Australia with Luxury & Style (13 Days): A Sample Itinerary

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Grey Kangaroo
Sydney, Australia Harbor

DavidTravel Itinerary Highlights include:

In a documentary about Australia, the narrator described this amazing place as being "more like another planet than another continent." After exploring the stunning natural wonders that weave throughout and beyond the fabric of the beautiful metropolitan areas, you’ll have the distinct feeling that you’ve traveled out of this world to an incomparable land beyond the borders of all that’s predictable or ordinary. Explore the lush parkland, remarkable architecture and rich history of Adelaide. In Melbourne and Sydney, your days are filled with sophisticated city sights from the chic shops to the cathedrals, museums and galleries. At Ayers Rock, you’ll explore the world’s largest monolith and embark on a spellbinding guided tour of the star-filled nighttime sky. And the Great Barrier Reef will put you in close contact with every creature to be found on this extraordinary continent.

• See the Botanical Gardens, Hyde Park and Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair for spectacular views of the Opera House and Sydney Harbor Bridge

• Get up close to Koalas at the Koala Conservation Center

• Watch a dance and didgeridoo performance and enjoy a traditional bush “tucker” (lunch) in Adelaide

• Take a private 4WD tour of Kangaroo Island and spot local wildlife such as kangaroos, koalas and seals

Overview:

Drenched in sunshine and glowing with affable charisma, Australia is an enticing land of vast beaches, pulsating cities and reams and reams of bushland. One of the country's greatest lures is its sense of space; a beach, patch of tropical forest or piece of sandy desert all to oneself is an easy reality.

This, the world's largest island, encompasses a range of stunning landscapes, from barren deserts to tropical rainforests and rugged mountains. Australia has an abundance of unique animal life - cuddly koalas, bounding kangaroos and wallabies, darting dingoes, and ungainly emus - while the hulking form of Uluru (Ayers Rock) soaking up the reds and oranges of the outback's fiery sun, is the country's most iconic image.

Glossy Sydney and arty Melbourne provide much for the city-lover; Brisbane is gateway to the tropical northeast with sandy stretches including Surfer's Paradise further south; restful Adelaide is perfect for a few days' rejuvenation, while Perth is young, brash and alluring; and Cairns is the stop-off point for one of Australia's top attractions, the Great Barrier Reef.