Beaches & Islands 10 Days / 9 Nights
Australia East Coast: Sydney & Great Barrier Reef
Sydney icons, the Blue Mountains, then Cairns for a Great Barrier Reef day and the Daintree.
Duration10D / 9N
Trip typeBeaches & Islands
Child price€2,775
Overview
A 10-day tour of Australia's east coast. Four nights in Sydney cover the Opera House, a harbour cruise, Bondi to Coogee coastal walk and a day trip to the Blue Mountains. A domestic flight then reaches Tropical North Queensland for four nights in and around Cairns, with a full-day outer Great Barrier Reef cruise (snorkel or introductory dive), the Kuranda scenic railway and Skyrail, and a Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation day. Includes internal flight, breakfast daily and the listed tours.
Day-by-day itinerary
- Arrive at Sydney Airport and transfer to your hotel near Circular Quay or Darling Harbour. Evening walk around the Opera House and Circular Quay.
- Morning city tour - the Opera House, the Royal Botanic Garden, Mrs Macquarie's Chair and The Rocks - followed by an afternoon harbour lunch cruise past the bridge and the harbour beaches.
- A relaxed day at Bondi Beach with the clifftop coastal walk to Bronte and Coogee, and an optional afternoon at Manly by ferry.
- Full-day trip west to the Blue Mountains: the Three Sisters at Echo Point, Scenic World's railway and cableway, and Leura village, often with a stop at Sydney Olympic Park or a wildlife park.
- Transfer to the airport for the flight to Cairns (about 3 hours). Transfer to your hotel in Cairns or Palm Cove; afternoon at leisure by the lagoon or pool.
- Full-day catamaran cruise to an outer-reef pontoon or site, with snorkelling, a glass-bottom boat, a semi-submersible and an optional introductory scuba dive. Buffet lunch on board.
- The Kuranda Scenic Railway up through the rainforest and gorges, time in the Kuranda village markets, and the Skyrail cableway back over the canopy. Optional army-duck rainforest tour.
- A day north across the Daintree River into the oldest rainforest on earth - a boardwalk with a naturalist, a crocodile-spotting river cruise, and the beach at Cape Tribulation where the reef meets the rainforest.
- A free day for the Cairns Esplanade lagoon, a hot-air balloon over the Atherton Tablelands (optional), or a second reef trip.
- Transfer to Cairns Airport for your onward flight.
What's included
Included
- 9 nights hotels with breakfast (Sydney + Cairns area)
- Domestic flight Sydney-Cairns
- Sydney city and harbour lunch cruise, Blue Mountains day trip
- Outer Great Barrier Reef day cruise with lunch, Kuranda rail and Skyrail
Not included
- International flights
- Lunches and dinners unless stated
- Australia ETA / visa
- Introductory dive, reef tax and optional tours
