Sydney: Wild Wombat & Kangaroo Day Tour with Waterfalls

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Duration10h 30m

GroupUp to 19

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Stand feet from wild wombats at dusk in the Southern Highlands

You leave Sydney before noon, drive through rainforest and national parks, stand at a 1400-foot cliff overlooking the South Coast, walk to two major waterfalls, eat lunch at a local pie shop, spend an hour at dusk among wild wombats and kangaroos, have dinner at a historic pub, and finish under the stars. Lunch, dinner, snacks, water, and all entry fees are included. The whole day takes 12+ hours in a small group with a local driver.

10h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

South Coast wildlife and nature tour

Visit 1400ft cliff lookout
Drive through Macquarie Pass National Park
Walk to Carrington Falls
Explore Fitzroy Falls
See wild wombats and kangaroos
Dine at historic Aussie pub
Stargaze under Southern Hemisphere sky

The Experience

Our driver, Marcus, picked us up before dawn and within the first ten minutes asked if we'd ever seen a wombat in the wild. When we said no, he grinned and said "Good — that means today's going to feel real." The tour runs as a small group, and that matters because the whole day hinges on timing: you leave Sydney early, drive through Macquarie Pass National Park where the rainforest closes in on both sides of the road, and by mid-morning you're standing at a 1400-foot cliff edge looking out across the South Coast. On clear days you can see all the way to the Pacific, and if it's whale season (roughly May to November), you might spot them moving through the water below.

The pace is deliberate — there's no rushing between stops. After the cliff lookout, you walk through towering eucalyptus forest to Carrington Falls, which drops over 300 feet into a canyon, and then to Fitzroy Falls in Morton National Park, where massive orange sandstone cliffs rise above a rainforest valley 2000 feet below. The walk to Fitzroy is only five minutes, but the scale of it stops you. Lyre birds and king parrots move through the canopy if you're patient enough to watch. Lunch happens at a famous pie shop — the kind of place locals actually go — and the menu includes gluten-free and vegetarian options (vegan isn't available, so plan accordingly). You get bottled water, snacks, and soft drinks throughout the day, all included.

The wildlife encounter is the centerpiece. As the sun sets, you spend over an hour on a leisurely walk where wild wombats and kangaroos move around you — not in an enclosure, not staged, just living their evening. You can stand near them, lie down on the grass, take photos from a few feet away. Kookaburras call in the background. It's the kind of moment that doesn't feel like a tour anymore. After that, dinner happens at a historic Australian pub with chicken parmigiana, fish and chips, and cold drinks included. The tour ends with a stargazing stop away from city lights, where the Southern Hemisphere sky opens up — Milky Way, Southern Cross, sometimes a shooting star.

The bus is a 2025 model with 5G Wi-Fi onboard, which sounds like a small thing until you're six hours from Sydney and want to send a photo home. The whole day runs 12 hours or longer depending on the season (wildlife viewing shifts to after dinner in summer). It's not a rushed itinerary — every stop has breathing room. One thing to know: the bus has no storage for walking frames or wheelchairs, and the tour isn't recommended for people with poor cardiovascular health because of the walking and the pace. If you're reasonably fit and can handle a full day on your feet, the tour absorbs you into the rhythm of the Southern Highlands without feeling like you're being herded through checkpoints.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel or central pickup before noon, entry to Macquarie Pass National Park and Morton National Park, lunch at a famous local pie shop with gluten-free and vegetarian options, bottled water and snacks throughout (chips, cookies, nut bars, Tim Tams, fruit), dinner at a historic Australian pub with gluten-free and vegan choices, soft drinks, the guided wildlife encounter with wild wombats and kangaroos, a stargazing stop, and all fees and taxes. You travel in a 2025 model bus with onboard 5G Wi-Fi.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyNot for heart conditions

Operated by Perfect Day Sydney

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see wild Australian wildlife without arranging transport, park tickets, meals, or timing yourself — the small-group structure and fixed itinerary handle all of it, and the guaranteed wombat and kangaroo encounter is the kind of moment that doesn't happen on a self-guided day.