some fly/drives in Australia/New Zealand but they are really fly/fly/ferry/drives
with the intra-tour flight segments and they have tended to run 30 to 60 days.
The typical cruise is 10-14 days and same with most land tours run 7-21 days.
Since you cross the International Dateline on the way there the 24 hours flight
time seems like two days on the calendar. Flight prices are competitive and
we usually buy the overwater and intra tour air segments from the tour
company in many instances. All the flights are usually cheaper if they are
packaged with contract airfare from California or your home gateway. Given
the length of the flights we have had clients stopover in LAX or another
gateway airport to break up the flights. This is especially helpful on the way
home. We also have air contracts with long haul carriers so we can get you
there no matter what your plans are once you arrive.
When you are looking at a land package to Australia / New Zealand figure you
are going to double the land cost listed once you include Trans-Pacific airfare
and the intra tour segments. Each stop in Australia / New Zealand (Ayers
Rock, Tasmania, Barrier Reef, North and South Islands) usually adds $1000
so you should research those activities to see if you want to include the cost.
We are able to add stopovers in Fiji but again that adds about $1500 per
person for 2 days.
As I said earlier many cruise lines have moved ships to the Australian / New
Zealand market. Some ships sail 7 nights from Sydney but are more
programmed for locals and their kids to go on vacation. Other lines like
Holland America, Princess, Celebrity and Royal Caribbean are deployed more
for exploration of Australia and New Zealand ports if you are flying in from the
Western Hemisphere.
Feedback we have received is that New Zealand is prettier than Australia but
also less developed if you have mobility issues. New Zealand features a lot of
coastal towns so it is the highlight of many cruise itineraries departing from
Sydney or Auckland. While we have not traveled to this part of the world our
experience is tour operators helps us with the logistics of getting you to the
opposite end of the world. We have the best vendors for this region so we are
always a phone call away from experts when we book you to Australia, New
Zealand or the South Pacific.
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Australia and New Zealand
every year. Mostly we do
escorted trips down south as
you are visiting a large land
area that includes intra tour
flights so group movements via
airplane and motorcoach make
sense. Depending on what
you want to see cruise ships
can become an option as they
are an efficient way to visit
New Zealand (many of the
cities are on the coast) and
they add stops in Sydney,
Melbourne and Tasmania
sometimes to round out trip.
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