About the trip
Crowne Plaza Melbourne, an IHG Hotel with Room Only Specialist team of two highly experienced Travel Director and Driver Guide Local Specialists (Guides) Centrally located premium hotelsMercure Alice Springs Resort with Room OnlyDesert Gardens Hotel with Room OnlyHilton Cairns with Room OnlyInterContinental Sydney Double Bay, an IHG Hotel with Room Only
Meals
13 Full Breakfasts, 1 Be My Guest Dinner, 1 Highlight Lunch, 2 Lunches, 2 Dinners with Wine, 1 Farewell Dinner
Max. Group Size
40
Guide Languages
English
Highlights
- Melbourne Laneways Walking Tour
- Uluru Sunset Experience with Sparkling wine
- Uluru Exclusive Field of Light Sunrise
- Uluru Sunrise and guided Uluru walk
- Kata Tjuta guided walk
- Aboriginal Dot Art Painting Experience
- Alice Springs Town Tour
- Alice Springs Telegraph Station
- School of the Air
- Earth Sanctuary Dinner under the stars (BMG)
- Great Barrier Reef Cruise
- Sydney Harbour Cruise Sydney
- Opera House Locally Guided Tour
Meals
13 Full Breakfasts, 1 Be My Guest Dinner, 1 Highlight Lunch, 2 Lunches, 2 Dinners with Wine, 1 Farewell Dinner
Accommodation
Crowne Plaza Melbourne, an IHG Hotel
3 nights in Melbourne
Mercure Alice Springs Resort
2 nights in Uluru National Park (Ayers Rock)
Desert Gardens Hotel
3 nights in Cairns
Hilton Cairns
4 nights in Sydney
Included in the price
Melbourne
- Specialist team of two highly experienced Travel Director and Driver Guide
- Local Specialists (Guides)
- Centrally located premium hotels
Melbourne
- Specialist team of two highly experienced Travel Director and Driver Guide
- Local Specialists (Guides)
- Centrally located premium hotels
Day-wise Itinerary
ExpandDay 1: Welcome To Melbourne
- Settle into your hotel on the banks of the Yarra River and meet your Travel Director for a welcome reception and dinner at the South Wharf riverside pub, The General Assembly restaurant. It's a great opportunity to get to know everyone in a unique setting.
- Included Meals : Dinner with Wine
Day 2: Melbourne Sightseeing And Free Time
- Join your Travel Director for a city sights tour that includes a private walk through Melbourne's famous hidden laneways. You'll discover the city's eclectic little lanes, arcades, café society and fascinating street art. There's time afterwards to explore the city on your own, enjoy an optional experience to Phillip Island to see the nightly ritual of the Penguin Parade (own expense). Or simply relax and watch the world go by.
- Included Meals : Full Breakfast
Day 3: Melbourne Free Time
- If you're still getting your bearings in Melbourne, take your time to wander through the city, exploring its boutiques, galleries, and eclectic suburbs. Or, perhaps exploring the city on foot with a History and Donuts Walking Tour is more your thing. However, if you're ready to explore beyond the city limits, consider embarking on a journey along the Great Ocean Road. This legendary stretch of coastline truly lives up to its reputation as one of the most breathtaking touring routes globally. As you wind your way along this scenic route, be prepared to encounter breathtaking views at every turn, making it an unforgettable journey that truly showcases the natural beauty of Australia.
- Included Meals : Full Breakfast
Day 4: Melbourne - Uluru
- The rusty red landscapes of Uluru beckon as you leave Melbourne for Ayers Rock Resort, your backdrop this afternoon is the world’s largest rock monolith. Follow your guide to the perfect perch to capture Uluru as the last of the day disappears, glass of bubbles in hand
- Included Meals : Full Breakfast, Be My Guest Dinner
Day 5: Uluru And Kata Tjuta
- If there’s one thing worth getting out of bed early for, it’s sunrise over Uluru. Incredibly, the Rock’s base caves are home to First Nations art that dates tens of thousands of years. What an honor to glimpse it. The ochres and silvery greens of the NT outback follow you to Kata Tjuta, where Walpa Gorge humbles with its soaring cliffs. Wander through the tallest domes before yet another sparkling sunset (and sparkling wine).
- Included Meals : Full Breakfast, Be My Guest Dinner
Day 6: Uluru - Cairns
- The only reason to get up before dawn on your last day in Uluru is to glimpse the kaleidoscopic Field of Light art installation of artist Bruce Munro on an Optional Experience. 50,000 glowing spindles of light blanketing the desert. Clamber to the top of a sand dune to marvel in the morning unfolding over this very special part of the world (own expense). Later, head to your next stop in tropical Cairns.
- Included Meals : Full Breakfast
Day 7: Cairns Free Time
- Cruising with crocs, a scenic railway ride into World Heritage listed rainforest, a wander along the Cairns Esplanade? Take a historic rail journey winding across bridges and through tunnels to Kuranda village, nestled in a tropical rainforest to explore its colourful and interesting arts and crafts. Return to the lowlands on the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway over and through the some of the oldest rainforest in the world. You can also choose to pair your trip to Kuranda with a visit to Hartley’s Crocodile for a wetlands cruise through the ecologically significant Melaleuca wetlands, the home of the saltwater crocodile. Today the choice is yours. Celebrate the end of an incredible day at dinner on Cairns’ waterfront at Salt House for regional seafood plucked straight from the ocean, highlighting fresh, local ingredients, and prepared on their custom-built Argentinian wood fired grill.
- Included Meals : Full Breakfast
Day 8: Great Barrier Reef
- The world’s largest living organism, the Great Barrier Reef, never fails to dazzle. Set out on a catamaran to explore a kaleidoscope of colour: over 1,500 species of fish, 215 different birds, 3,000 molluscs, six of the world’s seven marine turtle species, and 30 species of dolphins and whales are residents. Strap on a snorkel or visit an underwater observatory and semi-submersible craft to take in the menagerie without getting your hair wet. A tropical buffet lunch is served onboard before you return to Cairns.
- Included Meals : Full Breakfast
Day 9: Cairns - Sydney
- Touch down in Australia’s largest city, and spend time at leisure in the buzzing metropolis of Sydney. Take a stroll along the iconic harbour, visit one of the city’s many bars, pubs, or restaurants, or simply while away the day at the beach. You decide how best to enjoy this bustling city of delights.
- Included Meals : Full Breakfast
Day 10: Sydney
- Bring your stamina: today is one of innumerable highlights. Go on a tour of the Sydney Opera House, discovering its architectural and performance secrets. If these sails could talk. Then see the city from the water on a Sydney Harbour Lunch Cruise, enjoying a menu focusing on local food and wine. One icon to another: The world’s most famous beach beckons this afternoon, with your chance to pad along the sand at Bondi with Sydney’s beautiful people.
- Included Meals : Full Breakfast, Lunch
Day 11: Sydney Free Time
- The hardest decision you have to make today: explore more of Sydney, or head to the Blue Mountains, 11,400 square kilometres of World Heritage listed wilderness, a place where sandstone escarpments appear to cleave off the edge of the Earth and waterfall-cooled valleys of rainforest slip dreamily from the pages of a fairytale. Or why not linger around the harbour – perhaps it’s time to glimpse it from above on a Sydney BridgeClimb. This bird’s-eye view certainly puts things in perspective (both own expense). Back at ground level, you’re in the heart of the Rocks, the city’s original colonial settlement and a place of cobbled alleys and private galleries. Your Travel Director can assist you with purchasing these additional experiences or point you in the right direction to explore on your own.
- Included Meals : Full Breakfast
Day 12: Sydney Free Time
- You could spend weeks exploring Sydney. Months even. But you have today, so get set for a wild ride. Your agenda is completely up to you, but we have more than a few ideas. And ideally a stroll through the Royal Botanic Garden, which offers so many lookouts for sparkling harbor views. This evening, celebrate your tour at dinner at Midden restaurant at the Sydney Opera House. Talk about ending on a high.
- Included Meals : Full Breakfast, Dinner
Day 13: Farewell From Sydney
- What an epic journey, with so many destinations explored in less than two weeks. Now you just have to sort through the photos…
- Included Meals : Full Breakfast
