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The Complete South Pacific
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From the underwater splendor of the Great Barrier Reef to the towering Southern Alps of New Zealand – this is the South Pacific. Spend three nights on the island of Tasmania and see the Tasmanian Devil Conservation Center. Toast Uluru (Ayers Rock) at sunset with champagne. Board the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway for a ride over the rainforest canopy and experience indigenous culture and Australian wildlife at Rainforestation Nature Park. Tour the famous Sydney Opera House. Spend two nights each in Rotorua, a geothermal wonderland and the “Garden City” of Christchurch. Marvel at Milford Sound. Discover the intrinsic beauty of Australia and New Zealand.
Your Tour Includes
- 11 Handpicked Accommodations
- 39 Meals
Included Highlights
- Melbourne
- Tasmania
- Barossa Valley Wine Tasting
- Uluru
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Accommodations
Sheraton Melbourne
Nights 1-2
Hadley's Orient Hotel
Nights 3-5
Pullman Adelaide
Nights 6-7
Desert Gardens
Night 8
Flynn Crystalbrook Collection Hotel
Nights 9-11
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
Nights 12-14
Rydges Auckland
Night 15
Sudima Lake Rotorua Hotel
Nights 16-17
Novotel Wellington
Nights 18-19
Distinction Christchurch Hotel
Nights 20-21
Heritage Queenstown Hotel
Nights 22-24
Sheraton Melbourne
Night 1
Hadley's Orient Hotel
Night 3
Pullman Adelaide
Night 6
Desert Gardens
Night 8
Flynn Crystalbrook Collection Hotel
Night 9
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
Night 12
Rydges Auckland
Night 15
Sudima Lake Rotorua Hotel
Night 16
Novotel Wellington
Night 18
Distinction Christchurch Hotel
Night 20
Heritage Queenstown Hotel
Night 22
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Cam was wonderful, knowledgeable, kind and considerate! He cared about each person on the tour and went out of his way to ensure that everyone was safe and happy. 😃. The concierge Tony, at the Rendezvous Grand Hotel Melbourne was the best. The bus driver the morning of departure from Melbourne was a jerk! Our driver in New Zealand, Jaden, like Cam, became part of us. We love him and his driving was amazing. He and Cam were on the same wavelength and worked so well together that they were reading each other’s minds. All excursions were great fun and you should add the captain cook tours in Fiji to your options. The flights went off perfectly and the airport folks were great. The Compass mobile app was awesome and easy to use. Our tour guide in Hobart, Zoe, did a fantastic job. Loved her sense of humor. Thanks Cam, Jaden, and Zoe for being part of our family and sharing your homes (countries) with us. There are so many wonderful memories that it would take pages to share them all!
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It included all the sites I really wanted to see. Wonderful guide, very well planned, good food nice tour companions. Hard to pick a favorite but I enjoyed seeing so many unique animals and the beautiful, varied scenery. My favorites include dinner with the Maiori, the canoe experience and Uluru. I would have liked more time in Sydney.
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The entire trip was memorable, but the Cam our guide made this trip as good as it could be.Donald Simpson
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the tour was long. many plane rides. many coach rides. as far as money was concerned, you did not have to have that countries currency. a lot of places took credit cards. It was a hard trip but I am 77years old and managed to do it all. I did like the limo service to and from the airport. that was nice. especially when we came home at 1am monday morning.Stanley Cross
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Amazing tour! I recommend highly hotel reservations were ok.not great not bad. Hotel locations were good. Tour Manager was great. Food was ok Excursions were okay. Overall it was good. Hobart New Zealand and Fiji especially were great in every aspect. A true bucket list destination.❤️❤️❤️Antoine Boukheir
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My most memorable experience was the camel ride at Uluru, "The Rock" at sunrise. This was a FANTASTIC trip, full of wonderful memories. It felt very comprehensive. Our tour guide, Judy, was exceptional. She certainly kept us all on track...what a job! She is very professional. There are too many memories to list here!Amy Stubler
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The tour was outstanding. While it is challenging to be always on the move every other day, this is the only way to cover all the territory. From riding camels in the outback, to snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef to boating through the Milford Sound, this trip was an outstanding bucket list exclamation point!
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We flew from ATL to LAX to Melbourne o January 6 and got home February 4. The tour was planned and executed well, and we enjoyed all of the scheduled visits. A sunrise camel ride at Uluru was a special experience.
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Got to see Australia, New Zealand and Fiji; the trip of a life time. But connecting flights within Australia ate up much valuable time and resulted to two wasted and exhausting days of travel. Food was good but we felt we’d payed for a lot of alcohol that we don’t drink.
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I rated 4 stars because we saw and experienced all the highlights of Australia and New Zealand.. They were absolutely wonderful! Enjoyed all the excursions and recommend them except for the Meori dinner.in New Zealand. It was.too crowded and the emcee was boring. We disliked all the air flights because of all the extra flights back to Melbourne before flying to another destination. We think that the flights should be more direct. We wasted days and hours going through security and in the air. Most of the hotels were ok, but one , the one in Sydney, had a leaking shower and flooded the bathroom floor. Very upsetting.
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Great Trip with a great tour managerRobert Knudsen
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Some of the experiences/places were not that interesting to me.
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Tour director didn’t not give information timely Trip was grrst
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All of the locations we visited were excellent. The tour manager was not very good. He acted like he only wanted to be there for some select people in the group and basically ignored the rest. He was rude and made you feel like you should not bother him. Anytime we were not n the bus he would disappear (including not making sure everyone got thru airport check in and security). I asked him a question a couple times during the tour and he would either give a clipped answer or walk away. There were a couple of stops were we did not have any time to explore (for example in Christchurch- we arrived at approximately 8 pm and left by 9 am the next day). It would have been nice to have at least half a day to do some exploring. All of the drivers and guides we had were excellent - very knowledgeable about their subject.Joseph Dirks
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We visited many wonderful, interesting and memorable locations. There were a few problems encountered along the way, the biggest of which was cancellation of the entire group’s flight out of Uluru! The tour manager was a poor communicator, absolutely rude at times, gave the impression he didn’t want to be bothered and completely ignored the majority of our group while concentrating his efforts to a select few. He accepted our tip on the final evening and did not even express gratitude, shake our hands or acknowledge us at all. However our coach drivers were knowledgeable and friendly, especially Tui, our driver in New Zealand.
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The drivers were wonderful! They were on time, friendly, shared information with us abt where and what we were driving by, answered questions and were just plain friendly. Of course everything we saw and experienced was wonderful, beautiful, and thought-provoking!
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The tour manager is horrible (he is not very customer-focused, rather he had been very condescending towards tourists, he is not very knowledgeable about the places where we traveled to. Hotels and flights are very bad.Dat Nguyen
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Great locations and variety of visits, but too many minor issues for a tour company this size. No local tour manager, which detracted from the enrichment on the tour.Phillip Adamescu
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We were able to see and experience a great deal of Australia and New Zealand.Steven Youngblut
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The majority of this tour was spent on a plane or a bus. When a site is mentioned in the itinerary most of the time it is just driving by or if you do stop you are very rushed. Very disappointed in this trip.
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Wasn't one - loved the different animals seen in Australia - koalas, kangaroos, camels, blue seals, the outback dinner in Australia with the night stars, and the beautiful vistas of New Zealand - just to name some of the favorites!
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Snorkeling on the great barrier reef, riding camels in the outback, feed ing kangaroos, holding a koala, panning for gold. attend an opera in the Sydney opera house, snorkeling on an island in fiji. Touring beautiful new Zealand.Ronald Ramsey
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My favorite experience was at Penguin Point. Seeing hundreds of penguins coming out of sea on the way to their burrows in the dunes was unbelievable. Also the Maori experience was great.Loretta Kimbell
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Many great experiences - wonderful history and background information in the Outback and in Darwin, an amazing evening at the Sydney Opera House, loved the steamboat trip and dinner in Queenstown, an evening with a New Zealand family in Christchurch, and the Maori experience and dinner in Rotorua. I would have appreciated more comprehensive information about the extras. Had I seen the video of the extra excursion to the Great Barrier Reef that we saw on the bus, I would have loved to have added that to my trip. All the extras I choose were well worth the dollars spent. I did not enjoy the program at the crocodile place in Darwin nor the hotel there. Most of the hotels were good and located conveniently within the city. The Cairns hotel was my favorite, and The West in Sydney was one of the ones I did not enjoy. Again, the tour manager made it a cohesive and wonderful experience.
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Todo me pareció FANTASTICOBlanca Berdichevsky Barer
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Tours were excellent, but too many early days. Some hotels were not up to the standards we thought they would be.
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Some included excursions were less than top notch.
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Tour manager was very well organized and very knowledgeable. Bus driver Marty was very knowledgeable. So many memorable experiences. March of the Penguins. Farm dome show. Could have done without dinner in the bush.Leonard Clark
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Its hard to pick just one memorable experience. Each place we traveled offered different and interesting information. However, standing on the bow of the ship as we hovered 'almost under a waterfall' in Milford Sound was surreal.Jeanette Heidmann
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Got photo taken w/ a koala
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Holding koala - wish weren’t so rushed but understand that others also wanted to do this and couldn’t stress out koala but do wish I could have held her for couple minutes instead of just couple seconds. Seeing native animals was great. Visiting Outback was good and learning about Aboriginal culture was great.
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Australia is huge but we learned so much about the diverse culture and different areas. Loved the camel ride. New Zealand was beautiful and my favoriteCarla Witham
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Holding a koala and feeding the kangaroos.Francisca Garcia
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Tour guide was excellent. Hotel dinners were not good.
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Seeing the many animals and flora/fauna was exceptional. The camel ride was exceptional!!! The tour of the Sydney Opera House was terrific.
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So many great places on tour, great included activities,a super tour manager,. The buses were clean, drivers were very knowledgeable. Too many people in the tour group for 1 tour manager. Detracted from the overall quality of the tour.
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Again, far too many people. This was not a discount company tour! I really enjoyed the home stay in NZ, wish that we had more time in Tasmania, loved petting the kangaroos and wallabies, seeing the Tasmanian Devils and koalas. Skip Kakadu National Park and let the group see Darwin. Too much bus travel there. The inclusions were pricey and the Sydney foodie tour was the same day as an included dinner so it didn't make sense to do it.Janet Callon
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Fewer one-night stays and better acess for the handicaped would have resulted in an excellent rating. Great sites, great accomodations and great food. My most memorable experience? There were so many but I think the most memorable was entirely by chance ... the 1000s of waterfalls on the way to Milford Sound on NZ's South Island. It was a wonderland that we would never have seen if it hadn't been raining. Mt. Cook was breathtaking as well and it would have been nice to spend more than one evening there. We far preferred the non-city portions of our trip and the overnight with the NZ family was a definite highlight.Myrna Branam
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I thought the trip was handled very well.Katherine Sellers
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Getting up close with the kangaroos and wallabies, being able to touch and feed them. Loved the camel ride at dawn. The koalas were wonderful. The penguins were so cute and surprisingly small. We were fortunate to be able to see the kiwis active in their darkened enclosure and found them to be bigger than we thought. The Tasmanian Devils were fascinating. Saw an Australian opossum. The rainy day in Queenstown turned out a spectacular show of waterfalls at Milford Sound. Loved the mountains in New Zealand.Melody Miki
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This was a very comprehensive and fast moving trip/adventure. You will see a lot of scenery and fascinating things....but you will be very much on the go. I think all the scenery, culture and history are well worth the energy needed for this trip. Hard to think of any negative things on this trip.(maybe the bugs near Alice Spring and Uluru...so have your head nets ready):)Kevin Greeley
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In 25 days there is so much to see and do but you ca't do all of it. The group needed more tie in some cities such as Melbourne, Hobert and Auckland.Eleanor Sharpe
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Collette was very easy to work with and kept us informed of any changes that occurred before we actually left for the tour.Diane Wells
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Tour covered a lot of Australia and New Zealand. We saw outback in northern Australia and several cities and many cities in New Zealand. Tour include many cultural museums and tours, nature and wildlife, city sights. It’s a fast paced tour in that there are several one night hotel stays and daily air flights. Frequently lunches were rushed and tour visits too short to keep on schedule. New Zealand required 3-4 hour bus rides to travel to next city. We are glad we got to see as much as we did but were exhausted by the end of the tour.
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The most expensive trip we have ever taken but worth it with great hotels, flights and buses. Top shelf staff to make our month long trip a pleasure.Thomas Innace
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This whirlwind tour was our honeymoon. Collette and Barry Kublin, our tour manager did their utmost to ensure this was a special and memorable experience for us.George Smith
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I stated my feelings in the first comment area.Donald Trakalo
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I would give 4 and 3/4 stars for the total tour. After the first misstep by Collette Airline reservations, the tour was wonderfulSandra Linex
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Seeing the kangaroo was amazing because I always wanted see them up close . Holding kola also was amazing because I love anmimals best thing about the trip :)Jennifer Laughlin
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Covered all the interesting and must see places and experiences.Douglas Rankin
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Skyline and train journey and South Island of New Zealand. Would like to have seen more of Tasmania.Mary Lyes
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The hotels had difficulty ensuring pleasant stays with a triple room.
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Loved Sydney. Cosmopolitan city. Very clean and very safe
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Itinerary was excellent. but very hectic. needed more daysRichard Matthews
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Very enjoyable and memorable tour. My favorite part was interactions with the Australian animals.Cecil Moore
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Excellent tour. The only thing is that it was quite expensive. That might make a difference for us in the future.Colleen Thomas
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We experienced so many memorable experiences that it is difficult to choose just one. We enjoyed everything from having champagne at sunset at Ayers Rock to participating in the optional tours such as doing the Sydney Harbor Bridge climb and taking the Shotover River Jet Boat ride. The reason for 4 stars is I feel that there were to many people on the tour and we were not able to spend as much time in some locations as we would have liked. This is the first tour of this nature I have ever taken and understand the necessity of a schedule. But having traveled extensively on our own for many years I was not prepared for the rigid schedule. This is not a negative reflection on Collette. They did a great job.Eldon
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Our tour director, Jim, was very experienced and knowledgeable of all area we visited. Tasmania was awesome with the taz Devils and feeding the kangaroos. Koala preserve was also neat. We could almost reach out and touch them. Australia was great but New Zealand was spectacular...Queensland, Milford Sound, Mount Cook, the Maoris....the list goes on. Very tiring schedule but that is the only way to see all that we saw. Fantastic trip in all respects.
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Wonderful trip - Had a great time and saw many sightsTimothy Carroll
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It is hard to pick out a favorite. We did so many fun things. We enjoyed our time with the family in New Zealand, my husband loved walking the Sydney bridge, New Zealand was breathtaking--such a beautiful country. The harbor in Tasmania is the most beautiful harbor I have ever seen. It was fun being in the cities and spending time exploring them. In short, we loved it all.Catherine Reiser
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Well organised. Very good tour guide. Lots of included excursions
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From start to finish ,it was interesting and well run. Our tour manager was excellent in a calm and organised way.Suzanne West
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What was included for the price was incredible.
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Collette had arranged the tour stops and sights perfectly.
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A very (too?) ambitious itinerary. Tour guide was always available to help as complications arose.
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Subject area and guide were stellar. Time was frustratingly short in Melbourne, Hobart, Mt Cook and the one night locations. Packing, and staying 12 - 15 hours at a location you fly or ride hours too is just frustrating and not worth it. It would be way preferable to drop a couple of stops like Alice Springs or Darwin and add elsewhere. Flight excursion at Melford Sound was AWEFUL. Plane was very cramped and view was obscured by the propellers and landing equipment RIGHT OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW. It was so loud even with the ear plugs it was painful. I think the co was MCI or something similar. Pilot was not responsive. Not worth the $350 per person or anything at all actually. We saw far better planes on the tarmac that fly for other companiesMary Oleske
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Snorkeling great barrier, watching penguins leave ocean, Ayers Rock,..so many more...would not do train ride againBeverly White
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Provided on the written survey done at end of tour. Please read thatRobert Wright
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It was a wonderful trip. I don’t think I can pick just one thing. It was trip of a lifetime
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Over priced for what we got from Collette - their tour director was only mediocre at bestGregory Peterson
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Queenstown, going from flat Australia to beautiful snow capped mountainsCharles Cross
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Both the included and optional tours were fantastic. I had no idea so many partial and full days would be travel days, however, with the size of Australia its understandable. Having all home visits be with Maori families would have been a true cultural and educational experience
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Attention to details. Great itinerary.Felix Ginzbursky
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This tour included Hot-air ballooning which I have wanted to do for quite some time!!!Debbie Sampogna
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The beauty and majesty of Milford Sound in NZ was breath taking! Seeing and holding/feeding penguins, koalas, and kangaroos came in second!
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Getting up at 3 a.m. then finding out that once we arrived in Sydney they had nothing for us to do and it was Good Friday and everything was closed.Roy Bruner
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It met my expectations! I enjoyed New Zealand more than Australia.
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See my comments before this.Ronald Kelderman
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We had a full understanding of the variety of climates, geography and history of both Australia and New Zealand because of the in-depth touring and optional opportunities to further enhance our trip.Marilyn Rodahan
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Nobody else does a tour this complete. Most of us noted including Darwin/Kakadu in the north and Tasmania in the south of Australia were what sold us, and they were indeed highlights, especially Tasmania. Using flights in Australia and the same bus in New Zealand was absolutely the right way to go. The activity level was as described, but the pace was unexpectedly more intense. Note that Tauck rates both activity and pace, but Collette only rates activity. I felt that we had the right amount of time in each location, and the right choice of included and optional tours.Mark DeBard
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Hiking Sydney Bridge, Feeding the Kangaroos, I am a diver, so to be over, on, and under the Great Barrier Reef, was fantastic!!! Milford Sound, Mt. Cook, and staying there with the perfect view!!! Many, Many great thingsCharlotte Shrewsbury
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To many wonderful things to list! Many of the excursions were so fun, and the "added" touches that Collette thru in, made the trip fun and exciting.
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I enjoyed Queenstown the best, the scenery was the best!Michael Carroll
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Excellent, Queenstown was superb.Bradley Hughes
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Did you read the above comment? I missed ca. 1/2 of the tour because I was so sick.Judith Meingast
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A great trip to high lite these two countries. Since I am a outdoor person, My favorite stop was the Un Zoo. That entire day was my favorite. It would be very hard to pick a favorite city.Dale Lieffers
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Feeding the kangaroos at the Unzoo on the island of Tasmania.
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Overall, a good itinerary makes this trip enjoyable. The only disappointment was that there was no opportunity to see the glow worm caves of New Zealand, a national highlight, while enduring a second sheep shearing and herding demo instead. That was a wasted morning for us.Rose Edwards
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*Maori Culture *Geysers! *Te Papa Museum *Koalas, Kangaroos, wallabees, etc. *Billabongs, Fjords, Waterfalls....
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(Personal details removed by Feefo). Would suggest adding an additional day or two in Melbourne to make the trip even better.
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The visit to the outback and learning about the aborigines of Australia was one of the highlights of the tripDonald Stoebner
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Uluru, outback barbecue, Sydney, Unzoo in Tasmania, Milford soundRobert Gorman
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(Personal details removed by Feefo) was always willing to share his knowledge of Australia and New Zealand. He had great contacts at all airports, hotels and sites visited. Airport checkin within Australia could not have easier!Donald Wood
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Not many memorable experiences.Mihail Teodorescu
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It's hard to say. Each stop was a new esperienceThomas Boggess
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Each day had so many new and valuable experiences. It was a trip of a lifetime to visit three countries and interact with the people. I took advantage of most excursions and found them value filled. The homestay on a New Zealand farm was most endearing.
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All of it! Can''t pick out just one!Patricia Rose
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This was truly a trip of a lifetime, including a new adventure every day~~from snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, learning about how children hundreds of miles from anyone attend school, to feeding a kangaroo, finding out about the disease that is killing the Tasmanian Devil, and viewing awesome mountains and landscapes. The only downside was that the group was too large.JR
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The parade of the penguins and the Sydney harbor bridge climbRicky Bauer
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Loved the Great Barrier Reef. I took the optional Reef tour. This tour should be planned for everyone even if the entire triip costs a little bit more. The "platform" we connected to was like a city. One didn't even have to go into the water to enjoy the experience. The Outback experience was fantastic. I did the camel ride at sunrise. Great adventure!!!! I loved everything about the outback even having to wear a net because of the flies... I did not enjoy Darwin and the national park. It was too long of a trip both flying and the bus ride. I strongly suggest eliminating this and either go to Perth or add on days to Melbourne or Hobart. Loved loved loved everything about New Zealand even being in the 7.8 earthquake. Since they have so many, may I suggest that you give traveler a notice of what to do in an earthquake. We added on Fiji and are so glad we did. Beautiful people and country and a great place to unwind after an awesome trip.Eileen Giarraffa
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Too, too many fabulous things on this tour: Loved the Great Barrier Reef, The Penguin Parade, Mt. Cook, The Opera House of Sydney, Ayers Rock and the Bush, the UnZoo and all those great towns: Melbourne, Auckland, and Sydney.Rocco Riti
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Scratch this one off the bucket list. We saw a lot of Australia and New Zealand. Each day was packed with new sights and experiences. There were also optional tours that enabled us to individualize our trip.Edward Fenske
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WE arrived in Cairns in the late afternoon, and it was 105 F. It rained that night and we thought surely the rains would cool things down. The next morning, when we arrived in the bush to spend the day with the aborigines, it was 105 F. and steaming. , And yet, this was a great educational experience. Even 78 years old and overweight, I survived the experience in good shape.David Frazier
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Our tour manager, Caryn Cook, was exceptional. She was professional, well organized, and personable. She made the tour a great success. Overall, everything was very well done and thought-out. A few of the optional tours could have been better explained ahead of time (i.e. in the literature we were first given before booking the tour) and some were not mentioned. Specifically, we were confused by what was included in the possible reef experiences in Cairns and also the Middle Earth tour in Queenstown. As seniors, we appreciated the frequent rest stops. The buses were very comfortable and well-equipped, with great drivers all around. Some of our favourite experiences were Milford Sound, Ayers Rock, Penguin Parade, Maori Cultural evening, Dinner in the Bush in Alice Springs.Doug Matthews
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Favourite experience - the Bush Dinner in Alice Springs.Marimae
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I loved being able to hold a Koala, which wasn't really given as an option but we found out about it on our own. I also felt that our tour leader wasn't a people person, difficult to speak with or as questions of. He wasn't awful, but I'v been on other tours and they were most gracious. I loved the camel ride and hot air balloon and would recommend both. The Sidney Bridge climb was another fabulous experience. Hobart, Tasmania was beautiful and would go back there, as well as Queenstown, New Zealand. I did feel that we did not have enough free time to explore sites we drove past as we wanted. I took the Fiji extension, which was relaxing and important I felt after this vigorous tour. I would not however recommend the Sleeping Giant Gardens. Not what I expected.
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Tourr manager was knowledgeable, organized but not particularly personable. I have been on many tours with other companies and the tour managers were always part of the group. They would go the extra yard to make every experience wonderful. On this tour- it seemed more like just a job and not a personal interaction. The trip was still very enjoyable- a dream trip for me. Optional tours were great except the Great Barrier Reef extension. The boat was packed with about 400 people and the floating platform was packed. The reef was brown and gray- an indication of its dying condition. The Stopover River ride was great as was Hobbiton. I especially enjoyed the interaction with the Aborigines and Maoris. Our bus drivers were excellent and very helpful. They enjoyed sharing information about their countries with us. Our guide Joe- in Fiji was also great!
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We had a wonderful time!! Our tour guide, Carin Cook, did a wonderful job, was informative, very personable efficient, and made everything soooo easy for us. She met all our needs and requests. Our driver, Scottie, in New Zealand was awesome. We would recommend this trip to anyone who wants to see the lower continent.
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Queenstown, New Zealand. Very picturesque town with amazing attractions nearby.
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Wonderful and fun tour guides. Favorite experiences include: snorkeling on Great Barrier Reef, singing with Australian bus driver/ tour guide; star gazing with expert in Outback, tour of Sydney Opera House, watching arrival of penguins from sea, feeding wallabies, gorgeous scenery and gardens.Mary
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Penguins, bush dinner, dinner in Sydney. Cable ride in Queenstown.
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Our hot air balloon ride in the Australian outback highlighted our tour experience. Also, we enjoyed the camel ride, even though it was tough to get up in the very early morning.Patricia and Bill Brokaw
