Visiting the Mount Portal Lookout, Blue Mountains

The Mount Portal Lookout in the Glenbrook section of the Blue Mountains National Park offers stunning views of Glenbrook Gorge and the Nepean River. This Blue Mountains lookout is wheelchair-accessible.

What is the Mount Portal Lookout?

The Mount Portal Lookout is an impressive viewpoint in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. It is also one that most Blue Mountains tours miss as they steam ahead to the Three Sisters and Echo Point in Katoomba.

Probably the most fun way to get there is as part of a guided Blue Mountains e-bike tour.

7 Blue Mountains experiences you should pre-book

The Three Sisters in the Blue Mountains.

Scenic World tickets – combine dramatic train rides, cable cars & forest walks.
The Blue Mountains hop-on, hop-off bus – get around Katoomba and Leura’s top sites hassle-free.
Guided stargazing with an astrophysicist – learn how to read the clear night skies.
Give canyoning a try – jumping, climbing and sliding through Empress Canyon.
Take a half day abseiling adventure – in the Blue Mountains National Park.
Indulge in a local produce tasting experience – with beers, wines & meats.
Get adventurous – on a 4WD tour to the world’s second largest canyon.

Where is the Mount Portal Lookout?

The Mount Portal Lookout is in the Glenbrook section of the Blue Mountains National Park. This Blue Mountains lookout peers over the meeting point of Glenbrook Gorge and the Nepean River.

The views from the Mount Portal Lookout offer a big contrast between the gorge, the steepening Blue Mountains foothills and the flat Cumberland Plains of Western Sydney.

How to get to the Mount Portal Lookout

The Mount Portal Lookout is at the end of the Mount Portal Trail. To get there from the Blue Mountains National Park entrance on Bruce Road, Glenbrook, follow the road along – it changes name to the Oaks Trail. Then turn left along Euroka Road and left again on the Mount Portal Trail. The latter is unsealed, but accessible in a conventional vehicle

The lookout is right next to the car park, via a very short and wheelchair-accessible trail.

Other attractions nearby include the temptingly swimmable Jellybean Pool, Aboriginal art trove Red Hands Cave and favourite kangaroo-spotting site, the Euroka Campground.

Mount Portal Lookout entry cost

Visits to the Mount Portal Lookout is covered in the cost of the Blue Mountains National Park entry fee. It costs $8 per vehicle per day, and is payable at the Bruce Road entrance to the park.

5 fab ways to explore: Which Blue Mountains tour should I book?

There are dozens of Blue Mountains day tours leaving Sydney every day. The best choice will come down to personal preference and what’s included. Almost all include Echo Point and the Three Sisters – it’s just the rest of the itinerary that varies. These tours are the best bets.

Good value tour including Featherdale Wildlife Park, Scenic World & Parramatta River cruise.
Similar itinerary, but with small group and lunch included.
Wildlife-focused tour including Calmsley Hill City Farm, Govetts Leap lookout & Blue Mountains Botanic Garden.
Small group tour including bushwalks, Featherdale, Glenbrook lookouts and Govetts Leap.
Crowd-avoiding sunset tour including Euroka campground kangaroos & Wentworth Falls bushwalk.