Australia

Day 1: Arrival at Brisbane - Gold Coast
Welcome to Australia Your vacation will begin with your arrival at the Brisbane airport. Upon your arrival, move towards the hotel and check-in. This is one of the best places to learn to surf in Australia, so grab a longboard while you're here. Behind Surfers Paradise's famous beach is a shimmering strip of high-rise apartments, restaurants, bars, clubs and theme parks, where the fun can suck you. Check-into the hotel and the rest of the day will be free for leisure activities (standard check-in time 0200PM). Have a peaceful overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 2: Gold Coast – Full-day Trip to SeaWorld
Wake up and look forward to an enticing breakfast at the hotel. Today, you will have a wonderful time on your holiday as you will go for Paradise Jet boating followed by visit to SeaWorld (to and fro by a coach). Relax with an overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 3: Gold Coast – Full-day Trip to Movie World
Relish a toothsome breakfast at the hotel. Get ready for a Full-day Trip to Movie World (to and fro transfer by a coach). Rejuvenate yourself with an overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 4: Gold Coast – Melbourne
Stylish, arty Melbourne is a city that’s both dynamic and cosmopolitan, and proud of its place as Australia’s cultural capital. Its stately Gold Rush–era architecture and a multicultural make-up reflect the city’s recent history, while edgy street art, top museums and sticky-carpeted band venues point to its present-day personality. Check-into the hotel and the rest of the day will be free for leisure activities (standard check-in time 0200PM). Have a peaceful overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 5:  Melbourne - Coach Tour of City
After breakfast, take a Half-day City Tour of Melbourne Visit the famous Fitzroy Garden, St Patrick’s Cathedral, Royal Exhibition Building, Federation Square, Arts Centre Shrine of Remembrance, Town Hall and the Parliament House, followed by Melbourne cricket ground tour. Catch a good night’s sleep at the hotel.

Day 6: Melbourne - Full Day Great Ocean Road Tour
After Breakfast at Hotel, Proceed for Full Day Great Ocean Road Tour. The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage listed 243 kilometers stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Allansford. Overnight stay at Melbourne.

Day 7: Melbourne - Sydney
Relish a yummy breakfast at the hotel. On this day of your Australia tour from India, board your flight to Sydney from the Melbourne airport. Upon your arrival at the Sydney airport, travel to the hotel by a coach and check-in. The day will be free for leisure activities or you may head for the optional tour booked Experience Sydney's natural beauty and culture around Sydney Harbour and the historic Rocks. Explore famous coastal beaches such as Bondi, Bronte, Coogee and Palm Beach. Bushwalk through Sydney Harbour National Park, dine at world-class restaurants, visit the Blue Mountains. Refresh with an overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 7: Sydney – City Tour 
On this day of your Australia travel package, enjoy a delicious breakfast at the hotel. You will then head for the Sydney City Tour which will include Bondi Beach, Harbour Bridge, Darling Harbour, The Rocks, King Cross, Mrs. Macquarie's Chair, Chinatown and Opera House (view). You will have a peaceful overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 8: Sydney - Full Day Blue Mountain tour
Kick off your morning with a mouthwatering breakfast at the hotel. SIC Full Day Blue Mountains Tour with Featherdale Wildlife Park - Dep 0800hrs / Limited Hotel Pickups. You will have your overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 9: Departure from Sydney 
This will be the last day of your amazing Australia travel package. Post a heavenly breakfast; head out for the Sydney airport by a coach to board your flight back home.   
 
Day 9 - Arrive Christchurch
‘The Garden City’, welcomes you to New Zealand's South Island. Bordered by hills and the Pacific Ocean, it is situated on the edge of the Canterbury Plains that stretch to the Southern Alps. Christchurch is an entertaining mixture of refined lifestyle and cultural excitement. 

Day 10- Christchurch - Mt Cook
Travel across the fertile Canterbury Plains before arriving at Lake Tekapo. The road to Mt Cook takes you through high country tussock to beautiful Lake Pukaki. You'll hug the edge of the lake for most of the way up the Tasman Valley to Mount Cook Village.Visit the ‘Church of the Good Shepherd’ before continuing onto Mt Cook National Park. (B)
 
Day 11- Mt Cook - Queenstown
Follow the shores of Lake Pukaki south to the small town of Twizel before continuing through the historic Central Otago region to Lake Wakatipu and the ‘Alpine Resort’ of Queenstown. The town's beautiful outdoor terrain encourages adventure (B)

Day 12 - Milford Sound
After breakfast, head towards MILFORD SOUND CRUISE (included). This famous cruise gives you an opportunity to see MITRE PEAK which is just out of the water and mile high. Go exploring with a nature guide in the tender vessels and kayaks. You may see fur seals lazing on the rocks and lots of sea birds and numerous waterfalls. Enjoy beautiful landscape with its towering mountain peaks, gushing waterfalls, ink-dark water and sheer cliffs covered in lush native rainforest. Return back to the hotel in the evening.

Day 13 – Queenstown
Queenstown is a major centre for snow sports in New Zealand.  It's the place to source almost any kind of adventure, including bungy, jet boating, horse trekking, rafting and river surfing. It's also a destination for luxury experiences—gourmet food and wine, spa treatments and leisurely games of golf. Optional activities not included in the tour price.

Day 14 - Queenstown - Glacier Region
Depart Queenstown this morning and travel along the shores of Lakes Wanaka and Hawea to the Haast Pass. Continue up the West Coast past spectacular mountain ranges and native forests to the glacier region of Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers and you will feel the excitement and admire the beauty of Nature. For Self Drive clients, entry to the Glacier Hot Pools is included.

Day 15- Glacier Region – Christchurch
Travel north to Greymouth today and board the world famous Tranz Alpine train (coach passengers only). Ascend through lush beech forests past the alpine village of Arthur’s Pass before crossing the spectacular Southern Alps. Cross the fertile farmlands of the Canterbury Plains, and enjoy thrilling vistas over deep gorges as you travel alongside the ice-fed Waimakariri River. Traverse the mighty Southern Alps, where spectacular views of the nature will take your breath away

Day 16- Departure Day
After breakfast it’s time to say Good bye to New Zealand. SIC customers will be transferred to airport in a shared vehicle. Self-drive customers will travel their rental car, drop the car at airport branch and board your flight for onward journey (flight not included)!