Plan your visit

Plan your Blue Mountains day

Practical answers before you book: compare costs, choose transport, plan with children and find the tour format that fits your day.

Forested Blue Mountains valley and sandstone escarpments

Plan your transport

Blue Mountains: guided tour or train?

Take a guided tour when you want several dispersed stops coordinated for you. Take the train when you want control over a smaller itinerary and are comfortable arranging the last part of the journey yourself.

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Visitors observing a koala

A family day in the mountains

Blue Mountains with children

Start with your children’s ages and walking stamina, then choose the attractions. Wildlife and Scenic World can make a varied family day, but pram rules, early pickups and a ten-hour schedule matter just as much as the photographs.

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Find your preferred experience

Blue Mountains waterfall & walking tours

Choose between a walk-led day, a wildlife-and-bushwalk combination and a luxury small-group trip. All three require more attention to terrain and fitness than a simple lookout stop.

Blue Mountains late-start & sunset tours

A later departure changes the rhythm of the day, but it does not necessarily make the trip shorter. Compare walking effort, meals, group sizes and the evening return.

Start with the classic day

More experiences to discover

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