Packages - Australia - Ultimate Experiences
Fuse your travel aspirations with the ultimate flavors of our Australian experiences. Scenery and wildlife encounters, cultural icons, soft adventures, food and wine retreats, private charters, special events, total indulgence, outback safaris, beach and island getaway are just a few of the reasons to combine your personal passions with a trip to Australia.
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Australia Ultimate Experiences We want you to take pieces of our ultimate collection and use them to create an ultimate
Australian
itinerary. You tell us what you want to experience, how long you want to experience it and where you want to experience it.
The following is a sampling of an ultimate Australian experience:
"Amazing Australia - the platinum route" 14 days / 12 nights
- price on applicable
Day 1 - Depart US
Day 2 - Cross International Date Line
Day 3 - Arrive Sydney
Blessed with a temperate climate, Sydney is Australia’s favorite city with the world’s most beautiful harbor
On arrival you will be met by your private chauffeur who will
assist with your private transfer to the Intercontinental Hotel Sydney.
You will spend two nights at this superbly situated hotel. Included in
your stay:- Executive Club Floor, daily buffet breakfast, daily cocktail
hour and dinner snacks, complimentary drinks, free morning newspaper
delivered to your room and turndown service.
INTERCONTINENTAL
HOTEL – Perhaps no other address offers the prestige, historic
significance and convenience you’ll enjoy at InterContinental Sydney.
Distinguished by the 1851 Treasury Building’s sandstone façade, a
National Trust landmark, the hotel overlooks Sydney Opera House and the
Royal Botanic Gardens.
Sydney Intercontinental - more details..
Days 4 - Sydney
Explore
Sydney at your leisure or consider adding one of our tour options - Some of our favorites:
Let's Go Surfing - Bondi Beach
Surf Bondi Beach with this popular 1or 2 hour beginners course. Here you'll be taught in a small group setting of 6 students or less, so you get plenty of hands-on help. Consider the VW combo van transfer and lunch option.
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Bridge Climb
BridgeClimb is a 3.5 hour adventure and an experience that will never be forgotten on one of the world's most modern wonders - The Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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Southern Cross Seaplanes Sydney
Scenic Flights and Flight and Lunch Packages to unique destinations in and around Sydney. Fly to a secluded beach for a Romantic Picnic or enjoy a three course ala carte lunch at The Cottage Point Inn, Jonah's Palm Beach, Doyles at Watsons Bay or Catalina Rose Bay.
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Day 5 - Sydney to Wolgan Valley
This morning take your private transfer from Sydney to Wolgan Valley, you will spend the next two nights at
this wonderfully relaxing spot. Bounded by the Blue Mountains World Heritage site, secreted in Australia's Great Dividing Range, less than three hours from Sydney, sits Emirates Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa. The seclusion of Emirates Wolgan Valley gives travelers the opportunity to experience a haven of wildlife, natural beauty and relaxation.
Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa - more details..
Day 6 - Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa
Relax and explore Wolgan Valley
Day 7 - Wolgan Valley - Southern Ocean
Lodge, Kangaroo Island
Private transfer to Sydney airport and flight to Kangaroo Island via Adelaide.
Spend the next two days on Kangaroo Island. With twenty-one national and conservation parks covering more than thirty per cent of the Island's total area, Kangaroo Island has enormous appeal for those that enjoy discovering wildlife in their natural surroundings. Southern Ocean Lodge - a sanctuary of comfort, style and personal intimacy, redefining the Australian standard. Located at Hanson Bay on the Island's south west coast, the Lodge site adjoins two national parks and is at the heart of the Island's major attractions. Its dramatic cliff top setting showcases a full frontal panorama of the pounding surf below. Modern luxury and design integrity meld with the Kangaroo Island vernacular and an amazing coastal color palette, creating a unique eco chic style
Day 8 - Kangaroo Island
Day tour of Kangaroo Island
Day 9 - Kangaroo Island - Longitude 131, Uluru
Depart Kangaroo Island and fly to Uluru (Ayers Rock). Luxurious, eco-sensitive and romantic, Longitude 131 offers immersion in the wilderness of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, complete with 5 star luxury and private views of the sun rising and setting over Uluru (Ayers Rock).
In the crisp, white linen of a king-sized bed you find the serene, silent sleep of the desert. Above the sweeping canopy of your palatial tent floats a greater canopy, endless and sparkling. Constellations brimming with Anangu, (local Aboriginal people), tales and stories. You dream the rich dreams found only in the heart of sacred, powerful places.
Day 10 - Longitude 131, Uluru
Day tour of Uluru and surrounds
Day 11 - Longitude 131, Uluru - qualia, Hamilton Island
Depart Ayers Rock for your flight to Hamilton Island.
qualia, pronounced Kwah • lee • ah, is a unique Australian expression of world-class luxury, situated on the secluded northern-most tip of Hamilton Island.
This resort immerses you in a relaxed atmosphere, offering personalized and intuitive service.
qualia is nestled neatly into the northern tip of Hamilton Island, surrounded by the unsurpassed beauty of the Great Barrier Reef. It's distinctive Australian style combined with a secluded location and intuitive service, makes it a world class resort. Find yourself in a true sanctuary where everything has been meticulously considered so it relaxes the mind, yet completely spoils the senses.
Ask about upgrading from a Leeward to a Windward Pavilion with its own private plunge pool. Inclusion: All food and non alcoholic beverages consumed at The Long Pavilion and Pebble Beach (Qualia) and selected Hamilton Island restaurants. All non alcoholic beverages from the mini bar. VIP chauffer service and a 2 seater buggy. Use of non motorized watercraft.
qualia is a truly special place where everything has been meticulously considered to relax the mind yet completely spoil the senses. It’s what we refer to as the ‘Qualia effect’.
Days 12 & 13 - qualia
At Leisure to relax and indulge at qualia
Day 14 - Depart qualia, Hamilton Island
Flights home
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You can buy the package above or an Aspire Down Under
consultant will customize the perfect Australian itinerary
Valid for departures now – 31 March 2010. Add-on fares are available from other cities. Seats are limited and may not be available on every flight. Hotels are subject to availability. US/foreign taxes/fees & fuel surcharges of approximately $310, including September 11th Security Fee, are additional. Cancellation penalties and other restrictions apply. Prices are per person based on double occupancy - valid 31 March
2010. Please ask an Aspire
expert for single person supplements. All prices reflect a 3% discount for purchases made by cash/check. There are no
discounts for payment made by credit cards. Cancellation penalties, change fees and other restrictions apply.