Exclusive UNC GAA departure – February 23-March 16, 2022 Exploring Australia & New Zealand 22 days from $9,184 total price from Los Angeles ($8,795 air & land inclusive plus $389 airline taxes and fees) Small group touring and the Lands Down Under – they add up to a perfect combination as we travel from Australia’s spectacular Great Barrier Reef and the storied Outback to sophis- ticated Sydney; from New Zealand’s towering Mt. Cook and breathtaking Milford Sound to high-spirited Queenstown and nautical Auckland.
Destination Cairns Air Motorcoach Alice Springs Coral Sea Entry/Departure Ayers Rock
AUSTRALIA Sydney Auckland
Rotorua Mount Cook National Park Christchurch
Tasman Sea Queenstown NEW ZEALAND
Avg. High (°F) Feb Mar Sydney 78 76 Alice Springs 95 90 On Day 16, we see for ourselves why serene Milford Sound ranks as New Zealand’s most popular destination. Queenstown 70 67 Days 1 & 2: Depart U.S. for Cairns, Australia Day 7: Alice Springs This morning we embark on an Aboriginal “dreamtime” tour, where we meet Your Small Group Tour Highlights Day 3: Arrive Cairns This afternoon we arrive in Walpiri tribespeople and learn about their ancient Cairns, gateway to Australia’s Far North and the culture. After this First Australians experience, we Ride aboard vintage Kuranda steam train and Skyrail gondolas Great Barrier Reef. We transfer to our hotel where encounter the acclaimed Royal Flying Doctor Service • Great Barrier Reef excursion • Aboriginal “dreamtime” tonight we enjoy a briefing and dinner. D then visit the Anzac Hill Monument to Australian and experience • Sunset at Ayers Rock • Sydney touring and New Zealand soldiers. Tonight, we enjoy a traditional Harbour cruise • Leisure time in Sydney • Christchurch tour- Day 4: Cairns/Kuranda We take an orientation tour Outback Bushman’s Dinner around a campfire. B,D ing • Two-night stay at Mt. Cook National Park • Milford of Cairns then board an historic railway to the moun- Sound cruise • Geothermal Rotorua • Maori cultural tain village of Kuranda. After time to explore here, we We reach our experience • Auckland touring Day 8: Alice Springs/Ayers Rock descend via the gondolas of Skyrail. We return to our Ayers Rock hotel early afternoon. After lunch on hotel, with the rest of the day at leisure. B our own, we visit Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, a Day Itinerary Hotel Rating UNESCO World Heritage site that is the traditional 1-2 Depart U.S. for Cairns Day 5: Great Barrier Reef This morning we board land of the Anangu Aboriginal peoples and home to 3-5 Cairns Pullman Reef Casino Deluxe a boat for a day-long excursion to the Great Barrier the Olgas rock formations and Uluru (Ayers Rock). 6-7 Alice Springs DoubleTree Sup. First Class by Hilton Reef, at 1,200 miles long the world’s largest living We watch the sun set over this fabled sandstone 8 Ayers Rock Sails in the Desert Sup. First Class organism and richest marine resource. We pull up monolith that rises to a height of 1,114 feet. B,D 9-11 Sydney Sir Stamford Deluxe at Michaelmas Cay where we can swim, snorkel, or view the reef from a semi-submersible vessel. B,L Day 9: Ayers Rock/Sydney This morning we visit 12 Christchurch Rydges Latimer Sup. First Class Christchurch the base of Uluru and the interesting museum here. 13-14 Mount Cook Hermitage Hotel First Class Day 6: Cairns/Alice Springs We take an early Mid-day we fly to Sydney, arriving late afternoon. B,D 15-17 Queenstown Hotel St. Moritz First Class morning flight to remote Alice Springs, where upon 18-19 Rotorua Regent of Rotorua First Class arrival we venture to Simpsons Gap and Standley Day 10: Sydney Today’s tour features The Rocks Chasm for a picnic lunch amid the sheer rock walls. historic neighborhood, Darling Harbour and Mrs. 20-21 Auckland Grand Millennium Sup. First Class Auckland Then we visit the Alice Springs School of the Air, Macquarie’s Point, Rose and Watson’s bays, and 22 Depart Auckland for U.S. which provides schooling to widely scattered Outback popular Bondi Beach. Then we board a catamaran Ratings are based on the Hotel & Travel Index, the travel children. B,L for a lunch cruise around Sydney Harbour. B,L industry standard reference.
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Day 11: Sydney This morning we tour Featherdale The trip exceeded Wildlife Park, where wombats, dingos, and koalas my expectations.” reside. Then the afternoon is at leisure; tonight we enjoy dinner together at a local restaurant. B,D – Tar Heel Traveler
Day 12: Sydney/Christchurch, New Zealand After historic Arrowtown for lunch on our own followed a late morning tour of the iconic Sydney Opera House, by a visit to Kawarau Bridge Bungy, the world’s first this afternoon is free for independent exploration. bungy jump operation open to the public. Mid- This evening we board a flight to Christchurch, New afternoon we reach Queenstown, New Zealand’s Zealand’s “Garden City.” B “adventure capital.” We dine tonight at our hotel. B,D Day 13: Christchurch/Mount Cook National Park Day 16: Milford Sound Our day-long excursion to This morning’s orientation tour features the Botanic Milford Sound includes a nature cruise through the Gardens and Cathedral Square, the beating heart of breathtaking fjords. We have lunch on board then Christchurch and site of Christchurch Cathedral. later have the opportunity to return to Queenstown Then we board our motorcoach for the journey south on an optional scenic flight (weather permitting). B,L to Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, in the South- ern Alps. En route, we stop in the town of Geraldine Day 17: Queenstown Today is at leisure to enjoy for lunch and to see sheep dogs and a sheep shearer New Zealand’s adventure capital as we wish. B in action at a local farm. We continue on to Mount Cook, arriving late afternoon. B,L,D Day 18: Queenstown/Rotorua We depart today for the Maori center of Rotorua, with its geysers, Day 14: Mount Cook This morning’s tour of bubbling mud pools, and hot thermal springs. Upon alpine Mount Cook Village includes a visit to the Sir arrival, we take a panoramic tour of this city on the Edmund Hillary Alpine Center, where we see a 3D shores of Lake Rotorua. This evening we visit Te Puia planetarium movie about the region. We also visit Thermal Reserve and Cultural Centre for a traditional the Hillary Gallery, comemorating Sir Edmund’s Sydney Opera House at dusk hangi dinner and Maori performance. B,D achievements, including the first Day 19: Rotorua This morning we visit Rainbow Tour Departs: February 23, 2022 ascent of Mount Springs Nature Park, a popular showcase of native Prices include international airfare and all taxes, surcharges, and fees Cook’s difficult flora, fauna, and birdlife, and where we also tour the Los Angeles $9,184 South Ridge in National Kiwi Trust, which rehabilitates injured kiwis, 1948 (at 12,316 Dallas, Houston, the national bird. B feet, Mount Cook Phoenix, Portland (OR), $9,484 is New Zealand’s San Francisco, Seattle Day 20: Rotorua/Auckland En route to Auckland, tallest mountain). Atlanta, Boston, we stop this morning at Ruakuri Caves to see the After time in the Chicago, Cleveland, unique glowworms that illuminate the underground village for lunch Denver, Detroit, $9,584 grottoes and caves. We reach Auckland late this on our own, this Miami, Minneapolis, afternoon; we’re on our own for dinner tonight. B afternoon is at lei- Orlando, Tampa sure to relax amid Day 21: Auckland Our half-day tour of this city set Baltimore, Charlotte, Aboriginal site of Uluru (Ayers Rock) the breathtaking atop 48 volcanic hills features glittering Auckland Cincinnati, New York, $9,684 scenery, hike, or take an optional scenic flight Harbour and the America’s Cup Village. We also visit Philadelphia, Washington, DC (weather permitting). B,D the War Memorial Museum, with its prized Maori Raleigh-Durham $9,734 and Pacific Islander collections. Tonight we enjoy a Day 15: Mount Cook/Queenstown We depart Land Only (transfers not included) $8,095 farewell dinner at our hotel. B,D this morning for Queenstown, stopping en route in Please call if your city is not listed. Prices are per person based on double occupancy and include airline taxes, Day 22: Depart for U.S. Very early this morning we surcharges, and fees of $389, which are subject to change Post-Tour Extension depart for the airport for the flight to Los Angeles (via Sydney) and our return flights home. B until final payment is made. March 16-18, 2022 Single travelers please add $2,195. Your $500 deposit is fully refundable up to 95 days before departure. All 2022 Auckland – On Your Own Your Tour Price Includes tour prices above (excluding airline taxes, surcharges, and 3 days/2 nights for $295 total price fees) are guaranteed. • Round-trip air transportation from listed cities; all flights Single Supplement: $225 within itinerary Airline upgrades on round-trip Trans-Pacific flight: Business Enjoy additional time in the sparkling • 19 nights’ accommodations in Deluxe, Superior First Class, Class – $5,995 per person; Premium Economy – $2,795 “City of Sails,” at your own pace. and First Class hotels per person in addition to the above costs (upgrades are • 34 meals: 19 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 10 dinners subject to availability and pricing is subject to change). Your Tour Price Includes • Extensive sightseeing as described, including all entrance fees Please note: This trip involves full days of sightseeing • Services of an Odysseys Unlimited Tour Director and significant amounts of walking – between 1-3 miles • 2 nights’ accommodations at Grand Millennium Auckland • Private motorcoach transportation throughout your trip per day, unassisted – on stairs and uneven surfaces. (Superior First Class) • 2 meals: 2 breakfasts • Luggage handling for one bag per person You should be in good physical condition to enjoy the • Transfer to airport • Gratuities for local guides, dining room servers, airport tour to its fullest. and hotel porters, and all drivers
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Tour Prices laundry, room service, and meals not speci- Tour prices quoted are guaranteed through fied; immunizations and inoculations; December 31, 2022, and include accom- communications charges; airport transfers modations based on double occupancy; when purchasing a land-only package; airfare from your departure city; airline gratuities to your Odysseys Unlimited taxes, surcharges, and fees, and port charges Tour Director and shipboard personnel and cruise line fees (where applicable), (if a cruise is included in your tour) unless which are subject to change until final otherwise specified, which are at your payment has been made; internal air, rail, discretion (suggested gratuities: $10-$15 per and motorcoach transportation; meals, guest, per day); and a Travel Protection Plan. sightseeing, and transfers as described; Please contact the UNC General Alumni hotel taxes; entrance fees for included Association (UNC GAA), for travel insur- sightseeing; the services of an Odysseys ance information. Additional baggage fees Unlimited Tour Director; luggage handl- levied directly by the airline(s) may apply ing for one bag per person; and all gratuities and are subject to change at any time. as described below. Please note that the You should confirm directly with your cost of air upgrades is subject to change. airline(s) prior to departure. Gratuities Registration and Payment Tour prices include all gratuities for local A deposit of $500 per person confirms your guides, dining room servers, airport and reservation and is fully refundable up to 95 hotel porters, and all drivers on base tours days prior to departure. Full payment is and on optional extensions when accom- due at least 95 days prior to departure and panied by an Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. may be made by personal check or credit representative. Please note that gratuities card. Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. reserves the for the Odysseys Unlimited Tour Director right to cancel any reservations that are and shipboard personnel (if a cruise is not paid in full at any time after final pay- included in your tour) are not included ment is due. If you make your reservation unless otherwise noted. These tips are after the final payment date, payment in optional and should be extended on a full will be required upon reservation. voluntary basis. Gratuities are not included on “On Your Own” optional extensions. Cancellations and Refunds If you must cancel your tour, the effective Not Included in Your Tour Price date of cancellation will be upon our Airfare from your hometown to your receipt of your notification. Refunds for departure city; costs of passports and cancellations are subject to the following visas; personal expenses such as beverages, per person charges: For all tours in this catalog (except departure, if you make any changes to your as noted) reservation, a $100 per person administra- Prior to departure Charge tive fee will apply, in addition to any fees 95 days or more: Full refund or penalties imposed by airlines, hotels, or 94-65 days: 25% of tour price other third parties. Changes are subject to availability and cannot be guaranteed. 64-45 days: 50% of tour price If your reservation changes from double 44-30 days: 75% of tour price occupancy to single occupancy for any 29-0 days: No refund reason or at any time, you will be charged For Machu Picchu to the Galapagos the single supplement. Please note that no changes to your reservation can be made Prior to departure Charge within 30 days of departure. 95 days or more: Full refund 94-65 days: 50% of tour price Required Information 64-30 days: 75% of tour price Upon reservation, we will need to obtain 29-0 days: No refund from you the following, in accordance with the Transportation Security Administration’s Please note that we will not refund the cost (TSA) Secure Flight program (for details, of any unused portion of your tour package, please visit www.tsa.gov), as well as for our should you or your travel companion cancel travel partners: for international tours your participation during the tour. If due – your full name as it appears on your to unforeseen circumstances Odysseys passport, date of birth, and gender; for Unlimited, Inc. cancels your tour, you domestic tours – your full name as it will receive a complete refund of all appears on the accepted form of govern- payments you have made to us. ment-issued photo identification that you Pre-Departure plan to use, date of birth, and gender. In After reserving your tour, you will receive addition, airlines may require that we pre-departure mailings that include a provide them with your contact informa- detailed itinerary, visa requirements, and tion prior to departure. In the event an reading list. We will send your final tour airline ticket is issued with incorrect infor- documents, including airline itineraries mation you have provided, or if you use a (with e-ticket numbers) two to three different passport (international tours) or weeks before departure. other form of government issued photo iden- tification (domestic tours) than originally Single Travelers cited, you will be responsible for charges We welcome single travelers, and offer a associated with the ticket’s reissue. limited number of single accommodations on each tour. Because hotel and cruise rates Travel Documents are priced by the room or cabin, the per A passport valid for at least six months person cost for accommodations occupied after the completion of your tour is re- by one person is higher than that shared quired for U.S. citizens on all international by two people. We endeavor to keep single tours in this catalog. If your tour requires supplements at a reasonable cost. Please a visa(s), we strongly recommend that you note that single rooms in many foreign have at least six blank visa pages available; hotels may be smaller than those to which for tours not requiring a visa(s), we recomm- you are accustomed. end that your passport have at least three blank visa pages. We will send you specific Changes to Your Reservation visa and entry requirements after you make We will not charge a fee for any changes a reservation. You are resp onsible for ob- made to your reservation outside of 95 days taining these documents. If you are not a before departure. From 94 to 30 days before U.S. citizen, please contact your embassy
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