PJ Blue Mountains [MAX12 + 1]

Last trip with friends to Sydney with pj With a true open run, hungry Australian animal friends watched every tour was pleasant and safe. Because there was a delicate, dense Peter support. A lot of great photos, so not just memories, but pictures. I hope to meet you again:) The Blue Mountain in June is colder than you think. Armed tightly:)

A couple of friends and I did the Blue Mountains Trails tour with Peter last Saturday and had an amazing day. Peter was a great tour guide. Very friendly and lots of fun but also very knowledgable about the area and the timings to visit the various points on the tour to keep ahead of the crowds. The blue mountains are stunning and the walking trail out of the valley was exceptional and worth the effort for some beautiful views along the way. A brilliant day and would thoroughly recommend this tour.

I was very pleased with this experience. Our guide's name was Peter. Peter was very informative and knew where to go and what to do to avoid crowds, and get the best experience. I highly recommend this tour!!!!

Had a day in Sydney and thought a trip to Blue Mountains would be nice. Met with Peter at PJ Tours and he helped us book a next day tour online. It turned out he was our guide and driver as well. What a helpful and professional gentleman. We had just returned from a two week New Zealand cruise and had been on excursions in 5 different ports. We have also been on roughly 7 cruises in the past. Peter was the best tour guide we've ever had. He is very experienced and know the Sydney area well. He was very helpful in suggesting transportation options in Sydney that had nothing to do with the excursion. The Blue Mountain Trails Tour started at 0730. We visited Featherdale Wildlife Park before the crowds arrived, then proceeded to the Blue Mountains. My wife and I are both hearing impaired and he made special effort to make sure we understood instructions. Unfortunately we missed some of his commentaries due to hearing problems but he is obviously an expert. He walked with us through some of the National Park which is absolutely beautiful, shepherded his tour group on the sky tram, obtained appropriate tickets and generally saw to our well being. He even extends the trip by 30 minutes after determining no one had pressing time constraints. He took us to Lincoln Rock, an absolutely beautiful overlook. He was constantly taking pictures of the tour participants and arranged to send us photos. We got back to Circle Quay around 1800. It was a beautiful experience with a superb guide and I would highly recommend to anyone wishing to experience the Blue Mountains. If Peter is your guide, you will be well satisfied.

Our guide was PROMPT to leave the 4 Seasons in Sydney at 7:40 - Thankfully! We were the first group to reach Featherdale Park and had 20 minutes before the next group showed up. We had 90 minutes there, which was 'perfect'. As adorable as the animals are, keep moving every few minutes so you can see all of them. We arrived at Echo Point, had a quick lunch, great views and then hiked almost 3 hours from Echo Pt, via the Honeymoon Bridge and Giant Stairway down to the Jamison Valley. Do it this way so you don't have to climb UP the Giant Stairway, which is more like a 800 rung ladder. Brutal climb. Half of us came up the 3 minute Scenic Railway while the other half did the 3 minute Scenic Cableway. These 'lifts' were short so we didn't feel like paying extra money to do them again. We then drove to Leura and had wonderful tea and scones but it ate up most of our 70 minutes - which was fine since the hike had taken it's toll on a few of us. We did get to stroll around the small village for about 25 minutes. Good naps on the bus both going out and returning. The drop off at the Olympic Village Ferry site was convenient and a great way to see another part of the waterways around Sydney while we rode the ferry back to Circular Quay. I was amazed how much we did/saw in one day. Our guide was so on top of everything with our tickets and getting input on what we wanted do/adjusting as we went yet still keeping us 'on task' to complete everything. He even helped those at the end of the cruise with their Opal cards, including waving goodbye to us as our ferry departed. A very warm guide with a nice sense of humor. I cannot speak enough about how great a day we had and all for an unbelievable price. We are very grateful we found this tour.

I was a bit disappointed by this tour, as I was expecting more hikes than what we really did. After all, it was called "Trails", was advertised as needing a good level of fitness, and "Self Bush Trails (2 or 3 Hours)" were promised. Instead, we mainly drove between viewpoints and didn't have time to really hike. Bummer. That being said, our guide Peter has a precise schedule that allowed us to avoid queues and crowds most of the day, especially at the Featherdale Park and Scenic World (where we only waited 15 minutes). Of course, the sceneries in the Blue Mountains are breathtaking, and I also enjoyed the small stop in Leura. Scenic World was quite good (especially the train), and the extra for it through PJ is less expensive than if you want to buy your ticket on site. Finally the River Cat trip back to Sydney didn't bring anything to the tour (to my sense), and I would have preferred to be directly dropped in Sydney instead of paying for it. I believe the main problem was that I was the only one to have booked a "Trails" tour and I was put with people doing the "Supreme" tour, involving no hiking. So, to put in a nutshell, if your goal is to discover the Blue Mountains by hiking (and there are plenty of tracks!), you're far better off going there on your own by train and living your life. If you want to have a taste of everything (including seeing some Australian wildlife in a park and enjoying Scenic World) then this tour might offer a good value for you.