Guide Dogs NSW Day Tour

Guide Dogs - Public Day Tour

Upcoming Animal Encounter Tours

Lake Macquarie Explorer - Tuesday 4th February, 2025

Join us at Connect Coaches as we take the scenic route with views of Lake Macquarie up to Blackbutt Nature Reserve. After enjoying morning tea at the reserve, we will have free time to discover the exhibits, exploring the variety of wildlife which includes mammals, birds and reptiles, as well as roaming peacocks and brush...

Category: Animal Encounters - Day Tours
Start Time: 8:00 AM
Date: Tuesday 4th February 2025
Venue: Lake Macquarie
Phone Enquiries: 0243254053
Email Enquiries:  admin@connectcoaches.com.au


Banana Cabana Monkey Sanctuary - sold out

Embark on a captivating adventure with Connect Coaches on their Public Day tour to Banana Cabana Primate Sanctuary, departing from the Central Coast. The journey begins with a convenient home pick-up service within our advertised home pick up area, ensuring a stress-free start to the day. As you travel to Dural, where the sanctuary is locate...

Category: Animal Encounters - Day Tours
Start Time: 8:00 AM
Date: Thursday 6th February 2025
Venue: Dural
Phone Enquiries: 43254053
Email Enquiries:  admin@connectcoaches.com.au
Home Pick Up service: 

Connect Coaches offers convenient home pick-up and drop-off services in many suburbs on the Central Coast.

Please click here to view our Pick up area Map

Price: $135
Tour Inclusions: 
  • Home pick-up and drop-off service (within our advertised pick up/drop off area)
  • Comfortable coach transportation
  • Morning tea (provided by the venue)
  • Entry fee into the sanctuary
  • Lunch (assorted sandwiches & a cool drink)
Itinerary: 

7:45am-8:45am: Home pick up service

9:00am: Depart Kariong

10:30am - 1:30pm: Morning tea upon arrival at Banana Cabana Sanctuary. This will be followed by a guided tour & quality time spent with these fascinating primates. A picnic lunch will be enjoyed before departing for the Central Coast.

3:00-3:30pm: Arrive back at Kariong & begin home drop off service

Bookings: Please complete an Expression of Interest Form. If we have a seat available, we'll book you in. We have also made another booking on 15th April.


Irukandji Shark & Ray Encounter + Cookabarra Restaurant - sold out

Today, Connect Coaches will be visiting Irukandji Shark & Ray Encounter at Port Stephens to get up close & personal with these interesting creatures.
Experience the true nature of sharks & rays and get to know the weird and wonderful world of the ocean. You can choose to stay on the edges of the pools to observe th...

Category: Animal Encounters - Day Tours
Start Time: 7:30 AM
Date: Friday 7th February 2025
Venue: Anna Bay
Phone Enquiries: 43254053
Email Enquiries:  admin@connectcoaches.com.au
Home Pick Up service: 

Connect Coaches offers convenient home pick-up and drop-off services in many suburbs on the Central Coast.

Please click here to view our Pick up area Map

 

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Tour Inclusions: 
  • Home pick-up and drop-off service (within our advertised pick up/drop off area)
  • Comfortable coach transportation
  • Morning tea
  • Entry fee into venue, tour & **shallow water animal encounter
  • Lunch at Cookabarra Restaurant

 

** The shallow water encounter is included in your entry fee - Wearing your own clothing and staying (mostly) dry, you can wade in the sandy shallows of the new beach style lagoons, or sit on the rocks, feeding and petting the beautiful animals. For those not wanting to get wet, you are welcome to feed & pat the animals from dry land.

For those who dare, there is the option to pay an extra $10 to hire a wetsuit & get right in the water to feed and interact with the animals while your Irukandji tour guide offers a wealth of information about marine life and ocean conservation

 

 

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Itinerary: 

7.30-8.30am - Home pick up service within our advertised pick up/drop off area

8.30am - Depart Tuggerah after a comfort stop

9.45-10.15am - Morning tea at Grahamstown Dam

10.45am - Arrive at Irukandji Shark & Ray Encounters in Anna Bay & prepare to have fun, learn lots about the amazing sea life at this venue & get wet (but only if you want to!)

12.30pm-2pm - Lunch at Cookabarra Barramundi Farm before heading back to Tuggerah to begin our home drop off service



Hunter Valley Wildlife Park - Friday 28th March, 2025

           Summary: The coach departs Tuggerah Westfield at 9:00am following our home pick up service (see our pick up map for details).  Following a quick comfort stop at Tuggerah, we make our way up to the Hunter Valley Wildlife Park where you will have a couple of hours to wander arou...

Category: Animal Encounters - Day Tours
Start Time: 8:00 AM
Date: Friday 28th March 2025
Venue: Hunter Valley
Phone Enquiries: 4325 4053
Email Enquiries:  admin@connectcoaches.com.au


Starline Alpaca Farm - Monday 7th April 2025

  Nic enjoyed feeding these beautiful, gentle animals at Starline - December 2024 Join us as we travel up to the beautiful Hunter Valley to visit the gorgeous animals at Starline Alpaca Farm. Complimentary morning tea will be enjoyed upon arrival when we arrive at the venue, located in Broke. We will m...

Category: Animal Encounters - Day Tours
Start Time: 7:30 AM
Date: Monday 7th April 2025
Venue: Central Coast Area
Phone Enquiries: 0243254053
Email Enquiries:  admin@connectcoaches.com.au
Home Pick Up Area Map: Please Click here of pick up area Map & Information
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Get up close to these cute creatures at Starline Alpaca Farm.

 



Banana Cabana Monkey Sanctuary - 15th April 2025 - sold out

Embark on a captivating adventure with Connect Coaches on their Public Day tour to Banana Cabana Primate Sanctuary, departing from the Central Coast. The journey begins with a convenient home pick-up service within our advertised home pick up area, ensuring a stress-free start to the day. As you travel to Dural, where the sanctuary is locate...

Category: Animal Encounters - Day Tours
Start Time: 8:00 AM
Date: Tuesday 15th April 2025
Venue: Dural
Phone Enquiries: 43254053
Email Enquiries:  admin@connectcoaches.com.au
Home Pick Up service: 

Connect Coaches offers convenient home pick-up and drop-off services in many suburbs on the Central Coast.

Please click here to view our Pick up area Map

Price: $135
Tour Inclusions: 
  • Home pick-up and drop-off service (within our advertised pick up/drop off area)
  • Comfortable coach transportation
  • Morning tea (provided by the venue)
  • Entry fee into the sanctuary
  • Lunch (assorted sandwiches & a cool drink)
Itinerary: 

7:45am-8:45am: Home pick up service

9:00am: Depart Kariong

10:30am - 1:30pm: Morning tea upon arrival at Banana Cabana Sanctuary. This will be followed by a guided tour & quality time spent with these fascinating primates. A picnic lunch will be enjoyed before departing for the Central Coast.

3:00-3:30pm: Arrive back at Kariong & begin home drop off service

Bookings: Please complete an Expression of Interest Form. If we have a seat available, we'll book you in.


Pine Ridge Miniature Donkeys - Monday 12th May 2025

Join us as we head to Pine Ridge, a 25 acre boutique farm nestled in the beautiful NSW Southern Highlands. At Pine Ridge, they breed American Miniature Mediterranean Donkeys, Boer goats and alpacas. You will get to meet, greet & feed the animals & explore the farm. Date: Monday 12th May 2025 Itinerary: 7.15 - ...

Category: Animal Encounters - Day Tours
Start Time: 7:15 AM
Date: Monday 12th May 2025
Venue: Southern Highlands
Phone Enquiries: 0243254053
Email Enquiries:  admin@connectcoaches.com.au


Where Pigs Fly Farm Sanctuary - Friday 13th June 2025

Where Pigs Fly Farm Sanctuary provides care and shelter to farm animals rescued from cruelty, neglect and abandonment. They also promote the concept of compassion and provide a humane education programme to the community. Set on 100 acres in the beautiful lower Hunter Valley, visitors to the sanctuary can come face-to-face with the anim...

Category: Animal Encounters - Day Tours
Start Time: 7:00 AM
Date: Friday 13th June 2025
Venue: Laguna
Phone Enquiries: 02 43254053
Email Enquiries:  admin@connectcoaches.com.au


Sydney Zoo Day Tour - Monday 23rd June 2025

Sydney Zoo is home to over 4,000 animals and located in the heart of Western Sydney. The zoo is accessible to all visitors with no hills or steps & has open planned habitats to experience some of the world's most incredible animals Connect Coaches is providing you with the opportunity to visit Sydney Zoo. Our p...

Category: Animal Encounters - Day Tours
Start Time: 8:00 AM
Date: Monday 23rd June 2025
 Repeating On specific dates
Venue: Bungarribee
Phone Enquiries: 43254053
Email Enquiries:  admin@connectcoaches.com.au
Pick up Area Map: Please click here to view our pick up/drop off area map.
Terms & Conditions: Please Click Here


Cookabarra Barramundi Farm - Friday 18th July, 2025

  Cookabarra Restaurant is located within a working farm site that includes a world leading Barramundi fish farm and a hydroponic garden. This innovative barramundi farm has an international reputation for its sustainable farming practices. Enjoy a tour of the farm where you will see the fish as they move through their lifecycle. ...

Category: Animal Encounters - Day Tours
Start Time: 7:30 AM
Date: Friday 18th July 2025
Venue: Bobs Farm
Phone Enquiries: 0243254053
Email Enquiries:  admin@connectcoaches.com.au


Dairy Road Alpacas - Wednesday 24th September 2025

Join us as we travel to The Oaks (20 minutes west of Camden) to visit the friendly alpacas at Dairy Road Alpacas. Owners, Lyn & Peter, lovingly care for these docile creatures & look forward to sharing their knowledge on alpacas: where they come from, when they entered Australia and all their characteristics. The talk will ...

Category: Animal Encounters - Day Tours
Start Time: 6:30 AM
Date: Wednesday 24th September 2025
Venue: The Oaks
Phone Enquiries: 0243254053
Email Enquiries:  admin@connectcoaches.com.au


 

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