Darwin City Explorer Tour
Description
The Darwin City Explorer tour is a great way to visit the major attractions and sights in and around the 'Top End' of Australia. Perfect for a first time visitor or family, your experienced tour guide will showcase Darwin's top attractions and you'll be provided full commentary of the colourful sights located here. Attractions visited may include WWII Oil Storage Tunnels or RFDS/Bombing of Darwin exhibition, Aviation Heritage Centre, Darwin Botanical Gardens and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
Tour Options
Itinerary
The Museum & Art Gallery showcases a range of displays including the Cyclone Tracy simulator, Aboriginal Art & Craft, Sweetheart the rogue Croc, pre historic display and lots more. There is also a cafe to purchase snacks and drinks.
The Darwin aviation Museum houses a B52 aircraft and many other displays related to the Aviation and WWII history.
The George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens are in set in 42 hectares of native & tropical flora, plus an orchid house & cafe.
On Saturdays ( only ) we visit the Parap Village Markets where you can purchase local foods & craft.
We drive past Fannie Bay Goal on our way to East Point Nature Reserve. Your guide will provide information on the history of the Goal as we drive past.
Your guide will provide information on Parliament House as you drive past it.
Antique motor vehicle, car & bicycle museum in an unpretentious 1934 airplane hangar.
This attraction showcases RFDS and WWII History including the Bombing of Darwin Harbour.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Please call day before to confirmpickup time
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
Reviews(95)
In time pick - up. Excellent driver, Full of knowledge and advice. Time did fly by with a lot of laughs in between. We learned a lot about the crocs.
Very good tour when to 3 museums all very interesting when to prap market lots to buy there ,took us around city and explained lots, Very good tour
Best way to see Darwin and the locations of the main sites to get a feel for the area, definitely a must do and very reasonable for the information provided, distance covered and the ability to get on and off at specific sites of interest. The driver was excellent providing a background to the real Darwin history as well as an overview of the main sites and key information about the site. Plan to do a full round trip first up to see where sites are located with respect to your accommodation then visit those furtherest away first. Additional note: Darwin public buses are free so check the bus number and route as they are worthwhile to go to and from some of the more popular sites however keep in mind that the only way truly get the most out of a trip that may be limited in time in the Darwin City Explorer Tour.
Our driver Karen was prompt and organised. Her commentary was informative and entertaining. All the attractions were very interesting, I would highly recommend it to friends
Very informative and friendly
Karen and Rae were great friendly and knowledgeable tour guides, comfortable mini bus tour.
Personable Experience much to see and experience, was a great introduction to the city with some well chosen sites- great service feom Karen ! 👍
Very informative and interesting trip- our guide Ian was very knowledgeable and gave us lots of time to explore each of the venues visited. The small group enabled us to get to know our fellow travellers
I was quite disappointed. Our driver Karen was thoroughly jaded. Yes we were picked up on time and that was fine. The reality is that we actually had the experience of a hop on and hop off bus. At every destination, Karen pulled in and then sat gave us a departure time whilst staying in the bus on her backside. Every destination except one was free so the free entrance element was slightly misleading. I did feel it was expensive for what we got.
Not a bad trip but didn’t suit our expectations. The driver was very informative about what we wasn’t very interested in.
