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South Pacific Wonders
15 DAYS
$7,149
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*Rate is per person, land and on tour air only, double occupancy.
See what life is like “Down Under” on this incredible journey through New Zealand and Australia. Experience Queenstown, the “Adventure Capital of the World.” Cruise Lake Wakatipu and enjoy a lakeside BBQ. Cruise Milford Sound and Sydney Harbour. Discover the wonders of Aboriginal culture. From the ethereal beauty of New Zealand's glacial fjords to the tropical splendour of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, enjoy the best of the South Pacific.
Your Tour Includes
- 4 Handpicked Accommodations
- 22 Meals
- 2 Choice on Tour Options
Included Highlights
- Christchurch
- Queenstown
- Lake Wakatipu Cruise & Sheepdog Demonstration
- Choice on Tour: Kiwi Birdlife Park or Skyline Gondola
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Accommodations
Distinction Christchurch Hotel
Nights 1-2
Millennium Hotel Queenstown
Nights 3-6
Bailey Hotel by Crystalbrook
Nights 7-9
Novotel Sydney Darling Square
Nights 10-12
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Our tour manager, Vic Martin, was excellent. He not only gave us some very detailed information about each place we visited, but he also gave us a lot of historical information. He was very energetic and quite comical which made our tour that much more enjoyable. The places that we visited were absolutely beautiful! The only concerns that I had was in two hotels, and our airfare arrangements from New Zealand to Australia. The first one in Distinction Christchurch Hotel the toilet had yellow stains, and the last hotel in Novotel Sydney Darling Square the tub was so deep which made it difficult to get in and out, and there were no grab bars to hold onto. There was some confusion about my airfare from New Zealand to Australia. I was under the impression that I was to be included with the tour group flights, but I wasn't so I missed my flights. Vic and I were quite shocked to learn that I was not included. He helped me book flights on the same airline as the rest of the tour group which cost me a lot more money and anxiety. There was no communication between Collette, the travel agent, the tour manager, and myself regarding my separate flights. All of the extra expenses and anxiety could have been avoided if all of the parties involved could have communicated the very necessary information in advance.
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Overall the tour was good. If ever could do it again I would only want to see one continent at a time. So much to see and little time to see & explore. Lots of air travel which took away from seeing things. Favorite was Reforestation tour in Australia. Love culture of different countries.
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Our tour manager was extremely helpful. The add on tours with garden and coral reef boat trip were outstanding
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Just one city to another. One large city is like the other. New Zeland countryside beautiful. Would have liked some more nature.
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the rainforest nature park the sub ride at the reef the garden of the sleeping giant
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Great tour manager Vic.. Very nice hotel rooms. Great diversity of locations. Good food
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Fantastic tour from start to finish!! First tour with Collette and now we won’t use any other company again.
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This was our third your with Rose Marie. She has always find great programs for us.
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loved it all
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Sydney Opera House
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There are so many wonderful things to share; landscape, history, shopping, food, accommodations and so much more. Our tour guide Cam was amazing.
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Sydney opera house tour
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We had so many different experiences.
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Tour of Sydney
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Enjoy the included excursions that gave his information about the native peoples in New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji
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Milford sound New Zealand Christ church and Queenstown. Lovely cities and views. Opera house in Sydney
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Snorkeling & Milford Sound.
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It was a trip of a lifetime for me and my wife. Although the flight from Charlotte to Australia was almost 24 hours, it was quite worth our experience. The accommodations were good to excellent. The tours were great and knowledgeable guides. Our issue is with our tour director., Kim Briggs. She is a fine woman and quite pleasant to deal with. However, she was disorganized that created a lot of confusion amongst our group. She would set a time for meeting but will change the time later unbeknownst to everybody, causing more delays. A good example is with our group of six travelers from North Carolina. We were supposed to leave the hotel at a specific time for a dinner cruise. however, she had everybody, except for our group of six, take the bus for our dinner cruise 10 minutes before the set time, thereby leaving us to briskly walk to the cruise dock venue. She was apologetic for leaving early, but did not give us a reason why she left 10 minutes before the scheduled time. We have been in several vacations in the past, and I would say that our tour Director was not at par with our previous experiences. I don’t want her to get in trouble, but I just want to have a good feedback for her personal improvement Thank you.
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This was a fantastic, memorable trip. I especially enjoyed New Zealand which was beautiful with lots of things to do and see. Highly recommend this trip.
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Wonderful tour.! Loved everything, The most memorable- Sydney Opera house tour was the highlight.
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meeting with the local natives and learning about their culture
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Our tour was excellent the tour guide was very knowledgeable of the area . It was really amazing to visit the tribal culture and learn about there impact to the community from the beginning.
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The boat tor on Milford Sound was breath taking. Loved snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef. Wish we would have had a walking tour of Sydney.
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Trip to Milford Sound and flight back.
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I enjoyed what we saw and did in New Zealand
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It was a well laid out vacation. Guide was excellent, cities included were wonderful, and the sites they took us to were interesting and informative. We were not too pleased with the draw space in the hotels. Breakfast in one hotel was just adequate. The ride around Christchurch the first day was extremely boring. We past the same stadium 4 times.
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It was an amazing vacation. Didnt enjoy the bus tour around Christchurch. All other excursion were good
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An excellent tour guide such as Joshua had all the skills to make our time together as a group totally enjoyable!!!!
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Visit with the aborinogies
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Rooms had two twins instead of one king, for two People
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Another great Collette experience
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Overall fantastic experience
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The tour manager was inexperienced and chose to ignore the standards set by Collette.
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The tour gave a good overall experience of New Zealand and Australia. It showed the country and some of the highlights.
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Long complicated trip with few hiccups. Thanks!
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Very excellent tour of Australia and New Zealand with Fiji add on. Tour was managed well. Saw lots of New Zealand and highlighs in Cairns and Sydney. Free time balanced with sightseeing.
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Excellent tour and tour director was fabulous Kim Fields
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Tour guide excellent. Tour wonderful
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Terrific itinerary and Tour Manager
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Wonderful places and people
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Great tour guide! New Zealand was outstanding!
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Touring New Zealand was my favorite part of the trip.
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One of my favorite experiences was cruising to Mitford Sound. I love to boat ride and the scenery as we cruised in New Zealand was absolutely beautiful. Also, I enjoyed our day at the Mt. Nicholas Country Farm and the informational tour and, of course, the cruise there and back. I didn't expect to enjoy the Hartley Croc Farm, but it was fun - especially holding a sweet koala.
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Better tours & flights
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The tour was very well planned with excellent accommodations and adventures included. I actually have two favorites from this trip number two was the evening we spent with a family in New Zealand and the number one was going to the sheep station in New Zealand.
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The optional off-roading tour was great!
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Doing the luge was a lot of fun!
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Excellent tour!!!!! Sidney, Darling Harbour was gorgeous! I loved holding the koala bear at Hartley's Croc Farm!
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i was very happy with seeing new things. i did appreciate the time on my own to explore. i would have liked to see more of australia as we were only in big cities there. this make me rate the new zealand part higher. we got to see more of the country rather than just another city.
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Sydney was everything I expected and more, New Zealand was phenomenal and Fiji was relaxing
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Loved the tour of Sydney Opera House, tours of the indigenous sites and visit with New Zealand couple. Loved the Fiji option. .
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Milford Sound tour was oustanding
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Sheep station. Many others too.
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Visit to the sheep station and family visit in New Zealand
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Love the Pre-excursion to the Outback. Love seeing Ayers rock and the Camel ride was the highlight of my trip.
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Great excursions, Stacey Moule, awesome tour guide, timing of excursions was good.
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Sunrise from a hot air balloon at Ayres Rock and the camel ride for the same were definitely highlights.
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Hot air balloon in the outback.
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The shotover jet river ride was a memorable experience that you could probably do on any river, but the scenery was not to be duplicated anywhere else in the world. Those mountains were magnificant!! And I really can't decide between that and the Te Anau Glowworm caves. And I do have a picture of me holding a Koala bear at Hartley's Crocodile Adventure to make my trip official.Everything was just so memorable. I even ate a crocodile pie!
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Some of the Hotels weren't that great in fact the place in Queenstown was dirty.
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We were well cared for the entire trip. Knowledgeable, personable and experienced tour manager, beautiful and interesting destinations.
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Everything was explain very nicely
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Collette's tour managers (with one notable exception) have always been great, but in the absolute literal meaning of the word, Peter was outstanding!
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The country I most enjoyed was New Zealand. Not only a beautiful county but the people were very friendly and interesting to be around.
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Fiji was very disappointing because of location of hotel
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The trip to Milford Sound was the outstanding part of the whole tour.
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Holding a koala, seeing Sydney Opera House... I think the flights in U.S. were bad. Needed a direct flight to LAX if possible.
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Air schedule could be better with nonstop from Houston to Sydney instead of going lax it is horrible
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The tour was well organized and each day's activities and schedules were provided verbally and in writing ahead of time. There were many memorable experiences, but probably most memorable were the experiences at the Aboriginal cultural centers. We had a situation where we somehow neglected to bring enough of an absolutely mandatory medication. A suggestion for the Collette Company is that it prepare for its tour managers in all large cities in any country where there are tours a list of physicians who can be called upon not only for medical emergencies, but a list of physicians for helping provide written prescriptions. Trying to contact the physician back home proved fruitless, as he had no idea how to provide a prescription to a pharmacy in country. In our case, after quite a bit of chasing around to resolve our issue, a local pharmacist was able to outline what needed to happen (visit a nearby medical center to be seen by a physician who could write a prescription which could be filled by a pharmacy). We did as suggested and obtained the required medication. NOTE: The receptionist at the medical center had certainly dealt with this situation in prior times, as she prepared not only the paperwork needed for the issue at hand, but also the paperwork for submission to our insurance back home.
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There was not one memorable moment, there were several. Loved Queens Town, New Zealand .
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I felt safe and informed at all times!
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Did not quite meet my expectations
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We got to see so many great area there isn't one I could say was any better then another.
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Having dinner in Christchurch New Zealand with a local family.
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My favorite memory was going on the trip with my husband!!
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See above. Do not wish to waste any extra time.
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Very thorough and the opportunity to experience local culture was wonderful.
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Holding a koala!!!! Gorgeous scenery on South Island of NZ
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On the North Island I enjoyed Rotorua and its amazing geothermal landscape.
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The itinerary was fantastic and included as many experiences as possible without neglecting the groups’ need for free time. Cruising Milford Sound was an awe-inspiring highlight of the trip.
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The tour really was great. If I had anything to wish was better it would be less free time. I’m not much of a shopper but I understand others are so it was ok. I would rather have more excursion type time.
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The best part of the trip was the Great Barrier Reef. The snorkeling was amazing!!!
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Seeing Milford Sound, NZ on a clear sunny day was probably the top experience, though many were great.
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Great places just long inbetween rides. Would have enjoyed a few more stops to stretch or sightsee
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had a great time, the tour manger and the bus drivers were extremely negligible.
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The optional foodie tour in Sydney was the best! The optional plane ride from Milford Sound was spectacular!
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The trip was a great value & I enjoyed everything
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Some hotels lacked amenities and much needed drawer space.
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Variety of venues and events. Wildlife. Milford Sound was exceptional.
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Bungee jumping, Sidney bridge climb, Shotover jet boats, great,hotels, great food
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Milford Sound Day trip in New Zealand
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I thought the whole experience was excellent. Only drawback for me was the long plane ride, but that was to be expected, coming from Michigan and going way to Australia/New Zealand!
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We loved the sheep sheering and the Great Barrier Reethe cruises and the gondola ride meet and greet meeting with the Aboridgenies.
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Difficult to determine the favorite.
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It's hard to pick one...All had their great experience s.
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Wonderful memories! Loved all the cities! Enjoyed dinner with host family, all the wildlife experiences, the Jetski ride, but my favorite was queenstown!
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Fiji was great. Should have had more days there.
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Travel was very poor. Collette screwed up with the airlines. Didn't have flight information until a day or two before the trip started. Seat assignments were not even close to what was requested. Cost an extra $338 to fix. Waited about 2.5 hours in BOS to get boarding passed - Collette errors with the airline. Likewise problems leaving Fiji. Resort staff (in particular restaurant) in Fiji resort was terrible. This should have been a great trip - oh-well, never again with Collette.
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The Great Barrier Reef and The Lords of Ring tour in Queentown NZ
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What we expected was a small group tour with emphasis on the natural history aspects of the areas visited. Instead, it was a large group with itinerary no different than tours offered at significantly lower cost.
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every thing went well as planned
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Lots of different places and countries visited and all of them good.The jet boat ride on the shotover river in queenstown New Zealand was a great experience.
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The allocation of dates in New Zealand needs to be reduced. Loved climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It was an additional cost but it was my favorite part of the vacation.
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Amazing countryside, mountains and people. Really enjoyed dinner at a home of a local couple.
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Really enjoyed the tour. We saw a lot of interesting things.
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The trip and the tours were very good. The tour leader was excellent. The air travel was long and uncomfortable. Long bus rides during the trip to different locations must be discussed, too much down time. Three of the four hotels were excellent, one in Christchurch just average, should be looked into.
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Home visit in Christchurch. The whole trip was will done.
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This was a wonderful trip! Perfect if you just want a taste of the two countries. The Sydney Opera House and Milford Sound were the highlights, for me. It was much more relaxed than other tours I've been on, with lots of time to explore on your own. We went during their winter season, so it was cooler, but not as crowded.
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We toured Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji on the Southeast Pacific Tour. My favorite stop was the Lord of the Rings Tour in New Zealand. Stunningly beautiful scenery that was breathtakingly spectacular!
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The size of the group was perfect (22) - weather couldn’t have been any better - our Tour Manager (Caryn) was so nice and helpful. New Zealand was the best - air flight back from Milford Sound was awesome. Off- road trip around Queenstown offered amazing sights. We even chose to tandem paraglide off Coronet Peak - words can’t describe that fabulous experience!!
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Having dinner with a local family was a nice touch.
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Yes, everything was taken care of. The hotel were great and tours were varied and fun.
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loved new zealand especially queenstown beautiful city clean, interesting and beautiful
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Snorkling over the Great Barrier Reef, New Years Eve fireworks, visiting a farm in New Zealand, dinner with a local, Steamboat ride and all meals were excellent, except lunch on excursion to barrier reef & 4 wheeling in river. Queenstown is breath taking!
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Cairns I liked Cairns,Hartleys Croc Farm was good, Green Island was bad, very over crowded, diving was terrible, you can only dive where they tell you and that's crowded, and nothing to see. They should include the "Outer Barrier reef" (a $155.00 PP option) as standard, in my opinion. Sydney Beautiful city- Our Hotel was close to Darling Harbor. Enjoyed all of Sydney. New Zealand All of it is great - But really got blow away by Queenstown, it snowed twice while we were there, which made the mountains and the lake around there unbelievable. My favorite place!!
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Optional tours were the best times so if someone did not buy optional tours, they would not have had many memorable events.
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The trip was well planned, many wonderful tours and the the tour manager was excellent. Jim in Australia and New Zealand
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I really enjoyed our trip to Milford Sound. The weather was perfect, the scenery was fabulous and we were able to fly back to Queenstown to take in the beautiful scenery from above! The Jetboat ride was great fun! Visiting with a local family in Christchurch add for a very pleasant evening.
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The Maori cultural center was excellent.
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The fiord cruise, jet boat ride and gondola ride in Queenstown were highlights. Actually the whole tour was a 5 star.
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Dinner with the family in New Zealand was wonderful some of the boat or ship rides to see the beautiful falls antarctic experience New Zealand jeep ride
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The great barrier reef was my favorite.
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There were so many memorable experiences. The great barrier reef, the Sydney Opera House and both of New Zealand's north and south islands were spectacular.
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The native cultural experiences in Australia and New Zealand.
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We saw some amazing things and had some wonderful experiences. Our day long trip to the Great Barrier Reef was a highlight. We were able to enjoy a home cooked meal with a host family in Christchurch.
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The tour was all that it was designed to be. Memorable experiences include: the Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Opera House, (meeting with and having dinner with a couple we met 5 years ago in Italy, who live in Sydney), the Gardens at Christchurch and dinner with a local family, Queensland NZ and of course Fiji (boat ride to an outer island).
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We saw so many wonderful things. Went snorkeling for my first time on the Great Barrier Reef at 85 years old with my daughter. Hugged a koala, kissed a kangaroo, took a hot air balloon ride, walk atop the glaciers, and helped make roof for a grass top hut. The scenery was breathtaking and I made many excellent new travel buddies.
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Great tour! Fantastic views and the waterfalls where spectacular
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We felt like we really saw Sydney and New Zealand. There is no way we could have arranged this vacation by ourselves.
