The best family-friendly hikes and walks in Ngula Bulgarabang Regional Park

The Scenic Cableway brings bushwalkers over Blue Mountains National Park and is part of the park's network of cableways, a historic incline railway, and elevated forest boardwalks and scenic skyway. This is the bottom of the cableway. If you get on at the bottom, you will be effortlessly taken up a steep part of the park. By steep, it's quite a steep ride, the cableway travels at a 36° incline and moves at a speed of 3.8 metres per second. The cableway is open Friday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and every other day of the week from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Cars depart around every 10 minutes from the top and bottom stations, and ticket prices start at $39 per adult and $21 per child but gives unlimited rides for the day. If you would like to avoid taking the cableway, the climb in and out can be done from the Giant Stairway track.

Katoomba Cascades is a picturesque series of small cascades on the Kedumba River, where the water tumbles over wide sandstone shelves before continuing downstream to Katoomba Falls. There are boardwalks, bridges, benches and viewing platforms that surround the cascades for a close-up view of the flowing water within the lush gully of ferns and rainforest vegetation. It’s one of the few places where you can experience the river up close before it drops into the Jamison Valley.

Katoomba Falls is a fantastic multi-tiered waterfall that cascades over sandstone cliffs into the Jamison Valley, and is one of the Blue Mountains’ most recognisable waterfall locations. The falls are surrounded by rugged escarpments, and from here, there are beautiful expansive views across the eucalyptus-covered ridges that stretch through the valley. The combination of plunging water, towering cliffs, and wide valley scenery makes it especially impressive if you're lucky enough to be here after it rains.

Spooners Lookout is a quieter viewpoint along the Three Sisters Walk near Echo Point, offering a slightly different angle of the iconic Three Sisters rock formation with extended views across the Jamison Valley. Reached by a short detour on a paved path through eucalypt forest, this lookout provides a more peaceful vantage point than the main Echo Point platform while still capturing the impressive escarpment scenery. Sandstone cliffs, forested ridges, and expansive valley views make it an excellent spot for appreciating the scale and beauty of the Blue Mountains landscape.

Oreades Lookout is a quieter viewpoint just off Echo Point, looking out over the Jamison Valley and across to the Three Sisters. It’s also where you can access the Giant Stairway, which descends steeply down into the valley from this section of the escarpment. The lookout is reached via short, well-marked tracks with a mix of paved and uneven surfaces. Stay behind barriers, as the cliffs here are steep and exposed.

The Three Sisters were formed about 200 million years ago during the Triassic period by land erosion, when the sandstone bog was shaped over time by wind, rain and rivers.

This is an event center developed for tourism. There are three cable cars: 2 different cable cars and a cog railway (which now also hangs on a cable). Each ride only takes a few minutes, but they are interesting nonetheless. This means there is a lot of nature to discover on the paths that connect the cable cars. Particularly suitable for families with children

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