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Australia: Melbourne, Alice Springs, the Outback, Ayers Rock (Uluru), Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, Sydney | New Zealand: Christchurch, Hokitika, Queenstown, Milford Sound, Rotorua, Auckland
Includes airfare
During your trip, you will have the opportunity to join optional tours to further your discoveries—all of which are noted below. Most of these tours can only be reserved onsite with your Trip Experience Leader, however due to limited space and other special requirements, some optional tours must be reserved before your departure from the U.S. If this trip has optional tours that need to be purchased in advance, they will be noted with a disclaimer below.
Day 5 | $160 per person
Day 5 | $160 per person
A natural oasis located just an hour outside of Melbourne, the Dandenong Ranges offer visitors a tranquil escape from the bustling city with its fern gullies, mountain ash forests, quaint artists’ villages, and unique gardens. While there, we’ll wander through fern-blanketed glades and lush woodlands with a local guide.
Next, we’ll ascend 2,077 feet above sea level to Dandenong’s Sky High Lookout for a sweeping view of the region below. Then, depending on your departure, we’ll take our private motorcoach back down to either Olinda or Sassafras, where we will enjoy lunch before exploring the small village. There, you'll meet a local artist and have a conversation about what it is like to live and create here.
Day 22 | $205 per person
Day 22 | $205 per person
On this half-day optional excursion, we’ll explore the Dart River on jet-boats in Mount Aspiring National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We travel overland along the shores of Lake Wakatipu to Glenorchy, a frontier town at the base of the Southern Alps. Here we board a jet-boat for a journey across the lake with snowcapped mountain backdrops featured in The Lord of the Rings. On the return trip to Glenorchy, our driver will put our jet-boat through its paces, showing how it can make high-speed precision turns and 360-degree spins. Jet-boats were invented in New Zealand for shallow, braided rivers like the Dart, and this is a thrilling way to view some of the country’s finest alpine scenery. After returning to Glenorchy we ride back to Queenstown.