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Down Under “Wine & Culinary Tour”
Australia & New Zealand |
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Personally Escorted by a Sommelier or Oenologist
16 Days / 15 Nights of an extraordinary Tailor-made Experience
(Optional - Short Tour - Australia Only, or New Zealand Only)
Staying in Beautiful Hunters Valley, Barossa Valley, & in Luxury Hotels
Private Wine Tastings of the Finest Award Winning Wines
Exquisite Meals by Excellent Chefs (some served in the Vineyards)
Visiting Breathtaking Vineyards & Local Sites |
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All Inclusive Land Package - Hotels, Meals, Vineyard Tours, Wine Tasting,
Private Guides, Gratuities, Massage or Spa Treatment, Taxes, etc.
Cost:
Australia Tour Only - 10 Days/ 9 Nights - from $3795 per Person.
New Zealand Tour Only - 7 Days / 6 Nights
from $2995 per person.
Full Tour, Australia & New Zealand - 16 Days/ 15 Nights -
from $6795 per Person
All Tours - (Double Occupancy).
Does not include Air or other alcohol.
Itinerary
Depart USA
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Day 1 - Arrive Sydney |
- Pick-up from Airport by Private Car or Luxury Van
- Check in to Hotel
- Massage or Spa Treatment
- City Orientation
- Dinner
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Day 2 - Sydney |
- Breakfast
- Sydney Harbor Bridge
- Backstage Tour of Sydney Opera House
- Lunch
- City sights, Kings Cross
- Botanic Gardens
- Sydney Museum & Galleries
- Enjoy an evening at the Opera / Dinner
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Day 3 - Sydney |
- Breakfast
- Walk to Darling Harbour
- Sydney Aquarium
- Lunch
- Luxury Catamaran afternoon coffee cruise
- Raphael’s wine bar
- Famous sands of Bondi Beach
- Mrs Macquaries Chair lookout
- The historic Rocks district
- Dinner
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Day 4 - Sydney – Hunter Valley |
- Breakfast
- Flight from Sydney to Hunter Valley
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Arrive at McWilliams Family Mt Pleasant Estate Winery, famous for Maurice O’Shea Wines |
- Lunch and Wine Tasting
- Check in to Peppers Guest House late afternoon
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Enjoy a 3-course wine-makers dinner at the award-winning restaurant, Roberts |
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Day 5 - Hunter Valley |
- Breakfast
- Hunter Resort
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The Hunter Valley Wine School, informal Wine Tutorial and Tasting |
- Lunch at The Hermitage Restaurant
- Return to Peppers Guest House to relax
- Hunter Valley gourmet dinner including Wine Tasting
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Day 6 - Adelaide |
- Breakfast
- Flight to Adelaide
- Pick-up from Airport by Private Car or Luxury Van
- Check in to Hotel
- Lunch / City orientation
- Private Wine tasting at the new National Wine Center
- Return to Hotel - Relax
- Dinner
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Day 7 - Adelaide |
- Breakfast
- Visit the picturesque Adelaide Hills
- Lunch & Wine Tasting at Hillstowe Wines
- Afternoon Visit the Cleland Wildlife
Visit the Cleland Wildlife Sanctuary for a close encounter with some Australian native animals including Kangaroos, Koalas, wombats and reptiles.
- Head back to Adelaide via Mt. Lofty Summit
Coffee or glass of wine while experiencing breathtaking views over Adelaide.
- Return to Hotel to relax
- Dinner at the famous Penfold’s Magill Estate Restaurant
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Day 8 - Adelaide – Barossa Valley |
- Breakfast
- The famous Barossa Valley
- Glaetzer Winery
- Cockatoo Ridge Winery
- Lunch, at Peter Lehmann including Wine Tasting.
- Check-in to Blickinstal Hillside Bed & Breakfast
A 100-acre rural retreat nestled in the foothills amongst Vineyards, 5 minutes from the heart of the Barossa Valley.
- Gourmet Dinner
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Day 9 - Barossa Valley – Clare Valley |
- Breakfast
- Depart Barossa Valley for the Clare Valley
- Burk Salter Winery
- Special Winemakers lunch at Pikes
- Return to Hotel to relax or explore local surroundings
- Gourmet Dinner
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Day 10 - Barossa Valley/ Adelaide /Auckland, New Zealand |
- Breakfast
- Flight to Auckland, New Zealand
- Pick-up from Airport by Private Car or Luxury Van
- Check-in to Hotel
- Dinner / City Orientation
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Day 11 - Auckland - Waiheke Island |
- Breakfast
- Travel by ferry (35 minutes) to this beautiful Island
- Visit Saratoga Estate Winery
- Lunch
- Stonyridge Vineyard
- Waiheke Vineyards and Olive Producers
- Back to Hotel
- Dinner
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Day 12 - Auckland – Hawkes Bay |
- Breakfast
- Fly to Napier, New Zealand’s Heart of this Major Wine Region
- Check in to Hotel
- Lunch
- Visit the World Class Winery Church Road
- The Contemporary Trinity Hill Winery
- Historic Ngatarawa Winery
- Dinner at the food lovers’ haven of Sileni Estates Winery
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Day 13 - Hawkes Bay |
- Breakfast
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Try the Winemaker’s craft as we learn to blend wines at Te Awa Farm |
- Te Mata Estate Winery
- Lunch at the Vineyard’s Restaurant
- Vidal Estate Winery
- Stonecroft Winery
- Stroll local Artist Studios and homestead gardens
- Dinner
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Day 14 - Wairarapa/ Wellington |
- Breakfast
- Drive to Wairarapa (about 1 ½ Hours)
- Check in to Hotel
- Lunch in artsy Greytown and enjoy the beautiful Gardens
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Savor the outstanding Wines of Ata Rangi and Martinborough Region |
- Pallister Estate Winery
- Gladstone Vineyard
- Dinner
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Day 15 - Wellington / Marlborough |
- Breakfast
- Wellington ferry to Marlborough (Day in Marlborough)
- Visit Hunters Winery
- Lunch
- Cloudy Bay Winery
- Wairau River Winery
- Ferry ride back to Wellington
- Back to Hotel
- Dinner
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Day 16 |
- Breakfast
- Transfer to Wellington Airport
- Flight Home
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