Best Travel Guide Blue Mountains

Blue MountainsGuide was updated: 2024-07-18

The Blue Mountains get their name from the natural blue haze created by vast eucalypt forests in this World Heritage area. Tiny droplets of oil released from the trees mix with water vapour and sunlight to produce the distinctive colour. Enjoy crisp mountain air, beautiful panoramas, charming villages, one of the world’s oldest cave systems, and exhilarating adventures in the Blue Mountains, near Sydney. You can even see dinosaur trees in the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah. This is a great Australian escape and a natural wonder of the world.

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The World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains offer many exhilarating adventures and experiences, from walking trails and abseiling to golf and gardens. Deeply connected to Aboriginal culture, the Blue Mountains also offer wonderful insights into The Dreaming and indigenous heritage. Enjoy tours with Aboriginal guides on walking trails through the spectacular wilderness and see traditional dance and music.

Bygone Beautys Treasured Teapot Museum & Tearooms

Bygone Beautys is home to one of the world's largest private collections of teapots, spanning five centuries. More than 5,500 teapots are in the collection: Royal Doulton, Torquay Ware, Wedgwood, Bunnykins and Toby characters to name a few. From the elegant to the ostentatious, this is a unique antique emporium which also features a tearoom where you can indulge in a Devonshire tea or traditional high tea.

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Aboriginal Blue Mountains Walkabout

Travel back in time and learn about ‘The Dreaming’ — the mythical period when the earth, Aboriginal people, animals, and landscapes were created. This multi award-winning Aboriginal walkabout adventure will enrich you with its ancient wisdom. Aboriginal owned and guided, you will follow an original walkabout song line of sacred sites through a beautiful and secluded rainforest gully. Walk gently and listen carefully to what the natural bush, fascinating art and ceremonial sites have to tell.

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Abseiling & Canyoning with Blue Mountains Adventure Company

The Blue Mountains Adventure Company is an abseiling, rock-climbing, canyoning and bushwalking specialist. Take on an action-packed adventure, combining an abseiling course and canyon trip: wading, swimming and a thrilling abseil await you. Operating for more than 30 years, the company offers courses for all levels of experience, from novice to advance thrill-seekers.

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Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah

With a world-class collection of plants, this splendid botanic garden is some 1,000 metres above sea level and enjoys spectacular views. See the famous Wollemi pine, nicknamed the dinosaur tree. The tree was discovered in 1994, deep in a gorge in the Wollemi National Park, part of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. Guided tours are available, including an Aboriginal heritage tour

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Blue Mountains Cultural Centre

Built on the highest point in Katoomba, the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre offers panoramic views of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. The centre showcases innovative and diverse cultural programs for the enjoyment of visitors to the Blue Mountains, featuring the Blue Mountains City Art Gallery, the World Heritage Interpretive Exhibition, a library and a cafe.

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Blue Mountains National Pass

This 4.5-kilometre loop walk offers gorgeous views of the Jamison Valley and surrounding cliffs. Magnificent waterfalls inspire you at the beginning of your walk and reward you again at the end. The track crosses the midpoint of Wentworth Falls and follows a ledge halfway down the 185-metre high cliffs, leading you to the aptly named Giant Staircase with its 1,000 steps, which requires reasonable fitness levels.

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