Taste of Australia Tour

Day 1: Arrive Melbourne, Australia

Welcome to Melbourne and Australia. On arrival you will be transferred to your hotel. This evening, join your group for a welcome reception and dinner. It’s a great opportunity to get to know everyone in a unique setting.
Meals included: Dinner

Day 2: Melbourne Sightseeing

Take a Melbourne city sightseeing tour that includes a private walk through Melbourne’s hidden laneways. You’ll discover the city’s eclectic lanes, arcades, café society and fascinating street art. There will be time afterwards to explore the city on your own, enjoy an optional experience or simply relax and watch the world go by.
Meals included: Breakfast

Day 3: Melbourne to Cairns

This morning you will be transferred to Melbourne Airport for your flight to Cairns, Queensland (Note: flight prices not included in this tour).  On arrival, join a private wildlife journey at Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures. This includes a boat cruise and encounter koalas, wallabies, birds, crocodiles and more! There will be time to take part in regenerating the rainforest in the Wangetti Valley in a tree planting project and be a part of keeping the World Heritage listed Wet Tropics alive.
Meals included: Breakfast

Day 4: Great Barrier Reef

Get ready for an experience of a lifetime – board a high speed catamaran and cruise out to the Great Barrier Reef. You can snorkel and view this natural living wonder up close (equipment provided) or stay dry and explore the stunning reef from the comfort of a semi-submersible craft, just one metre underwater.
Meals included: Breakfast and Lunch

Day 5: Cairns

Today you have a day at leisure to do as you choose.  There are a number of great optional sightseeing tours (additional cost)  such as Skyrail Rainforest Cableway to Kuranda over and through World Heritage rainforest, explore quaint Kuranda village and Kuranda Scenic Rail for a historic rail journey. If you’d prefer to spend the day relaxing by your hotel pool or sitting back at a local café you can do that too!  In the evening rejoin your travelling companions for dinner.
Meals included: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 6: Cairns to Sydney

After a leisurely morning, switch the tropical vibes to city highlights as you fly to Sydney (Note: flight prices not included in this tour). Kick off your arrival to Sydney with a dinner cruise enjoying the famous Sydney Harbour. You will pass under the Harbour Bridge, cruise past the Sydney Opera House and see many magnificent waterfront homes, beaches and parklands.
Meals included: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 7: Sydney Sightseeing

Discover one of the great architectural highlights of Sydney, the beautiful Sydney Opera House with a guided tour inside this iconic building and arts precinct. If there was ever a place that slipped from the pages of a fairy-tale, Wendy’s Secret Garden at Lavender Bay is it. Overlooking Sydney Harbour, this pocket of floral paradise that was once unused wasteland is explained by a local volunteer. Explore Sydney’s inner west area and enjoy a lunch with the locals at the pub. Then visit Batch Brewery to join a masterclass and learn how they combine creatively limited release batches with sustainable practices.
Meals included: Breakfast and Lunch

Day 8: Sydney

Today is yours to explore at your leisure or book one of our optional activities (additional cost). Why not take a day trip to the spectacular Blue Mountains for  stunning scenery, the charming village of Leura, the famous Three Sisters rock formation and visit a Wildlife Park to get up close with some of Australia’s cuddly native animals. Or, if you have always wanted to climb Sydney Harbour Bridge, today could be your chance on a thrilling ‘Bridgeclimb’. Your Farewell Dinner tonight is beside Sydney Harbour.
Meals included: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 9: Depart Sydney, Australia

Bid farewell to your fellow travellers when your tour concludes after breakfast.  Meals included: Breakfast

Australia Touring Highlights:

• City Laneways Walking Tour (Melbourne)
• Hartley’s Boat Cruise (Cairns)
• Great Barrier Reef Cruise (Cairns)
• Harbour Cruise (Sydney)
• Exploring the Sydney’s vibrant Inner West region (Sydney)
• Wendy’s Secret Garden (Sydney)

Australia Guided Tour Inclusions:

• Specialist team of two highly experienced travel enthusiasts – a Travel Director and Driver Guide
• 8 nights Hotel Accommodation
• Two UNESCO World Heritage sites – The Great Barrier Reef and Sydney Opera House
• Many meals: 8 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 4 Dinners

Important flight booking information for your Australia tour:

Note: All flights referred to in the itinerary are not included in the tour price.  In some cases there are specific internal flights that are required to be booked in order to travel on this tour.  Please ask your Downunder Travel Destination Specialist to assist with adding flights to your tour.

• Day 1: Flights need to arrive prior to 12:00pm into Melbourne Airport
• Day 3: Melbourne – Cairns
• Day 6: Cairns – Sydney
• Day 9: Flights to depart from Sydney Airport