Newcastle Travel Guides (Updated September 2026)

Wonderful. Once in a lifetime experience. Had the best time.

Take a jacket, it might be warm, even hot onshore but out in the wind you cool down quickly. They do have jackets and blankets to use if you forget. I would also take sea sickness tablets, again they provide them. We had several whale sightings and also saw dolphins and seals. Great trip.

Our tour guide was amazing She put so much expression in to each spot we stopped at explaining everything perfectly She is a keeper

Great experience providing an historical, cultural and current perspective of the city of Newcastle. Thoroughly enjoyable as Keira, our guide provided a deep knowledge of the city, was easy going and very aware of the needs of her clients.

Great morning with expert commentary and thoughtful touches. Keira shared so much local history and interesting facts about Newcastle, I feel I know the place well. I loved the quirky facts, and being dropped the top of the Anzac walk to be picked up at the bottom made the experience so much more enjoyable.

Our guide really knew her crime stories and was easy and fun to converse with.Very informative and interesting.

Fantastic trip and a very friendly and warm crew with Karen and Frank. We were very lucky with many whales and dolphins.

Amazing experience. Never been so close to whales before. They were coming right up to us. The tip off they got from another tour meant we barely spent any time trying to find the whales. Only around 10 people on board so plenty of room to move around.

Great display of planes, F1-11, F18 Hornet lots of reading and if you’re lucky you can watch jets take off from rear viewing platform.

Great experience. Saw LOTS of dolphins . We even saw them mating in the sea. The guides were spot on with there commentrey . Loved the whole cruise

I did this encounter last year in October 25 on my own and it was such a memorable experience that I wanted to take my husband in August 26. He loved it as much as I did. We saw whales, dolphins and seals. Our skipper was full of local information and was interesting to listen to with a really friendly nature and a good sense of humour. Would reccomend you take this trip.

We Had an amazing day , saw three whales & many dolphins.1 very active huge humpback that gave us quite a show with multiple breaches & roles, it really was just incredible to witness . Fantastic crew & commentary, very professional & clean modern boat , we will definitely book again, thanks

Wonderful experience. The crew were great and the captain really on it in terms of watching out for the whales and giving everyone a heads up. .

Great trip. We saw lots of dolphin activity. The bay is very calm so fine for those who get seasick. Knowledgeable guides. Only downside was parking was expensive

Our experience was over two hours as we had to wait while a ship came in. Very interesting watching the tugs at work. The weather was great for us. I wasn’t very good at capturing the photos. More enjoyable to be in the moment. Saw lots of tail and pectoral splashing of whales. Very exciting but not as active as we would have liked but thats just the risk. The operators moved and searched and waited expertly to give us the best experience. Informative narrative from Megan and help and nice Anzac biscuits from Marlia? Highly recommend.

My entire experience was wonderful, from booking to comms preparing me for my day and the tour itself. The tour was well planned and an incredible day of experiences. Nathan was engaging and knowledgeable, and a wonderful host for our small group. I also really appreciated not needing to plan for transport to link all of the experiences together. I'd absolutely recommend Newy Tour Co! You'll be glad you chose them!