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Essential Knowledge
Luxury
SHANGRI-LA
AMRO WORLDWIDE
selling tips
AIDAN O’KELLY
Travel Counsellors,
Romsey, Hampshire
For an incredibly
luxurious stay in
Sydney, I would
recommend staying at
the Observatory Hotel
LUXURY GAY TRAVELLERS
and dining at Tetsuya’s
Restaurant. To explore ITC Classics features a number of Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras
the Whitsunday islands “Super Lodges” in New Zealand and is the largest gay pride parade in the
in comfort, book resorts in the region including the world. Gay operator Amro Worldwide
Sailing in Style with Wakaya Club on a private Fijian island. has a Sydney Mardi Gras package
Oz Adventure Sailing. Qantas Holidays’ Indulgent Boomerang departing on February 27, 2009. The
Moonlight Head tour, from £3,257, features hotels such nine-night package, from £1,499
Private Lodges, midway as the Shangri-La in Sydney. The tour (including flights), includes a harbour
along the Great Ocean includes a Harley Davidson ride to cruise, reserved grandstand seat for the
Road, is an exclusive, Uluru and a Great Barrier Reef cruise. parade and a closing night party ticket
remote retreat. Abercrombie & Kent has a Signature at Fox Studios. The add-on Mardi Gras
Tell well-heeled Australia tour from £5,399. Accom- Recovery package to Cairns starts from
clients they don’t need modation includes Longitude 131, a £449 (internal flights extra), including
to worry about formal luxury tented camp overlooking Uluru, barbecues, a reef cruise and parties.
dress codes for five- and Lizard Island, an exclusive resort PLANitGAY is a travel booking website
star resorts or the on the Great Barrier Reef. Longitude for the LBGT community. It offers
top restaurants. 131 also appears in the Gold Medal flights, cruises and gay-friendly hotels
Pure Luxury brochure, from £483pppn. including the Oxford Hotel in Sydney.
CONTIKI
OZXPOSURE
COUNTRYLINK
BACKPACKERS RAIL JOURNEYS ACTIVITY & ADVENTURE
The region has long been a magnet Qantas Holidays packs seven scenic Queenstown is known as the
for backpackers. OzXposure has a 69-day rail excursions into its Great New adventure capital of the world, but the
All of Oz tour, ideal for gappers, from Zealand Rail Journey – including the entire region provides plenty of thrills.
£4,392 (excluding flights). Activities world-renowned TranzAlpine service New Zealand was new for G.A.P
include rafting, surfing and swimming through the Southern Alps – from Adventures this year – itineraries
with whale sharks (in season). £3,854 for 14 nights including flights. include swimming with dolphins,
AAT Kings has a range of low-cost Scenic Tours, Titan Hi-Tours and Kuoni bungee jumping, mountain biking,
tours, staying in either tents or budget also have their own versions of this type jet boat rides and kayaking.
accommodation. Its programme of New Zealand rail package. OzXposure has a 21-day Sydney-
includes three-day Uluru and Kings Rail Australia is an alliance of rail Cairns Eastern Dream trip, including
Canyon tours from £294 and a 14-day operators: CountryLink, Great Southern surfing, sand boarding and sky diving.
New Zealand Experience (from £1,245). Railway, Traveltrain Holidays and Explore!’s Outback Adventure
Contiki has a range of Australasia Transwa. It specialises in rail itineraries features 12 nights camping. Anzcro has
tours specifically for 18-35 year olds. and also sells a range of flexible rail a two-day rafting and hot air balloon
Kiwi Experience sells hop-on, hop-off passes for independent travellers – the flight combination from Cairns.
bus passes for New Zealand and Fiji, and East Coast Discovery Pass covers the Contiki has action-packed itineraries
can arrange volunteering stints. Sunlander, Tilt Train, Xplorer and XPT. in New Zealand and Australia.
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