Sydney hop on hop off, harbour to Bondi.

The Sydney hop-on hop-off ticket this site books puts you on open-top double-decker buses that run 2 routes with 23 stops, for 24 or 48 hours. It starts from $53, and you can step off at any stop, look around, and catch a later bus without paying again. The record names Big Bus Tours as the operator.

The network has a city route and a tour out to Bondi. By the listing's timetable, city buses leave Circular Quay every 30 min from 9:00am and take about 1 hr 30 min for the loop, and the Bondi tour leaves every 35 to 45 min from 9:30am and takes about 1 hr 15 min. Big Bus's own route pages, captured in April and May 2026, start both loops from Stop 1, on Phillip Street by the Alfred Street corner. Commentary runs in 8 languages throughout.

You can reserve now and pay later, and cancel for free up to 24 hours before for a full refund. The ticket lives in the operator app, where you activate it on the morning you want to ride. The guides on this site go deeper on prices, discounts, the harbour cruise, the routes and stops, and whether the bus beats public transport for your trip, so you can plan the day before you book it.

The city route is the backbone. It starts at Circular Quay, runs about 1 hr 30 min, and the record names sights along the way such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Opera House, Darling Harbour, the Royal Botanic Garden, Central Station and the Australian Museum. Buses come every 30 min, so missing one costs little.

The Bondi tour is the scenic half. It leaves stop 1A from 9:30am, comes every 35 to 45 min, and takes about 1 hr 15 min, with Centennial Parklands and Bondi Beach among the places the record names. Ride it on a clear day, as the views towards the ocean are its point, and allow for the longer gap between buses when you plan a beach stop.

Both routes begin at the Circular Quay end of the city. The listing puts the city route's start on George Street and the Bondi tour's at stop 1A on Phillip Street, while Big Bus's April 2026 stop list has both leaving the Phillip Street kerb near Alfred Street; check the app on the day. Our guides to the route map, every stop and the Bondi loop explain where the buses go in detail, and the hours page covers first and last buses and how long a full circuit really takes in traffic.

In the combo you also get the evening ride: departure is 6:00pm, from stop 1A, and the bus circles for about 1 hr 30 min as a non-stop tour, with no hopping off; plan to arrive 15 minutes beforehand, as the record asks. It is a different ride from the day bus: a single lit-up loop rather than a ticket to hop on and off, best taken on a clear, calm evening.

Sold on its own, the panoramic night tour starts from $48, crosses the Harbour Bridge and makes photo stops at Milsons Point and Mrs Macquarie's Chair, with a live guide in English. Each May and June the Vivid Sydney festival floods the harbour landmarks with light, the most theatrical time for an evening ride. Outside the festival the bridge, the quay and the Opera House still make a fine show after dark.

An open top deck after sunset is cooler than the afternoon suggests, so bring a layer even in summer. In winter, a hat and gloves are not overdoing it once the bus picks up speed on the bridge. Our night tour page covers the route, sunset timing and how the bus fits around Vivid, when the crowds on the foreshore grow.