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Free cancellation available
Price is €9 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 50m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • Break your chains and step into a convict’s shoes on Sydney’s Cockatoo Island a stunning site with a haunting past. Once home to the colony’s most dangerous prisoners, the island’s eerie tunnels and watchful towers now set the stage for your daring escape.

    In this self-guided puzzle walk, you’ll follow real-world clues and solve interactive challenges as the story of your desperate breakout unfolds. From the old prison yards to the historic ferry wharf, each location reveals secrets from Australia’s darkest days.

    What makes this tour unique? It transforms history into an interactive escape adventure, blending convict-era drama with physical exploration and problem-solving.

    Bring your friends or family and see who can outwit the guards first. Explore, learn, and play at your own pace—freedom is just a few smart steps away.

Activity location

  • Muster Station
    • 2110, Sydney Harbour Area, New South Wales, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Cockatoo Island
    • 2110, Sydney Harbour Area, New South Wales, Australia

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Sydney Cockatoo Island Escape: Convict Adventure Game in English

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 50 minutes1h 50m
    1h 50m
  • Opening hours: Fri 00:00-23:30
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
€8.99 x 1 Adult€8.99
Total
Price is €8.99

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Solve clues across Sydney’s most mysterious island
  • Inclusions
    15 puzzle challenges
  • Inclusions
    Experience convict life through an immersive storyline
  • Inclusions
    Mobile access code
  • Inclusions
    Flexibility to pause/resume anytime
  • Exclusions
    A tour guide.
  • Exclusions
    Entry tickets to attractions (not needed to complete the tour)

Know before you book

    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Muster Station

  • 15m
You will get to this place by following a clue and solving a puzzle. Once here, you can spend as much time as you wish until starting to follow the next clue.

Cockatoo Island Waterfront Campground

  • 15m
You will get to this place by following a clue and solving a puzzle. Once here, you can spend as much time as you wish until starting to follow the next clue.

5529+VQW Woolwich

  • 15m
You will get to this place by following a clue and solving a puzzle. Once here, you can spend as much time as you wish until starting to follow the next clue.

Sutherland Dock

  • 15m
You will get to this place by following a clue and solving a puzzle. Once here, you can spend as much time as you wish until starting to follow the next clue.

Fitzroy Dock

  • 15m
You will get to this place by following a clue and solving a puzzle. Once here, you can spend as much time as you wish until starting to follow the next clue.

Historic Residence Precinct

  • 15m
You will get to this place by following a clue and solving a puzzle. Once here, you can spend as much time as you wish until starting to follow the next clue.

Convict Precinct

  • 15m
You will get to this place by following a clue and solving a puzzle. Once here, you can spend as much time as you wish until starting to follow the next clue.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    Muster Station
    • 2110, Sydney Harbour Area, New South Wales, Australia

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Cockatoo Island
    • 2110, Sydney Harbour Area, New South Wales, Australia

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