Is the Sydney Bridgeclimb worth the money?

The Sydney Bridgeclimb is worth the money – but only if you genuinely want to climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

What is the Sydney Bridgeclimb?

When it first opened in 1998, the Bridgeclimb in Sydney was a genuinely ground-breaking adrenalin experience. Since then, climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge has become a tourist staple.

For the uninitiated, the Sydney Bridgeclimb allows visitors to ‘climb’ all the way to the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 134 metres above Sydney Harbour. It’s not really a climb – there are a few ladder-like steps, but for most of the journey, it’s a case of walking along the curve of the bridge arch, attached by harness and clips to a metal rail.

Unless you’re absolutely petrified of heights, it isn’t an especially scary experience. Don’t put this in the same bracket as white-water rafting, skydiving or bungy jumping. It doesn’t require a high level of fitness either. It’s mostly just walking, after what seems like an unnecessarily long faff getting jumpsuits on.

The views along the way – and particularly from the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge – are genuinely exceptional, however. You’re high enough for the vast panorama of city and harbour to unfold, but you’re low enough to take in the detail. The yachts, the buildings, the islands, the harbour beaches and the chuntering ferries. This is a view several times more impressive than the one you get from a plane when you come into land.

The Bridgeclimb is, as an experience, in the good to great bracket. It shouldn’t be on your lifetime bucket list, but it’s definitely worth tackling if you’re in Sydney and don’t mind spending the money.

Sydney Bridgeclimb prices

The money, of course, is the sticking point. The Bridgeclimb is unquestionably expensive and arguably considerably overpriced.

There are occasional special offers, but generally it’s from $248 for the full climb. And that’s before you start throwing in photos and videos.

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Is the Sydney Bridgeclimb worth the money?

Whether that’s worth the money depends entirely on how much you want to do the Sydney Bridgeclimb. It’s a bit like asking whether it’s worth queuing at the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa. If you really want to see the Mona Lisa, then of course it’s worth seeing the Mona Lisa. If you’d quite like to see the Mona Lisa, but aren’t that bothered, then it’s not worth queuing.

Apply the same principle. If the climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge is one of the things you most want to do in Sydney, then it’s worth shelling out the cash. If it’s about 25^th on the list, spend your time and money elsewhere. Maybe on a Sydney Harbour kayaking tour or behind-the-scenes visit to Taronga Zoo?