Experience Australia’s capital in full spring splendour with the Floriade Sydney to Canberra Tour, a beautifully curated 3‑day journey designed for travellers who want colour, culture, and a seamless escape from the city. Departing from Sydney, this guided tour blends iconic seasonal highlights with Canberra’s natural beauty, architectural landmarks, and thoughtfully planned sightseeing. It’s an ideal short break for nature lovers, photographers, and anyone who appreciates immersive, well‑paced travel.
At the heart of the itinerary is Floriade, Australia’s largest flower festival and one of the country’s most beloved annual events. Each spring, Canberra bursts into life with over a million blooming bulbs arranged in intricate patterns across Commonwealth Park. Visitors can wander through vibrant garden beds, enjoy live performances, browse artisan markets, and soak up the festive lakeside atmosphere. With a full day dedicated to Floriade, you’ll have ample time to explore the displays, take photos, and enjoy the seasonal energy that defines the event.
The tour also includes a guided visit to the National Arboretum, a spectacular 250‑hectare landscape home to rare and endangered tree species, themed gardens, and sweeping views over Canberra. Architectural highlights such as the Margaret Whitlam Pavilion add a modern, elegant touch to the experience, offering a serene contrast to the colourful buzz of Floriade.
With comfortable accommodation, expert guides, and smooth transport throughout, the Floriade Sydney to Canberra Tour delivers a vibrant, uplifting getaway that showcases Canberra at its most beautiful.
Floriade is Canberra’s world‑famous spring flower festival, showcasing more than a million blooming bulbs arranged in artistic, large‑scale garden displays around Lake Burley Griffin. The event features live entertainment, market stalls, food vendors, themed installations, and a vibrant lakeside atmosphere. It’s the centrepiece of your Floriade Sydney to Canberra Tour, with an entire day dedicated to exploring the festival’s gardens and seasonal celebrations
If there’s no other option than to cancel, we’d like to make sure you’re aware of the potential fees involved. The overview below shows this tour’s cancellation fees depending on how far ahead of the departure date you cancel.
Leave Sydney and drive out to the Southern Highlands where you’ll arrive in Berrima, a Georgian town with heritage sandstone buildings from the convict era. The historic gaol gives you a sense of what colonial life looked like here. Around midday, you’ll head to Gold Creek Station to experience farm life firsthand and have a barbecue lunch on the property. From there, it’s on to Canberra for the afternoon and evening. You’ll get a tour of Parliament House and walk around the grounds to see how everything’s laid out.
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| Berrima |
| Gold Creek Station |
| Parliament House |
This day centers on Floriade and its displays around Lake Burley Griffin. You’re looking at over a million flowering bulbs, performances, and various market stalls to browse through. After grabbing lunch, an expert guide takes you to the National Arboretum where you’ll walk through 250 hectares of gardens featuring rare and endangered trees, different themed areas, and the Margaret Whitlam Pavilion. The evening wraps up with dinner alongside the other people on your tour.
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| Floriade |
| Lake Burley Griffin |
| National Arboretum Canberra |
| Margaret Whitlam Pavilion |
| National Bonsai and Penjing Collection |
Head south to the Southern Highlands and spend time at Corbett Gardens in Bowral during the Tulip Time Festival, where 75,000 tulips are in bloom across the gardens. After that, you have free time to walk through Mittagong village and look around on your own before heading back to your coach for the drive back to Sydney.
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| Corbett Gardens |
| Tulip Time Festival |
| Mittagong |
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