Great Australia Vacation Deals
Australian vacation reviews tend to be very positive. Travelers talk about hand-feeding koalas and kangaroos, snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef and learning to surf, or shark spotting and crocodile hunting. Visitors frequently visit aboriginal hiking trails, museums and villages for a more authentic trip. They talk about sampling vegemite, damper, billy tea, Tasmanian salmon, Anzac biscuits and Pavlova. There’s the Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge for a more cosmopolitan experience as well. Here are some of the best deals to help you plan your Australia vacation on-the-cheap!
Disney offers a pleasant all-inclusive way to take a stress-free Australian vacation. “Discovery Down Under” is just one of the many Adventures By Disney vacations available. If your family plans a 10-day vacation departing on June 12, July 17, August 7 or September 4 (and booked by mid-January), then you will also receive a FREE 3-night Disney cruise to the Bahamas! Your Sydney vacation will take you snorkeling through the Great Barrier Reef, hiking through the desert at Ayers Rock, jet boating around the Sydney harbor, learning traditional song and dance at Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park and eating breakfast with zoo keepers at Taronga Zoo. Vacation packages include a stay at Sea Temple Palm Cove Resort, Voyages Desert Gardens and Grace Hotel, as well as 9 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 7 dinners. Rates begin at $3,789 for children and $4,209 for adults, plus airfare. For more information, visit www.abd.disney.go.com/abd/en_US/destination?name=AustraliaLandingPage.
Another way to experience an Australia vacation is to take advantage of the “Work and Holiday” Visa program. Americans ages 18 to 30 can work and travel in Australia for up to a 12-month period through a partnership with STA Travel and V Australia. Vacation deals include round-trip airfare from LAX to Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane on V Australia starting at $676. The Melbourne, Brisbane or Sydney vacation package includes 1 year work and holiday visa, 2 nights of accommodations upon landing, orientation and job leads. Surf programs begin at $1,002 and reef diving programs begin at $1,572. For more information, visit www.australia.com/workandplay.
Qantas Airways, Qantas Vacations, and the South Australia Tourism Commission launched a new campaign in November, where travelers can visit South Australia, Adelaide and Sydney starting at $898 per person, including round-trip airfare from LA or San Francisco and four flights within Australia. Additional packages begin at $295, offering deals like food/wine, wildlife/outback and culture/history tours. While the current Australia vacation offerings — Fair Dinkum Australia, Downunder Classic and True Blue Aussie — won’t last forever, Qantas is always offering low priced deals down under. For more information, visit www.qantasvacations.com/earlybirdSA.
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