Name: Aboriginal Heritage Sydney Walking Tour - 90 Minutes
Price: 99.00 AUD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (9 reviews)

Highlights

Explore Sydney's Aboriginal Dreamtime culture
Gain an understanding of the connection between modern Sydney and the Aboriginal Dreaming from a Knowledgable Aboriginal guide
See Sydney from a new perspective

This Aboriginal heritage tour is a perfect introduction to Aboriginal culture for visitors or locals alike. The tour focuses on discovering the ancient Dreamtime identity that is intimate, enlightening and informative. Experience a local Aboriginal greeting and learn some of the language spoken.

What's included?

90-minute Aboriginal heritage walking tour
Knowledgeable Aboriginal guides
Local Aboriginal greeting
Learn some of the language spoken
Learn about the story of Aboriginal DreamTime, it's origin, history and culture
Opportunity to handle cultural objects and materials

The Dreamtime is the Aboriginal understanding of the world, of it's creation, and it's great stories. It is the beginning of knowledge, from which came the laws of existence.

This leisurely walkabout around The Rocks uncovers the authentic history of the Aboriginal people’s saltwater heritage within Sydney Harbour, their land, water use and spiritual connection to the adjoining waterways and foreshores. The tour begins with a local greeting before partaking in a cultural ceremony that acknowledges Earth Mother using her ochre. Discover how to experience contemporary Aboriginal society right in the heart of cosmopolitan Sydney today. Drawing upon knowledge populated from the oldest ecologists, conservationists, wildlife carers, botanists, astronomers, climatologists and marine biologists on the Earth today, the guides will explain how this ancient wisdom continues to reveal itself within the English settlement of The Rocks.

Important information

Session Length

Please allow 90 minutes for this experience

Guidelines

The tour is suited to local, domestic and international travellers
In addition this tour is also suited to families and educational groups

Cancellation

Change your booking up to 24 hours before the start time of your experience
Changes are not permitted within 24 hours of your experience
Late arrivals or no shows may result in you forfeiting your experience

Numbers on the Day

During the Covid 19 pandemic, numbers are limited to 9. Maximum group size is usually 25 people.

Weather

The tour is an all-nature activity ‘rain is cultural for Aboriginal people’. No cancellations will be accepted due to weather.

Dress Code

As this is an outdoor tour, comfortable walking shoes, sunscreen and a hat, and a bottle of water are recommended. Wet weather gear will be necessary on rainy days. Face masks may be required while Covid 19 is a risk - please bring one.

Other Info

Covid Safety: Dreamtime Southern X is a registered Covid Safe business. Covid 19 Cancellation Policy Full refund of the Tour or Experience Fee if you need to cancel due to Covid 19 related issues such as travel restrictions, lockdowns and/or the need to self-isolate. Please CANCEL your booking if you or any of your group are unwell, have any symptoms of Covid 19 or if you have been in contact with anyone who either has or may have Covid 19. All tour/experience participant contact details (email address and/or mobile phone number) to be provided for the purpose of contact tracing. Tour/experience participants are required to: - ensure 1.5 metre distancing is maintained while participating in the tour or experience. - bring a face mask and hand sanitiser, and wear face masks if requested by Dreamtime Southern X staff - wash hands/use hand sanitiser after touching any surface; Sneeze into tissue to maintain hygiene etiquette; Cough into tissues or elbow.

Location

This experience is located in The Rocks, Sydney.

Reviews

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Fantastic learning opportunity

Regan 18 June 2024

[Employee of redballoon] A relaxed walk around The Rocks learning about Aboriginal history and culture. The guide was very insightful and answered a number of questions from the group with ease.

Keerat

Hi Regan, so pleased to see you enjoyed your this tour, we appreciate the time you have taken to share your experience!

19 June 2024

Awesome aboriginal heritage tour!

Delphine 31 December 2023

Really enjoyed this tour and would recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about aboriginal history - whether you're a tourist visiting Sydney or you live here

The Aboriginal Heritage Walk was a great education

James 25 November 2023

Emily was an excellent guide mixing humour with sincerity. She was very knowledgable and her passion for Aboriginal culture and history was clear and added to the authenticity of the walk and her stories

Insightful tour

Nat 9 July 2023

Great introduction into the aboriginal heritage. The friendly young guide shared some authentic experiences of growing up aboriginal in Australia. Would recommend.

The guide was great and the tour exciting

Andrea 13 March 2022

Everything was great, the guide ( Amanda ) was great and professional, it was so interesting knowing more about their culture

Should be compulsory for all locals!

Kelly 14 November 2021

Aunty Margret was an amazing guide, and the knowledge she shared was eye opening and so enjoyable - I was disappointed it was only 90 minutes! The introductory knowledge I now have on landguage has made me want to know so much more. The tour was in and around The Rocks, was at an easy pace, and would be suitable for most people. Thanks Aunty Margret!

Aboriginal Heritage Walk - Dreamtime Southern X

Margaret 8 November 2021

Fantastic experience. Margret our guide was brilliant. We learned so much about our country's Aboriginal culture that we were not aware of before. Would highly recommend this tour.

Exceptional experience

Charbel 15 August 2020

Being a tourist in your own city is completely underrated. Our walking tour was hosted by Margret, the founder of the company. In a couple of hours I learnt more than I ever learnt at school about Indigenous culture, their pain, the connection to Mother Earth and their love for all life. Do yourself a favour and take this tour. The least you’ll get is an appreciation for the trauma and generational hurt experienced by our First Nations People.

Fascinating tour with Aboriginal insight

David 3 December 2017

I'd really recommend this tour to both locals (we're from Sydney) and visitors. It's like seeing a city you think you know from a totally different perspective. Plants, flowers, rocks that you had never even noticed before are revealed by the guide to have all these amazing stories and significance.