This river cruise with Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary visit is the perfect way to get up close and personal with Australia's cuddliest creatures while enjoying the sights and sounds of Brisbane's most attractive waterfront suburbs, only accessible by boat. Start your cruise at Cultural Centre Pontoon, outside of the State Library for a return river cruise to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. Full commentary will be provided on the way to Lone Pine Sanctuary.
The cruise was very comfortable, with great commentary pointing out information about areas and buildings we passed on the way. The Koala Sanctuary is amazing, great to get up close to the animals. We caught the bus back to town. It is cheaper and gives a different view of the Sydney suburbs.
Captain is very friendly and nice to show his perspective and open for kids to experience the sailing.
It was an easy trip If I have done more research, I would have just booked 1 way for the cruise experience and took an Uber to a shopping mall (Indooroopilly) on the way back.
The cruise with commentary really helps visitors to understand the history of Brisbane and the Lone Pine Sanctuary as well as features of the riverbank. The Lone Pine sanctuary itself is truly amazing with hundreds of animals housed. I didn't regret booking only one-way so it allows for more time in the park and enables experiencing two different kinds of transport modes, namely ferry and bus.
Interesting and fun - I learned a lot about Brisbane and saw koalas and kangaroos!
Ship captain was amazing
Fantastic
The cruise was quite enjoyable. The tour as we went upstream was informative and interesting even if it was a recorded tour message. The accommodation on board is rather austere. You sit in plastic deck chairs and there’s not enough seats in the shade up on the top deck. The boat was super full but didn’t seem terribly crowded. I had purchased one ticket with the Lone Pine admission included for my niece and one without the admission since I purchased a one year membership for the Sanctuary. When entering the Park my niece was allowed to go in and I was told to step aside and wait. I found this annoying. It was like I was a second class citizen, and I had bought the year long pass. My niece and I were separated and I had to wait for ALL the other cruise passengers to go in before I went in. This was really not acceptable. They should have a separate line for members and treat us better. Once in the park we had a lovely time. We did have to wait quite a while for the Koala holding and picture taking. But it was mostly because the animals weren’t cooperating. Overall it was a very good experience and a beautiful day excursion.