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Darwin Cruise Pass: Personalized Sightseeing with Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tour

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Darwin City

Experience personalized sightseeing in Darwin with a hop-on hop-off bus tour. Explore at your own pace and visit top attractions like Crocosaurus Cove and the Military Museum.

Duration: 2 days

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Darwin hop-on hop-off bus stops:

Smith St Mall
Doctors Gully
Crocosaurus Cove
Cullen Bay Jetty
SKYCITY Casino
Mindil Beach Sunset Market
George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Darwin Military Museum
Parap, a suburb of Darwin
Darwin Waterfront Precinct

When your cruise ships docks in Darwin, join your hop-on hop-off tour at Fort Hill Wharf Cruise Ship Terminal (stop 10), conveniently located outside the cruise ship terminal. Hop on or off at the sights of your choice and spend as long as you like exploring Darwin’s many attractions, or stay on board to enjoy full 60-minute and 90-minute city tours.

The 60-minute morning tour departs every 30 minutes. The extended 90-minute afternoon tour departs every 45 minutes, and includes East Point Reserve and an additional stop at the Military Museum.

You can hop on and off as many times as you like to explore Darwin’s main attractions including Crocosaurus Cove, Doctor’s Gully, Cullen Bay Marina, Darwin Military Museum and the Waterfront Precinct.

This excursion is located within a 5-minute walk to the cruise port, so you determine the time you return to your ship in Darwin. Please allow yourself ample time to enjoy the excursion and ensure your timely return to the port.

Points of Interest

Top End Visitor Information Centre

What's Included

24-hour pass
Pre-recorded commentary on board

What's Not Included

Food and drinks
Not covered by Viator’s worry-free policy: guaranteed on-time return to your ship

Additional Information

Experience attractions at your leisure upon your cruise ship’s arrival in Darwin, utilizing a 24-hour or 48-hour hop-on hop-off pass. Your tour begins conveniently at the cruise ship terminal at Fort Hill Wharf, traversing 11 stops throughout Darwin, inclusive of Crocosaurus Cove, the waterfront area and the Military Museum. Relish the scenic vistas from the top deck of the open-top double-decker bus, complemented by an engaging on-board narration, and customize your own shoreline expedition itinerary.

Infants aged 0 to 4 years travel free of charge

Location

Top End Visitor Information Centre

Bennett Street

Purchase Tickets from the Hop-on Hop-off Booth at corner of Smith and Bennett st.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Michael_p

Nov 4, 2023

Great Tour - It was a great hop on hop off experience the driver was great and he was very knowledgeable about the history of Darwin.You HAVE TO SEETHE DARWIN MUSEUM and experience the bombing of Darwin harbor and the Crocasurous is another stop especially if you want to see very very big crocs.All in all I recommend this tour to anyone visiting Darwin.

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Shemmum

May 25, 2023

Great first impressions of Darwin city. - Enjoy the Hop on bus in Darwin. Great way to get a first look of the city and areas you may wish to investigate further. Loved the commentary….it was interesting but very funny too. Saved my poor legs and got us from the cruise ship and back again safely. Highly recommend. Tickets can be bought from driver.

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618malj

May 10, 2023

Highly recommended to see the highlights of Darwin. - Excellent way to get around Darwin and get your bearings for the rest of your stay. Stops at heaps of the tourist spots and points of interest. We visited the Art Gallery and Military Museam using the bus, and revisited other areas on other days as you don't have time to do them all in a day.

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Trevor_m

Mar 25, 2023

A great tour - Great value for money. Commentary was great. The drivers were courtesy and helpful Would do this tour again

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Christina_l

Mar 18, 2023

Darwin or bust! - Excellent excursion if you are on a cruise ship and visiting for the day - or longer. They brought in extra buses to accommodate the crowd. Great overview of the area and a wonderful stop at the Museum & Arts Gallery of the Northern Territory (free! but worthy of a donation), where you get to meet "Sweetheart". Great displays of the native wildlife; I never have seen such huge and beautiful seashells!

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Kay

Oct 9, 2022

Top Marks for the Darwin Hop On, Hop Off Big Bus - I chose to buy the 48 hour bus ticket and bought my senior’s ticket from the Booth at Stop One. The driver was super helpful explaining the options when I was deciding on my purchase and recommended the purchase of tickets for attractions I planned to visit over the two days. This proved to be a great choice as the line up to purchase tickets at some of the attractions was quite long. Every driver was courteous and readily provided assistance to those requiring help to enter or exit the bus. They also clearly explained the times for pick up, drop off and location even though the brochure clearly displayed the timetable. On the first morning a heavy shower saturated the top level seats so the driver quickly provided a chamois and the seats were soon dry, ready for departure. Up top there was a great view and often a cooling breeze which was most welcome. Downstairs was very popular as it was air conditioned, a must on 36 degrees days. The bus is great value, takes you to the major sites, and even provides a 5pm service on Thursday evenings to the Mindil Beach Markets. The commentary was interesting, informative and often presented with Top End humour. I’d highly recommend taking the bus if you don’t have your own transport or would prefer just to sit back and relax.

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Travelvoice

Jun 30, 2022

Well priced and really good value. - This is dead easy to do. Worth a full circuit to get oriented, then jump on and off at the places you like. Well priced, so it's really good value.

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Darrell_f

May 29, 2022

Easy way to get around 😅 - Great way to see the town. did one loop to find everything then stopped at where I liked. Good commentry

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Elle_r

Oct 29, 2023

Easy to use from Darwin cruise harbour. - We were happy to get on - right at the cruise harbour and then to military museum on the morning bus instead of separate bus as brochure said. . Such hot and humid weather. Suggestion for future- have tents for shade at cruise harbour. Also - make 2 lines - priority boarding for us who had tickets. We had to wait in the heat for people to buy tickets from driver.

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Rob_m

Mar 19, 2023

Excellent service that... - Excellent service that covered all points of interest around the Darwin and suburban area. My one issue is the condition of some of the buses which featured either no air conditioning or ineffective air conditioning (in hot humid conditions in March) and in some, loud engine noise and jerky transmissions.

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