FJ Tours · Katoomba & Leura
FJ Tours runs the classic coach day from central Sydney hotels: Featherdale Wildlife Park, lunch on your own in Leura, three Scenic World rides, Echo Point and a ferry back to Circular Quay. Pick it if you want the famous sights and the rides without planning a thing, and you do not mind a full coach.
This is the day most people picture when they think of a Blue Mountains coach tour. Pickup is from selected central Sydney hotels. The first stop is Featherdale Wildlife Park in Doonside, western Sydney, where you can hand-feed kangaroos and see koalas, wombats and native birds. Then it is up the mountains to Leura for free time, three rides at Scenic World, and the view of the Three Sisters from Echo Point.
The way home is the nice touch. Instead of sitting in peak-hour traffic, you board a ferry along the Parramatta River to Circular Quay. From there you make your own way back. The listing's Includes mention a hotel drop-off, but its description is clear that the ferry is the end of the tour, and Circular Quay is a short trip from most city hotels.
Lunch is the catch. The page's web address calls it a no-lunch tour, and the description tells you to buy your own lunch at a café or bakery in Leura, a village with a National Trust-classified centre, often called the prettiest in the mountains. Ignore the Food and drinks line in the Includes and bring money for lunch. This is also a big coach, not a small group, so expect a busy day with fixed times at each stop.
Collection from selected central Sydney hotels. Your time is confirmed with the booking.
In Doonside, western Sydney: kangaroos to feed, koalas, wombats and native birds.
Free time to buy lunch at a café or bakery and walk the main street.
Three rides: the Cableway, the Skyway and the steep Scenic Railway.
The Three Sisters and the Jamison Valley from the main lookout.
The coach meets the river ferry, which takes you along the Parramatta River into the harbour.
★★★★★We had an excellent experience on our Blue Mountains tour. Ben was our tour guide and he was absolutely fantastic!
★★★★★We enjoyed the day with Aaron. He shared really good information and we had a laugh as well.
★★★★★Wonderful!! Aaron, our driver/guide, was super kind and attentive to the group.
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No, in practice. The Includes list says Food and drinks, but the description says you buy your own lunch at a café or bakery in Leura, and the page's web address calls it a no-lunch tour.
The description says the ferry takes you to Circular Quay and you make your own way from there, even though the Includes mention a hotel drop-off. Plan for Circular Quay.
Three: the Scenic Railway, Skyway and Cableway. The railway is billed by Scenic World as the world's steepest passenger train.
No. The listing says it is not suitable for wheelchair users, prams and strollers are not allowed, and they are not permitted on the Scenic Railway either.
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Featherdale's kangaroos, free time in Leura, three Scenic World rides, Echo Point and a ferry back to Circular Quay.
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