-Day 1 Start tour
Day 2 International Date Line
Lose a day as you cross the International Date Line
Day 3 Auckland--Rotorua
Meet your tour director and travel to Rotorua
Rotorua Duck Tour
Details: Travel to Rotorua
Before you see Rotorua, you'll definitely smell it: Sulfur. Consider it an introduction to a place that is completely unique. Rotorua offers a fascinating view into the earth's volcanic center. Clouds of steam seem to magically appear throughout the city from the city's four major thermal centers. One geyser erupts about 20 times a day and can spout up to 100 feet.
Day 4 Rotorua landmarks
Jade carving demonstration
Details: Rotorua guided sightseeing tour
See the Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve, the closest thermal area to the city. Unlike the other thermal centers, "Whaka" as it is called, is still a living village with ancient roots, founded before Europeans arrived. Here you might see residents using steam boxes to cook sweet corn. At the Maori Arts and Crafts Institute, learn the Maori traditional carving and weaving methods. The day ends with a skyline gondola ride on Mt. Ngongotaha.
Details: Te Puia Thermal Reserve visit
A guided tour of Te Puia combines a premier Maori culture experience with an introduction to the magnificent geothermal activity in the Whakarewarewa Thermal Valley. Whilst in the valley see the boiling mud pools, steaming silica terraces, hot springs and geysers including the famous Pohutu Geyser which can erupt up to 30 metres high, depending on its mood. Visit the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute where young Maori are learning the traditional carving and weaving skills of their ancestors.
Details: Agrodome visit
Rotorua's Agrodome, located in the heart of scenic farmland, offers a fun and educational world-famous show. Learn all about the various breeds of sheep of New Zealand. After the show, a visit to the Farmyard Nursery is not to be missed!
Details: Maori Hangi feast
Taste native Maori culture, literally, at a traditional Hangi feast. The Maori use the geo-thermal region as a natural steam cooker. They wrap vegetables and meat in fresh green leaves and cook it over the steam escaping through the rocks. It's health food, the old-fashioned way.
Day 5 Rotorua--Auckland
Travel to Auckland
Details: Auckland guided sightseeing tour
Take a tour of New Zealand's most progressive city, Auckland, full of cosmopolitan bustle and beautiful harbor views. First, soak in a little history at the War Memorial Museum. Then plunge into Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World. Here you can observe live penguins and learn about the unique features of their home, the frozen continent of Antarctica. Travel deep beneath the ocean on the moving walkway of the underwater tunnel. You get a scuba diver's view of hundreds of colorful fish, lurking sharks and giant stingrays 'up close' and in their own environment.
Day 6 Auckland--Sunshine Coast
Fly to Brisbane
Travel to the Noosa
Day 7 Sunshine Coast--Fraser Island
Travel via Glass House Mountains & Noosa National Park
Ferry to Fraser Island
Day 9 Fraser Island--Surfers Paradise
Return to the mainland by ferry
Underwater World SEA LIFE Aquarium
Travel to Surfers Paradise
Day 10 Surfers Paradise
Optional
Surfers Paradise rainforest excursion
$175
Day 11 Surfers Paradise--Coffs Harbour
Travel to Coffs Harbour via Cape Byron
Cape Byron Lighthouse visit
Day 12 Coffs Harbour--Sydney
Day 13 Sydney
Sydney tour director-led sightseeing Opera House visit
Wild Life Sydney Zoo visit
Details: Sydney Harbour Bridge walk
Walk across the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge and take in the spectacular views of the stunning Sydney Harbour, Sydney Opera House and the city.
Details: The Rocks
As you stroll along the narrow, cobblestone streets of The Rocks, you can’t help but get caught up in the area’s intriguing past, present and future. Here you’ll find chic restaurants, stylish bars and hearty pubs, all amidst some of the oldest surviving buildings in Sydney. One moment you’ll be touring historic Cadman’s Cottage, and the next you’ll find yourself amongst the eclectic shopping, artisan markets and glitzy galleries that make The Rocks the engaging destination that is it today.
Details: Ferry ride across the Sydney Harbour
Hop aboard the Manly Ferry, one of Sydney’s most iconic experiences. Departing regularly to and from Manly to Circular Quay, the ferry cruises past the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House before passing Kirribilli House the official residence of the Prime Minister.
Day 15 Start extension to Honolulu
Fly to Honolulu
Meet your tour director and check into hotel
Honolulu guided sightseeing tour'Iolani Palace,
Kawaiahao Church,
King Kamehameha statue,
City Hall,
Mission Houses Museum,
Pearl Harbor visit,
Punchbowl National Cemetery
Details: Sydney free time
Spend time exploring Australia's most sophisticated, dynamic, and elegant city on your own.
Details: Pearl Harbor visit
When Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, the enormous U.S.S. Arizona sunk completely within nine minutes. With a licensed local guide, see the battleship, still beneath the water, and the memorial built to honor those who died in the attack. Though normally serene, the area buzzed with activity when scenes from the Blockbuster movie “Pearl Harbor” were filmed here in the spring of 2000.
Day 16 Honolulu beach time
Day 17 End tour
Tour Includes:
- Round-trip airfare
- 12 overnight stays (14 with extension) in hotels with private bathrooms
- Breakfast daily
- Dinner daily
- Full-time services of a professional tour director
- Guided sightseeing tours and city walks as per itinerary
- Visits to select attractions as per itinerary
- Tour Diary™
- Note: Tour cost does not include airline-imposed baggage fees, or fees for any required passport or visa. Optional excursions, optional pre-paid Tour Director and multi-day bus driver tipping, among other individual and group customizations will be listed as separate line items in the total trip cost, if included.
- Note: On arrival day only dinner is provided; on departure day, only breakfast is provided
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