
Captain Cook Cruise have been operating scheduled cruises on Sydney Harbour for over 34 years. Step onboard and relax, you are about to get to know one of the world’s most fascinating and lively harbours. Great buildings, beautiful landscapes and stunning houses line its shores; compelling stories, amusing anecdotes and surprising incidents pack its history; and experiencing it from the water gives you the best angle on every aspect.
All Captain Cook sightseeing cruises include a commentary to ensure you are entertainingly introduced to the history and contemporary colour of this great harbour city. Cruises depart No. 6 Jetty, Circular Quay. Family passes include 3 children.
2000 Café Cruise
The Café Cruise is your chance to admire a great harbour aboard a great ship. The MV Sydney 2000, Sydney’s most prestigious cruise vessel, tours Sydney’s best-known landmarks in the Main Harbour. The cruise includes morning and afternoon tea.
- See all the Main Harbour attractions including the Opera House, Harbour Bridge and Fort Denison
- Cruise in first class style aboard Sydney’s most prestigious cruise ship, MV Sydney 2000
- Includes full morning or afternoon tea featuring freshly brewed coffee, handmade cakes and pastries
- Fully narrated
- Departs 10:15am and 3:15pm from No.6 Jetty
- Duration 1hr 5mins
- Family pass $55 (2 adults & 3 children)
Harbour Highlights Cruise
Short of time? On a budget? You can still cruise Sydney Harbour in first class style, seeing and hearing about its major attractions. Special evening departures are a feature: Sundowner at 5:45pm captures the changing seasons from spring twilight to autumn sunsets, and City Lights at 7:30pm gives a sparkling view of Sydney by night. Passengers can also disembark at Sydney Aquarium for a visit to Darling Harbour.
- Explore all the sights of Main Harbour cruising past the Opera House, exclusive Eastern Suburbs waterfront homes and under the Harbour Bridge to Darling Harbour
- Fully narrated
- Spacious outdoor viewing decks and comfortable indoor lounges with panoramic windows and licensed bar
- Optional Darling Harbour (Aquarium Wharf) disembarkation
- Departs 9:30am, 11:00am, 12:45pm, 2:30pm, 4:00pm, 5:45pm and 7:30pm from No.6 Jetty
- Duration 1hr 15mins – 1 hr 30mins
- 9:30am and 7:30pm departures subject to minimum numbers June- August
- Family pass $55 (2 adults & 3 children)

Coffee Cruise – Main & Middle Harbour
The most famous of all the Sydney Harbour sightseeing tours, this cruise shows you what public and private Sydney are really all about. We cover the Main Harbour attractions such as the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and Fort Denison before cruising the magnificent upper reaches of Middle Harbour where palatial waterfront homes, parks, beaches and marinas show Sydney life at its best. The cruise includes a light morning or afternoon tea to enjoy while you are on the water.
- Sydney’s best cruise
- Includes light morning or afternoon tea and our world famous personalised commentary
- See all the Main Harbour attractions including the Opera House, Harbour Bridge and Fort Denison
- Plus explore the magnificent upper reaches of Middle Harbour with its natural parklands, inner harbour beaches, marinas and palatial waterfront homes
- Departs 10:00am and 2:15pm from No.6 Jetty
- Duration 2hrs 20mins
- Family pass $99 (2 adults & 3 children)
 Sydney Harbour Explorer
Explore the harbour by water and land on this highly flexible cruise covering four harbourside attractions: The Rocks, Watson’s Bay, Taronga Park Zoo and Darling Harbour. Disembark at any one, stay as long as you like and board the next Explorer. Great for independent travellers.
- Enjoy all the sights of Main Harbour
- This cruise stops briefly at the inner harbour beachside suburb of Watson's Bay, Sydney's famous Taronga Zoo and Darling Harbour before returning to Circular Quay and The Rocks
- Fully narrated
- Departs 9:45am, 11:30am, 1:30pm and 3:30pm from No.6 Jetty
- Duration 1hr 45mins – 2hrs
- Family pass $55 (2 adults & 3 children)
"I had ambition not only to go farther than anyone had been before but as far as it was possible for man to go" James Cook
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