Melbourne Cruise: Spectacular Skyline and Narrated Yarra River Tours

Experience the beauty of Melbourne’s skyline and the Yarra River on a narrated cruise. Explore the scenic river gardens, Herring Island, and the vibrant Docklands area. Book your tour now!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Melbourne River Cruises - Embark your cruise from lively Southbank
What's Included
  • Commentary
  • Drinks (tea and coffee)
  • Yarra River Cruise
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Cruise the Yarra River and admire Melbourne’s spectacular skyline on a two hour narrated city cruise. Your cruise includes both the down and up river routes, encompassing the scenic river gardens and Herring island with the contrasting port and former-industrial Docklands area; giving you an extensive appreciation of the entire Melbourne region….

Location
Melbourne River Cruises
Southbank Promenade
Berth No 2, Southgate Arts and Leisure Precinct Landing
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Z2344ubkarens
Oct 12, 2024
Beautiful day on the river - Thoroughly enjoyed this cruise and learnt a lot from the onboard commentary. There is a bar on board for soft and hard drinks. Convenient pick up points. Great value for money.
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Curiosity56038539517
Sep 9, 2024
Don't Skip This!! - Loved this cruise highlights. The city is beautiful and the more lovely from the boat. The crew are very good and must say very knowledgeable. The river is called Yarra and there is a lot of history in the commentary which is the best thing we heard in Melbourne city. They have a good control on their operation which you can see in the staff. The new Zealand man was very professional and courteous while making my booking.
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Journey32253801646
Sep 9, 2024
Good cruise to see the city - Best way to see the city. Visiting from HK this time I had family and they loved it. Harry looked after us explaining us the sights and gave us the option of upgrade to 2 hours. Great customer service and the cruise itself was good. Kevin the service staff greeted us politely and gave us cold drinks. Captain Jimmy a retired sailor now navigating in the city fitted in well. Dont miss this cruise you will enjoy it.
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Kym_p
Sep 8, 2024
Great sight seeing tour of Yarra River. - 2 hour tour exploring the iconic sights both up an down the Yarra River from Southbank. Tour Guide/Captains, Sam, Bridgette and Kevin were all amazing, friendly and informative. Tour was provided with commentary along the way. Would highly recommend this tour.
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Alyson_d
Sep 26, 2024
Enjoyed cruise - I really enjoyed the cruise and seeing the skyline of Melbourne , and the information the crew delivered
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Barbarabj6118iz
Sep 25, 2024
Good way to see the city - The tour was a great way to see all the sites along the river, especially the beautiful bridges, The 2 hr cruise option is slightly confusing, since it's basically staying on the boat after the hour tour is done, with the second hour going up the other part of the river. The crew was great. It was hard to hear the recorded tour audio, though, when the captain and asst were talking, to each other or on their radio. We recommend the tour. Great way to learn about this wonderful city.
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Jerneja98
Sep 17, 2024
Good way to see the city from another angle - The cruise was good and the staff were very friendly. It’s a good way to see the city from another angle. There were quite a few kids on board so it got quite loud and I couldn’t hear all the commentary. Overall it was a great experience.
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Brielogan
Sep 7, 2024
An ok experience - At times it was difficult to hear the commentary due to lots of noisy children being very loud. Other than these distractions it was an enjoyable cruise
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Eduardo_g
Sep 11, 2024
Nothing special - This tour take one hour only , not 2. Kind of boring , nothing special really . After starts and see great views is really boring just knowing about bridges. Where the boat turning back , workers where cleaning the river with trash. I mean we need to know if it takes one hour insertad 2 and become more attractive.
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Clive_s
Oct 4, 2024
Limited seating outside - Terrible engine noise. There was only a small area outside available. 80’pop music deafening where I had to ask them to turn it down. The commentary then could not be heard. The drinks were far too expensive for the price we paid for the cruise. We’ve been on many river cruises and this was the worst. We didn’t bother with the second be leg. Will choose a different company.
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From $41
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).