Australia Zoo - Glass House Mountains Combo

Scenic guided tour through the Glass House Mountains National Park including the best viewing locations and a delicious lunch and drink at a lookout cafe with views. Followed by 3.5 hours at Australia Zoo including entry ticket.

Our Glass House Mountains Tour will have you in awe as we wind our way through this magnificent and unique landscape. You will have the best of both worlds with our experienced local guide taking you to the best viewing locations of the Glass House Mountains from near and afar, including a small nature walk into the Glass House Mountains National Park to get a close view at the biggest. A delicious dine-in lunch and drink at a lookout cafe is also included on this tour.

You will then be dropped at Australia Zoo in time for the famous Wildlife Warriors show and 3.5 hours to explore this wonderful zoo. Your entry ticket is included in this tour.

To further compliment this tour, we provide you with an experienced local guide and door to door pick-ups in a luxury vehicle with reclining seats and a USB port for each seat to charge your phones and cameras along the way.

ITINERARY

• Our day begins with a nice country drive. The start of this tour may be shared with guests going to Australia Zoo, where we will drop them off on the way. So you will get to see what Australia Zoo look like on the outside.
• We then make our way to the biggest of the Glass House Mountains, Mt Beerwah, where we will wind our way on the bus through various other Glass House Mountains to get there with amazing views.
• You will be guided on a short walk into the Glass House Mountains National Park to a striking viewing area of Mt Beerwah, the biggest of all the Glass House Mountains.
• Next you'll see the many faces of Mt Coonowrin as you see it from different angles, with a stop at the best viewing location.
• Another scenic drive through forest and farms will land us at a lookout with a historic fire tower and views of all 14 peaks of the Glass House Mountains and beyond. 
• A delicious lunch with a drink is included on this tour at a wonderful lookout cafe with a beautiful landscape view. Here you also have an opportunity to buy a souvenir if you wish.
• After lunch we head back into the Glass House Mountains National Park to the best viewing location of Mt Tibrogargan and another little mountain we'll keep as a surprise.
• Just as you thought you had see it all, we will go on yet another scenic drive between more of the Glass House Mountains towards the town called Glass House Mountains for one last stop.
• We will then make our way to Australia Zoo and have you there in time for the Wildlife Warriors show and 4 hours to explore the zoo. Your entry ticket is included in this tour.
• You will be picked up at 4:30pm and return you to your accommodation no later than approximately 5:30pm.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• Scenic guided tour through Glass House Mountains National Park
• Lunch and a drink at lookout cafe
• Australia Zoo Entry Ticket
• 3.5 hours at Australia Zoo
• All the best viewing locations of the Glass House Mountains
• Lookout with historic fire tower and panoramic views of all the mountains
• Visit the Glass House Mountains township
• Pick-up and drop-off at your accommodation
• Full commentary from our experienced guide

Pick-up details

Joel’s Journeys will pick-up and drop-off customers at their home or accommodation in Tewantin, Noosaville, Noosa Heads, Sunshine Beach, Sunrise Beach, Castaways Beach, Marcus Beach, Peregian Beach, Coolum Beach, Marcoola, Twin Waters, Maroochydore, Mooloolaba and anywhere in between these hubs. Please ensure you provide your pick-up address when you make the booking and make sure you are ready at your pick up address 10 minutes before your allocated pick up time.

The pick up times:
7:50am - Tewantin
8:00am - Noosaville
8:10am - Noosa Heads
8:15am - Noosa Junction & Noosa Hill
8:20am - Sunshine Beach & Sunrise Beach
8:25am - Castaways Beach & Marcus Beach
8:30am - Peregian Beach
8:40am - Coolum Beach
8:45am - Marcoola
8:50am - Twin Waters & Mudjimba
9:00am - Maroochydore & Cotton Tree
9:10am - Mooloolaba & Alexandra Headland

Minimum Passenger Requirement
This tour requires a minimum of 4 adults booked for the service to operate. We reserve the right to not operate this tour if we don't reach this minimum requirement. This minimum includes guests on the bus who have booked to go to Australia Zoo only.

Passenger Loads of 12 or more guests

Passenger loads of 12 or more guests are subject to the availability of a larger bus. Please provide us with as much notice as possible for group bookings of 12 to 24 guests. 

Experienced Tour Guide
Your host is an experienced tour guide and driver who lives in the Noosa region, is passionate about the natural world, respectful of indigenous culture and has received many positive compliments and reviews from customers.