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Convicts, Castles Sydney Harbour Tour - For 2- FREE Open Bar
Code: STS507
- WAS $198
- $178
- 20 Reviews
- Location: Sydney, NSW
- For: 2 people
- Valid for 12 months
- Free exchange
A unique and personal guided harbour tour that gives you the chance to get up close and personal with Sydney's colourful convict history. Enjoy a fun and engaging guided walking history tour, savour a delcious BBQ lunch, and relax on a picturesque cruise as you learn about icons on Sydney Harbour!
Step ashore for a personal guided tour of a harbour island which contains some of Australia's most important and intact convict-built buildings. Visit the amazing early 1800s military gun powder magazine including the soldiers’ barracks and Sydney’s oldest Water Police Station.
Hear ghastly and gruesome tales of punishment, deaths and escapes, all with a backdrop of the best views of Sydney Harbour.
Cruise past the harbour side castles of Kirribilli House, Fort Denison and Admiralty House. You will also get to see the iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
Activity Highlights:
- Professional local tour guide to share fascinating stories and facts about Sydney now and then
- Fascinating convict buildings and stories on restricted access harbour island
- Sydney icons viewed from the harbour including the Opera House and Harbour Bridge
- Historic Sydney harbour and surrounds including first settlement sites
- Harbour cruise onboard a beautifully restored 1920s ferry with authentic timber features (Approximately 40 min)
- Personalised small tour group guaranteed (maximum 35 per tour group) during the Goat Island convict walking tour.
What’s Included:
- Buffet barbequed lunch in tranquil setting overlooking the Harbour Bridge and city
- Free open bar valued at $20
- Morning/afternoon tea with muffins
Please note: After you travel from Campbell’s cove to goat island aboard the ferry the Mulgi you will embark on a 1.5km guided scenic walk (this includes some inclines) around Goat Island while you take in the convict sites and magnificent views of the harbour.
This experience voucher is valid for 12 months from date of purchase.
Venue:
Campbell’s Cove, The Rocks, Sydney.
Session Length
The experience runs for approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes. We run on Thursdays and Fridays at 1pm and Saturday and Sundays at 11.30 and 1pm.
Numbers:
Personalised small tour group guaranteed. There is a maximum 35 per tour group. With up to 3 groups on the vessel at one time.
Spectators:
Not suitable for spectators
Weather:
Tours are conducted in all weather. If it looks like rain, please bring wet weather gear. Alternate indoor arrangements for lunch will be made on the island.
Map
The map below gives you the location of this experience to allow you to plan.
Exact location, directions and meeting place will be available to you once you have booked your experience
Reviews
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Great day out, good value for money for a unique experience
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A very interesting and enjoyable tour. Our guides Brendan and Damo were very informative and knowledgeable and the lunch was great!
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This was a delightful combination of a scenic harbour cruise and a slice of Australian history. The lunch was enjoyable and the views world class. The champagne flowed freely and I would recommend this experience for both locals and tourists alike.
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We loved the tour, lunch and cruise and although we live in Sydney we now realise that there is so much more to see in and around our wonderful city. There should be more tours of the Islands in Sydney Harbour as there is so much history we don't know about.
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The staff service was excellent as was the provided luncheon. There was a most generous supply of beverages. As a previously professional historian, I feel more could have been made of the opportunities that presented themselves at the departure and landing site in respect to the history content presented.
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The staff service was excellent as was the provided luncheon. There was a most generous supply of beverages. As a previously professional historian, I feel more could have been made of the opportunities that presented themselves at the departure and landing site in respect to the history content presented.
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My wife and I found the Goat Island experience most enjoyable and appreciated how everyone we came into contact with tried to make it so.
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Great day, great guide, great food, great drinks. Learnt lots of important early history. Wonderful ride on an old ferry.
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Interesting anecdotes from the guides about some of the past history and well presented in a relaxed and informal manner. We enjoyed the experience.
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Good tour. very happy and helpful tour guides. Enjoyable food and plenty of it. Goat island is a spectacular place.
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All positive. Very professional
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Excellent day...beautiful weather on Sydney Harbour and 2 very knowlegable guides in Brendan and Colin Would recommend this to anyone interested in Sydney's early history
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Had a very enjoyable day, the experience was very well organised and staff very friendly.
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I received my RedBalloon Experience as a Christmas gift from my daughter. My husband, son and his partner also received an Experience for your Convicts, Castles and Bubbly Sydney Harbour Tour which we took part in yesterday. What can I say about it except brilliant! We all enjoyed it immensely. From the moment we boarded the boat the crew made us feel as if we were a large family on a Sunday excursion. It was funny, friendly and one of the best ever tours I have experienced. Congratulations on ...I received my RedBalloon Experience as a Christmas gift from my daughter. My husband, son and his partner also received an Experience for your Convicts, Castles and Bubbly Sydney Harbour Tour which we took part in yesterday. What can I say about it except brilliant! We all enjoyed it immensely. From the moment we boarded the boat the crew made us feel as if we were a large family on a Sunday excursion. It was funny, friendly and one of the best ever tours I have experienced. Congratulations on a top class product delivered by a great crew. We intend doing the Tall Ship experience next time. Can hardly wait.
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We had a fantastic day, great tour, wonderful lunch ,perfect weather very interesting what more could you want?
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I had a fantastic time. I love cruising the harbour and as a convict descendant, touring places where convicts were and seeing how they lived is fascinating. The lunch was really wonderful, with an amazing harbour view. Our tour guide knew his stuff and was very friendly and seemed to really enjoy his job. My friends all had a blast and we enjoyed the day together.
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Great day out with a well organised tour and well versed guide.
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Very enjoyable day. Tour guide was excellent, polite and very knowledgeable. All staff were very professional and polite. Lunch was excellent.
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The cruise was beautiful, Goat Island was beautiful, the lunch was nice, and the last cruise back to the cove was beautiful and interesting.
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Our guide was tremendous - full marks to him.
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