G’day and welcome to your South Pacific Sampler tour. During this captivating vacation, explore fascinating Australia and New Zealand, see stunning, natural beauty, and experience life under the Southern Cross. Your trip begins in Cairns with an excursion to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Board a catamaran and cruise to Green Island, where you can snorkel, take a glass-bottom boat tour, or walk through the cool rainforest. In Cairns, enjoy a visit to the Cairns Tropical Zoo and dinner at Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park, an interactive and entertaining portrayal of the culture, dance, and folklore of this indigenous tribe. On to Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, for a sightseeing tour and visit to one of Australia’s leading opal companies. Next, fly to Sydney for a tour of the Sydney Opera House, A UNESCO World Heritage Site. A day of leisure in Sydney offers you the opportunity to join an optional excursion to the Blue Mountains for a wilderness experience or a chance to climb to the top of Sydney’s Harbour Bridge. Then leave Australia and travel to Christchurch, New Zealand’s famed “Garden City.” Enjoy a sightseeing tour and a visit to Willowbank Wildlife Reserve to see wildlife unique to New Zealand, including the kiwi. On the way to Queenstown, enjoy fantastic views as you journey through snowcapped peaks, waterfalls, and rugged mountain scenery of New Zealand’s Southern Alps. Travel into Fiordland National Park, New Zealand’s largest national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Park. Enjoy extraordinary scenic beauty as you cruise on Milford Sound and marvel at the sheer rock walls rising thousands of feet from the water’s depths. Your vacation concludes with a full day of leisure in Queenstown and a cruise on Lake Wakatipu for a farewell dinner at Walter Peak. Arrive home with plenty to tell your friends and family about this South Pacific trip featuring an unforgettable vacation to Australia and New Zealand!
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