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Captain Cook Cruises Sydney Harbour

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Highlights

  • Discover breathtaking views of Sydney Harbour while cruising on eco-friendly vessels designed for comfort and style.
  • Savour exquisite Australian cuisine on the Starlight Dinner Cruise, set against the stunning night skyline.
  • Experience thrilling wildlife encounters on Whale Watching Cruises from May to October along Sydney's coastline.
  • Indulge in High Tea at Sea, featuring tiered platters and pink bubbly amidst a picturesque Harbour vista.
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Discover the world’s most beautiful Harbour in a unique, and refreshingly local way.

Captain Cook Cruises designs breath-taking experiences that complement the natural beauty of the Harbour city in a way that identifies with its vibrant outdoor lifestyle.

Find the perfect Sydney Harbour experience with Captain Cook Cruises from spectacular dining and exclusive private events, to exciting day trips and wildlife adventures.

Create brilliant memories with the confidence of five decades of experience and a fleet of vessels ranging from eco-friendly rocket ferries to super cruisers.

Daily public cruises include a choice of Dinner Cruises, Lunch Cruises, High Tea Cruise, Cocktail Cruise, Sightseeing Cruises, Whale Watching Cruises, Taronga Zoo Ferry, Hop On Hop Off Harbour Explorer day passes and more.

Captain Cook Cruises strives to be an inclusive business and offers a range of accessible experiences. Full details available online.

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Starlight Dinner Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Starlight Dinner Cruise on Sydney Harbour

This premium dining experience embodies everything that makes the city so special: quality Australian food, live entertainment, and a premium yet relaxed setting. All set against the spectacular backdrop of Sydney’s skyline by night, this restaurant-style dinner cruise is the perfect spot for a romantic date night or a family celebration on the water.

Sunset Premium Dinner Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Sunset Premium Dinner Cruise on Sydney Harbour

The aquamarine colours of Summer give way to the warm orange hues of Autumn before deepening to a magical Winter twilight blue.

Year round, sun-up or sun-down, the Sunset Dinner is a perfect venue for pre-theatre dining, family groups a place to wind down after a big day working or exploring in the city.

Harbour Experience Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Harbour Experience Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Experience spectacular Sydney Harbour aboard Sydney’s premier sightseeing fleet. Explore the sights of the world’s most magnificent Harbour including the iconic landmarks of the Sydney Opera House, Harbour Bridge, the natural beauty of the Harbour foreshore, and the playgrounds of the rich and famous onboard the Harbour Experience.

Gold Penfolds Dinner Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Gold Penfolds Dinner Cruise on Sydney Harbour

The Gold Penfolds Dinner Cruise is the quintessential Australian gourmet food and wine culinary experience on Sydney Harbour.

This cruise will leave you and your guests breathless as you are treated to spectacular scenery and a carefully crafted 6-course degustation menu thoughtfully paired with premium Penfolds Wines

High Tea at Sea on Sydney Harbour

High Tea at Sea on Sydney Harbour

Revive and re-imagine a British tradition with a uniquely Australian twist onboard the High Tea at Sea. They have made it their own with pink bubbly, tiered platters and a Harbour vista that even British aristocrats would find hard to believe.

Start each High Tea celebration with an Australian glass of pink bubbly, followed by your choice of fine tea. The High Tea experience becomes distinctly local once the tiered platters arrive, topped with sweet and savoury delicacies, unlike any other restaurant in the city. Blinis topped with prawns, delicate petit fours, mini pastries, tartlets and more.

Whale Watching Cruise from Sydney Harbour

Whale Watching Cruise from Sydney Harbour

Sydney’s spectacular sandstone coastline is also a humpback whale highway. If you plan to visit Sydney Harbour between May and October, it’s a veritable playground for whales of all kinds, including humpbacks, orcas, southern right whales, and minke.

Combine the sights of Sydney Harbour with an open-water cruise through the entrance of Sydney Harbour to find the gentle giants of the sea. The cruises are safe, comfortable, and spacious, and best of all, whale numbers increase every year.

From June, Humpback Whales migrate north for breeding before returning south with their calves in September. Occasionally, a southern right whale mother and calf make Sydney Harbour their home for a short while, and thousands of locals come out to wish them well.

Optional Extras include Taronga Zoo, and 2-Day Sydney Harbour Explorer passes.

Harbour View Long Lunch Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Harbour View Long Lunch Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Long lunches are a revered and infamous Aussie pastime, where friends and family start by coming together with endless plates of food and wine but finish with memories that last a lifetime.

Hop On Hop Off Sydney Harbour Explorer Cruise

Hop On Hop Off Sydney Harbour Explorer Cruise

Travel like the locals do, on the Harbour highway. The best Harbour destinations and combined into one easy to follow ferry timetable.

One-Day and Two-Day passes give you the flexibility to hop-on and hop-off as you like, with smartphone commentary and the expert local guidance of our crew.

Easy, fast and flexible day pass tickets. An adventure packed 1-Day Pass, or for only a few dollars more enjoy the leisure of a 2-Day Pass. Combine your pass with optional entry to the Taronga Zoo for amazing savings.

Highlights
– Start your day from Circular Quay or Darling Harbour
– Visit Taronga Zoo, Shark Island, Watsons Bay, Manly, Darling Harbour, Circular Quay
– Smartphone Commentary and free Wi-Fi
– Indoor and outdoor leisure decks

Circular Quay – Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House and Botanic Gardens

Taronga Zoo – 4,000 animal, including Australian native wildlife

Shark Island – Spectacular national park and picnic spot

Watsons Bay – Famous for seafood, pubs, picnic spots, swimming beaches and headlands walks

Manly – Swim, shop, find your favourite gelato flavour or take a nature walk.

Darling Harbour – Restaurants, pubs and nightclubs at King Street Wharf and Barangaroo

Harbour View Lunch Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Harbour View Lunch Cruise on Sydney Harbour

The Harbour View Lunch Cruise is a great way to experience spectacular Sydney Harbour over Lunch. Featuring two-course à la carte this is one waterfront restaurant with endless and ever-changing Sydney Harbour views. Sightseeing, weekday work lunches or weekend lunch escapes are a breeze with this zippy on-water venue.

Gold Dinner Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Gold Dinner Cruise on Sydney Harbour

The Gold Dinner Cruise is the quintessential Australian gourmet food experience on Sydney Harbour.

This cruise will leave you and your guests breathless as you are treated to spectacular scenery and a carefully crafted six-course degustation menu.

Recommended departure from Darling Harbour on Friday and Saturday nights at 7.00 pm for up to three hours of cruising pleasure.

Cocktail Harbour Bar Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Cocktail Harbour Bar Cruise on Sydney Harbour

A photographer and Instagrammer’s dream with spacious outdoor leisure decks to capture the perfect moments against the million-dollar backdrop of Sundown, Sunset, or Twilight!

Take in the stunning colours of Sydney Harbour at day’s end and sip a cocktail by the sails of the Sydney Opera House in style. Indulge your taste buds with a premium tasting plate to share and enjoy the sounds of the acoustic live music on the weekend all from the comfort of your premium reserved lounge seating Cocktail Bar on Ocean Deck.

Premium Harbour Experience Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Premium Harbour Experience Cruise on Sydney Harbour

This is sightseeing as you’ve never experienced before. It’s a glass of sparkling by the sails of the Sydney Opera House. A macchiato under the Harbour Bridge. A delicious Australian Cheese and Charcuterie Board to share. All savoured as you relax in style, cruising Sydney Harbour in the comfort of your reserved Ocean Deck lounge seating, marvelling at the sights of stunning Sydney.

Rocket Sightseeing Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Rocket Sightseeing Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Jump on the Hop On Hop Off Harbour Explorer for a single loop of Sydney Harbour on a rocket sightseeing tour the whole family will love. See all the famous landmarks as you travel between Circular Quay or Darling Harbour and Manly, stopping briefly at various locations around the Harbour.

Taronga Zoo Express Cruise

Taronga Zoo Express Cruise

Visit Australia’s most famous zoo, situated right on Sydney Harbour. The easy and fun way to travel to Taronga Zoo is by the Taronga Zoo Express including return rocket ferry from Circular Quay or Darling Harbour and Zoo entry

Your express Taronga Zoo ferry ticket includes return rocket ferry and Zoo entrance, plus you get to bypass the bus with access via the Lower Zoo Entrance just short walk from the wharf. If you prefer, take the public bus (at own expense) to the Main Entrance at the top and enter through the iconic heritage gates. You can then take your time working your way back down the hill, past all the enclosures, cafe, seal and/or bird presentations to reboard your rocket ferry at a time to suit you.

Sunset Dinner Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Sunset Dinner Cruise on Sydney Harbour

Dine at sunset, twilight or under a summer glow. They like to think of their Harbour as a sunset painting in progress where the magical colours of Sydney’s iconic landscape change by the minute.

The Sunset Dinner is a perfect early evening dinner cruise. A great way to wind down after a big day working or exploring in the city.

Accreditations

  • ATEC India Host
  • ATEC Japan Host
  • Quality Tourism Accreditation
  • Sustainable Tourism Accreditation by ATIC

Memberships

  • Australian Tourism Export Council
  • Charter Vessel Association
  • New South Wales Business Chamber

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