Go Beyond Tours · Katoomba, Leura & the Jamison Valley
Go Beyond Tours gives you a guide and an air-conditioned minivan to yourselves for about nine hours: the Jamison Valley, a walk to Echo Point, lunch in Katoomba and time in Leura, with Featherdale or Scenic World if you want them. Pick it if you want the day to run at your pace, with a guide who adjusts the walking to you.
A private day means one thing above all: nobody else sets the pace. Go Beyond Tours collects you in Sydney in an air-conditioned minivan, and the guide covers the area's history, ecology, geography and Aboriginal culture on the way. In the mountains the plan is Jamison Valley views and a bushwalk to Echo Point for the Three Sisters, lunch at a local spot in Katoomba, then time to browse the shops in Leura.
Two paid stops are on offer: Featherdale Wildlife Park, in western Sydney on the way out, and Scenic World in Katoomba, with its railway, Skyway, Cableway and rainforest walkway. The listing contradicts itself here. Its Includes list both entries, but the itinerary marks them optional, at extra cost, and the description calls them optional add-ons. Treat them as extras and confirm with the operator when booking.
There are more loose ends. The listing prices the tour per person and states no minimum group size, so check the total for your party before you pay. Lunch is listed as included, but the description only says you stop for lunch in Katoomba, so ask who pays. A Rivercat ferry ticket also appears in the Includes, though no ferry leg is on the itinerary or in the description. Guests name several different guides, so the operator uses more than one driver.
The guide collects you; confirm the address and time when you book.
Kangaroos, koalas, emus, wombats and dingoes in western Sydney, if you add it, at extra cost.
Valley views, a walk with the guide, and the Three Sisters from Echo Point.
The Scenic Railway, Skyway, Cableway and Walkway, if you add it, at extra cost.
A stop at a local spot in Katoomba. Confirm whether lunch is paid for.
About 30 minutes in Leura for the shops, then the drive back to Sydney.
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The listing says both ways. Its Includes list the entries, but the itinerary marks both optional, at extra cost, and the description calls them optional add-ons. Confirm with Go Beyond Tours when booking.
Per person, according to the listing, with no minimum group size stated. Check the total for your party on the booking page before you pay.
About nine hours, from pickup in Sydney to drop-off in Sydney.
A Rivercat ferry ticket appears in the Includes, but no ferry or river leg appears in the itinerary or description. Ask the operator before you count on it.
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Your own guide and air-conditioned van for the Three Sisters, the Jamison Valley and Leura, with optional paid stops.
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