Three Sisters & Giant Stairway
Echo Point, Katoomba
3.1km one-way
Hard, very steep
~3 hours
Bring: Sturdy shoes
Loop
Park: Birdwood Avenue near Echo Point ↗ (free). Cliff Drive and Echo Point Road are metered.
- Start where the classic Three Sisters walk does, at Echo Point.
- Cross Honeymoon Bridge for a totally different angle on the Three Sisters, then follow the track down to the top of the Giant Stairway.
- Nearly a thousand hand-hewn steps, very steep both ways, your legs will know about it tomorrow.
- Bottom turns into a real forest walk (Federal Pass), with a well-deserved plunge pool waiting near the end of the trail.
- Climbs back out via Furber Steps to Scenic World, not officially a "visitor centre," but close enough once you spot the café.
Getting back: pick up the 686 outside Scenic World, loops back to Echo Point.
