Big Bus Sydney
Highlights
- Experience Sydney's iconic sights from an open-top double-decker bus for unparalleled views of the harbour and beaches.
- Explore at your own pace with 34 convenient stops, allowing you to hop off and discover local attractions.
- Enjoy the vibrant atmosphere of Sydney's multicultural lifestyle and dynamic food scene during your journey.
- Witness the city illuminated on a night tour, revealing stunning landmarks under the starry sky.
Experience all the excitement of Sydney, Australia’s famous harbour city with a Big Bus Sydney sightseeing tour- Sydney’s only hop-on hop-off tourist bus service.
As well as Sydney’s glorious harbour and stunning beaches the city offers a multi-cultural lifestyle, exuberant festivals and events, a dynamic food scene and a striking cityscape of modern and colonial architecture.
Don’t miss a thing aboard the open-top double-decker bus tours with 34 stops along the Sydney City and Bondi Beach and Harbour Bays tours. Both tours are included in your ticket price making this great sightseeing value.
The hop-on, hop-off facility enables you to get on and off the bus at a number of exciting places to explore at your leisure. You can take a break from your tour whenever you wish to visit attractions and landmarks and re-join the tour at your convenience.
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Big Bus Sydney
Experience all the excitement of Australia’s famous Harbour city aboard the Big Bus Sydney and Bondi Beach, open-top double-decker buses. Both tours are included in one flexible sightseeing hop-on hop-off ticket.
The Sydney tour is the perfect introduction to this dynamic city, showcasing the iconic landmarks including the impressive arch of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the glorious Sydney Opera House and the sparkling waters of Sydney and Darling Harbour. The tour passes bustling shops, restaurants and attractions set amongst Colonial, Victorian and postmodern architecture.
To complement the Sydney tour, the Bondi Beach tour is a great introduction to Australia’s beach culture. On the way to this famous beach, the tour passes by cosmopolitan shopping and dining precincts plus Centennial Parklands, one of Australia’s most picturesque parks.
Night Tour – Big Bus Sydney
Experience the magic of Sydney as the city becomes illuminated under the night sky. Hop on for a 1.5-hour panoramic night tour and discover some of the city’s iconic landmarks. Explore unique destinations such as Milsons Point and Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, while enjoying fascinating stories with our expert live tour guide.
Departure location: Stop #1 (Circular Quay)
Departure Time: The tour departs at 6:30pm, please arrive 15 mins early. The tour ends back at Stop #1 (Circular Quay)
Please note: Night Tour is a non-stop tour (not a hop-on, hop-off tour). Tickets are non-refundable.
VIVID Lights Tour
From street-level projections to panoramic harbour views, Big Bus Sydney offers a unique moving perspective of the festival — beyond the harbour foreshore and across the city itself, nightly from 22 May until 13 June 2026.
Join us on a 2-hour guided tour, featuring the festival’s vibrant mix of spectacular light installations, live music, creative ideas and Sydney’s buzzing food scene — all from an elevated perspective above the crowds.
Bring your VIVID experience to life with our Big Bus live guides.
Memberships
- Australian Tourism Export Council
- International Cruise Council of Australasia
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