To ride the Skyway across, you get off the bus at Stop #9 which is the Eastern landing stage of the Skyway.Ī return ride into the valley costs $21.00 - the three ride pass with the Explorer Link is $25.00, or the three ride pass at Scenicworld (which includes the return Skyway ride) is $28.00 - all adult prices. The cost of these rides is an optional extra on the Explorer Link ticket, and the three one way rides - Skyway across, Railway down, Cableway up costs $25.00.

(Currently this is the one out of action with a maintenance issue)īoth the SCENIC RAILWAY AND THE CABLEWAY can be used to go up or down into the valley. Then this leads onto the Boardwalk (WALKWAY) which is a short ten minute walk to the base of THE CABLEWAY which can be used to make the ascent out of the valley. The SCENIC RAILWAY is a funicular train that descends into the valley (close to 300 metres) and into the rainforest where you can alight, walk a 30 minute return walk to the base of the waterfalls and back or just the short walk to the Cableway - or return back on the Scenic Railway.

One aspect of the Skyway is that in the centre is a glass floor that changes from opague to clear as you make the journey and you look straight down onto the tree tops below Starting from the same place, the SKYWAY is the aerial cable car that extends out over the gorge and from which you get views across the valley towards the Three Sisters and on the other side the Katoomba Falls (waterfall) If you start from the main base, you can buy a one way ride, then need to walk back - say 20 - 30 minutes, or a return ride. If it were me., I would check the times of operation, the stops and the reviews before deciding on either one of them. In addition to the Explorer Bus, there is also the Blue Mountains Trolley Tours. tall, but not breathtakingly spectacular IMO. The only difference is that on the left hand side going from Scenic World to the escarpment on the other side, you can see a waterfall. I have been on the Skywalk on a few occasions with and without our overseas friends and while the view is lovely, it's not much, if at all different from views you can see at Scenic World or at Echo Point (3 sisters). You can buy the tickets for the rides at Scenic World and do just the Scenic Railway and walk around the bush / rainforest area and then go back up by the railway or the Cable Car - the cable car wasn't operating when we were there a few weeks ago.Īt Scenic World, the Skywalk is a separate price if bought by itself but discounted quite heavily if you buy the Railway / Cablecar and Skywalk together. In addition to what Aussie_Cygnet has written above,

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