Port Stephens 4WD Beach Sand Dune Adventure
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Port Stephens 4WD Beach Sand Dune Adventure
By Port Stephens 4WD Tours
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AU$52.00
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Ages 1-60, max of 8 per group
Duration: 1h
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Live guide: English
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- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Sandboards
- Bottled water
- All Fees and Taxes
- Entry/Admission - Stockton Sand Dunes
What's not included- Camera
- Departure details
- 73 James Paterson St, Anna Bay NSW 2316, Australia Continue driving past the surf club to a lower car park and proceed to the RED trailer for check in.
Return details- Returns to original departure point
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 53306P2- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not recommended for travellers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travellers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travellers can participate
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travellers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- How much is Port Stephens 4WD Beach Sand Dune Adventure?
- Port Stephens 4WD Beach Sand Dune Adventure price starts from AU$53.30. Discover and book Port Stephens 4WD Beach Sand Dune Adventure on Tripadvisor
- What is the Port Stephens 4WD Beach Sand Dune Adventure cancellation policy?
- Port Stephens 4WD Beach Sand Dune Adventure cancellation policy: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Discover and book Port Stephens 4WD Beach Sand Dune Adventure on Tripadvisor
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- Port Stephens 4WD Beach Sand Dune Adventure is hosted by Port Stephens 4WD Tours. Read reviews, discover additonal experiences or contact Port Stephens 4WD Tours on Tripadvisor. Discover and book Port Stephens 4WD Beach Sand Dune Adventure on Tripadvisor
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- On average, this experience will take approximately 1h. Discover and book Port Stephens 4WD Beach Sand Dune Adventure on Tripadvisor
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 53306P2
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- You'll start at73 James Paterson St73 James Paterson St, Anna Bay NSW 2316, AustraliaContinue driving past the surf club to a lower car park and proceed to the RED trailer for check in.See address & details
- 1Stockton Sand DunesStop: 60 minutes - Admission includedJoin our 4WD tour guide for a short tour down Birubi beach, search for pipis and learn the history of the sand dune ecosystem. Finishing in the high dunes on our Sandboarding AdventureRead more
- You'll return to the starting point
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- Escape6295116273700You know your from the Bay when you do this tour !Had an awesome time on the port stephens 4wd tours . Our guide Craig went above and beyond to make it a fantastic day for my family . We have been living in the area for 7 years and can’t believe we havnt done this sooner . From collecting pipi’s and releasing and all the informative history discussed . Followed up by sand boarding.
- H2502RSdavid00Excellent experienceAmazing event and very funny.thanks to our guide coming from Fidji Islands.(we don't remember his name but was very kind)
- Klockticking00Must do for port StephensSuper fun for the kids and adults. We thought the highlight was the sand dune (which was great fun too!) But we love the beach part just as much. We got to have a squeeze of bluebottle, catch some pipi and watch how they “secretly” escaped.
- Jasmine E0010/10 would recommendOur family had a fantastic time! The tour guide was informative and interactive we really enjoyed the experience. They gave our kiddos (9 and 5) a certificate for sand boarding which was cute! They also took us to the beach which was clear and gorgeous on a sunny day. I recommend wearing socks and sneakers because the sand is very hot to stand on!
- at0rk00Great family experienceIt was an amazing experience being here. we went and booked and only had to wait 30 min to get on the tour bus when we were about to hop on they treated us to some water because of the hot weather first stop was the sand dunes the instructor (Craig) was really good at explaining everything and made kids feel comfortable it was really fun going out to the sand dunes after that we went to the beach to go see the pipis and Craig showed us how they go back into the sand and we got to see some natural coal from the ocean and floating rocks in the sea.
- Daradxxxx00Great experienceLovely staff member, we went during quiet time, Staff took us to the beach guided us to find pipi also being attentive and engaging on sandborading experience!
- 180anupk00Terrible experience & Cheaters. Stay away from themI am quite disappointed with their service today. I was suppose to attend 1 PM tour with my family of 4 and due to heavy traffic from Sydney to Port Stephens I was 15 minutes late and I was denied to attend the tour & completely refused for any rescheduling which resulted in the loss of my money. The approach of the person who manages this is very arrogant behavior and ZERO customer-centric way. He is only concerned about the filling his seats in the bus and making the booking full. Dont care about anything else. If you book with this company & are not on time you are going to loose your money & screw up your plan. BEWARE
- AeroDDD00Wow, this is so fun!Had a great time, airconditioned van, super knowledgeable guide (Frank), and what a blast flying down the dunes on a sandboard! Highly recommend this tour, there is a little cafe and toilets nearby as well. Highly recommend this one :) Thanks for a great time, Frank!
- HarrietF12600Amazing tourAmazing tour with Graham, so affordable and we all had a wonderful time. Graham was extremely knowledgable and added a lot of fun to the tour. Would highly recommend.
- ahmsjs00Massive Sand Dune fun in Port StephensFun adventure. The 4WD’ing itself is a heap of fun bumping around the sand dunes :) We went searching for pippi’s and then safely watched them burrow back into the sand. Lastly we trekked up to the top of the sand dunes and had heaps of fun sand boarding down!! Great views from the top. Really fun experience. There are also some longer runs available for those who dare. Tour guide was nice and informative. A highly recommended activity for those visiting the Port Stephens area.
- papercut148600Very bad experience!Had a very bad experience on our trip last weekend! So we were booked at 10am but arrived 15mins late and went straight to the red shuttle from Port Stephens 4WD tours. Two old blokes were there and the one I talked to said we could not do the activity anymore because we were late, he said there was nothing he could do and if we want we can book for the next one which was at 12:30pm. We were like "what??" we wasted money for nothing?? And there even weren't any other people there how come the next available time was 12:30pm?? We didn't know at first what the rules were so we felt guilty and just transferred to the other available tour provider we saw (Sand Dunes Safaris, which was great and highly recommended! Shoutout to our driver Max!) which were available right away at 10:30am on which we paid again. After the activity we went to lunch and we revisited the FAQs and saw this text "If you are late or early, it's not an issue as our 4WDs rotate every 10-15 minutes (Sandboarding Adventure)”. We altogether were so pissed off!!! We wanted a refund so I filed for one which is still pending to this date. Hoping we get it cos that would definitely suck more!
- Linda S00These dunes deliverWhile this was a short tour it delivered what it promised and was great fun. The driver/guide was friendly, helpful, informative; his vibe added to the enjoyment of the tour. Riding the dunes is great fun!!
- stevevM8051SM00Loved our time, photos don't do it justice.Really enjoyed the time there. Our guide Frank was kind, helpful and the whole experience was a blast. After we did some Sandboarding we went over to the ocean, dipped our toes in and went looking for "pippies." I would recommend you be in a general level of fitness for this, climbing up the sand dunes can tire you out, so just be ready for a bit of climb, but all in all, fantastic time.
- allansmith100ExcellentThe tour down to tin city was great Our driver was very helpful and informative lots of photo stops along the way not rushed great afternoon
- Avocado_yum00Value for moneyWe went on a very low tourist season when coronavirus was around. Mark made the tour on for us although there were only 2 of us. Tour would normally on with a minimum of 4. Free water bottles on board. Michael had great hospitality and customer service. He was very knowledgeable and chatted a lot not only on the history of tin city but also his background to give the tour a personal touch. Sand dune is such a beautiful and natural scene. Sandboarding is fun and a good workout. The walk up hill on sand is only 20m. I’m afraid of height but I managed the excitement and did a few slides. I must say the first one was a little struggle for me. The hand position in face allows you to control the speed. So don’t hesitate. Go for it. What activity could be that affordable in Australia.
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Canberra, Australia3 contributions
Oct. 2022 • Family
Terrible customer service and very arrogant. We were 8 minutes late to the tour as we were lost. We informed them. But they said it’s not fair on the other guests. I am pretty sure the other guests won’t mind waiting a few minutes for 8 people. The guy at the counter instead of sympathising was very rude. No rescheduling. No question of getting any of your money back as the operator said he could have sold our tickets for $1000. Seriously who buys sand dune safari tickets for $1000? We managed to get a booking at the next door tours by paying the same amount of money as kids were very upset. I don’t understand how come one tour provider is fully booked out, but others are not. Wonder if it’s a scam reading other reviews. Info also says maximum 8 people per tour. If we were a group of 8, who were the other guests? Do not go to this people if you are family with little kids and can’t keep up with time as they don’t have any flexibility for families and they don’t care about customer service. I thought people have learned their lessons from Covid. Only one thing to say to this tour providers - Money is not everything. Enjoy spending the extra money you earned in the weekend.
Written 3 October 2022
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Hi 183minip
Thank you for taking the time to review your experience, every bit of feedback is useful to us. There are a few things to go through in your feedback so I’ll start with the 8 minutes…..you were in fact 23 minutes late to the tour, everyone is asked to arrive 15mins before tour departure for check in so you can receive your complimentary bottle of water, meet your tour guide and the other guests. The other guests were on the 4WD already for over 20mins waiting for you guys to arrive. Our office hadn’t heard if you were running late so we waited 5mins out of courtesy, any longer and it makes the rest of our day run late
Regarding you being lost, on purchasing a ticket, everyone receives a confirmation email which has a Google Maps link in the ticket. This ticket is also sent as a booking reminder 24hrs before your scheduled tour, as well as a reminder text 3hrs before your tour. These reminders also tell you be there 15mins beforehand
In saying all of the above, we understand it is school holidays so traffic can be an issue, which is why we send an extra text message the morning of to remind people to allow extra time for parking and if you are running late, to call our office and we can assist. All long weekend we had people running late, so we moved to people to other times if we weren’t not booked out.
Not sure where you read only 8 seats per tour, if you find that again, can you please email it to info@portstephens4wd.com.au and we can follow this up. Our tours have 19 seats as the 4WDs we use are 19 seaters
Other tour operators can take up more guests as they run a shuttle service, we provide a fully guided 4WD tour and Sandboarding experience where the bus and guide stay with you the entire time. Hence the timing schedules
Again we are sorry you didn’t enjoy your experience with us and we hope you enjoyed your Sandboarding Adventure on the dunes while you were here :)
Written 5 October 2022
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Avi Acharya
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Dec. 2022 • Family
While booking over the phone one of the lady said we will only charge $10 for autistic kid but when we reached there the lady on counter argued saying you have to pay $30 for him despite we mentioned that he is not going to play and wont be able to leave him behind. But the lady on counter charged full price for autistic kids who was not able to play. Didn’t consider for him despite we were group of 17 with 12adults.
Didn’t have other options as others were fully booked.
Really disappointed with this and $30 for 5 years old kids really unfair.
Didn’t have other options as others were fully booked.
Really disappointed with this and $30 for 5 years old kids really unfair.
Written 5 January 2023
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Sean A
Hi aviara5
Thank you for taking the time to review your Sandboarding experience, however I believe you have reviewed the wrong 4WD company….we do not offer $10 tickets and we do not have ladies who work at reception.
We are sorry this happened to you, please contact the correct operator and I hope they can assist you
I hope you enjoy the rest of your time in Port Stephens :)
Thanks
Written 6 January 2023
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Anne T
2 contributions
Jan. 2022
The beach and sand hills were beautiful after some light rain, and not too hot either. the tour was really well paced and interesting. We booked the 12:15 pm tour and were back by 1:40 pm.
Our tour guide/driver/instructor, Michael, is a star! He was super nice, experienced & funny, He showed us where to find the pippies (sort of clams), how they are protected yet can be used as bait if fishing. He also instructed us carefully on proper ways to sandboard and ensured everyone has a safe & fun experience.
P.s: Wear super comfy clothes as you will be covered with sand after a few slides :D
Our tour guide/driver/instructor, Michael, is a star! He was super nice, experienced & funny, He showed us where to find the pippies (sort of clams), how they are protected yet can be used as bait if fishing. He also instructed us carefully on proper ways to sandboard and ensured everyone has a safe & fun experience.
P.s: Wear super comfy clothes as you will be covered with sand after a few slides :D
Written 5 January 2022
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Hi annetran22
Thank you for the 5 star review of our Beach & Dune with Sandboarding tour. Glad to see you had fun and enjoyed the tour and I’ll be sure to pass your feedback onto Mick :)
Look forward to seeing you guys again soon
Thanks
Sean
Written 17 January 2022
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Trail610759
2 contributions
May 2023
WE booked at the main office in Nelson Bay. The bloke behind the jump was usually a 4WD driver on the beach. he was an excellent ambassador for all things in the region, not just his attraction. Upon arrival we were met by Craig the driver and Holly. Very friendly welcome to all. We had some young visitors from Korea and Singapore in our group. The history of the region and the moving sand dunes was most interesting. Finding pipis was fun and educational. The sandboarding experience exceptional. We are in the over 65 bracket and the wife was wary to have a go. After encouragement from Craig and the other visitors, we both did the 100 ft slide. A young lass from Singapore filmed us and then air dropped it to our phone. I recently had a new hip and she helped me back up the dune. Fun for all ages. Highly Recommended for everyone.
Written 14 May 2023
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Jacques A
5 contributions
Jan. 2022 • Family
The whole experience was really great. From the gentleman at the gathering point who was very helpful and patient providing all the details and information, to both Frank and Craig who were both our drivers at different points. They were extremely kind, informative and patient with us and the kids that were in our group. Highly recommend these guys as they seem to know their stuff and made the whole experience great!
Written 18 January 2022
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Hi jacquesa520
Thank you for your 5 star review of our Beach & Dune with Sandboarding tour, and glad to hear everyone had a great time. I’ll be sure to pass your feedback onto Frank and Craig as well :)
Thanks
Sean
Written 5 October 2022
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Kate G
Melbourne, Australia2 contributions
Jan. 2023 • Family
We really loved this tour. The perfect amount of time for kids (1.25hrs) and a great mix of activities - finding pippis, learning about the history of the area and sand boarding. Our tour guide was fabulous and really informative about the local marine life and indigenous history. Highly recommend.
Written 23 January 2023
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Kundan Singh
Sydney, Australia4 contributions
Jun. 2020
Beach & Dune package with Port Stephens 4WD tour is by far the best thing to do if you are in Port Stephens. Sand boarding is thrilling and fun, the entire 1 hour 15 min trip is well organised with a guided bus tour who would initially take you to the beach and let you snap some glorious pics. And then head on to the Sand dunes in the middle of the desert where you do the sand boarding. Simply loved the amazing experience. Highly recommended and thank you !!
Written 7 June 2020
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Hi Kundansingh21
Thanks for the 5 star review of our Beach & Dune tour. Glad to hear you enjoyed the tour and especially our Sandboarding on the dunes. Look forward to having you back with us again :)
Thanks
Sean
Written 9 August 2020
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Steve O
3 contributions
Jan. 2022 • Family
My wife, daughter and I thoroughly enjoyed our excursion with Sean. Riding the dunes was a blast and Sean made sure we knew where the biggest hill was. The information he provided on the dunes and beach was also very interesting. Good value too for almost two hours of fun. We look forward to doing it again the next time we are visiting.
Written 17 January 2022
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Grace H
3 contributions
Jun. 2020
A lovely afternoon out on this tour. The kids thoroughly enjoyed the drive along the beach and searching for pippies, but the highlight was the sandboarding experience. Being the last tour of the day, we had the sand dunes to ourselves and it was so much fun sliding down the dunes. Walking up them was tough but worth it all the same....We will definitely be back!!
Written 30 June 2020
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Hi 451graceh
Thanks for the 5 star review of our Beach & Dune tour :). Also thanks for highlighting our Sandboarding portion of the tour, glad the kids had fun and look forward to having you guys join us again soon
Kind regards
Sean
Written 9 August 2020
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Rose Sydney
12 contributions
We had a booking on their website before 1day. We got there before booking time 15mins, one of staff said you did not book with us and did not even ask my name yet. Our guide his name is John looks busy on his phone not pay attention to customers and No shade offered.
Written 28 January 2021
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