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The Blue Mountains: a great day tour from Sydney, Australia

Last updated on August 3, 2016 by Claire / this article contains affiliate links (Info)

The Blue Mountains are quite iconic in Australia. Just 2 hour drive from Sydney, you can leave the heat of the city and discover small mountains covered with Eucalyptus trees.

Blue Mountains - Australia - Travel Guide

INFO & PLANNING TIPS - Blue Mountains

I actually went many times to the Blue Mountains, but it was before my blogging and photography started. So I don't have any of the many things I did to share. 

The last trip I did was with an organized day tours from Sydney. This is what I am going to share about in this post. It is a good option when you don't have a car and are limited in time.

There is a hop in hop off but in the mountains, but it takes time and limit what you can see.  You can get it in Leura or Katoomba which you can reach by train. For more informaiton, visit the Official Blue Mountains site or this unofficial one.

You can also dedicate a day to the Jenolan Caves. I wrote a detailed guide to plan your visit there.​

TOUR REVIEW

I selected my self and paid fully for this activity. This review is based on my experience from beginning 2014.

Tour company: Mount’n Beach Safari

Tour: Canyon & 4WD Wildlife Discovery (1Day) – BM01

Transportation: OK

Organization: Not so good – they did not planned for pick up that it was Australia Day and parts of the city was closed – the guide did not pay attention and we lost 30min trying to find 2 participants. The tour has some potential but it did not deliver.

Food: average

Knowledge guide: Except for the losing of people and the detour to his house to get its charger, he was nice

Ambiance: Average

The best: Potentially the second viewpoint reached by 4WD – but it was foggy

The not so good: Organization

4WD truck for Blue Mountain Tour

View of the Cumberland Plain

After the drive, our first stop was at a viewpoint over the Cumberland Plain. There we had morning tea and the fog starting appearing.

Cumberland plain viewpoint
Fog coming

Whentworth Falls

As it was really foggy an we could not see any viewpoint, the guide took us to walk down near the Wentworth Falls. Very nice even with bad weather!

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Eagle Hawk Lookout

sadly we missed a lot of the lookout because of the fog. It started clearing and we enjoyed the view of the Three Sisters from the Eagle Hawk Lookout

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Bridal Veil Falls Lookout

Then off to the bridal Veil Falls Lookout

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Featherdale Wildlife Park

This is not in the Blue MOUntains, but on the way back on the tour we stopped at the Featherdale Wildlife Park. You can see more pictures on my Sydney Zoo Comparison post.

Below is a sleeping Wombat (they are nocturnal)

Featherdale WIldlife Park

Have you ever been to place only to see fog?

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  1. Becky Padmore says

    February 25, 2014 at 3:39 PM

    This is one of my favourite places in Australia, thanks for bringing back happy memories!

    Reply
    • Claire Robinson says

      February 27, 2014 at 10:23 AM

      You are welcome 🙂

      Reply
  2. Lorian Bartle says

    May 12, 2018 at 12:13 AM

    The Blue Mountains are a great detour from the Sydney metropolis. Great writeup of the area!

    Reply

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