a taste of wilderness from your hotel

This excellent eco-tour begins at your hotel and the historic Rocks area of old Sydney.  Then head westwards across the coastal plain to the Great Dividing Range of Australia.   Here you leave the average Blue Mountains tourist behind and enter the National Park to unlock a largely hidden piece of Australia.  Visit an ancient Aboriginal site and outstanding lookouts; examine rock formations and the unusual plants and wildlife that abound in the area.  From the village of Leura, skirt around Cliff Drive to Katoomba for views over the magnificent Jamieson Valley (Australians like to think of this as their mini Grand Canyon) and the Three Sisters.

Enjoy a tasty barbeque lunch including a selection of fine Australian wines with a cheese platter under the canopy of the Australian bush.  Before returning to Sydney visit a hidden valley where you roam the area, seeking out the many kangaroos that graze in the wild (conditions permitting).   Eventually leave the National Park passing through the Olympic 2000 site, on the way back to Sydney.

Cost includes: Highly qualified and knowledgeable guide, travel in luxury air-conditioned vehicle, country style morning or afternoon tea, lunch with selected Australian wines and refreshments, National Park entries, comprehensive commentary and Sydney city hotel pick up and drop off 
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Beginning in the old Rocks area of old Sydney, you'll learn about the early settlers and convicts. You'll be shown around the city, taking in the history of the Opera House and other famous buildings. Then you'll drive through the magnificent Royal Botanic Gardens and around the harbour foreshore of the Eastern Suburbs and Bondi Beach,  past some of the best real estate in the area owned by the rich and famous. 

From here you'll head over the world famous Sydney Harbour Bridge, through the leafy Northern Suburbs and into the Kuring-gai Chase National Park.  Enjoy a delicious café style lunch down at picturesque Akuna Bay on the Hawkesbury River before heading to some of the outstanding lookouts in the park where the fantastic views of the Hawkesbury river mouth are breathtaking.  There is an opportunity to take a short bushwalk tracing the history of the Garingai Aboriginal people who once inhabited this area and you'll also get to examine their incredible rock art. 

Heading out of the park, return to the city via the Northern Beaches, from Palm Beach to Manly.  

This trip offers contrasts between the National Park, city life and the many lovely beaches that encompass the northern side of Sydney. 

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