The 4 Best Sydney Aboriginal Culture Tours

1.Blue Mountains Tour from Sydney with an Aboriginal Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 104 reviews · from $297Our pick

Travel from Sydney in a group of up to 14 with driver-guide Menashe and Aboriginal guide Yamandira. Explore Blue Mountains rainforest and waterfalls, hear local cultural stories, visit the Three Sisters and Featherdale Wildlife Park, and have morning tea and a two-course lunch included.

“Great guide. Beautiful vistas. Great service from Zana Tours. Highlights include Scenic World, waterfalls, Cable car ride and lunch.”

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2.illi-Langi The Rocks Aboriginal Dreaming Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 90 reviews · from $33

This 90-minute walk starts and ends at Cadman’s Cottage in The Rocks. An Aboriginal guide introduces Dreaming, ochre, native plants, rock art and the Gadigal significance of Sydney Harbour. Stops include Argyle Cut and Dawes Point. Groups are capped at 25; guides associated with the tour include Amanda, Emily, Donia and Nathan.

“So much information we learnt from Amanda...she made us understand more about the Aboriginal Culture in all aspects...food, medicine, marriage and tribal family relationships which gave us more incite. As white Australian women Amanda made us feel welcome and shared so much with her history about First Nations and passion about country. Highly recommended Tour for everyone. Thanks Amanda you were inspiring !!”

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3.Aboriginal Art Exhibition Ticket, Art Gallery of NSW

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $17Best value

Visit Yolŋu Power: The Art of Yirrkala at the Art Gallery of NSW to see works by generations of Yolŋu artists, from the 1940s to today. Allow 1 to 2 hours. Your ticket covers the exhibition, not a guided tour, though you can look into bundling it with an Australian Art Stories Tour.

“Sensational and the tour guide Catherine was wonderful. It’s fantastic to get all the background and culture depicted in the works explained”

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4.Cowan Creek Lunch paddle with Aboriginal rock art

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4 reviews · from $139

Join a small-group, four-hour kayak outing on the Hawkesbury River, with a paddle to Aboriginal rock art, an optional swim at Gunya Beach and a picnic lunch at Possum Beach. Guide Sam is named in accounts of the trip. You return to your starting point by kayak.

“Beautiful day and lovely time out on the water from Brooklyn to Cowan Creek. Sam was great and a very generous host – in good hands. Thanks!”

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