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Canberra City Highlights Self Guided Walking Tour

By Trippy Tour Guide
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$17 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

Walk Canberra’s Culture, Power, and History on a route that’s calm, clever, and quietly iconic.

Start on northbourne avenue canberra, head into braddon canberra, explore Lonsdale Street, bunda street canberra, and bunda street, then slip through tocumwal lane.

Feel the buzz at Canberra City Centre and Civic Square, a true city on a hill moment.

Discover stories at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, unwind at the australian national botanic gardens reviews favourite with gardens with sculptures vibes, pass Old Canberra House, enjoy a lake burley griffin walk around lake burley griffin canberra, continue along anzac parade through the anzac portal, and finish at the powerful australian war memorial—yes, the one from all those australian war memorial photos.

Activity location

  • Lonsdale Street
    • Lonsdale Street
    • 2601, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 160 Northbourne Ave
    • 160 Northbourne Avenue
    • 2612, Braddon, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Canberra City Highlights Self Guided Walking Tour in Multilingual
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • Opening hours: Wed 8:00 am-5:00 pm
  • English
Price details
AU$16.89 x 1 AdultAU$16.89
Total
Price is AU$16.89

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Access to the Canberra Culture, Power & History Self Guided Walking Tour on our App
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Detailed directions to both well-known attractions and hidden spots
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Audio Guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    25+ narration points of popular locations in Canberra
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Fully offline map – no need for Wi-Fi or data.

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Lonsdale Street

  • 5m
Lonsdale Street is Braddon’s social engine—cafés, colour, chatter, and just enough chaos to feel alive. Once industrial, now irresistible. Warning: strong brunch opinions form here.

Bunda Street

  • 5m
Bunda street is where Civic gets chatty. Pedestrian-first, tree-lined, and perfect for lingering, people-watching, and let’s just sit here moments.

Tocumwal Lane

  • 5m
Slip into tocumwal lane—a bold little laneway packed with murals, attitude, and Canberra’s first proper flirtation with street-art cool. Blink and you’ll miss it. Linger and you’ll love it.

Canberra City Centre

  • 10m
Welcome to Canberra City Centre, where Civic finally learned to stay awake after 5 pm. Cafés, art, wandering locals, and proof that planning and fun can coexist.

Civic Square

  • 5m
Civic Square is Canberra’s living room—art, libraries, theatres, and power sharing space politely. This is where the city gathers, debates, celebrates, and occasionally claps.

City Hill

  • 10m
A literal city on a hill moment. City Hill is Civic’s pause button—green, open, and refreshingly calm, crowned with a centenary marker that quietly says, We planned this.

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA)

  • 10m
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia is Canberra’s memory vault—films, voices, music, and nostalgia housed in a former anatomy building with serious Art Deco flair.

Australian National Botanic Gardens

  • 10m
Step into the Australian National Botanic Gardens—all native plants, zero jet-lag. Think rainforest gullies, desert drama and glowing Australian National Botanic Gardens reviews, energy.

Mark Oliphant Bridge

  • 5m
Cross Mark Oliphant Bridge—science, serenity, and water views bundled into one thoughtful crossing. A perfect pause between city logic and lakeside calm.

International Sculpture Park

  • 10m
Gardens with sculptures meet bushland vibes here—Canberra’s International Sculpture Park. Think unexpected art moments, like a calmer cousin of Point Leo Sculpture Park.

Lake Burley Griffin

  • 5m
Lake Burley Griffin Canberra is the city’s centrepiece. Perfect for a Lake Burley Griffin walk, sunset staring, and realising the city finally nailed the plan.

Captain James Cook Memorial

  • 5m
  • Admission ticket included
The Captain Cook Memorial pairs a spinning globe with the dramatic jet nearby—history, reflection, and big splash energy. Also a favourite Captain Cook lookout moment.

Sir Robert Menzies Statue

  • 5m
Menzies strolls by the lake like he’s late to a meeting. A grounded tribute to Australia’s longest-serving PM—history walking beside you, literally.

ANZAC Parade Walk

  • 10m
Anzac Parade through the Anzac portal of memory is a slow, powerful walk of remembrance—each memorial adding weight, reflection, and quiet respect with every step.

Australian War Memorial

  • 5m
The Australian War Memorial isn’t about glory—it’s about people. Names, stories, silence, and space to feel. The Australian War Memorial photos never quite capture the weight.

Mount Ainslie Lookout

  • 15m
From Mount Ainslie, Canberra finally explains itself. Land axis, lake, memorials, and meaning—this view isn’t just pretty, it’s the city’s master plan saying hello.

Location

Activity location

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    Lonsdale Street
    • Lonsdale Street
    • 2601, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    160 Northbourne Ave
    • 160 Northbourne Avenue
    • 2612, Braddon, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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