Around the world 2024

AUSTRALIA’S WILD WONDERS 3 NIGHTS | 25 FEBRUARY 2024 BRISBANE to CAIRNS You can’t help but feel at one with nature on this adventure, especially when observing its wonders up close with Aboriginal guides. Walk through a remote river gorge in the Daintree Rainforest and hear Dreamtime stories about the Earth’s creation. Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef around Lady Elliot Island, a protected Green Zone teeming with manta rays and sea turtles. View other wildlife in less challenging ways by browsing the Cairns Aquarium and a wildlife habitat full of koalas, kangaroos and cassowaries. The opportunities are plentiful. Optional M I D - CRU I S E OV E R L A ND PROGR A MME S Great Barrier Island, available from Auckland Blue Mountains, available from Sydney GREAT BARRIER ISLAND ADVENTURE 2 NIGHTS | 13 FEBRUARY 2024 AUCKLAND to NAPIER Fly to sparsely populated, densely forested Great Barrier Island and release your inner adventurer where Mother Nature reigns supreme. Go deep-sea fishing for giant kingfish and hard-fighting snapper. Walk a beach so secluded it’s like being Robinson Crusoe. Be awed by the incredible clarity and radiance of the stars as the island is an official Dark Sky Sanctuary. In Napier, tour the world-famous Art Deco City in an authentic vintage car before returning to the ship. NEW ZEALAND’S SOUTHERN GRANDEUR 1 NIGHT | 18 FEBRUARY 2024 DUNEDIN to MILFORD SOUND Although relatively short, this adventure is long on scenic beauty, beginning with a jaw-dropping drive through Fiordland National Park. The mesmerising sights continue underground in Te Anau’s twisting limestone caves, which a sea of glowworms illuminates. For the ultimate sky-high view of Queenstown, take the gondola to the summit of Bob’s Peak, and cruise to a high-country homestead aboard a vintage steamship for a taste of farm life. An inspired wine tasting and strolling about historic Arrowtown and Scottish-influenced Dunedin are equally gratifying. WOLGAN VALLEY ESCAPE 2 NIGHTS | 23 FEBRUARY 2024 SYDNEY to BRISBANE Get away to the remote Wolgan Valley within the Blue Mountains, a natural landscape so glorious that UNESCO deemed it a World Heritage site. Gaze out over epic escarpments and thundering waterfalls, walk through a primeval rainforest, ride a white-knuckle railway and zip into the hinterlands to observe indigenous wildlife in a 4-wheel-drive vehicle designed for adventure. How fitting that Charles Darwin stayed in the 1832 Heritage Homestead where you will stargaze. A private helicopter ride over the surrounding national park ensures yet another lasting memory. 38 Daintree Rainforest, available from Brisbane Call +44 345 505 1920 Visit OceaniaCruises.com or Contact Your Travel Advisor