Wine Hop And Coastal Tours · Katoomba & Leura
Wine Hop And Coastal Tours mixes the mountains with a koala: Echo Point, Katoomba Cascades, three Scenic World rides, Cahill's Lookout and Leura, then Sydney Zoo for a free digital koala photo and a ferry into the harbour. Pick it if a koala photo is on your list and you want the rides in the same day.
The day opens with a pickup at one of four Sydney CBD hotels and a coffee break at Glenbrook, in the lower mountains. Then Echo Point, where the guide talks about the Aboriginal legends of the Three Sisters; NSW National Parks notes there are different versions of the Aboriginal story. Next come the boardwalks, viewing platforms and stepping stones of Katoomba Cascades, and three Scenic World rides: the Scenic Railway, the Skyway and the cable car.
After Cahill's Lookout over the Megalong Valley, you get free time in Leura for lunch. On the way back the coach stops at Sydney Zoo for a koala encounter with a free digital photo, then a ferry carries you past the Harbour Bridge to Circular Quay, near the Opera House. The zoo is Sydney Zoo at Bungarribee, in western Sydney, not Taronga on the harbour.
Lunch needs a careful read. The Includes list says Lunch & beverages, but the description and the Know before you go say lunch is an optional package and food and drinks are otherwise not included. Pick the lunch option at booking, or plan to buy lunch in Leura. The listing calls it a small group, but warns that peak periods may use a larger vehicle, and it does not publish pickup times, so check yours on the confirmation.
Collection from one of four CBD hotels, then a coffee break at Glenbrook on the way up.
The Three Sisters and the Jamison Valley, then boardwalks and stepping stones at the Cascades.
Three rides: the Scenic Railway, the Skyway and the cable car.
Megalong Valley views, then free time in Leura for lunch, or the optional lunch package.
A koala encounter at Bungarribee in western Sydney, with a free digital photo.
A ferry into Sydney Harbour, past the Harbour Bridge, ending near the Opera House.
★★★★★Guide was knowledgeable and well informed providing useful and helpful information throughout the day.
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Sydney Zoo, at Bungarribee in western Sydney, not Taronga. You get a koala encounter and a free digital photo there on the way back from the mountains.
Only if you book the lunch option. The Includes list says Lunch & beverages, but the description says lunch is an optional package, food and drinks are otherwise excluded, and drinks are not part of that package either.
At Circular Quay, near the Sydney Opera House, after a ferry along the harbour past the Harbour Bridge.
Yes, free of charge up to 24 hours before. Inside 24 hours the listing says cancellations are not permitted.
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Echo Point, Katoomba Cascades, three Scenic World rides, Leura, a koala photo at Sydney Zoo and a harbour ferry home.
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