Port Stephens Private Tour From Sydney, with Dolphin/ Whale Cruise Options | 10 hours

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Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Local guide
  • Bottled water
  • Hotel/port pickup
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Lunch
  • Dolphin or Whale Watching Cruise
  • Sand Boarding Hire
  • Camel Riding Fee

Overview

Experience this ideal holiday location, with its wonderful beaches and beautiful sheltered bays, perfect spot to be relaxed, exhilarated, enchanted and amazed all in one day! With its idyllic golden beaches, a vast blue bay and many sublime beautiful inlets welcome to paradise. Sandy beaches, national parklands and rugged coastlines. Port Stephens is the perfect place to get in touch with nature. The region is home to around 150 bottlenose dolphins, and you can choose to join a tour departing from Nelson Bay which offers dolphin watching opportunities. Choose to view the magnificent creatures from the viewing deck, or in summer for the more adventurous you can also get even closer via the boom net attached to the back of the boat. See majestic Whales on a cruise during their annual migration season, between June and November. . Other outdoor activity include the option of the not to be missed fun activity of Sand boarding down the huge Sand Dunes at Anna Bay or ride a Aussie camel

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Can pick up from most hotels or other accomodation all around Sydney! Can also pickup at the shared meeting point at George Street, The Rocks, for those who are travelling in from outside the city centre. ... Read more ▼

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Pick up from: 140 George Street, The Rocks

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

  • Sydney Harbour Bridge

    Pickup from your City Accomodation.

    5 minutes

  • Nelson Bay

    Meet the resident dolphins and ride the boom net on the daily dolphin watching cruise , with a 99 per cent success rate in dolphin sightings! (Option at own cost.) Get up close and personal with friendly giants on a whale watching cruise (May to November).

    1 hour

  • Gan Gan Lookout

    Enjoy the spectacular views of beautiful Port Stephens and beyond from iconic Gan Gan Hill, one of the highest points in the area The top attractions you’ll see include the vast blue bay, the striking Yacabba and Tomaree headlands, the magnificent Tomaree National Park and the towering Stockton Bight sand dunes. You can gaze as far north as Hawks Nest and south along NSW’s longest beach to Newcastle.

    20 minutes

  • Nelson Bay Bowling and Recreation Club

    We stop for a delicious lunch at the restaurant with its large views over Port Stephens Waterway.

    45 minutes

  • Little Beach Reserve

    We drive around the foreshore of gorgeous Port Stephens to Little Beach for some ideal photo opportunities. The Little Beach foreshore has both a grassed area and beach area ideal place for a quick dip if you bring some swimmers! The beach is ideal for young children with its sandy expanse and gentle waters and is also popular with local pelicans.

    20 minutes

  • Stockton Sand Dunes

    Enjoy your unique Sand Boarding Adventure (Option at own cost) Board custom-built off-road vehicles for the short, bouncy ride into the largest moving sand mass in the southern hemisphere. The dunes stretch 32 kilometres, that’s the entire length of Stockton Beach and can reach over 40-50 metres high, that’s like a 10 storey building. The views alone are spectacular. Get full instructions and transport. Use hand made custom designed boards that are made for maximum speed. Then climb to the top of the dunes, jump on your sand board, slide on down, and repeat!

    50 minutes

  • N/A

    Amazing experience finishes with a drop- off back to the door of your city accomodation (if you choose not to take the ferry from Homebush back to the city centre).

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Additional Info

  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • If a Cruise pickup is required please enter those details, if NOT type in "n/a"
  • Mandatory temperature checks
  • Hand sanitiser available
  • Protective face masks provided
  • Social distancing maintained in vehicle
  • Touch points within the van are frequently cleaned

Free Cancellation

June 19100% refund
June 20No refund

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Port Stephens Day Trip

Published on Aug, 2024

Our guide Mike is very friendly and helpful. Despite the time constraint of the day trip, he was able to bring us to all the attractions that we have planned. We all had an amazing time at Port Stephens!! Thank you Mike!

Great Private Tour of Port Stephens

Published on Jun, 2024

Mike gave us a great tour of Port Stephens. A little bit of rain but it didn't stop us from having fun sand boarding and quad biking. We also had a great lunch at the bowling club. I highly recommend Mike if you want a private tour.

Great experience !

Published on Mar, 2024

Love this experience! Saw many dolphins and they are spectacular. Sandboarding was fun. Unfortunately no camel rides available. The guide, James is really nice. The only thing that viator could improve is to let us know we could swim in the cruise (the guides may not know since they are not allowed on the cruise) so we could make preparations.

Wonderful Port Stephens Guide

Published on Dec, 2022

Our guide James is friendly and approachable. He's patient and managed to bring us to our attractions despite tight deadlines because of unforeseen delays. We had fun with the camel and watching the dolphins is truly mesmerizing. We even went to Newcastle which is impressive. Kudos to Mike and James for the great arrangements.☺️

A lovey day with a great great guide.

Published on Sep, 2022

This was a wonderful day trip. Mike, the owner-driver was extremely warm and helpful. He managed to get close to out hotel to pick us up, despite the street’s being closed for the Marathon. We wee pleasantly surprised to have a private tour, even though it was not advertised as such. We spent the day at our pace. We chose to do the Reptile Park and had a great visit, which included a chance to pet a koala. In Port Stephens, we chose not to do the whale watch as my wife gets very seasick, so we spent the afternoon going from one gorgeous site to another.

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