Sydney: Blue Mountains Steam Train Mercedes Sprinter Tour
ID: GYG1470414-2246022
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Land: Australië
Duur:
10:00 uren
Beschrijving
Ride a restored 1869 steam train through the Blue Mountains, then spend the whole afternoon walking the escarpment at Echo Point. Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, hotel pickup, English-speaking guide.
Head west from Sydney for a day that runs the Blue Mountains in the opposite order to everyone else — the railway first thing, the famous lookout last, once the morning tour traffic has moved through.
Your English-speaking driver-guide collects you from your central Sydney hotel at 7:30am, so the day doesn't start with a walk to a bus bay in the dark. You'll travel in a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter — a van, not a full-size coach.
By mid-morning you reach Clarence and board the Zig Zag Railway. Opened in 1869, this line switchbacked trains down the western escarpment through hand-cut sandstone cuttings until it was bypassed and abandoned in 1910. Volunteers spent decades bringing it back, and after eleven years out of service, steam returned to the rails in 2023. You'll ride it for 45 minutes through the mountain valleys, at the pace it was built for.
Lunch is an hour in Leura, a village of hedged gardens, bookshops, galleries and cafes strung along one tree-lined street. Long enough to eat somewhere you picked yourself rather than somewhere you were delivered to.
Then the whole afternoon belongs to the escarpment. You'll have time at Echo Point for the Three Sisters, and then, while most day tours are already driving home, close to two hours walking in the World Heritage Blue Mountains National Park on the trails below the lookout, where the crowds thin out and it's just sandstone, gum trees and a very long view. If you would rather not walk, the lookouts and the village are yours instead.
The group meets back at Echo Point and leaves the mountains by 4pm, putting you back in the city around 5:30pm.
No shopping stops. No detours. Just the mountains.
Hoogtepunten
- Ride the restored Zig Zag Railway, a steam line first opened in 1869
- Reach Echo Point and the Three Sisters after the morning coaches move on
- Break for lunch in Leura, a garden village of cafes and craft shops
- Spend the afternoon walking in the World Heritage Blue Mountains
- Travel by Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, not a full-size coach, with hotel pickup
Talen
BELANGRIJKE INFORMATIE
Hotel pickup is available within Sydney CBD (postcode 2000) only. If you are staying outside this area, we will confirm a central Sydney meeting point with you after booking. Your exact pickup time is confirmed by 9pm Sydney time the night before.
This is a full day: pickup from 7:30am, back in central Sydney around 5:30pm, with the city drop-off at Furama Darling Harbour.
The Blue Mountains run several degrees cooler than Sydney and the weather changes quickly. Bring a warm layer and a rain jacket, even in summer.
The walk in the national park follows a trail with steps and uneven ground. It is optional, and you are welcome to stay at the lookout instead.
Lunch is at your own expense during the free time in Leura, where there is a good choice of cafes and restaurants.
The tour runs in all weather, and the order of stops may change on the day depending on conditions and visitor numbers.
INCLUDED
- Hotel pickup and drop-off within Sydney CBD (postcode 2000)
- English-speaking driver-guide for the full day
- Zig Zag Railway heritage train ticket, 45-minute ride
- Air-conditioned Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, small group
- Bottled water
NIET INBEGREPEN.
- Lunch and drinks (free time in Leura, at your own expense)
- Scenic World rides, which are not part of this itinerary
- Pickup or drop-off outside Sydney CBD postcode 2000
- Travel insurance and personal expenses
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