Sydney Whale-Watching Cruise Including Lunch or Breakfast
4.5
695 Ratings
Sydney
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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What's Included
- Tea and Coffee
- Humpback whale watching
- Live commentary on board
- BBQ buffet lunch or breakfast (depending on departure time selected)
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Gratuities
Additional Information
This is Sydney’s only true 3 in 1 whale watching cruise. Including a city sights cruise with live commentary on Sydney’s history both past and present, BBQ lunch and whale watch experience on the ultimate Sydney Harbour cruise. Relax while you see the sights of Sydney from the water as you cruise around Sydney Harbour and dine on a BBQ buffet lunch or breakfast (sat/sun only) served on board. Then head out into the open sea to go whale watching, pass through the Sydney Harbour Heads. Your crew will locate and provide informative commentary on the whales and their activity. These giants of the sea once nearly hunted to extinction, it is believed in history the humpback population was once as low as 200 whales. The conservation of these beautiful animals has led to the humpback population being at a safe level to avoid extinction. Numbers are restricted on this whale-watching cruise, with plenty of room inside and out for viewing in comfort on board your spacious sightseeing vessel.
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- We suggest all guests to please bring motion sickness medication, our policy is better safe than sorry.
- Please dress appropriately with comfortable shoes and warm clothing depending on the time of the year
- Please bring a camera and sun protection
- Available May - November (Whale Watching Season here in Sydney)
Location
Sydney Princess Cruises
Eastern Pontoon, Eastern side of Circular Quay (same side as Opera House)
The pontoon is located in front of Searock Grill Restaurant
Please check in 15-30 minutes before departure time
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Robkerr67
Apr 23, 2024
A must if you want to see a whale!! - We wasn’t guaranteed to see any whales on our trip but we sure did see some. It is breath taking to see these large mammals come up for air and make a splash. We don’t see one come way outta the water but we saw several come up for air. It was exhilarating to see.
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Prakash_m
Nov 7, 2023
To see a couple whale 🐋... - To see a couple whale 🐋 breaching the water at the tail end of the migration. This was a tremendous experience!!!!!
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Karen_l
Nov 5, 2023
Whales in their natural habitat - This tour delivered everything it promised! We were able to enjoy the sights of the Sydney harbour as we made our way out to Sydney Head. The ocean was slightly choppy, so the advice to bring some sort of anti-motion sickness medicine is a good tip. I don’t succumb to this type of sickness, so I enjoyed scanning the horizon looking for the pods of whales. We saw a couple of moms and their calves. It was fantastic seeing them in their natural environment. There was plenty of space to move about the boat and the breakfast that was served was tasty eggs, sausage, beans, mushrooms, roll. Coffee on board as well as drinks for purchase. This was the next to last day of this tour for the season, so I’m glad I caught it before the end!
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Dietmarw236
Nov 24, 2023
Wonderful nature - The trip was beautiful, very nice staff with lots and good informatios. We only saw a female whale with his calf, but it's ok. These are free and wild animals. We are not at a zoo or a circus. And we knew also that the season is ending.
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Frances_p
Oct 31, 2023
Whale watching roller coaster - Our trip lasted about three and a half hours with high wind, equally high waves and the boat rocking, plunging and cork screwing at times. Unfortunately due to the white foam on the top of the waves it was difficult to spot any whales but the crew tried their best. The skipper did a great job attempting to minimise the movement but the boat plunged its nose down a couple of times and many people were seasick. Overall it was an exciting experience and the operators promised an email for a free second opportunity as no whales were seen.
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Concordglobalnetcouk
Oct 31, 2023
Wet whale watching - Seeing the whales was great. Lunch was OK. Encouraged to go outside but not warned about getting soaked. Also other people throwing up was not pleasant.
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Joohooileslie_n
Oct 31, 2023
Nice day but no whale - It was a very pleasant day out in the sun and we were able to have a nice outing in the harbor. The lunch was good and the team on board was excellent in terms of sharing their experiences knowledge and just what was going on.
Unfortunately we were not able to see any of the whales up close (apart from some very brief glimpses) made the day rather disappointing. But we understand that it is no fault of the team on board.
We are unfortunately visitors to Sydney and we're hoping that we could reschedule our trip.
Apparently they would write to us to offer an alternative however we have not heard anything today and we are leaving this afternoon.
The lack of follow-up was unfortunate so I would like to appeal for a refund instead.
Thank you
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Alex
Nov 4, 2023
Bad experience with many times of cancellation by tour provider. - My family and I get bad experience on this tour as it was canceled 2 times. First cancellation was informed us 24h in advance.
But 2nd cancellation at last minute we get up since early morning and rush to go the meeting point while we arrived the agent just told us cancel again.
It spoiled all of our plan so sad.
If you have short period of time to visit Sydney I don’t recommend this tour to prevent the cancellation and impact to other tour schedules that you already planned.
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Pioneer41298287293
Nov 1, 2023
No reason for us to rebook with a company like this one. - Because of no fault of our own, with all fault directed to the Australian government, we could not make the trip. I asked for a refund, nothing doing. Kind of not cool, since the company doing the cruise had called the trip off. So it really was a sham.
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Clayw156
Nov 1, 2023
A very bad experience - This was one of the worst experiences I have had in long time! The boat should have never gone out in the 3 meter (9foot) swells. Over half the people on the boat ended up barfing all over the place and several people were knocked off their feet because of the massive boat gyrations. We did not see any whales and that was a risk you take and I can understand that. What I don't understand is feeding everyone a big lunch in relatively calm bay waters and then take us out into the massive ocean turbulence. They offered us a chance to rebook but I would think long and hard about ever getting on one of their boats again when they care so little for our comfort and safety.
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