Sydney Hotels & Resorts

Discover the joys of surfing on famous Bondi Beach. Learn how to safely get out and up onto your first wave, with plenty of hands-on help. Your instructor will provide lots of feedback and specific instruction, helping you to surf at your best possible pace. Once you’ve built up your confidence and technique, hit the surf and have fun! This half-day experience also includes a tour of Bondi with your instructor, with a visit to a surf life-saving club and a casual beachside lunch

• Duration: 4 hours
• Start time: 10am
• Daily departures
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

Local guides and skilled narrators will tell you all about the past and present of Australia's oldest neighbourhood on this fascinating tour. Hear entertaining accounts of Sydney’s colourful past, discover the narrow alleyways and cobblestone lanes, and view some of Sydney’s oldest dwellings. Visit the gothic Garrison Church, George Street, the Suez Canal and Rocks Square, as well as pubs once frequented by locals, sailors and rogues!

• Duration: 1½ hours
• Start time: 10.30am or 1.30pm
• Daily departures
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

You’ll board a Captain Cook Cruises vessel for a Harbour Experience cruise to catch some incredible views. Over 90 minutes, you’ll hear anecdotes and stories that bring the history and culture of Sydney alive.

• Duration: 1½ hours
• Start time: Midday or 1.30pm
• Wednesday to Sunday departures
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

Soar over Sydney’s famous coastline in a helicopter, heading north to Palm Beach of Home and Away fame. You’ll return over the waterways of Pittwater for a final circuit over Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House before landing at the Seaplane Terminal in Rose Bay.

• Duration: 30 minutes
• Start time: 10.15am
• Wednesday to Sunday departures
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

This one-hour guided tour is perfect if you’re curious about what really happens inside Australia’s most recognisable building and want an accessible, story-rich look behind the scenes. You’ll meet your guide at the Welcome Centre on the Lower Concourse before stepping beneath the sails to explore the theatres and foyers that host more than 1,800 performances each year. 

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Along the way, your guide shares insider stories about the artists who perform here, the moments that shaped the building’s history, and the bold vision of architect Jørn Utzon, whose design came to life despite extraordinary challenges. You’ll also be able to visit areas usually closed to the public, offering rare angles for photographs and a fresh sense of how the building works from the inside out. 

• One hour
• Daily departures 
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

The Summit BridgeClimb is an iconic Sydney experience for those with a head for heights and a penchant for great views. You’ll get geared up and listen to a briefing from your expert Climb Leader before following the Opera House side of the upper arch to the bridge’s 134-metre-high apex. Then it’s time to soak in those 360-degree harbour and city skyline vistas before heading back down the west side of the arch and returning to Climb Base.

• Duration: 3 hours
• Timings vary
• Daily departures
• Operates year-round
• Group experience

Good to know
All climbers must be at least 1.2 metres tall and 8 years old.

This behind-the-scenes experience is ideal if you want to see what happens beyond the footlights and step into the working world of one of the planet’s most famous performance venues. You’ll begin at Stage Door, the same entrance used by artists and crews, before following your guide through backstage corridors, rehearsal spaces, and hidden technical areas that shape every production.

You’ll stand in the orchestra pit, wander through spots where props are stored and costumes are prepped, and walk paths used by countless performers over the decades. The tour ends in the Green Room, the private hub for cast and crew, where you’ll sit down to breakfast and get a sense of the building’s day-to-day heartbeat. It’s a rare chance to explore the Opera House from the inside out and see the details most visitors never glimpse.

• Duration: 2½ hours
• Daily departures 
• Operates year-round
• Group experience