Highlights

• All inclusive
• Luxury coach travel
• 3 – 4 star accommodations
• Hotel porterage (we’ll handle your luggage for you!)
• Welcome Reception

Inclusions

• Accommodation – Canberra – Crowne Plaza Canberra (1 Night), Wangaratta – Quality Hotel Wangarrata (1), Melbourne – Crowne Plaza Hotel Melbourne (2), Warrnambool – Deep Blue Hotel & Hot Springs (1), Naracoorte – William MacIntosh Motor Lodge (1), Kangaroo Island – Aurora Ozone Hotel (2), Adelaide – Crowne Plaza Adelaide (2)
• Meals – 10 Full breakfasts, 1 ‘Be My Guest’ lunch, 2 Lunches, 4 Dinners with wine, 1 Farewell dinner
• US Domestic Flights – (Not included, but can be added to your quote)
• International Flights – Los Angeles to Sydney, Adelaide to Los Angeles (Not included, but can be added to your quote)
• Day Tours – Gold Creek Station, Canberra City Sights tour, Mt. Ainslie Summit, Historic Beechworth Town Orientation, Great Ocean Road Journey, Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve tour, Coonawarra Wine Region & Tasting, Alexandra Cave Guided Tour, Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor, Kangaroo Island Brewery, Scenic Island & Wildlife Tour, Seal Bay Guided Conservation Park, Adelaide Botanic Gardens Tour, Adelaide City Tour, Hahndorf & Barossa Valley Tour with Wine Tasting
• Transfers – Airport to Hotel and Hotel to Airport
• All Taxes and Fuel Levies (Except where noted)

Tour Itinerary

Day 1: Sydney – Canberra

Depart Sydney this morning and travel through the rolling hills and verdant pastures of the Southern Highlands. Pause at historic Berrima before arriving to Gold Creek Station. Meet local sheep farmer, Craig Starr and get a taste of life on the farm before you join Craig and his family for a good Aussie BBQ Be My Guest lunch. Your final destination for the day is the country’s capital where you’ll enjoy a tour through Parliament House with a local guide. Later visit the Australian War Memorial and stay to hear the evocative Last Post. Join your Travel Director and fellow travellers tonight and get to know each other over a delicious dinner.

Hotel Crowne Plaza Canberra

‘Be My Guest’ Lunch & Dinner with Wine included

Day 2: Canberra – Wangaratta

This morning, you’ll drive to the summit of Mt. Ainslie for panoramic views of Canberra and surrounds. Journey over the mighty Murray River into Victoria taking the scenic route to historic Beechworth, Victoria’s best-preserved gold rush town. The region offers plenty of great photo opportunities, with tree-covered ranges, wild rivers and tranquil rural farmlands. Get to know Beechworth with an orientation and some storytelling over a “cuppa” with a local. Enjoy some free time to explore the antique shops, galleries and the museum. Tonight, you’ll stay in the cathedral town of Wangaratta.

Hotel Quality Hotel Wangaratta

Breakfast included

Day 3: Beechworth – Melbourne

Travel to historic Glenrowan, famous as the site of the last stand of bushranger Ned Kelly, who was eventually captured there in 1880 after a siege and shootout with police. Travel on through Kelly country to the southern capital of Melbourne. Stylish, arty Melbourne is both dynamic and cosmopolitan, and it’s proud of its place as Australia’s sporting and cultural capital. Gain some interesting insights on an orientation tour of the city. Perhaps later go for a stroll along the Yarra River to Southbank, Melbourne’s bustling waterfront hub, which is renowned for its restaurants, public art and stylish retailers. Why not enjoy dinner this evening at one of its stylish eateries?

Hotel Crowne Plaza Hotel Melbourne (2 nights)

Breakfast included

Day 4: Melbourne

Today is free for you to explore the delights of Melbourne. You could start your morning with an up-close tour of Melbourne’s laneways and spend your afternoon at Philip Island witnessing the Penguin Parade. If wine and lush scenery is more your style, check out the Puffing Billy Steam Train journey through the Dandenong Ranges followed by wine tasting in the Yarra Valley. Speak to your Tour Director, the many choices are yours.

Breakfast included

Day 5: Melbourne – Warrnambool

Hold on to your seats and make sure your camera is charged for one of the world’s great road trips – the Great Ocean Road! Enjoy spectacular scenery that never ends and the quaint seaside towns of Lorne and Apollo Bay before arriving at the limestone stacks of the Twelve Apostles rising majestically from the wild Southern Ocean. Nearby you’ll see Loch Ard Gorge and London Bridge natural rock formation before arriving in the rural town of Warrnambool.

Hotel Deep Blue Hotel & Hot Springs, Warrnambool

Breakfast & Dinner with Wine included

Day 6: Warrnambool – Naracoorte

Visit Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve, where your guide will provide you with an Indigenous perspective on the area’s flora, wildlife and volcanic formations. Cross the border into South Australia with a stop at Mt. Gambier, home to the Blue Lake. Continue to the world-renowned Coonawarra wine region for a wine tasting. Before arriving in Naracoorte you’ll be joined by a local expert for a guided tour through the stunning Alexandra Cave, a maze of delicate needle-like stalactites and massive stone columns.

Hotel William MacIntosh Motor Lodge, Naracoorte

Breakfast & Dinner with Wine included

Day 7: Naracoorte – Kangaroo Island

Journey today to the Fleurieu Peninsula, where rolling hills are complemented by rugged clifftops, sandy beaches and the winding Murray River. Visit the charming seaside town of Victor Harbour before a ferry takes you to Kangaroo Island, famous for its unique natural beauty and fine produce. Visit Kangaroo Island’s only boutique brewery to taste a selection of fine, local beers. Your destination tonight is Kingscote, South Australia’s oldest European settlement.

Hotel Aurora Ozone Hotel (2 nights)

Breakfast & Dinner with wine included

Day 8: Kangaroo Island

Begin your exploration of fascinating Kangaroo Island today with a visit to the spectacular Remarkable Rocks and Admirals Arch followed by a guided tour of the Hanson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary which was badly affected by the 2019 bushfires. Learn what part fire plays within this delicate ecosystem and how the koalas and other wildlife are adapting to their environment. This is followed by a delicious lunch featuring fresh, local produce before joining a local specialist at Seal Bay Conservation Park for a guided walk among a colony of rare sea lions in one of the country’s most important breeding colonies. Tonight is free at leisure for you to explore.

Breakfast & Lunch included

Day 9: Kangaroo Island – Adelaide

This morning, board your ferry to cross back to the mainland and travel to picturesque Adelaide, the ‘City of Churches’. Did you know that Adelaide boasts more restaurants per capita than any other city in Australia? After a cultural walking tour through the city’s Botanic Gardens with an Aboriginal Guide, and an Adelaide city tour, the afternoon is yours to see just how many you can sample – we have a few recommendations, including a visit to the epic Central Market, where you can try green ant gin with cheese, among so many other delicacies.

Hotel Crowne Plaza Adelaide (2 nights)

Breakfast included

Day 10: Adelaide Hills and The Barossa

Pull on your elastic-waisted pants – today is one of indulgences through the Adelaide Hills and the Barossa, dotted with atmospheric towns like Hahndorf, Australia’s oldest surviving German settlement. A Barossa and Hahndorf tour reveals the bountiful food and wine this pocket of the state is known for. And you’ll enjoy a tasting from small batch wine makers from across the valley as well as discovering local flavours over lunch at Lambert Estate enveloped by vines.

Breakfast, Lunch & Farewell dinner included

Day 11: Farewell Adelaide

After an indulgent time away, it’s time to bid farewell to your fellow travelers when your vacation concludes after breakfast.

Breakfast included