Oceania · 8 Days
The Australia Experience
Your Down Under Era
Australia is a continent of contrasts—where the world's oldest living culture coexists with one of its most beautiful harbour cities, where ancient rainforest meets the planet's largest coral reef, and where every sunset seems more spectacular than the last. This eight-day journey takes you from Sydney's harbour and the UNESCO-listed Blue Mountains to Cairns, the outer reef at Agincourt, and the rainforest of Kuranda.
Dates
Dates to be announced
Duration
8 Days
Where
Sydney, the Blue Mountains & the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Travel with
A group of 2 to 10
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Sydney, the Blue Mountains & the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. A past Caviar in the Air journey.The Australia Experience8 DaysYour Journey Unfolds
The Day-by-Day Rundown
Day 01DinnerWelcome to Sydney
A driver meets you at Sydney (SYD) with a sign and takes you to the Four Seasons, where the harbour, the Opera House and the Bridge are all outside the window. The first evening is Sydney rolling out the carpet: designer boutiques from Zimmermann to Chanel, high tea, a spa if you want one, cocktails with a harbour view. It bends to whatever you feel like. Dinner at a local restaurant closes it out.
- Airport meet and greet at SYD
- Check in at Four Seasons Sydney (4 nights)
- Sydney luxe and leisure evening
- Welcome dinner in the city
Day 02Breakfast · LunchSydney City Tour
The city on foot with a guide who knows every corner of it. A harbour lookout first to get your bearings, then The Rocks, where the settlement began. Macquarie Street and its colonial architecture down to Hyde Park and the Cathedral. The Queen Victoria Building and the Strand Arcade for Victorian grandeur, and the hidden art installation at Angel Place that almost everyone walks past. Lunch, then Mrs Macquarie's Chair for the view, the Royal Botanic Gardens, and the Opera House itself, walked slowly and properly. Later, the ferry from Circular Quay to Manly and a beach that stretches a kilometer and a half under Norfolk pines.
- The Rocks and Macquarie Street
- Queen Victoria Building and Strand Arcade
- Mrs Macquarie's Chair
- Royal Botanic Gardens and the Opera House
- Ferry to Manly Beach
Day 03Breakfast · DinnerFree Day and Dinner on the Harbour
The day is yours. A private yacht charter around the harbour with breakfast canapes, the spa inside the hotel, a personal shopper through the Queen Victoria Building and David Jones, or nothing at all - the concierge will arrange any of it, at your own cost. At twenty past four a car collects you for the dinner cruise: a multi-course dinner with wine while the skyline goes past, and enough time on deck between courses to watch the light change over the Opera House and the Bridge.
- Free day in Sydney
- Optional private yacht charter
- Luxury dinner cruise on Sydney Harbour
Day 04BreakfastBlue Mountains and the Koalas
A full day west into the UNESCO-listed Blue Mountains with a private guide. Featherdale Wildlife Park first, where you hand-feed kangaroos that hop loose around you, watch the wombats and the emus, and can add a koala encounter with a keepsake photo if you want one. Then Echo Point and the Three Sisters, and the Dreamtime story behind them, over the Jamison Valley. The railway, skyway, cableway and clifftop walkway are all included. Lunch with wine at a mountain resort, taken slowly, with the valley in front of you - lunch is at your own cost.
- Featherdale Wildlife Park
- Hand-feed kangaroos, optional koala encounter
- Echo Point and the Three Sisters
- Railway, skyway and cableway over the Jamison Valley
- Lunch with wine at a mountain resort, at your own cost
Day 05BreakfastWelcome to Cairns
Breakfast, check out, and the midday flight north to Cairns - a checked bag is included on it. Check in at Crystalbrook Bailey, two hundred and fifteen rooms of modern Australian design with the Coral Sea on one side and the mountains on the other, run on solar with no single-use plastic anywhere in the building. The evening is yours: the Asian-fusion restaurant downstairs, or the rooftop bar for the sunset over the marina.
- Flight from Sydney to Cairns
- Check in at Crystalbrook Bailey
- Evening on your own on the Esplanade
Day 06Breakfast · Lunch · DinnerThe Great Barrier Reef
Out early for the full day at Agincourt Reef on the outer Great Barrier Reef. A wave-piercing catamaran from Port Douglas Marina, morning tea on the way, and three and a half hours at the activity platform moored in the lagoon. Snorkel gear, stinger suits, instruction, buoyancy vests and lifeguards are all provided; if you would rather stay dry there is the underwater observatory and the semi-submersible coral tour. A marine biologist gives the reef talk, the crew feed the fish, and a hot and cold tropical buffet lunch runs in the middle of it. Back by a quarter past five. Dinner is a Cairns table built on native Australian ingredients - kangaroo, crocodile, barramundi, bush herbs.
- Outer reef cruise to Agincourt Reef
- Snorkelling with instruction and lifeguards
- Underwater observatory and semi-submersible
- Marine biologist reef presentation
- Dinner built on native Australian ingredients
Day 07Breakfast · Lunch · Farewell DinnerAboriginal Culture and the Farewell Dinner
Late morning out to a rainforest nature park near Kuranda for an award-winning Aboriginal cultural experience: one of the oldest surviving cultures on earth, told by the people it belongs to. The dance performance in the rainforest amphitheatre and the Dreamtime Walk together take about an hour; an extended Dreamtime Walk can be added at extra cost. Lunch in Kuranda, open-air, in the middle of the rainforest. In the evening, the farewell dinner on the Cairns Esplanade, with the Coral Sea outside and Far North Queensland on the plate.
- Aboriginal cultural experience
- Dreamtime Walk and dance performance
- Rainforest lunch in Kuranda
- Farewell dinner on the Cairns Esplanade
Day 08BreakfastNo Goodbyes, Just See You Soon
A last breakfast, then your transfer to Cairns International. Depart any time after 8 AM from CNS. Check the room twice, and we will see you on the next one.
- Final breakfast
- Transfer to Cairns International
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