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How do I get from Sydney Airport to Nan Tien Temple for a retreat?

GR8 Transfers drives retreat and lodge guests from Sydney Airport T1 to Nan Tien Temple in Berkeley for $320 in the Executive Sedan. We track your flight, meet you inside the terminal and drive you back for your flight home. Entry to the temple is free, and its website lists opening hours of 9am to 5pm, Tuesday to Sunday.

Time needed
A visit of a few hours, or a retreat stay
How we drive you
One way, door to door · Wait & return
From
$320 per car, one way, door to door
Season
Year-round; closed Mondays
Venue
Nan Tien Temple
Fixed fares per car

Choose how we drive you.

Pick the way that suits the day. Every option has one fixed fare per car, set before you book.

How we drive youExecutive Sedanup to 3 passengers · 2 large bagsPremium Sedanluxury class · up to 3 · 2 large bagsExecutive SUVup to 4 passengers · 3 large bagsPremium SUVup to 4 passengers · 4 large bags
Arriving for a retreat: Sydney Airport T1 to the templeOne way, door to door. Sydney Airport T1 → Nan Tien Temple, Berkeley.Book this option →$320$430$358$465
From a Sydney CBD hotel to the templeOne way, door to door. Sydney CBD → Nan Tien Temple, Berkeley.Book this option →$360$480$402$525
From Wollongong: a temple visit with the driver waiting nearbyYour chauffeur waits nearby for up to 2 hours, then drives you back. The first hour of waiting is free. Wollongong → Nan Tien Temple, Berkeley, about 9 km each way.Book this option →about $250about $340about $282about $370

Prices are for the whole car, not per person, and include tolls, GST and the NSW levy; the same fare applies at any hour. A drop-off and collection is exactly two one-way fares. Waiting on a wait-and-return trip: the first hour is free, then $90 per hour (Executive Sedan), $100 (Executive SUV), $120 (Premium Sedan) or $130 (Premium SUV), already added above. “About” marks a fare worked out from an estimated road distance; the booking form shows the exact fixed fare for your address before you pay. People Mover (6–7 passengers) quoted on request; larger groups travel in two or more cars on the same schedule. Fares checked 31 October 2026.

Arrived from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini or another AI assistant? 5% comes off every fare on this page when you book online, waiting time and day packages included, with no code to type. How the AI-visitor discount works

How the day runs

The day, step by step.

  1. 6:30am

    Your international flight lands at T1. This is an example arrival; we track the flight, and the first 2 hours of waiting are free.

  2. 7:40am

    Your driver waits in the arrivals hall with your name on a board, then loads your bags.

  3. 9:15am

    Arrival at Nan Tien Temple in Berkeley, shortly after its 9am opening. Lodge and retreat check-in times are set by the temple.

  4. Retreat days

    No car is needed while you stay. The vegetarian café, gallery and meditation are on site.

  5. Departure day

    Pickup at the temple at the time you choose, for T1 International or the T2/T3 domestic terminals.

Booked with the venue

What the venue provides.

  • Free entry to the temple
  • A vegetarian café, gallery and meditation
  • A 100-room Pilgrim Lodge and retreats, booked with the temple
Booked with GR8

What GR8 Transfers provides.

  • Flight-tracked airport pickup with a name board
  • A fixed fare per car at any hour
  • Departure-day pickup at the temple
  • Wait-and-return for a day visit from Wollongong
Before you book

Good to know.

Opening days

The temple's website lists 9am to 5pm, Tuesday to Sunday, and another listing also shows it closed on Mondays. Plan visits and arrival days around that.

A place of worship

Nan Tien is a religious site as well as a place to visit. Follow the temple's own guidance for visitors, and check its website for event times.

Ride only

Nan Tien Temple is named here as a destination only. GR8 provides the ride, and the temple runs its own lodge, retreats and events.

Mobility

GR8 vehicles are not wheelchair accessible, so please mention any mobility needs when you book.

Dates to know

  • : Medicine Buddha service
  • : Wellness Day
  • : Market ends
  • : Retreat
Questions

Questions about Nan Tien Temple and retreat transfers.

$320 from T1 International in the Executive Sedan; up to four travel in the Executive SUV for $358. The fare is fixed per car before you book and stays the same at any hour, public holidays included.
No. The temple's website lists opening hours of 9am to 5pm from Tuesday to Sunday, and entry is free. If a retreat starts or ends on a Monday, confirm arrangements with the temple, then book your car for the time it gives you.
Yes. The temple is in Berkeley, roughly 9 km from Wollongong. A visit with the driver waiting two hours is about $250 in the Executive Sedan, and the first hour of waiting is free.
Yes. Give us your finishing time and flight, and we collect you at the temple. Berkeley to the T2/T3 domestic terminals is $335 in the Executive Sedan, and to T1 International it is $320.
It is the temple's own 100-room lodge, and stays are booked with the temple rather than with GR8. We handle the ride in and out, from Sydney Airport, Western Sydney International, the Sydney CBD or Wollongong.
Yes. From Western Sydney International, which opened on 25 October 2026, the temple is $320 in the Executive Sedan. The flight is tracked, and meet and greet works just as it does at Sydney Airport.
The temple lists a Medicine Buddha service on Saturday 7 November and a Wellness Day on Sunday 8 November 2026. A market runs to 5 December, and a retreat is set for Sunday 6 December. Details and bookings come from the temple; GR8 provides only the transport.
Yes: 5% off, and it covers day trips and events too, including waiting time and day packages. Open gr8transfers.com.au from a link in an AI assistant such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini or Microsoft Copilot and a personal 5% saving is reserved for you. It comes off automatically when you book online, with no code to type. Full details: gr8transfers.com.au/ai-visitor-discount.
Sources

Where these facts come from.

Venue details, opening times and third-party prices were checked on 31 October 2026 and can change, so confirm them with the venue before you travel. GR8 Transfers is independent of the venues and operators named on this page; we provide the car and the chauffeur. GR8 fares come from our fixed-fare engine on the day this page was built.

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