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Australia's Outback to New Zealand's South Island (Sydney to Christchurch) (2025)

19 days
From Sydney to Christchurch
4.5
49 traveler reviews
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In-depth Cultural
Immerse yourself in rich history and local traditions
Partially Guided
Independent travel, featuring selected guided excursions
Guided in English
Group Size 2 - 44
All Ages Welcome
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Highlights

  • Sydney
  • Sydney Opera House
  • Cairns
  • Great Barrier Reef
  • Alice Springs
  • Uluru
  • Melbourne
  • Queenstown
  • Milford Sound
  • Mt. Cook National Park
  • Christchurch

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Depart from Home
  2. Day 2 Sydney, Australia
  3. Day 3 Sydney
  4. Day 4 Sydney
  5. Day 5 Sydney - Cairns
  6. Day 6 Cairns
  7. Day 7 Cairns
  8. Day 8 Cairns - Alice Springs
  9. Day 9 Alice Springs
  10. Day 10 Alice Springs - Uluru
  11. Day 11 Uluru - Melbourne
  12. Day 12 Melbourne
  13. Day 13 Melbourne - Queenstown, New Zealand
  14. Day 14 Queenstown - Milford Sound - Queenstown
  15. Day 15 Queenstown
  16. Day 16 Queenstown - Mt. Cook National Park
  17. Day 17 Mt. Cook National Park - Christchurch
  18. Day 18 Christchurch
  19. Day 19 Christchurch - Tour Ends
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Where You'll Stay

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5 to 99 years old

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  • A
    · June 5th, 2025
    Riding camels at sunrise was my Highlight of the trip.
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    Trip date: February 2025
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  • A
    · June 5th, 2025
    On our own time in Queenstown New Zealand jumping out of a plane at 12,000 feet and tandem parachuting to the ground. Both tour directors were excellent in providing advice as to things to do and places to go to on our own time during the tour.
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    Trip date: March 2025
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  • A
    · June 5th, 2025
    Cam was outstanding and took us to the most interesting places and shared tremendous knowledge and expertise of the country. What an amazing trip and guide!!
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    Trip date: January 2025
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  • A
    · June 5th, 2025
    The tour guide was excellent. A wealth of information, personable, well organized and handled several challenging situations where fellow traveler's needed either health issues addressed, delayed luggage, rerouted travel and accommodations all unbeknownst to the rest of us. Just the way you would want it if it were you.
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    Trip date: January 2025
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  • A
    · June 5th, 2025
    Lía was the best tour manager ever. Knowledgeable, friendly, organized, accommodating, flexible, respectful, interesting. In short, made a very long trip interesting and enjoyable.
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    Trip date: February 2025
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  • A
    · June 5th, 2025
    The sites were amazing, having dinner with a local family in Christ Church is a great memory for life. KIA ORA!
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    Trip date: February 2025
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  • A
    · June 5th, 2025
    It was a wonderful tour of Australia and New Zealand. All three logistics were perfect from the internal plane flights in Australia, the great hotels in both locations, the buses and excursions. Tour guide Gavin was very knowledgeable and I enjoyed his walk abouts in Sydney, Cannes and Melbourne, banter and informative stories. It was very interesting to hear from indigenous elders about their history. Having group dinners when we got to a new city were much appreciated and the food at all of them were outstanding Enjoyed all our excursions but much to my surprise the camel walk to see sunrise at Uluru was my favorite. Loved seeing the animals that have been rescued in wildlife parks. Petting kangaroos and holding a koala was fun. And learning more about the indigenous on our waka waka boat ride on Avon Lake was interesting too. The sunset at Mt. Cook was amazing as was the clear viewing of Mt. Cook itself.. Would definitely recommend Collette and this tour.
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    Trip date: February 2025
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  • A
    · June 5th, 2025
    The tour was absolutely awesome! Gavin, our tour guide was exceptional! Made the trip interesting and he was very knowledgeable and took care of his clients. Most awesome part was stepping out of plane in New Zealand and seeing how beautiful it was.
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    Trip date: February 2025
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  • A
    · June 5th, 2025
    Adventure of a life time!!
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    Trip date: February 2025
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  • A
    · June 5th, 2025
    Camel tour Rain forests Mt. Cook Hotels Great breakfasts
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    Trip date: February 2025
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Dates & Availability

19 days
Australia's Outback to New Zealand's South Island (Sydney to Christchurch) (2025)
From Sydney to Christchurch

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