Australian Escape – 7 Days

Arrive Sydney airport where our representative will transfer you on seat in coach basis to your hotel. Choose from many evening tour options or explore the city on your own.

Overnight.

Breakfast. You will be picked up from selected hotels or nearby pick up point and dropped off after the tour. Visit one of the most spectacular World Heritage listed National Parks across thousands of hectares of wilderness rainforest, canyons, sandstone escarpments and towering eucalyptus trees that create a haze of blue vapor under the harsh Australian sun. Explore the Blue Mountains, Echo Point, Three Sisters rock formations, Jamison Valley, Grampians Wilderness Eco Escape, Blue Mountains Sunset and Wilderness.

Bring your stuff with you: sunscreen, water bottle, hat & sunglasses, warm clothes, camera & comfortable walking shoes.

Overnight.

Breakfast. Experience all the excitement of Sydney, with a Big Bus Sydney only Hop-on Hop-off tourist bus service. The open-top double-decker bus tours have 34 stops along the city, and Bondi Beach and Harbour Bays tours. Both tours are included in your ticket price making this great sightseeing value, with an informative audio commentary in 8 languages. Get on and off the bus at exciting places to explore at your leisure and re-join the tour at your convenience. (No pickup or transfers from hotel, please join from the nearest designated bus stop. The last bus is at 4 pm).

This afternoon enjoy the Sydney Opera House Guided Tour which includes entry to Sydney Opera House, 1 hour guided tour, history of the Sydney Opera House with details of the unique architectural design. Visit a few performance venues, learn more about Australia’s premier performing arts centre. The UNESCO World Heritage masterpiece with 1,000 rooms, 300 corridors, and hundreds of tales and secrets was designed by a young Danish architect, Jorn Utzon over 60 years ago.

Overnight.

Breakfast. Transfer from Sydney CBD hotel to Sydney Airport on seat in coach basis. Depart for Cairns. Arrive and transfer to Cairns’s hotel on seat in coach basis. Explore the city on your own.

Overnight.

Breakfast. Pickup from selected hotels or nearby pick up points and transfer to the train station by coach. Visit the beautiful village of Kuranda, nestled in a pristine World Heritage listed rainforest. Climb aboard the historic Kuranda Scenic Railway and enjoy the surrounding mountain views enroute. From sea level to 328 meters, pass spectacular waterfalls and into the stunning Barron Gorge.

Enjoy 2.5 hours of free time to explore the markets, shops and walking trails or take a river cruise (seasonal). Discover the amazing food stalls and cafés or dine with the resident water dragons at Frogs Restaurant, famous for their freshly made sauces and dressings.

Take the famous Skyrail spanning 7.5 kilometres over the pristine rainforest canopy, back down to Skyrail Smithfield Station. You could also book going up via Skyrail and return via Scenic Rail, subject to availability. Return to hotel.

Overnight.

Breakfast. Pickup and drop from centrally located hotels. Sail to the Great Barrier Reef by catamaran. Visit tropical Green Island to snorkel among colorful coral gardens and reef fish. Laze on a sandy beach or explore the ocean via a semi-submersible or glass bottom boat. This tour includes the cruise to Green Island by catamaran, FREE choice of snorkelling gear or a glass bottom boat tour, snorkelling demonstration & reef presentation enroute to Green Island, use of Big Cat vessel during time at island as an air-conditioned base, Island rainforest boardwalks buffet lunch & semi-submarine tour. Return to your hotel.

Overnight.

Breakfast. Transfer on a seat-in-coach basis from Cairns hotel to Cairns airport.
End of Tour.