Blue Mountains Sunset Tour from Sydney: Late Starts Compared

A Blue Mountains sunset tour leaves Sydney around midday and brings you back in the evening, so you see the cliffs in the late afternoon and at sunset. The three late-start days compared here differ mostly in group size and food. For a small group with the sunset stop catered, FeelGood! Nature Tours’ Blue Mountains Wild Kangaroos & Sunset Day Tour - Late Start takes up to 10 people, from US$139 (checked November 2026). That From is its option that starts in the Blue Mountains, at 1:40 PM on 26 November 2026. From Sydney, the Late Start option left at 12:00 PM that day and cost US$148.92.

Pick the option from Sydney unless you are already staying in the mountains. The FeelGood! day has 198 reviews (checked November 2026).

The three late starts side by side

	FeelGood! Nature Tours	Wildlife Tours Australia	Picture Me Sydney
From	US$139	US$82 on promotion, usually US$96, checked November 2026	US$206
Leaves Sydney	Circular Quay, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM by season	Mercure Sydney, 12:00 PM on 26 November 2026; the time moves with the sunset	Late morning, from four pickup points
Group	Up to 10, 12-seat van	Midi-coach	Up to 11
Food	Pie lunch, snacks, cheese and wine at sunset	Not included	Lunch and dinner
Animals	Wild kangaroos in the Megalong Valley	Wildlife spotting in the park	A wildlife park, then wild kangaroos
Back in Sydney	As late as 10 pm in midsummer	Back at the meeting point	Evening, after dinner in Katoomba
Not for	Under 12s, over 70s, wheelchair users	Under 6s, wheelchair users	Under 15s on the shared day

From the three GetYourGuide listings, checked November 2026. Prices per person.

The Wildlife Tours Australia day is the cheapest of the three and the only one with no food: on 26 November 2026 it cost US$81.83, struck through from US$96.28. It stops at Glenbrook, walks at Wentworth Falls, looks out from Echo Point and the Three Sisters, and finishes at a lookout for the sunset. The Picture Me Sydney day costs the most and includes the most: lunch, dinner, two bushwalks and a wildlife park.

What a late start gives up

Illustration: three tall sandstone rock pillars glowing orange in low evening sun above a deep forested valley, a few visitors at a timber lookout railing seen from behind — Illustration. Low evening light on sandstone pillars above the valley.

Scenic World. None of the three goes there, and the timing explains it: as a general guide Scenic World closes at 4 pm on weekdays and 5 pm at weekends and on school and public holidays (Scenic World, checked November 2026). A day built around the sunset spends the afternoon on walks and lookouts, and the rides close before the light goes. If the Railway and Skyway are the point, take a morning tour; tour prices sets the morning days side by side.

The other cost is the end of the day. On the FeelGood! day, summer returns can be as late as 10 pm, and cruise passengers are asked to check their ship’s departure time against the tour’s before booking. The two other days do not give a return time.

Sunset, stars and the weather

FeelGood! Nature Tours’ sunset stop is usually the Three Sisters at Echo Point or Anvil Rock, chosen on the day. On clear nights the group stays on an open rock platform for the stars, with the guide’s binoculars, but weather and the moon decide that, so treat it as a bonus. The Wildlife Tours Australia day changes its departure time through the year to catch the sunset, so the noon start of late November is not the time in February.

Rain is the risk for all three. From November to March Katoomba averages 110 to 178 mm of rain a month (Bureau of Meteorology, checked November 2026), and fog hides the cliffs. The summer page has the figures and the fire danger rules.

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Which sunset day to book

Small group, sunset catered

Blue Mountains Wild Kangaroos & Sunset Day Tour - Late Start

From US$139 per person · 4.9 ★ (198 reviews) · GetYourGuide

FeelGood! Nature Tours: up to 10, bushwalks with an easier option at key points, wild kangaroos and a cheese and wine spread at sunset. Back as late as 10 pm in summer.

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The cheapest late start

Blue Mountains Sunset Waterfalls Wildlife Tour From Sydney

From US$82 per person on promotion, usually US$96, checked November 2026 · 4.7 ★ (1,106 reviews) · GetYourGuide

Wildlife Tours Australia: a midi-coach from Sydney, Wentworth Falls, Echo Point and a sunset lookout, national park fees included. No meals, no hotel pickup; not for children under 6.

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Lunch and dinner included

Sydney: Late Start Blue Mountains Walks Wildlife & Night Sky

From US$206 per person · 4.9 ★ (308 reviews) · GetYourGuide

Picture Me Sydney: up to 11 guests, a wildlife park, two bushwalks, the Three Sisters in the late afternoon and dinner in Katoomba. Guests 15 and over.

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Prices, ratings and review counts from the GetYourGuide listings (checked November 2026). Operators price by date, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.

Map of the road from Darling Harbour, Sydney, to Scenic World, Katoomba, 104 km by road, with Featherdale Wildlife Park and Sydney Zoo in western Sydney — From Sydney to Katoomba: 104 km by road from Darling Harbour. A late start covers it twice in one afternoon and evening.

Blue Mountains Sunset Tours from Sydney