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Book your Australia-New Zealand Adventure now and receive a $100 discount per person!
To download a reservation form, click here."Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
-- Mark Twain (1835-1910), Writer
WISE & Healthy Aging Travel Program
WISE & Healthy Aging offers exclusive travel packages that are open to adults of all ages. These high quality packages are available at competitive prices, and benefit WISE & Healthy Aging. Make new friends and see the sights while staying in first class accommodations. Relax, the planning is already done for you!For more information, please call (310) 394-9871, ext. 440 or email trips@wiseandhealthyaging.org
18-Day Australia & New Zealand Adventure!
Monday, Nov. 10, 2008 (evening departure from LAX) returning on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008 (Thanksgiving morning) To book your Australia & New Zealand Adventure, please download, fill out, and return this reservation form. Trip Itinerary -Or to download a print-friendly itinerary and information package, click here. Day 1: Depart United States
Board your flight for an adventure of a lifetime. Flight is in the evening, on Air Zealand. Day 2 & 3: Cairns, Australia
On arrival in Cairns, meet your Tour Director and transfer to your hotel for a three night stay. Cairns is the heart of the Tropical North, and provides an ideal base for exploring the rich and varied treasures of this area. Tropical North Queensland is a vast region stretching from reefs and islands, through coastal wetlands to mountains, tablelands and grassland. This evening enjoy a special Welcome Dinner with your fellow travelers.
Meal - (Dinner) Overnight: Cairns
Day 4: Great Barrier Reef
Today experience the Great Barrier Reef. Enjoy a Catamaran Cruise to Green Island, which offers everything you can dream of in a tropical island paradise. Your day includes morning tea, snorkel equipment or glass bottom boat coral viewing and a guided Eco Island Walk. Upon return to Cairns, the remainder of the day is at leisure.
Meal - (Breakfast) Overnight: Cairns
Day 5: Cairns - Kuranda Rail
Today, transfer to Freshwater Station to board the Kuranda Scenic Rail. This rail journey winds through dense tropical forests, past majestic waterfalls and over almost bottomless ravines. On arrival in Kuranda, the quaint village in the rainforest, enjoy some leisure time. Next visit the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park to experience and interact with Australia’s 40,000 year old aboriginal culture. Tonight enjoy dinner at a popular local seafood restaurant in Cairns.
Meals - (Breakfast and Dinner) Overnight: Cairns
Day 6: Cairns - Sydney
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Sydney. Upon arrival enjoy a Sydney City Tour including the Botanical Gardens, the Music Conservatory, Kings Cross, Chinatown, Paddington and a stop for spectacular views & photos of the Sydney Opera House. Next enjoy an Opal Presentation to learn how these raw gemstones are processed.
Meal - (Breakfast) Overnight: Sydney
Today, experience a Taronga Zoo Breakfast for an upclose encounter with local animals. After breakfast, explore the zoo, situated on the shores of the Sydney Harbor. Later enjoy a Rocks Walking Tour, one of Sydney’s oldest suburbs filled with restored buildings and the sight of Australia’s first European settlement. Later visit & tour the Sydney Opera House. Next enjoy a special Sydney Harbor Luncheon Cruise. The evening is at leisure to experience one of Sydney’s many fine restaurants.
Meal - (Breakfast, Lunch) Overnight: Sydney
Day 8: Sydney at Leisure
The day is at leisure to relax or explore this beautiful city on your own. Perhaps shop for souvenirs in the historic Rocks District filled with specialty shops and restaurants. An optional excursion will be offered today.
Meals - (Breakfast) Overnight: Sydney
Day 9: Sydney - Canberra - Melbourne
Enjoy the countryside as you travel to Canberra. Upon arrival, embark on a Canberra City Tour to see the billion dollar New Parliament House, the High Court of Australia, the National Library, Lake Burley Griffin & Queen’s Terrace for sweeping views of Canberra. Next visit an Aussie Sheep Station to learn about this unique way of life and enjoy an authentic Aussie BBQ Lunch. Next board your short flight to Melbourne for a three night stay.
Meals - (Breakfast and Lunch) Overnight: Melbourne
Day 10: Melbourne
Today, enjoy a Melbourne City Tour featuring Fitzroy Gardens, the Shrine of Remembrance & the Parliament House. Next experience a Yarra River Boat Cruise past Herring Island, the Melbourne Cricket Ground and many parks & gardens.
Meals - (Breakfast) Overnight: Melbourne
Day 11: Melbourne
Today embark on the Puffing Billy Rail Journey, an historic steam train in the Melbourne area. Enjoy mountain scenery and panoramic views from your train car. Next visit the Koala Conservation Center to view these cuddly creatures up close. Later travel to Phillip Island, a renowned nature reserve to enjoy the world famous Little Penguin Parade. At sunset, the world’s smallest penguins emerge from the sea and waddle ashore to their sand dune burrows. Phillip Island is one of the few areas in the world where this unique species of penguin can be seen. Tonight enjoy dinner on Phillip Island.
Meal - (Breakfast and Dinner) Overnight: Melbourne
Day 12: Melbourne - Christchurch, New Zealand
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Christchurch, New Zealand. Nestled on the shores of Lake Wakatipu on the South Island of New Zealand, Queenstown is a year-round mountain resort enjoying a magnificent setting amid the steep Remarkables Range & pockets of native bush. A mysterious phenomenon causes Lake Wakatipu to vary several inches in depth every few minutes, giving credence to a Maori legend of an ancient Taniwha (demon) still breathing beneath the surface. This evening enjoy dinner in the Christchurch Tramway Restaurant where dining is not only a culinary delight but also a trip back into history.
Meals - (Breakfast and Dinner) Overnight: Christchurch
Day 13: Christchurch to Queenstown
Today travel across New Zealand’s spectacular Southern Alps, you will marvel at the snowcapped peaks and beautiful river gorges as you wind your way past waterfalls and rugged mountain scenery enroute to Queenstown. Nestled on the shores of Lake Wakatipu on, Queenstown is a year-round mountain resort enjoying a magnificent setting amid the steep Remarkables Range. A mysterious phenomenon causes Lake Wakatipu to vary several inches in depth every few minutes, giving credence to a Maori legend of an ancient Taniwha (demon) still breathing beneath the surface.
Meals - (Breakfast and Dinner) Overnight: Queenstown
Day 14: Queenstown
After breakfast travel to Milford Sound--remote, mysterious and uniquely New Zealand, Milford Sound is a spectacular reminder of the forces of nature. Enjoy a Milford Sound Luncheon Cruise for breathtaking scenery and commentary on the natural history of the Sound. Optional scenic flights are available back to Queenstown (weather permitting).
Meals - (Breakfast and Lunch) Overnight: Queenstown
Day 15: Queenstown - Rotorua
Transfer to the airport this morning for your flight to Rotorua, situated on New Zealand’s North Island. Upon arrival travel to Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve, a Maori Village set amidst a landscape of erupting geothermal activity, hot thermal springs & bubbling mud pools. Enjoy the evening at leisure to explore Rotorua at your own pace. This evening enjoy a Maori Hangi Feast featuring a traditional meal & performance.
Meal - (Breakfast and Dinner) Overnight: Rotorua
Day 16: Rotorua - Auckland
Today enjoy the beautiful scenery of the North Island as you travel to Auckland. Enroute visit the Waitomo Glow Worm Caves, one of New Zealand’s most celebrated attractions. Upon arrival in Auckland, check into your hotel.
Meals - (Breakfast) Overnight: Auckland
Day 17: Auckland at Leisure
Enjoy a day at leisure to take in this beautiful city at your own pace. This evening enjoy a special Auckland Tower Farewell Dinner featuring incredible views of the scenic city.
Meals - (Breakfast and Dinner) Overnight: Auckland
Day 18: Auckland - USA
Today, the morning is at leisure. Later, enjoy an Auckland City Tour featuring the trendy shopping area of Parnell Village with its historic buildings that have been transformed into boutiques, antique & specialty shops. Also travel along the scenic waterfront route of Tamaki Drive. Later transfer to the Auckland Airport for your flight home filled with wonderful memories of your Australia & New Zealand In Depth experience.
Meal - (Breakfast)
Great Barrier Reef
Sydney
Melbourne
Cairns
Queenstown
Sydney Harbor Cruise
Toronga Zoo Breakfast
Milford Sound Cruise
Auckland
Auckland Tower Farewell Dinner
Waitomo Glow Worm Caves
Rotorua
Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve
New Zealand’s North & South Islands
Sydney Opera House Tour
Maori Hangi Feast
Puffing Billy Rail Journey
Yarra River Boat Cruise
Aussie BBQ Lunch
Canberra City Tour
Catamaran Cruise to Green Island
Phillip Island Little Penguin Parade
Kuranda Scenic Rail Journey
Tour includes:
- Roundtrip airfare - LAX (Quantas or Air New Zealand)
- Inner-tour flights
- 24 meals (15 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 7 dinners)
- Professional tour director
- 15 nights in first class hotels
- Motor coach transportation
- Admissions and sightseeing per itinerary
- Hotel transfers
- Baggage handling (1 check-in bag per person)
15 Nights First Class Hotels
3 Nights Cairns
3 Nights Sydney
3 Nights Melbourne
1 Night Christchurch
2 Nights Queenstown
1 Night Rotorua
2 Nights Auckland
Tour Rates -
$5,859* per person double
$1,350 single supplement
*$ 300 International Air Departure Taxes (not included in above rates)
Book your adventure today and get $100 discount per person!
To book your trip, download a reservation form by clicking here. For more information, please call (310) 394-9871, ext. 440 or email trips@wiseandhealthyaging.org
