The Rocks Aboriginal Dreaming Tour: An Insight into the Ancient Aboriginal Culture

Experience the ancient Aboriginal culture on The Rocks Aboriginal Dreaming Tour. Join an Aboriginal guide for a 90-minute walkabout and journey into DreamTime in Sydney.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cadman’s Cottage - The tour begins with an introduction, acknowledgement
    to Country and an ochre activity.
    We then move to Bligh Barney Reserve (right next to the Cottage), where - using seasonal native flora and fauna - the tour focuses on
    natural resources and purposes/uses of plants such as lilly pilly, cabbage palm tree, casuarina, lamandra,…
What's Included
  • Tour commentary
  • Aboriginal Guide
What's Not Included
  • Bottled water
Additional Information

Experience the oldest human civilization on earth through a 90-minute relaxed tour with an Aboriginal guide in The Rocks, Sydney, and immerse yourself in DreamTime, the culture of Aboriginal People.
illi-Langi The Rocks Aboriginal Dreaming Tour, fully owned by Aboriginals, was designed by Aboriginal Elder, Margret Campbell, a Dunghutti – Jerrinjah…

Location
Cadmans Cottage
George Street
The meeting place for your tour is outside Cadmans Cottage, 110 George St, The Rocks (on waterfront side, opposite the Overseas Passengers Terminal).
Cancellation Policy

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

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Karen_l
Mar 5, 2025
Australia's history of... - Australia's history of the Aboriginal People, a must. The struggles they endured through the years by foreigners.
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Malia_h
Feb 7, 2025
Same coin, different side - It was nice to hear about the story of the area from the aboriginal perspective. I took a different tour of the rocks as well so it was interesting to compare them. What one group saw as inventive the other saw as destructive.
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Bernadettes_s
Feb 7, 2025
First Nation knowledge a must! - Guide was amazing!! She explained the basic concepts of “The First Nation” people and their connections to Mother Earth. Had excellent example of how the plants were utilized for food gathering etc. Excellent overview of the tribe locations and physical separations.
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Cheryl_d
Jan 28, 2025
Honoring Indigenous Peoples - This was a passionate look at the history of the original peoples of this land, exploring sights and stories that other tours miss.
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Eoin_k
Jan 20, 2025
Thank you Emily! - This tour was so in depth and my group was honored with the humor and knowledge of our guide Emily, who fastidiously relayed the knowledge of Auntie Margret Campbell in a comprehensive and friendly manner. I learned so much about Aboriginal culture without the lens of a settler guide.
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Elisabeth_j
Jan 9, 2025
Appreciative - This was a fabulous opportunity to spend time with an aboriginal person who shared cultural knowledge and current status of the aboriginal people. An absolute highlight of my trip! Thank you so very much Donia!
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Virginia_c
Feb 1, 2025
Focused on native use of... - Focused on native use of plants and food sources. Also information about their reaction to both Captain Cook and First Fleet arrivals. Same area of the Rocks as the Historical Tour, but a different point of view.
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Barbara_l
Feb 14, 2025
We really looked forward... - We really looked forward to learning about the aboriginal culture. The presentation was very disjointed and very hard to follow. It was very disappointing.
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Radene_s
Mar 6, 2025
Waited 30 minutes for tour guide who never showed up - Our tour was scheduled for Sunday, March 2, 2024. We waited with 8 other people for over 30 minutes, but the tour guide never showed up. We tried calling the tour manager, left a message, and never got a response. Later, I sent an email to the Tour Manager to request a refund and I asked why they didnt contact us about the the cancellation. She responded that there was a glitch in scheduling that they are trying to remedy. There was no apology. She simply told me to contact Viator for the refund. I feel that the tour manager should have reached out to all of those who had reserved this tour to explain why it had cancelled, offered to assist with our refund, and apologized for the inconvenience.
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Wendy_f
Mar 5, 2025
Tour was not set up and verified. - The booking never transferred over from Viator to the tour operator, so when we showed up to the meeting point, there was no tour guide. Contacted Viator, but no resolution. We accidentally found the tour operators office and they said this was a persistent problem with Viator. Not a good experience.
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