Day 1. Los Angeles
Board your evening flight to Auckland, New Zealand.
Day 2. In Flight
Cross the international dateline.
Day 3. Arrive Auckland
You will be met on arrival and transferred to your hotel for an early check-in. This afternoon, enjoy a city tour and visit Kelly Tarlton’s Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World. Join your fellow travelers at our Welcome Dinner. Stay at the
Auckland, Crowne Plaza Hotel. (D)
Day 4. Rotorua, Maori Hangi Feast
Journey to the Waitomo Caves for a tour of the limestone caverns and glow worm grotto. Then continue to Rotorua, a region rich in Maori heritage. Enjoy a hangi feast and cultural performance of song and dance at your hotel. Stay
Two Nights: Millennium Rotorua. (B,D)
Day 6. Rotorua, Fly to Christchurch, Methven
Enjoy free time in Rotorua today before flying to Christchurch. Then, travel across stunning countryside to Methven. Stay at the Methven, Brinkley Resort. (B,D)
Day 7. Southern Alps, Franz Josef
Board the TranzAlpine train for one of the top rail journeys in the world. Disembark and continue down the West Coast to Franz Josef. Stay at the
Scenic Hotel Franz Josef Glacier(B,D)
Day 8. Franz Josef, Queenstown, Dine Around Dinner
Journey over Haast Pass and along the shores of lakes Wanaka and Hawea to Queenstown. Tonight, perhaps choose to cruise on the TSS Earnslaw to Walter Peak High Country Farm for dinner, or select from many other restaurants. Stay
Three Nights: Copthorne Hotel and Resort Queenstown Lakefront, in lakeview rooms. (B,D)
Day 9. Milford Sound Cruise
Absorb the majesty of Fiordland National Park on the journey to Milford Sound. On arrival, enjoy a cruise along the sound. Return to Queenstown by coach, or perhaps take a scenic flight back (own expense). (B)
Day 10. Queenstown at Leisure
Spend the day at your leisure enjoying some of the sights or activities that this lakeside city has to offer. (B)
Day 11. Fly to Sydney, Australia
You have the morning free in Queenstown, then board your trans-Tasman flight to Sydney. Tonight, enjoy dinner and a glass of wine in Sydney. Stay
Three Nights: Amora Hotel Jamison Sydney. (B,D)
Day 12. Sydney Sights, Sydney Harbour Cruise, Opera House Guided Tour
This morning, step inside the Sydney Opera House during a guided tour, before boarding a luncheon cruise on Sydney Harbour. Later, enjoy a guided city tour, including Bondi Beach. (B,L)
Day 13. Sydney at Leisure
Spend the day exploring more of this city at your own pace (B)
Day 14. Sydney, Fly to Cairns
This morning, fly to Cairns. Settle in to your hotel and enjoy the rest of the day at leisure. Stay Three Nights: The Sebel Cairns Hotel, in deluxe waterview rooms (B,D)
Day 15. Great Barrier Reef Cruise
Cruise out to the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef in a glass-bottom boat before enjoying a delicious tropical lunch. (B,L)
Day 16. Skyrail, Kuranda, Cairns
Today, tour Cairns before riding on the Kuranda Skyrail Rainforest Cableway to Kuranda. Visit a wildlife park and enjoy a performance by the Pamagirri Aboriginal Dancers, before you travel back to Cairns.(B)
Day 17. Cairns, Fly to Uluru (Ayers Rock), Uluru Base Tour, Sounds of Silence Dinner
This morning, fly to Uluru. Take a tour of Uluru’s base, viewing ancient caves and traditional Aboriginal rock art. Walk to Mutitjulu waterhole and hear Aboriginal stories and legends, and see Aboriginal artists at work at the Maruku Arts and Crafts Gallery. Tonight, enjoy the Sounds of Silence dinner, a magical dining experience under the stars, which is followed by a talk about the Outback night sky. Stay at the
Ayers Rock Resort, Desert Gardens Hotel (B,D)
Day 18. Kata Tjuta (Olgas), Alice Springs
Today, visit Kata Tjuta (Olgas), and walk through the domes to the Walpa (Olga) Gorge. Later, travel to Alice Springs.
Alice Springs, Crowne Plaza Hotel (B)
Day 19. Alice Springs Tour, Optional The Ghan
Enjoy a tour of Alice Springs, visiting the Royal Flying Doctor Service Base and Anzac Hill. Then transfer to the railway station and travel from Alice Springs to Adelaide aboard The Ghan on a luxury rail journey through the Red Centre. Optional: Ghan train from Alice Springs to Adelaide, in Gold Kangaroo class. (B,D)
Day 20. The Ghan, Adelaide
Enjoy breakfast aboard The Ghan as you travel south. On arrival into Adelaide early this afternoon you will be transferred to your hotel. Enjoy the remainder of the day at leisure before dinner in the hotel tonight.
Two Nights: Adelaide, Sebel Playford (B,D)
Day 21. Adelaide at Leisure
With today free, perhaps take an excursion to the Barossa Valley or Kangaroo Island (both at own expense) (B)
Day 22. Adelaide, Fly to Melbourne, City Tour
Transfer to the airport and fly to Melbourne. On arrival, join a tour taking in some of the key sights of this cosmopolitan city.
Two Nights: Sofitel Melbourne on Collins. (B)
Day 23. Melbourne at Leisure
Today, perhaps see the Penguin Parade on Phillip Island or drive the Great Ocean Road (both at own expense) (B)
Day 24. Depart Melbourne
Your tour ends today with a transfer to the airport. (B)
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