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Australia and New Zealand: Sydney, Uluru, the Reef, Rotorua and Queenstown

18 jours · Sydney à Queenstown · jusqu'à 12 voyageurs

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AUSTRALIANEW ZEALANDTasman SeaCoral Sea1234567SydneyDays 1 to 4Blue MountainsDay 3UluruDays 4 to 6Kata TjutaDay 5CairnsDays 6 to 9Outer Great Barrier ReefDay 7Mossman Gorge and the DaintreeDay 8AucklandDays 9 to 10HobbitonDay 10RotoruaDays 10 to 12QueenstownDays 12 to 14 and 16 to 18ArrowtownDay 16Te AnauDays 14 to 16Milford SoundDay 15
  1. Sydney3 nuits
  2. Ayers Rock Resort (Yulara)2 nuits
  3. Cairns3 nuits
  4. Auckland1 nuit
  5. Rotorua2 nuits
  6. Queenstown2 nuits
  7. Te Anau2 nuits
  8. Queenstown2 nuits
  • Étape avec nuitée
  • Excursion d'une journée
  • En bateau ou en train
  1. Jour 1 : Arrive in Sydney

    Sydney Airport to your hotel, then an evening walk to Circular Quay

    • Environ 30 min de route
    • Welcome dinner
    • Nuit : Sydney
    Détail du jour 1

    Fly into Sydney Airport (SYD), where a driver meets you and takes you the 15 km or so into the city. Most flights from North America land in the early morning, so the day is yours to rest; if your room is not ready, leave your bags and walk. Late in the afternoon your See Sight Tours guide meets the group for a briefing on the eighteen days ahead: four flights, two countries and how each day is paced. Then we walk together through the business district, past Harry Seidler's round Australia Square tower, down to Circular Quay as the ferries come and go and the lights come on across the water at the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. Dinner is a welcome meal at a restaurant near the harbour, a chance to meet the people you will travel with across the Tasman.

    Compris

    • Pick-up at Sydney Airport (SYD)
    • Welcome briefing with your guide
    • Evening walk to Circular Quay
    • Welcome dinner

    Temps libre : Free until the late-afternoon briefing

    Looking straight up the curved white concrete and dark glass of the round Australia Square tower against a blue sky, framed by an arch
    Australia Square in central Sydney, designed by Harry Seidler in the 1960s Photo: Elekhh (talk), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australia_Square_Sydney_2007.JPG)
  2. Jour 2 : Sydney Harbour by foot and ferry

    The Rocks, the Opera House and the Royal Botanic Garden, then the ferry to Manly

    • En traversier
    • Petit-déjeuner et repas du midi
    • Nuit : Sydney
    Détail du jour 2

    We start in The Rocks, the oldest part of the colonial city, while the lanes are quiet, and your guide explains whose country this was first: the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. A short walk brings us to the Sydney Opera House, listed by UNESCO in 2007, for a guided tour inside the sails, on the earliest tour we can book, ahead of the larger groups. From there the path runs through the Royal Botanic Garden to Mrs Macquarie's Chair, the classic view of the Opera House with the Harbour Bridge behind it. At Circular Quay we board the public ferry to Manly, about thirty minutes across the harbour past the heads, and sit down to lunch near the ocean beach. The afternoon is free: swim, walk the shore path to Shelly Beach, or take the ferry back early.

    Compris

    • Guided walk through The Rocks
    • Guided tour inside the Sydney Opera House
    • The Royal Botanic Garden and Mrs Macquarie's Chair
    • Public ferry from Circular Quay to Manly and back
    • Sit-down lunch in Manly

    Activités en option

    • BridgeClimb on the Sydney Harbour Bridge (booked and paid on the day)

    Option plus facile : Take the ferry straight back after lunch and rest at the hotel.

    Option plus active : The Bondi to Coogee coastal walk, about 6 km of cliffs and beaches, with your guide in the afternoon.

    Temps libre : Afternoon and evening free

    Activité : About 5 km on foot, on paths and steps.

  3. Jour 3 : The Blue Mountains

    Sydney to Katoomba and Leura, then back to Sydney

    • Environ 4 h de route
    • Petit-déjeuner et repas du midi
    • Nuit : Sydney
    Détail du jour 3

    We leave after an early breakfast and drive about two hours west to Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, part of the Greater Blue Mountains Area listed by UNESCO in 2000. The blue haze over the valleys comes from oil released by the eucalyptus forest. We reach Echo Point for the Three Sisters before the coaches from Sydney arrive, then walk a stretch of the Prince Henry Cliff Walk along the escarpment, with views down into the Jamison Valley. Lunch is a sit-down meal in Leura, a village of old cottages and gardens a few minutes away. In the afternoon we stop at Wentworth Falls, where the creek drops over the cliff edge, before the drive back to Sydney, arriving in the late afternoon. The evening is free for dinner wherever you like.

    Compris

    • Echo Point and the Three Sisters
    • Part of the Prince Henry Cliff Walk with your guide
    • Sit-down lunch in Leura
    • Wentworth Falls lookout

    Option plus facile : Stay on the lookouts at Echo Point and Wentworth Falls rather than the cliff walk.

    Option plus active : Walk down the steps beside Wentworth Falls on the Wentworth Falls Track, about 3 km with steep stairs.

    Temps libre : Evening free

    Activité : Up to about 6 km on cliff-top paths with some steps.

  4. Jour 4 : Fly to Uluru

    Sydney to Ayers Rock Airport by air, then the Cultural Centre and sunset at Uluru

    • Environ 45 min de route
    • Petit-déjeuner et repas du soir
    • Nuit : Ayers Rock Resort (Yulara)
    Détail du jour 4

    A mid-morning flight takes us from Sydney to Ayers Rock Airport (AYQ), about three and a half hours across the continent, and the land below turns from green to red. Remember to set your watch back: the Northern Territory does not use daylight saving, so in our season it runs half an hour to an hour and a half behind Sydney. We check in at Ayers Rock Resort in Yulara, the only place to stay near the rock, then drive into Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, which UNESCO lists for both its landscape and its living culture. At the Cultural Centre, Anangu, the traditional owners, explain Tjukurpa, the law and stories that hold the land together, before we go out to the sunset viewing area to watch Uluru change from orange to deep red as the sun goes down. Dinner is at the resort.

    Compris

    • Flight from Sydney to Ayers Rock (AYQ)
    • Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park pass
    • Uluru-Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre
    • Sunset at Uluru
    • Dinner at the resort

    Temps libre : Short rest at the hotel before the park

    Activité : Light walking only.

  5. Jour 5 : Kata Tjuta at sunrise, Uluru with an Anangu guide

    Ayers Rock Resort to Kata Tjuta, back for a rest, then the base of Uluru

    • Environ 2 h de route
    • Petit-déjeuner et repas du midi
    • Nuit : Ayers Rock Resort (Yulara)
    Détail du jour 5

    We leave in the dark to reach the Kata Tjuta dune viewing area for sunrise, when the 36 domes of Kata Tjuta, the tallest higher than Uluru itself, light up one by one. Then we walk while it is still cool: the Walpa Gorge between two of the domes, or the longer Valley of the Winds. Back at the resort, lunch and the middle of the day are for shade and the pool; in summer the heat at midday is serious, and when 36°C or more is forecast the Valley of the Winds closes beyond the first lookout from 11 am, while Walpa Gorge stays open. In the late afternoon an Anangu guide walks with us at the base of Uluru, along the Kuniya walk to the Mutitjulu Waterhole, explaining the rock art and the stories tied to the marks in the rock. We stay for sunset in the park before returning to Yulara. Climbing Uluru has been banned since 2019 at the request of Anangu.

    Compris

    • Sunrise at the Kata Tjuta dune viewing area
    • Walpa Gorge walk with your guide
    • Lunch at the resort
    • Walk at the base of Uluru with an Anangu guide, to the Mutitjulu Waterhole
    • Second sunset in the park

    Activités en option

    • Field of Light, the art installation of solar-lit stems near the resort (evening, booked and paid locally)

    Option plus facile : Walk only the first part of Walpa Gorge, or stay on the dune viewing platform.

    Option plus active : The Valley of the Winds loop at Kata Tjuta, about 7.4 km over rough ground, when the temperature allows.

    Temps libre : Middle of the day free at the resort

    Activité : The Valley of the Winds is closed beyond the first lookout from 11 am when 36°C or more is forecast; we start early to stay inside that rule.

    Faded white and dark ochre markings on the red rock of a shallow cave wall at Uluru
    Rock art in a shelter at the base of Uluru Photo: Wmpearl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uluru_petroglyphs_II.jpg)
  6. Jour 6 : Uluru at dawn, then fly to Cairns

    Talinguru Nyakuntjaku sunrise area, Ayers Rock Airport to Cairns by air

    • Environ 1 h de route
    • Petit-déjeuner
    • Nuit : Cairns
    Détail du jour 6

    One more early start for those who want it: from the Talinguru Nyakuntjaku viewing area you see the sun come up behind Uluru with Kata Tjuta on the horizon. After breakfast we drive the short way to Ayers Rock Airport for the flight east to Cairns, about two and a half hours, from desert to tropics. Clocks move forward again by half an hour. Direct flights on this route run only on some days of the week, so we set departure dates around them; on other days the flight connects through another airport and arrives later. We land in Cairns in the afternoon and settle into a central hotel near the Esplanade, where we stay three nights. Late in the day your guide walks you through the compact grid of the town centre to the waterfront boardwalk, swim in the free Esplanade Lagoon and watch the pelicans and wading birds on the mudflats at low tide. Dinner tonight is your choice.

    Compris

    • Flight from Ayers Rock (AYQ) to Cairns (CNS)
    • Airport transfers at both ends

    Activités en option

    • Sunrise at Talinguru Nyakuntjaku with your guide (free, an optional early start)

    Option plus facile : Sleep in and skip the sunrise; the transfer to the airport is after breakfast.

    Temps libre : Late afternoon and evening free in Cairns

  7. Jour 7 : The outer Great Barrier Reef

    Cairns Marlin Marina to the outer reef by boat and back

    • En bateau
    • Petit-déjeuner et repas du midi
    • Nuit : Cairns
    Détail du jour 7

    A full day on the water. From the marina, a short walk or drive from the hotel, a reef boat takes us about ninety minutes out to the outer Great Barrier Reef, listed by UNESCO in 1981, where the water is clearer than on the inshore reefs. We visit two reef sites, so there is time to snorkel properly at each, with gear, a short lesson and lifeguards on watch. A reef presenter on board, a marine biologist on many boats, explains what you are seeing: hard and soft corals, giant clams, parrotfish and, with luck, green turtles. Lunch is served on board between the two sites. Non-swimmers can see the coral from a glass-bottom boat or semi-submersible where the operator runs one. We are back at the marina in the late afternoon, salty and tired, with the evening free.

    Compris

    • Full-day outer Great Barrier Reef trip from Cairns
    • Snorkelling gear, a stinger suit and a snorkel briefing
    • Reef talk by the boat's presenter
    • Lunch on board
    • Reef tax (Environmental Management Charge)

    Activités en option

    • Introductory scuba dive with an instructor, no certificate needed (booked and paid on board)

    Option plus facile : Stay on the boat and see the reef from the glass-bottom boat or semi-submersible, where the operator runs one.

    Option plus active : A certified dive or an introductory dive at the second site.

    Temps libre : Evening free

    Activité : Seasickness tablets are worth taking before we leave; the open water can be choppy. Stinger suits are worn from about November to May.

  8. Jour 8 : Mossman Gorge, the Daintree River and Port Douglas

    Cairns to Mossman Gorge and the Daintree River, back via Port Douglas

    • Environ 3.5 h de route
    • Petit-déjeuner et repas du midi
    • Nuit : Cairns
    Détail du jour 8

    We drive north along the Captain Cook Highway, the road squeezed between rainforest and the Coral Sea, to Mossman Gorge in the southern Daintree, about an hour and a quarter from Cairns. Here a Kuku Yalanji guide leads the Ngadiku Dreamtime Walk, starting with a smoking ceremony and going on through the forest to explain which plants feed, heal and shelter. The Daintree is part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland, listed by UNESCO in 1988. Further north we board a small boat on the Daintree River for an hour looking for saltwater crocodiles on the banks, along with kingfishers and tree snakes. On the way back we stop in Port Douglas for a late sit-down lunch on Macrossan Street and a walk on Four Mile Beach, then follow the coast road back to Cairns in the late afternoon.

    Compris

    • Ngadiku Dreamtime Walk at Mossman Gorge with a Kuku Yalanji guide
    • Daintree River cruise
    • Sit-down lunch in Port Douglas
    • Four Mile Beach

    Option plus facile : Skip the walk into the gorge and wait at the Mossman Gorge Centre café.

    Option plus active : Swim at Mossman Gorge in the clear river pools, where the rangers say it is safe that day.

    Temps libre : Evening free

    Activité : Easy forest paths. Do not swim in rivers or at the beach away from marked areas: crocodiles live here.

    Macrossan Street in Port Douglas, a wide road lined with shopfronts, parked cars and tall shady trees
    Macrossan Street, the main street of Port Douglas Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macrossan_St,_Port_Douglas_(484034)_(9443829018).jpg)
  9. Jour 9 : Across the Tasman to Auckland

    Cairns to Auckland by air

    • Environ 45 min de route
    • Petit-déjeuner
    • Nuit : Auckland
    Détail du jour 9

    A morning flight takes us from Cairns towards Auckland. On most dates of our season the route connects in Brisbane or Sydney, about two and a half hours to Brisbane, a change of plane and about three hours across the Tasman; Air New Zealand's direct flight, about four and a half hours, runs only from about late March or early April, so only the last departures of the season can use it. You will know the routing before you pay. New Zealand runs three hours ahead of Queensland until early April and two hours after that, so with a connection we land in Auckland in the evening, later if the connection is long. Clear New Zealand customs (declare any food: biosecurity rules are strict) and meet your driver for the drive into the city. Tonight is the only single night of the trip, in a hotel near the motorway south chosen for an easy start; we leave mid-morning, so there is time to sleep.

    Compris

    • Flight from Cairns (CNS) to Auckland (AKL)
    • Airport transfers at both ends

    Activité : The longest travel day, usually with one connection. Keep snacks and anything you need for the flight in your hand luggage. If the connection is missed, your guide rebooks with the group and we start the next day later.

  10. Jour 10 : Hobbiton, then Rotorua

    Auckland to Hobbiton near Matamata, then on to Rotorua

    • Environ 3 h de route
    • Petit-déjeuner et repas du midi
    • Nuit : Rotorua
    Détail du jour 10

    We leave Auckland mid-morning, once the commuter traffic has cleared, and drive about two hours south through the green dairy country of the Waikato to the Hobbiton Movie Set near Matamata, built on a working sheep farm for the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films. A two-hour guided walk takes you past the hobbit holes of the Shire, across the bridge by the mill and into the Green Dragon Inn for a drink. Lunch is on the farm. From there it is about an hour to Rotorua, on the shore of a lake inside an old volcanic crater, where steam rises from the gardens and the air smells faintly of sulphur. We arrive in the late afternoon with time for a walk in the Government Gardens, past the Tudor-style bathhouse, before a free evening.

    Compris

    • Guided tour of the Hobbiton Movie Set, with a drink at the Green Dragon Inn
    • Lunch at Hobbiton
    • Walk in the Government Gardens, Rotorua

    Temps libre : Evening free

    Activité : About 2 hours on foot on gentle gravel paths at Hobbiton.

  11. Jour 11 : Geothermal valleys and Māori culture

    Rotorua to Wai-O-Tapu and back, Whakarewarewa, then a Māori cultural evening

    • Environ 1 h de route
    • Petit-déjeuner et repas du soir
    • Nuit : Rotorua
    Détail du jour 11

    We drive about half an hour south to Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland, arriving in time for the Lady Knox Geyser, which erupts each morning at about 10:15. Then walk the boardwalks past the orange-rimmed Champagne Pool, the bright green Devil's Bath and the bubbling mud pools. Back in Rotorua after a lunch of your choice, we visit Whakarewarewa, a Māori village where Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao families have lived among the hot springs for generations; the people who live there guide you, show how they cook in the steam vents and bathe in the pools, and take you to the geyser terraces. The late afternoon is free: try the hot pools on the lakefront or rest. In the evening we join a Māori cultural evening run by a local iwi, with a welcome, kapa haka performance and a hāngī dinner cooked in the earth.

    Compris

    • Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland and the Lady Knox Geyser
    • Whakarewarewa living Māori village, guided by residents
    • Māori cultural evening with a hāngī dinner

    Activités en option

    • Polynesian Spa hot pools on the lakefront (paid locally)

    Option plus facile : Walk only the short first loop at Wai-O-Tapu, about 1.5 km.

    Option plus active : Walk all three Wai-O-Tapu loops, about 3 km, and continue on foot through Whakarewarewa.

    Temps libre : Late afternoon free

    Activité : About 4 to 5 km on boardwalks and gravel. Keep to the paths: the ground around the vents is hot and unstable.

  12. Jour 12 : Fly to Queenstown

    Rotorua to Queenstown by air, connecting in Auckland or Christchurch

    • Environ 30 min de route
    • Petit-déjeuner
    • Nuit : Queenstown
    Détail du jour 12

    A relaxed morning in Rotorua, then a short drive to Rotorua Airport for the flight south to Queenstown. There is no direct flight between the two, so Air New Zealand routes us through Auckland or Christchurch, about four to five hours door to door depending on the connection. The final approach into Queenstown is one of the most scenic in the country, down between the Remarkables and the hills above Lake Wakatipu, so ask for a window seat. We land in the afternoon and drive the short way into town, to a central hotel where we stay two nights now and two more at the end of the trip. Before dinner your guide walks the group along the lakefront and the steamer wharf so you know your way around. The evening is free, and Queenstown has plenty of good places to eat.

    Compris

    • Flights from Rotorua (ROT) to Queenstown (ZQN), one connection
    • Airport transfers at both ends
    • Orientation walk along the Queenstown lakefront

    Temps libre : Evening free

    Activité : A travel day; little walking. If the connection is missed, your guide rebooks with the group and the Earnslaw day moves to the free day 17.

  13. Jour 13 : Lake Wakatipu by steamship

    Queenstown across Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak High Country Farm and back

    • En bateau
    • Petit-déjeuner et repas du midi
    • Nuit : Queenstown
    Détail du jour 13

    In the morning we board the TSS Earnslaw at the Queenstown wharf, a coal-fired steamship launched in 1912 that still crosses Lake Wakatipu, for the forty-five minute crossing to Walter Peak High Country Farm. Visit the engine room to watch the stokers at work, or stay on deck for the view of the mountains rising straight from the water. At the farm, on the far side of the lake, there is a sheep-shearing and dog-handling demonstration, and lunch is served in the old homestead looking back over the lake. We steam back to Queenstown in the early afternoon. The rest of the day is free: ride the Skyline Gondola above town for the view, walk the Queenstown Gardens, or book a jet-boat ride on the Shotover River. If the Earnslaw is out of service for its annual maintenance, we cross on another lake boat.

    Compris

    • TSS Earnslaw steamship cruise to Walter Peak High Country Farm
    • Farm demonstration
    • Lunch at Walter Peak

    Activités en option

    • Skyline Gondola
    • Shotover River jet boat
    • Kawarau Bridge bungy

    Option plus facile : The cruise and farm visit are gentle; stay in the homestead garden rather than the farm walk.

    Option plus active : Walk up the Tiki Trail to the Skyline Gondola top station, about an hour of steady climbing, and ride down.

    Temps libre : Afternoon and evening free

  14. Jour 14 : South to Te Anau

    Queenstown along Lake Wakatipu to Kingston, then to Te Anau

    • Environ 2.5 h de route
    • Petit-déjeuner
    • Nuit : Te Anau
    Détail du jour 14

    After a late breakfast we drive south along the shore of Lake Wakatipu beneath the Remarkables, then across open farmland to Te Anau, about two and a half hours with stops. We stay two nights on the lake here rather than doing Milford Sound as a day trip from Queenstown: from Queenstown that day is about eight hours of road, and from Te Anau it is about four to four and a half with stops, which lets us reach Milford Sound in the morning before the coaches. Te Anau sits on the edge of Fiordland National Park, part of the Te Wāhipounamu area listed by UNESCO in 1990. The afternoon is free: walk the lakeshore path to the Fiordland National Park visitor centre, visit the bird sanctuary to look for the takahē, or book the evening boat across the lake to the Te Anau glowworm caves.

    Compris

    • Drive to Te Anau with your guide
    • Walk on the Te Anau lakeshore

    Activités en option

    • Te Anau glowworm caves by boat (evening, paid locally)

    Temps libre : Afternoon and evening free

    Activité : Easy walking on flat lakeside paths.

  15. Jour 15 : Milford Sound

    Te Anau along the Milford Road to Milford Sound, cruise, and back to Te Anau

    • Environ 4.5 h de route
    • Petit-déjeuner et repas du midi
    • Nuit : Te Anau
    Détail du jour 15

    An early start to drive the Milford Road while it is quiet, about 120 km and two hours each way without stops. With the stops and the wait at the single-lane Homer Tunnel, up to half an hour at its lights in summer, the day has about four and a half hours on the road, the only day over our four-hour cap. We break it up with stops: Mirror Lakes, the wide grass of the Eglinton Valley, and the Homer Tunnel, cut through solid granite, before the road drops down to Milford Sound. The two-hour cruise in the middle of the day is the long break. It leaves in the morning, before the coaches from Queenstown arrive around midday, and runs the length of the fiord to the Tasman Sea and back, past Mitre Peak, close to the waterfalls and the rocks where New Zealand fur seals haul out. Rain is common, and it is when the waterfalls are at their best. Lunch is on board. On the way back we walk to the Chasm, where the river has carved the rock into bowls, and reach Te Anau in the late afternoon.

    Compris

    • Drive along the Milford Road with stops at Mirror Lakes, the Eglinton Valley and the Homer Tunnel
    • Milford Sound cruise to the Tasman Sea
    • Lunch on the cruise
    • The Chasm walk

    Activités en option

    • Kayaking on Milford Sound in place of the cruise (booked in advance)

    Option plus facile : Stay on the cruise boat's covered deck and skip the Chasm walk.

    Option plus active : Kayak on Milford Sound with a local guide in place of the cruise, booked when you request the trip.

    Temps libre : Evening free

    Activité : The Milford Road can close at short notice for avalanche risk, mainly in October and November, or after heavy rain. If it does, we move Milford Sound to day 16 or offer a fly-cruise from Queenstown. The Homer Tunnel is single lane with traffic lights; waits of up to 30 minutes are normal in summer.

  16. Jour 16 : Back to Queenstown by way of Arrowtown

    Te Anau to Queenstown, then Arrowtown

    • Environ 3 h de route
    • Petit-déjeuner
    • Nuit : Queenstown
    Détail du jour 16

    A slow morning by the lake, then we drive back towards Queenstown, about two hours, stopping for coffee in Kingston at the south end of Lake Wakatipu. After lunch on your own in Queenstown we head twenty minutes out to Arrowtown, a gold-rush town of the 1860s on the Arrow River, its main street lined with old miners' cottages and stone buildings now holding cafés and shops. Your guide walks you to the restored Chinese Settlement, where Chinese miners lived in stone huts at the edge of town, and down to the river, where you can still try your hand at panning. In autumn, from late March to April, the trees along the river turn yellow and red. We are back at the hotel in Queenstown for the late afternoon and a free evening.

    Compris

    • Drive back to Queenstown with your guide
    • Arrowtown and the Chinese Settlement with your guide

    Activités en option

    • Gibbston Valley wine tasting on the way back from Arrowtown (paid locally)

    Option plus active : Walk part of the Arrow River trail out of Arrowtown, about an hour on a gravel path.

    Temps libre : Evening free

    Activité : About 3 km on foot in Arrowtown, on flat streets and a gravel riverside path.

  17. Jour 17 : A free day in Queenstown

    Queenstown, at your own pace

    • Petit-déjeuner et repas du soir
    • Nuit : Queenstown
    Détail du jour 17

    The second last day is yours, because after four flights and two countries people tell us they want one day with no plan. Your guide helps you book whatever you choose. You could drive out with the guide to Glenorchy at the head of the lake, about forty-five minutes each way along one of the finest lake roads in the country, for a walk in the beech forest. You could ride the Skyline Gondola, take the jet boat up the Shotover canyons, try the bungy at the Kawarau Bridge, where commercial bungy jumping began in 1988, or rent a bike on the lakeside trails. You could also just sit on the beach by the wharf with a book. In the evening we meet for a farewell dinner together to close the trip, with a toast to the guide and the people you travelled with.

    Compris

    • Farewell dinner

    Activités en option

    • Glenorchy and the head of the lake with your guide
    • Skyline Gondola
    • Shotover River jet boat
    • Kawarau Bridge bungy
    • Milford Sound scenic flight

    Temps libre : The whole day free

  18. Jour 18 : Depart from Queenstown

    Your hotel to Queenstown Airport

    • Environ 15 min de route
    • Petit-déjeuner
    Détail du jour 18

    A last breakfast with the lake outside, then a transfer to Queenstown Airport (ZQN), about 8 km and fifteen minutes from the town centre. Queenstown has direct flights to Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington and the main cities on the east coast of Australia, so most guests flying home to North America connect in Auckland or Sydney. Book a flight from late morning onwards, or later if you prefer: hotel checkout is usually mid-morning, and your guide can store bags and help you with a late checkout request. If you want more time in New Zealand, we can add nights in Queenstown or arrange a few days in Christchurch for you as an extension, and if you want to start earlier, we can add nights in Sydney before day 1. Your guide checks everyone onto their flights before saying goodbye.

    Compris

    • Drop-off at Queenstown Airport (ZQN)

    Activité : Book a flight leaving after about 11 am.

Faune et météo : October to April is spring and summer in both countries. Uluru is very hot from December to February, so we walk at dawn and rest at midday. Cairns turns hot and humid with heavy rain from about December to March, and box jellyfish season (about November to May) means stinger suits on the reef. New Zealand is at its warmest, and Fiordland gets rain on many days, which fills the waterfalls.

17 nuits

Où vous logerez

Vos hôtels sont nommés dans la confirmation de votre voyage.

  • Sydney3 nuits
  • Ayers Rock Resort (Yulara)2 nuits
  • Cairns3 nuits
  • Auckland1 nuit
  • Rotorua2 nuits
  • Queenstown2 nuits
  • Te Anau2 nuits
  • Queenstown2 nuits

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Compris

Hébergement

  • 17 nights in central hotels of a 3-star-plus standard: Sydney 3, Ayers Rock Resort (Yulara) 2, Cairns 3, Auckland 1, Rotorua 2, Queenstown 2, Te Anau 2 and Queenstown 2
  • Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement
  • We name each hotel when we confirm your dates

Transport

  • Pick-up at Sydney Airport (SYD) and drop-off at Queenstown Airport (ZQN)
  • Four flights in economy: Sydney to Ayers Rock, Ayers Rock to Cairns, Cairns to Auckland, and Rotorua to Queenstown with one connection
  • Airport transfers on every flight day
  • A private air-conditioned vehicle and licensed driver for the group in each region
  • The Manly ferry, the outer reef boat, the Daintree River boat, the TSS Earnslaw and the Milford Sound cruise

Votre guide

  • A See Sight Tours guide with the group for the whole trip, from Sydney to Queenstown
  • Local guides where they add most: an Anangu guide at Uluru, a Kuku Yalanji guide at Mossman Gorge, the reef boat's presenter, village guides at Whakarewarewa and the Hobbiton guides

Activités

  • Sydney: guided walk through The Rocks, Sydney Opera House guided tour, Royal Botanic Garden
  • Blue Mountains: Echo Point, the Prince Henry Cliff Walk and Wentworth Falls
  • Uluru: national park pass, Cultural Centre, two sunsets, Kata Tjuta sunrise and Walpa Gorge, base walk with an Anangu guide
  • Cairns: full-day outer Great Barrier Reef trip with snorkel gear and reef tax
  • Daintree: Ngadiku Dreamtime Walk at Mossman Gorge and a Daintree River cruise, Port Douglas
  • Rotorua: Hobbiton Movie Set, Wai-O-Tapu, Whakarewarewa living Māori village, Māori cultural evening
  • Fiordland: Milford Sound cruise and the Chasm
  • Queenstown: TSS Earnslaw to Walter Peak Farm, Arrowtown and the Chinese Settlement

Repas

  • 17 breakfasts
  • 8 lunches: Manly, Leura, Ayers Rock Resort, on the reef boat, Port Douglas, Hobbiton, Walter Peak and on the Milford Sound cruise
  • 4 dinners: welcome dinner in Sydney, Ayers Rock Resort, the hāngī in Rotorua and a farewell dinner in Queenstown

Non compris

  • International flights to Sydney and home from Queenstown
  • Australian ETA, New Zealand NZeTA and the visitor levy
  • Travel insurance
  • Meals not listed
  • Drinks
  • Tips
  • Optional activities, such as BridgeClimb, scuba diving, jet boating, bungy and scenic flights
  • Excess baggage on the internal flights
  • Personal expenses

Suppléments

Chambre individuelle
CAD 2,310 (prix estimé)

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