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Australia and New Zealand Uncovered
23 DAYS
$10,199
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*Rate is per person, land and on tour air only, double occupancy.
About This Tour
From Uluru's glowing sunset and the Great Barrier Reef, to Maori traditions, discover Australia and New Zealand's soul-stirring wonders. Savor sparkling wine and canapés at sunset in the Outback, a hangi lunch in Wellington, and vineyard fare in Marlborough. Cruise through Milford Sound's dramatic fjords, explore Sydney's icons, and connect with Aboriginal and Maori traditions through immersive storytelling and ceremony. With unforgettable culinary moments, wildlife encounters, and walks through rainforests and glaciers, take a journey that celebrates connection, nature and the joy of discovery.
Your Tour Includes
- 9 Handpicked Accommodations
- 33 Meals
Included Highlights
- Sydney Opera House
- Barossa Valley Wineries
- Uluru Sunset
- Great Barrier Reef
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Accommodations
Peppers Waymouth Hotel
Nights 1-2
Desert Gardens
Nights 3-4
Flynn Crystalbrook Collection Hotel
Nights 5-7
PARKROYAL Darling Harbour Sydney
Nights 8-10
Naumi Hotel Wellington
Nights 11-12
Scenic Hotel Marlborough
Nights 13-14
Scenic Hotel Punakaiki
Night 15
Scenic Franz Josef Glacier Hotel
Nights 16-17
Rendezvous Heritage Queenstown
Nights 18-20
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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
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Watching the sunset at Uluru (Ayers Rock) with a glass of champagne was magical! Hiking up the mountains from the beach in New Zealand and enjoying the view from the top was unforgettable. And our Tour Manager, Anna Bouzain was the best ever!Edward McKenna
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The tour was put together very well. From the scenery of New Zealand to the animals and Great Barrier Reef of Australia, it would be impossible to pinpoint one favorite memory.Robert Beckman
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Trip of a lifetime!
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Absolutely totally enjoyed this trip. They say a trip of a life time. Australia, New Zealand and Fiji had it all; adventure, beauty, exploring, excitement, and fun. Highlights for me included hiking in several NZ parks, Queenstown, the Sydney Opera House, Best of Opera show, Ayer’s Rock, Milford Sound, Great Barrier Reef, watching a fellow pax bungy jump, and sending time with all pax who enjoyed the trip. Campbell (Cam) was the perfect tour manager for this group. He was laid-back, not pushy, very informative, full of knowledge, patient, and fun to be with. He got along very well with this group. He handled everyone’s’ issue, i.e. lost CPAP, wallet, phones, etc. Cam assisted a pax with her luggage since wheels kept falling off.Christopher Linsner
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I very much enjoyed snorkeling on the great barrier reef. Coral was beautiful and marine life amazing.
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Excellent tour, tour manager was exceptional.
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Milford Sound was truly amazing. The small plane ride back to queenstown was incredible as well.
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Milford Sound and thee flight back to Queenstown - extra $$$ but well worth it! We actually enjoyed New Zealand better than Australia witht he exception of Cairns (you MUST go snorkeling).
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We saw so many memorable places and did so much: Hokitika Gorge, Wanaka, Bungie Bridge, Queenstown, Sydney Opera House, Cleland Wildlife Park where we got to feed the kangaroos right from our hands, Maggie Beer Farmstead with cooking demonstration, Ayers Rock and the Great Barrier Reef...so pretty much everything! Most of all, our tour manager, Anna was absolutely amazing!
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Tour guides, Wayne and Clare love their jobs and made the experience so fun!! Seeing all the natural beauty of New Zealand and Australia were amazing! Learning more about New Zealand and Australia's culture/ history was enlightening. 3 weeks traveling was perfect.Nancy Franz
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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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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 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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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
