5 to 23.4 C, and each month brings 110 to 178 mm of rain (Bureau of Meteorology, checked November 2026). Scenic World’s rides run in the rain; the views from Echo Point do not survive fog. Fire danger ratings are set each afternoon for the next day, after the 24-hour free-cancellation window of a morning tour has closed. A Blue Mountains tour in summer has the month-by-month figures, the fire rules and the dates on sale.
Who the full day does not suit
The Andersons Tours day is not suitable for wheelchair users, and it takes no oversize luggage, large bags, mobility scooters or baby carriages. Snacks and drinks are not included. If you travel with family or friends, tell the operator in advance so you end up on the same bus: it runs several groups a day. It runs in all weather, with no refund inside 24 hours of the start.
If a long coach day is the problem rather than the place, there are other shapes. Sunset tours start around midday, a private tour sets its own pace, and small group or coach compares the tours that state a group size.
Book the Day in the Blue Mountains
Andersons Tours' day collects you in central Sydney at 6:45 AM: Scenic World's three rides, Echo Point, a wildlife park and the cruise back. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Starting from US$145 per person (the options on the dates we read, 11 November 2026 to 24 March 2027: No Lunch & Sydney Zoo US$180.08, All-Inclusive US$197.40, the large coach option US$183.55 on 30 December; checked November 2026) on promotion, usually US$180, checked November 2026.
See datesMore from Sydney
Blue Mountains Days with Open Dates
Day tours from Sydney to the Blue Mountains with live availability. Times, what is included and cancellation terms are on each listing.
Blue Mountains Tours: Questions
What a tour costs and covers, the options of the full day, summer weather and fire days, group sizes, sunset and private days, and the wildlife parks.
The day tours compared on this site run from US$82 a person for an afternoon departure without Scenic World to about US$200 for a full day with the rides, lunch and a wildlife park (checked November 2026). On the full day this site leads with, the No Lunch & Sydney Zoo option cost US$180.08 and the All-Inclusive option US$197.40 on every date we read, November 2026 to March 2027. Private days cost more. See Blue Mountains tour prices for what each price buys.
A 6:45 AM pickup in central Sydney, a guide at Scenic World for its three rides and the rainforest walkway, the Three Sisters, lookouts in the Megalong and Jamison valleys, a wildlife park and a cruise on the Parramatta River. Lunch is included on the All-Inclusive option only, and snacks and drinks are not included on any option. The day is about 10 hours long; cancelling is free until 24 hours before the start.
It depends on the tour, and on the full day, on the option. The Andersons Tours day is sold as small-group on mini coaches, but one of its options is All-Inclusive Large Coach Group, on sale on 30 December 2026 among the dates we read. Tours that print a cap: FeelGood! Nature Tours' late start up to 10, Diamond Tours up to 20, Brighton Coach & Tours - Grayline Sydney up to 35. See small group or coach.
Yes, with an eye on the weather: from November to March Katoomba averages a daily top of 20.5 to 23.4 C and 110 to 178 mm of rain a month (Bureau of Meteorology, checked November 2026). Scenic World's rides run in the rain; fog can hide the views from Echo Point. January 2026 brought both a 35.6 C day and 219.8 mm of rain in a single day at Katoomba. See a Blue Mountains tour in summer.
Check the NSW Rural Fire Service rating for your date: it is set each afternoon for the next day, with a forecast for the days after. On a Catastrophic day the RFS advice is 'For your survival, leave bush fire risk areas', and NSW National Parks says the national park may close at times for fire danger or poor weather. Its alerts page lists closed areas. A tour's terms decide what happens to your booking; the free-cancellation window of a morning tour closes before the next day's rating is published.
Not at Echo Point: NSW National Parks charges a vehicle fee of $8 a day only at attractions in the Glenbrook area. Scenic World is a paid attraction: a Day Pass for adults is from $64 (Scenic World, checked November 2026). Most of the morning full days on this site include Scenic World's rides in the price.
FJ Tours Pty Ltd's full day and Adventure Tours Sydney's day include Featherdale entry; Andersons Tours' All-Inclusive option lets you choose Featherdale or Sydney Zoo if you ask at least 24 hours ahead. Most of the others go to Sydney Zoo. FJ Tours' day is from US$145 a person (checked November 2026). See tours with a wildlife park.
Yes: three late-start days leave Sydney around midday and return in the evening. FeelGood! Nature Tours takes up to 10 with a cheese and wine spread at sunset, Wildlife Tours Australia is the cheapest with no food, and Picture Me Sydney includes lunch and dinner. None goes to Scenic World, which as a general guide closes at 4 pm on weekdays and 5 pm at weekends. See sunset tours.
From US$343 a person for Go Beyond Tours' guided private day on GetYourGuide, or US$435 for GoexploreNSW's car and driver for up to 6 (checked November 2026). Entry tickets and lunch are extra on the GetYourGuide private days. Viator lists guided private days priced per person by group size. See private tours.
Scenic World at Katoomba is 104 km by road from Darling Harbour. Featherdale Wildlife Park is about 38 km by road from Darling Harbour on the way, and Scenic World to Echo Point is 2.3 km on foot. Full-day tours run about 10 hours from pickup to drop-off.
On the full days here, free cancellation runs up to 24 hours before the start, and the Andersons Tours, Wine Hop And Coastal Tours and Coast Warriors days run in all weather, with no refund inside those 24 hours. One exception: the Picture Me Sydney late start does not go ahead if the weather prevents an enjoyable day, and then offers a new date or a full refund. Watch the Katoomba forecast from about three days out and decide before the cut-off.
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