Brisbane City Botanic Gardens: Our most recommended tours and activities

Brisbane: Attractions & Sightseeing Segway Tour

1. Brisbane: Attractions & Sightseeing Segway Tour

Meet your friendly guide who will first check you in, fit your helmet and deliver the all-important safety brief. Segways are very easy to learn how to ride, you don’t have to balance, the segway balances you. After 30 minutes of fun training on how to safely operate the Segway, you’ll explore Brisbane with your friendly tour guide. You will zoom past the wildlife, birds, beautiful gardens and iconic landmarks of Brisbane. Your friendly, local guide will help you to get to know the real Brisbane. Travel 12 km and visit Kurilpa Bridge, South Bank Parklands, the Goodwill Bridge, and the City Botanical Gardens.

Brisbane: Highlights Daytime or Nighttime Segway Tour

2. Brisbane: Highlights Daytime or Nighttime Segway Tour

Meet your friendly guide who will first check you in, fit your helmet and deliver the all-important safety brief. Segways are very easy to learn how to ride, you don’t have to balance, the segway balances you. After 15 minutes of fun training on how to safely operate the Segway, you’ll explore Brisbane with your friendly tour guide. You will zoom past the wildlife, birds, beautiful gardens and iconic landmarks of Brisbane. The friendly, local guide will help you get to know the real Brisbane. See iconic Brisbane sights such as The Story Bridge, Eagle Street Pier, City Botanical Gardens, Kangaroo Point Cliffs, Kurilpa Bridge, South Bank Parklands and the Goodwill Bridge. There will be times for your tour guides to snap photos of you as you enjoy the tour. 

Brisbane: City Lights Dinner Cruise with Buffet

3. Brisbane: City Lights Dinner Cruise with Buffet

Discover the best of Brisbane and sail past Kangaroo Point Cliffs and the Story Bridge. Relax with music aboard, and dine in style with a delicious buffet dinner included. Purchase some drinks at the fully stocked bar, and take as many memorable photos as you like during the cruise. Come directly to the meeting point to begin your experience. Then, board the boat and start sailing on the Brisbane River. Listen to music aboard, and sail past some of Brisbane's most iconic sights, such as Kangaroo Point Cliffs, City Center, and the Story Bridge. Take photos along the way. Next, savor a luxurious buffet dinner for each guest, which caters to most dietary requirements. Buy drinks at the bar if you like. Enjoy the pleasant atmosphere aboard with friends or family. Finally, return to the Cultural Centre Public Pontoon and get off the boat to finish up your experience.

Brisbane: City Highlights Self-Guided Smartphone Tour

4. Brisbane: City Highlights Self-Guided Smartphone Tour

Explore the sights in Brisbane with a smartphone audio tour. Use the unique navigation function to help you custom build walking routes to suit your interests. Listen to the audio commentary to hear the history behind different sites.  Dive into the culture and history of the city, as you see iconic landmarks. Hear the story behind how Story Bridge was built. Stroll through the riverside City Botanic Gardens. View the old quarry cliffs Kangaroo Point park.  Have the freedom to start or stop the tour whenever you wish. Pinpoint your favorite sights and source the best photo hotspots.

Best of Brisbane walking tour

5. Best of Brisbane walking tour

Explore Brisbane through the eyes of a local. Meet your guide at Post Office Square in the heart of the city and meander through the streets as you hear the stories and the history of the buildings and city landscapes. Keep your eye out for Brisbane's smallest door and oldest building. Wander through the City Botanic Gardens and find out about how the 'Lamington' came to be. Experience Brisbane through the eyes of a local and be informed about the best places to eat and order coffee all whilst learning about how people move about.

Essential Brisbane: City Walking Tour

6. Essential Brisbane: City Walking Tour

This 3-hour city tour covers all the main sights in the city center and takes you where the buses can’t go. See King George Square, the Story Bridge, the City Botanic Gardens, the oldest church in Queensland, Eagle Street Pier, the City Hall Clock Tower and lots of hidden secrets along the way. Your local tour guide will even point out the best bars, cafes and restaurants. This is a private tour for you and up to three of your travelling companions. You will get a great overview of Brisbane and will leave us feeling as though you know the city just that little bit better. The tour is based on the best aspects of travel and includes a balance of interesting sites, recommendations of the best and newest places to eat and drink, a few laughs and a bit of exercise.

Other Sightseeing Options in Brisbane City Botanic Gardens

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What people are saying about Brisbane City Botanic Gardens

Overall rating

4.8 / 5

based on 133 reviews

Amazing Experience seeing the city, stopping off at key points for photographs and learning. Would highly recommend. Our Tour Guide T was lovely, professional and made the experience AMAZING!!!!!

T, yes that's her name the sweetest guide to a mechanism we were new to but eventually had the most fun fantastic city tour on a Segway. highly recommend

Great way to see a lot of the city in a short time. The segways were easy to handle. The guide was great

Excellent! Will definitely go with them again and recomend them to friends.

Excellent really enjoyed it, a very good way to see Brisbane