This is the 2nd time I've brough family on the Sydney walking tour, both times with Zoe. I've also…read moredone The Rocks walking tour, and I would do both again. I recommend this walk to anyone visiting Sydney, and to locals as well! The Sydney Sights tour covers a lot of ground, and yet you realize just how walkable the city is. The knowledge and trivia that is shared is fun and informative. I can't recommend this Company and its tours enough. https://imfree.tours/

Paul was the best, highly recommend so much history stories and a full itinerary of what to do…read morewhile in Sydney.

Didn't see any recent reviews so didn't know what to expect but we wanted to be able to see the…read morecity with somebody who knew something about it ... LeiLei was our tour guide (not sure I spelled her name right) and she was wonderful! She kept us on track, was exceptionally knowledgeable and we got to see and learn more about Sydney than we would have on our own. Tour ends in the Rocks area which was perfect.. plenty to do and see there ...tour is free but they do ask for gratuities based on your experience. Would recommend this tour for anybody who wants to get to know Sydney

An awesome experience of Sydney! You can either take the bus tour, which is $18 to cover the cost…read moreof the bus, or the walking tour which is free. At the end of both, you can choose to contribute any amount you like to your guide. This is the only money they make so you should definitely give some because they've worked hard! You meet at the Archibald fountain by 10:30 a.m. to get a spot and then go from there. Martin was my guide on the bus tour and he was informative and funny! I got to see so much of Sydney on the tour and also took some great photos. Don't think that you won't be tired if you do the bus tour cause you'll be hopping on and off a few times which will be tiring (but rewarding). I'd say this is a must do when visiting Sydney!

During our visit to Manly, since we thought it was a bit too chilly to hang out on the beach, we…read moretook a nice walk along the Manly Scenic Walkway from the corner of Manly Beach by the Manly Life Saving Club to Shelley Beach, and back again. It is a relatively safe, mostly fenced in path by the water. Basically, you would have to be taking some large risks to fall in, though there are places you may venture forth onto relatively flat rocks or around a neat outdoor swimming pool. With a leisurely pace and pauses for photos or just to sit back and relax, the round trip took us an hour and 15 minutes. I particularly enjoyed the metal sculptures set in the rocky ledges along the walkway leading towards Shelley Beach, known as the Cabbage Tree Bay Eco Sculpture Walk. Also outstanding, at Shelley Beach, there were quite a few wild turkeys wandering about.

The Manly to Shelly Beach Walk is located in an area known as the Cabbage Tree Bay Aquatic Reserve…read more The boundaries are from the south end of Manly Beach to the north end of Shelly Beach. This area is full of rocky shores which you see numerous people walking around in. The waters of the reserve is home to more than 160 species of fish along with kelp and seagrass. While the actual walkway on Marine Parade is a nice place for walker and joggers/runners to get some physical activity while being amidst some natural beauty. Along the walk you see a lot of waterfront houses. Saw a number of houses perched on top of rock formations and walls. It must be nice living in these homes as they are seaside, but in walking distance to the city portion of Manly. At the end of walk you arrive at Shelly Beach which is a pleasant beach that is more secluded than the larger Manly Beach. It is also covered in trees so it has an island paradise vibe to it. If you are looking for a relaxed beach, Shelly Beach is a good spot. While Manly Beach is the main attraction in the area, this beach walk is nice too as you can get an opposite side view of Manly Beach. The rocky shores and rock wall formations in the area also are reasons to take this walk.

Gregg is one amazing tour guide…read more You look for someone wearing red outside Customs House at either 10:30am or 2:30pm for an awesome three-hour guided tour of the city. Some history quirks are mentioned. For instance: why was the Sydney Opera House built over budget? Was the building of the Sydney Opera House Sydney's response to compete with Melbourne? An awesome city unfolds. See some amazing street art, and well as learn about an interesting tree at The Royal Botanical Gardens. Who knows you might get to touch the lucky pig. Discover the best parts of Macquarie Street, Hyde Park, Martin Place, The Ivy, Circular Quay and The Rocks. Gregg really knows his stuff. A walking encyclopaedia. Peek Tours has been around for about three years, and Gregg conducted such tours in Europe prior. All you need to do is turn up at your allocated time. Unless you wish to walk in a group of 10 or more people, bookings need to be made at least 24 hours in advance. Peek Tours also conducts a Party Tour and a Rocks Pub Walk. Had an awesome time. Check out the amazing group photos on their Facebook page. Although the tour is free upfront, tips are advised - pay for what you feel the experience was worth to you at the end. Priceless.

Dave (Greg) was an awesome tour guide! I found the brochure at the Aussie hotel the night before…read moreand was excited to book a pub crawl in Sydney. Upon arriving, Greg greeted me with a brief description of the beers at the first pub as well as an intro on the history of the Rocks areas. Each pub on the tour had a unique history and experience. I learned so much about the city and had a variety of beers that are only found in Australia. Greg answered all of my questions about the Rocks area as well as gave me helpful tips on how to have a "Barbie on the beach" on my walk from Coogee to Bondi tomorrow. Really great tour from an extremely knowledgeable local! Highly recommend!

We booked this 90-minute tour of a historical part of Sydney is to take advantage of every minute…read moreof our short time there after our cruise. It as absolutely worth it! We had Judith as our knowledgeable and personable tour guide. She clearly loves her home city and was excited to share her extensive knowledge about The Rocks. What a wonderful way to spend part of a lovely Sunday afternoon in Sydney, learning the history and secrets of the old city as we walked through the nooks and crannies. Thank you, Judith!

Since we had done a few different tours around Sydney, we weren't sure how much more we would learn…read morefrom The Rocks Walking Tour, but Leisa surprised us! This tour is full of fun and obscure facts with lots of architectural sites. It also familiarized us with how the rocks were almost demolished, then saved in the 70s. Beautiful water and architecture views with lots of fun (sometimes scandalous) colonial stories. Leisa was very kind and knowledgeable, and as another reviewer mentioned, gave us so much extra info that we went over the allotted time. She was very warm and funny. The walk also introduced us to the rocks market and street foods section, which we would have never found otherwise! This tour takes you down many back alleyways. Some stairs, but overall, this this tour was not overly strenuous. Numbers can vary--today we had eight total. Leisa said the day prior, she had 24. Just another way to view Sydney and it's vast history, and I would recommend this tour.

Want to achieve the 'Triple D' satisfaction level? Well, if you have a great liking for 'sweet…read moretooth' and would like to excite those taste buds to a new level... then Cupcake and Dessert Tour will meet your expectations, even for the fussiest ones. This tour involves a lot of walking, about three hours, not strenuous though but appropriate, comfortable shoes will help you enjoy this tour even more. Your meeting and starting point is at Hyde Park where your tour guide will handout 'Foodi' tags to place around your necks so you are easily identifiable as the 'Foodi' group where you can start to enjoy the prepaid sweets along your journey. But before you start the tour, check out the weather first. The tour will go ahead regardless of the weather, so if it's a sunny day, then bring along a hat, sunnies and sunscreen. Rainy? Umbrellas or raincoats of course! Also a bottle of water that has a double purpose, to stay hydrated and cleanse the palate between tastings. You will visit seven top venues in Sydney with samples at each venue. Your first indulgence is a mini cupcake, I wasn't impressed with the size at first but was reassured by our tour guide that by the time we get to the last venue, we will be overdosed with sweets. She was right, although we had walking breaks in between venues, we did struggle to eat our last treat... but we managed, couldn't resist the temptation! The cost covers a treat at each venue, guided by your tour guide with a wealth of knowledgeable information and history about the venues and their sweets plus an added bonus of some of Sydney's monuments history while walking by heading to the next 'sweet sensational' venue. Fair price... right? Unfortunately, I am unable to share the venues you will visit, I don't think Foodi would appreciate me sharing that information with you. However, I can reassure you the places that you will visit are awesome and enough to make your mouths drool. I do want to add this, bring along a small cake box, in case you cannot fit the sweets during your tour so you can enjoy them later that day/evening or the following day? I wish I had known that. I'm guessing you would like to know what the 'Triple D' stands for? It's Delicious, Delectable and Delightful.

I booked the twilight bridge climb and I am still not quite sure what possessed me. Let me explain,…read moreI am in my mid sixties, fat, out of shape and deadly afraid oof heights. It didn't look so bad on pictures, but once I saw the bridge in person and in particular how tiny the climbers looked on top of the bridge, that was the moment fear set in. And it got worse during the preparations. You don't just walk in and climb on up there. You need to have instructions, pass a breathalyzer test, change into a special suit, get a radio, headphones, attach your glasses, hat, jacket and whatnot all to your suit and step into a heavy harness. By that time you'll start to sweat because this suit is like a plastic bag and hold in the heat. You also get to practice a climb up some ladders... oh yay. As a scaredy cat in regards of heights, I was placed up front so our guide could keep an eye on me. Good thing too. The rest of my group consisted of 20-30 year old athletic types... great. So you step on out of the building onto a catwalk and get hooked onto the safety line. This already made me regret things as I looked down onto the street below. Then our guide starts to run, yes run on this narrow catwalk... aaarggghhh... I did finally catch up with her but only because she was waiting for our group. Surprise, let's climb up 4 ladders with 25 steps each back to back... man I was huffing and puffing. Thank goodness you get to wait until everybody is up. Then you climb and climb and climb on up the stairs. I did my best and did keep up, but I was really trying hard. I gave it my all. At about 3/4 of the way, my legs were turning into jello, almost to the summit I thought I was going to throw up, but luckily we stopped to take pictures as a group and then as individuals. I recovered during this little rest. We had climbed up during daylight, by the time we reached the summit the sun was setting and the the view was spectacular. Unforgettable. Recovered due to the short rest and with the promise of no further climbing, but rather descending from here on, I was feeling much better. Thirsty, drenched in sweat and wishing I had used the restroom before the climb, but otherwise ok. Well now we had to cross from one side of the bridge to the other... at the summit, over several lanes of traffic and railroad tracks, and you can see straight down... for me, the scariest part. Then finally the descent. By now it was getting quite dark and we needed to turn on our lamps. The descent was much quicker than the climb of course and I was eager to get out of this hot suit, get a drink of water and use the rest room... no such luck. Now one has to painstakingly unbuckle all the equipment from the suit. Eventually you get to change back into your regular clothes. And just when you think you are done, you have to stand in line for the photo purchases. I had prepaid for the pictures, but still had to wait because the staff will pick out the pictures that feature you and put those with the group and scenery pictures. I do have to say our guide took fabulous pictures and they were worth the wait. Yes, I know I don't describe this adventure as a wonderful experience, it was quite strenuous, but also exciting and the view alone is absolutely worth it. Also the staff was very encouraging and if you have fear or physical concerns let them know so they can help you along the way.

My family and I did the sunset bridge climb and it was a fantastic experience. First, I sincerely…read moreappreciate how seriously they take safety. They take you through a series of procedures to make sure that you are prepared to do the climb as well check all of your equipment and that you aren't bringing anything you shouldn't onto the bridge. The attitude is still very positive and the employees do an excellent job balancing checking safety with a jovial attitude and maintaining the excitement of the adventure. Our bridge guide was Rhys and I cannot say enough good things about him. He did an excellent job sharing the history and fun facts about the bridge and Sydney while taking very good care of our group. We bought our nine and 11 year old sons with us and he was incredible with them answering their many questions and encouraging their enthusiasm. I have wanted to do the bridge climb for several years now and this experience surpassed all expectations. Anticipation can oversell the actual experience, but not this time. Thanks to Rhys and crew, we had a great experience.

We did a North Head Fort tour ($7) at the sanctuary and it was awesome!…read more [http://www.harbourtrust.gov.au/visit/north-head-sanctuary-manly] There are four timings every Sunday (10.30am / 11.30am / 1.00pm / 2.00pm). No reservation is required. You can just show up 10 minutes before the tour and pay. $7 for an adult and $20 for a family. Our tour guide Ron was a volunteer veteran. He showed us a short video (black & white!) of the history of North Head Fort 5 mins before the tour. Ron was an experienced tour guide with heaps of personal stories to share. The history behind North Head Fort tour was really interesting (coming from someone like me who dislike history). In my opinion, the coolest part of the tour was the underground tunnel. I would highly recommend this tour to any tourist/ local. There is also a cafe nearby as well as more paths to breathtaking views. Be sure to bring a camera :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HOW TO GET THERE? The easiest way to get there should be by car. (http://www.harbourtrust.gov.au/visit/north-head-sanctuary-manly/planning-your-visit) I used public transportation. Even though you can get there from Manly Wharf, I would NOT recommend it. This is because the walk from Manly Wharf to North Head is about 3.2km uphill. I took a Ecohopper (Manly Fast Ferry) from Circular Quay to Q Station. The ferry journey took approximately 50ish minutes. But from Q station to North Head Fort is about 1.82km uphill (I used RunKeeper app!) and it took approximately 24 minutes.

Along with visiting the look-outs in the national park, we also visited the Sanctuary and completed…read morethe main loop walk. It was interesting viewing the Defence of Sydney and other military monuments. We did find the signage, although prolific, a little confusing, and there was less to see on the loop walk than I expected. Note: The sanctuary is opened most days, it's just the tours that are only on Sunday.

Rebecca the principal of Go Local tours, knows her stuff re Sydney and its twisted history…read more .Rebecca is fun to be with and makes learning about Sydney fun. The great thing is that Rebecca can help you if you wish to travel to Greece or her island Crete. I recommend the pub tour. walk and drink and have some fun.

From the owner: Welcome to Go Local Tours. www.golocaltours.com.au Our…read moreitineraries include off the beaten track routes,adventure tours, exciting explorations, treks and local activities around Australia, so you can really get under the skin of the country. At Go Local Tours, we strive at every turn to redefine your notion of what is possible on a vacation. Our approach combines singular unique services with insider-access opportunities unlike any you have experienced before. With expertise in not only luxury but culture, wildlife and history as well, Go Local Tours reveals Australia with an authenticity beyond the reach of any other travel company. Choose from Walking tours, City cultural tours ,Culinary and Wine tours, Photography tours , Shopping with a stylist, Cultural orientated walks, Scavenger hunts and many more activities. Sydney-based responsible tour operator working directly with local, community-based tour operators in Australia. The Go Local Tours social enterprise model puts local communities and the environment at the centre of its model. Profits are reinvested into the business and into community-led, productive projects in Australia. Our mission is to contribute to the empowerment of local communities in Australia by running an ethical business that provides rewarding and authentic experiences for travelers.