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Private Port Stephens Day Trip from Sydney, with Dolphin Cruise

A private day trip to Port Stephens, with a real optional dolphin cruise and Stockton Beach sand dunes.

Private tour — just your group 10 hours Up to 25 guests Free itinerary changes Local expert guide
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Overview

A private tour for your group only, to Port Stephens — a real optional Nelson Bay dolphin cruise plus Anna Bay sandboarding or camel-ride options.

This is a private tour for your group only, to Port Stephens. Real options include a Nelson Bay dolphin cruise and Anna Bay sandboarding or camel rides.

Highlights

  • A Real Dolphin Cruise Option Genuine Nelson Bay dolphin-watching.
  • Sandboarding or Camel Rides Real Anna Bay dune options.
  • Private, Full Day 10 hours, just your group.

What Stops Does This Tour Make?

A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.

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Pickup

Hotel pickup anywhere in Sydney.

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A Real Dolphin Cruise Option

Genuine Nelson Bay dolphin-watching.

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Sandboarding or Camel Rides

Real Anna Bay dune options.

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Private, Full Day

10 hours, just your group.

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Drop-off

Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.

What's Included

A private vehicle and driver, just for your group
A professional, knowledgeable local guide
Door-to-door pickup and drop-off
A fully customizable itinerary built around you
All tolls, parking, and fuel

What's Not Included

Attraction admission tickets, unless noted as included
Meals and snacks
Gratuities for your guide or driver
Personal expenses

Why Book a Private Tour With Voyzo?

Your group only — never combined with strangers
Crowded 50+ seat group buses
Fully custom stops, built around you
A fixed script with no flexibility
Door-to-door pickup, wherever you're staying
Meeting at a fixed public meeting point
Direct, transparent pricing — no marketplace markup
Third-party booking fees

Important Information

Know Before You Book

  • Group size can range from 1 to 25 guests — we match the vehicle to your party.
  • Pricing depends on group size, vehicle, and tour length, and is confirmed after your quote request.
  • Tour duration is flexible — the times shown are a typical starting point.

Know Before You Go

  • We'll confirm your exact pickup time and vehicle details after booking.
  • Bring a camera, comfortable shoes, and weather-appropriate layers.
  • Your pickup address is required to finalize the itinerary.

Special Requests

  • Mobility needs, dietary notes, or accessibility requirements? Let us know when requesting your quote and we'll arrange accordingly.
  • Traveling with young children or larger groups — just tell us, and we'll recommend the right vehicle.

Frequently Asked Questions

It's a real optional add-on.
Yes, for your group only.
Long-running research tracking individually recognisable dolphins estimates the resident population at roughly 90 to 160 bottlenose dolphins depending on the season, making it one of the most closely studied dolphin populations on the Australian coast.
Once your quote is accepted, we'll confirm your exact pickup time, vehicle, and driver details by email ahead of your tour date.
Yes — reach out to our team any time before your tour and we'll do our best to accommodate itinerary or schedule changes.

About This Tour

A private tour for your group only, to Port Stephens — a real optional Nelson Bay dolphin cruise plus Anna Bay sandboarding or camel-ride options. This is a private tour for your group only, to Port Stephens. Real options include a Nelson Bay dolphin cruise and Anna Bay sandboarding or camel rides.

Port Stephens has built its reputation as the "Dolphin Capital of Australia" on genuine, long-studied resident wildlife rather than marketing alone. Research tracking individually recognisable dolphins has put the resident bottlenose dolphin population at roughly 90 to 160 individuals depending on the season and survey method, making it one of the most consistently documented resident dolphin populations anywhere on the Australian coast — a real part of why boat-based dolphin watching here has such a strong track record of actual sightings rather than hopeful searching.

The bay sits alongside another genuine natural feature: Stockton Bight, a 32-kilometre stretch of sand dunes running from Birubi Beach to Newcastle, recognised as the largest system of moving coastal sand dunes in the Southern Hemisphere. The dunes reach over 30 metres in height, cover around 4,200 hectares, and hold real cultural significance for the Worimi people, the traditional custodians of the area, whose shell middens here date back tens of thousands of years.

That combination — a bay with a well-documented resident dolphin population next to a genuinely unique dune system — is what this day trip is built around, with the Nelson Bay cruise and Anna Bay sandboarding or camel-ride options letting a group experience both from Sydney in a single day.

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