NZ
Tours
Australia and New Zealand Uncovered
20 DAYS
$15,649
pp*
*Rate is per person, land and on tour air only, double occupancy.
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Accommodation
Rydges Wellington
Nights 1-2
The Hotel Nelson
Nights 3-4
Beachfront Hotel Hokitika
Night 5
Scenic Franz Josef Glacier Hotel
Nights 6-7
Heritage Queenstown Hotel
Nights 8-10
PARKROYAL Darling Harbour Sydney
Nights 11-13
Peppers Waymouth Hotel
Nights 14-15
Desert Gardens
Night 16
Flynn Crystalbrook Collection Hotel
Nights 17-19
Rydges Wellington
Night 1
The Hotel Nelson
Night 3
Beachfront Hotel Hokitika
Night 5
Scenic Franz Josef Glacier Hotel
Night 6
Heritage Queenstown Hotel
Night 8
PARKROYAL Darling Harbour Sydney
Night 11
Peppers Waymouth Hotel
Night 14
Desert Gardens
Night 16
Flynn Crystalbrook Collection Hotel
Night 17
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Enjoyed the entire tour. The pace was just right. The tour guide was excellent. It was a great cross section of New Zealand and Australia.
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We had a fabulous trip and really enjoyed New Zealand the most, along with Sydney... each area had something special to off in scenery, doing different activities and spending time with lovely travel mates.
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First I would like to apologize for returning this so late. My travel agent got the email not me, then I filled it out and lost it. Our tour guide Graeme Kelner was the absolute best! He went waaay above and beyond his job and we had some interesting folks with us. I realize everyone has an opinion, but they asked Graeme if they should bring sunglasses one day. Graeme was very kind and answered everything with more patience than I would have had. He was very knowledgeable about the places we went and made sure we were comfortable and well taken care of. I truly feel like I can’t say enough good things about him! I would most definitely recommend this tour, it was life changing for me! Mahalo!Pamela Landry
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The tour was very comprehensive with plenty of downtime. The days when we had a cultural experience with the locals were exceptionally informative and enjoyable. Swimming at the Great Barrier was an experience that we will never forget and a highlight of our trip.
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Private tour of the iconic Sydney Opera House was extraordinary (an excellent guide) as well a trip to the Great Barrier Reef. Due to a previous injury, I was unable to go snorkeling. But I did take a boat tour either the “glass” bottom. That whole trip was just exciting.Mary Elliott
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Tour manager (Aaron) was wonderful as he made the trip go flawlessly. Bus was the ideal choice for NZ travel and plane for Australia given the distance between locations visited. Places visited were excellent choices and hotel accommodations were almost always top notch. Best time was biking the coast line in Wellington, both zip lining and jet boating in Queenstown which is absolutely stunning with the mountains, glacial lake and rivers and snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef.James Hoskins
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What we want to see in Australia is what is unique about Australia that we cannot see here in America. I am sure we all enjoyed Sydney and the Great Barrier Reef tours. However, what I am dissatisfied with is the two days stay in Adelaide, where we visited a vineyard and watched a cooking show. However, these are not unique about Australia. There in Napa Valley are many world famous vineyards and wineries offering free wine tasting. And cooking shows are seen on the TV every day. What is unique about Australia is its very special animals: kangaroos, emus, koalas and so on. It is a pity that we failed to see these iconic animals in our trip to Australia. However, the fact is that the Kangaroo Island is only about three hours drive from Adelaide, where we could have visited a wildlife park. In the park we could see many unique animals of Australia, such as kangaroo, koala, platypus and so on. It’s ridiculous that our rental <> tour bus drove us to a little vineyard and a cooking show instead of going to the Kangaroo Island for a visit. Collette is wasting our time and money in making such a stupid arrangement in its itinerary.WANCHENG SHE
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Tour Director Anna Bouzaid.
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I think the tour manager was not up to the Collette standards we were used to. This was our fourth tour with Collette, and it was the worst experience ever for the money we spent.
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I think the tour manager was not up to the Collette standards we were used to. This was our fourth tour with Collette, and it was the worst experience ever for the money we spent.
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Loved Milford sound, Franz Joseph , and the Great Barrier Reef!! Our tour manager Sara was amazing and passionate about that part of the world!!Stacy Jensen
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I think our favorite experience was an optional excursion out of Queenstown. It was a steamboat ride to a farm where they provided lunch and a sheepherding demonstration.Carmen Slater
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Was not able to complete several experiences. Tour was quite rigorous. I would have enjoyed a little slower pace. Could have skipped two of the 3 wine tasting experience for more time to explore each location.Robin Brand
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The scenery. Brownie our bus guide
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To much time spend on Airplane and Airport. Itinerary was not the same has info we received. Tour of so call farm was not accurate. Tour to great barrier reef was a waste of time if don't swim not our choice to go. Tour guide John was great. He try to fix the itinerary the best he could.
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Sydney was great! Free time allowed us to see more of the city on our own time. Would have liked to see a performance at the Sydney Opera House however.
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Hokitika Gorge Franz Josef Quennstown Sydney
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Way too much time in airports because of flight connections that should have been direct. Tours didn't get scheduled leaving our Tour Manager scrambling to get them fixed.Roger
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Terrible planning by Collette with tours that didn't get scheduled. Flights were a mess. There were too many connecting flights which took away from our free time and we spent way too much time in airports. This took away from our free time to explore on our own and rushed us through some of our tours.Ole
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Your heading indicates that tour purchase was 3/1/2023. Our original tour was scheduled 3/6/2023 but was changed to 2/27/2023. There were a number of items that weren't scheduled by Collette and our Tour Manager had to get them fixed. Also, our original tour date was moved "to allow everyone that booked through Farmer's Union Insurance to be on the same tour". I'm not sure why they would have had others on our designated tour dates. Because of this, I believe our in-country flights were a mess. There were too many connecting flights which took away from our free time. Overall, I think this tour would have been spectacular if the ball hadn't been dropped so many times by Collette.Deborah Larson
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everything was great except too much time in the airports and flying in the australia part of the tour.
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Travel and event planning was poor. Spent way too much time in airports- taking away a lot of our free time. We had 3 trips to Sydney- a lot of wasted time!!Michael
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The location of all of the hotels was excellent however, many seemed unprepared for guests. I realize this is a result of the pandemic and hopefully the issues encountered will resolve themselves as the hotels are open longer.
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Great tour. Didn’t miss any sites or experiences. Lots of logistic challenges on this tour handled perfectly by the tour manager.James Meehan
