Summary
Highlights
- Indulge in free flowing champagne and white-gloved service
- Take advantage of up to 38 free shore excursions
- Enjoy an overnight stay in Melbourne and explore the splendid Victorian buildings that sprang up in the wake of the gold rush
- Explore the popular resort town of Akaroa with its beautiful, sheltered harbour
- Discover The Bay of Islands, the finest Maritime Park in New Zealand, with 144 islands, secluded bays and abundance of marine life
In Brief
- 2 Nights Sydney NSW
- 1 Night Sydney
- 1 Night At Sea
- 2 Nights Melbourne
- 1 Night Burnie
- 3 Nights At Sea
- 1 Night Dunedin
- 1 Night Akaroa
- 1 Night Wellington
- 1 Night Napier
- 1 Night Tauranga
- 1 Night Bay Of Islands
- 2 Nights Auckland
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Day by day itinerary
Days
1-2
UK to Sydney
Fly from the UK to Sydney, arriving the following day, where you will be met and transferred by coach to your hotel for an overnight stay.
Day
3
Sydney
Sydney belongs to the exclusive club of cities that generate excitement. Blessed with dazzling beaches and a sunny climate, Sydney is among the most beautiful cities on the planet.With 4.6 million people, Sydney is the biggest and most cosmopolitan city in Australia. Sydneysiders embrace their harbour with a passion. Indented with numerous bays and beaches, Sydney Harbour is the presiding icon for the city, and urban Australia. Sydney has joined the ranks of the great cities whose characters are essentially international. What Sydney offers is style, sophistication, and great looks—an exhilarating prelude to the continent at its back door.
Check out of your hotel and take your included shared transfer to the ship.
Stay: Seven Seas Navigator
Meals: D
Day
4
At Sea
Relax on board the ship making use of the pool deck, the spa facilities or simply find a quiet corner to relax with a good book.
Stay: Seven Seas Navigator
Meals: B L D
Days
5-6
Melbourne, Victoria
Consistently rated among the "world's most livable cities" in quality-of-life surveys, Melbourne is built on a coastal plain at the top of the giant horseshoe of Port Phillip Bay. The city center is an orderly grid of streets where the state parliament, banks, multinational corporations, and splendid Victorian buildings that sprang up in the wake of the gold rush now stand. This is Melbourne's heart, which you can explore at a leisurely pace.
Stay: Seven Seas Navigator
Meals: B L D
Day
7
Burnie, Tasmania
Burnie overlooks Emu Bay, on the north-west coast. This proudly industrial city is Australia’s fifth largest container port and a vibrant place to visit. Burnie was once surrounded by dense rainforest, but this has slowly disappeared, while fortunes were made felling and milling timber. The paper and pulp mill on the city’s outskirts operated from 1938 to 1998. Burnie was first explored by Bass and Flinders and was known as Emu Bay when it was settled by the Van Diemen’s Land Company in 1827. Today, Burnie has a population of almost 19,000.
Stay: Seven Seas Navigator
Meals: B L D
Days
8-10
At Sea
Enjoy your time at sea with breakfast in your suite, taking in a lecture or visiting the spa for a treatment.
Stay: Seven Seas Navigator
Meals: B L D
Day
11
Dunedin
Clinging to the walls of the natural amphitheater at the west end of Otago Harbour, the South Island's second-largest city is enriched with inspiring nearby seascapes and wildlife. Because Dunedin is a university town, floods of students give the city a vitality far greater than its population of 122,000 might suggest. Its manageable size makes it easy to explore on foot—with the possible exception of Baldwin Street, the world's steepest residential street .Dunedin, the Gaelic name for Edinburgh, was founded in 1848 by settlers of the Free Church of Scotland. Dunedin has always had a reputation for the eccentric. Wearing no shoes and a big beard here marks a man as bohemian rather than destitute, and the residents wouldn't have it any other way.
Stay: Seven Seas Navigator
Meals: B L D
Day
12
Akaroa
Set on a beautiful, sheltered harbor and overlooked by craggy volcanic hills, Akaroa is a popular resort town on Banks Peninsula in New Zealand. The name Akaroa means “Long Harbor.” Sailors from the HMS Britomart proclaimed British sovereignty for the land in 1840, but French settlers also settled in the area that year. There is still a heavy French influence found on the island, including many French local names.
Stay: Seven Seas Navigator
Meals: B L D
Day
13
Wellington
Stroll past Victorian Gothic buildings, visit the exquisite Botanic Gardens, take the cable car up the mountain for a fantastic view, or head for the city beach. Journey around the spectacular harbor with its amazing views and visit a sheep or cattle station. See some of the sites where the Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed. Shopping: Shop for arts and crafts, jewelry, fine woolens, and leather goods. Shop for arts and crafts, jewelry, fine woolens, and leather goods. Enjoy a variety of continental dishes in addition to succulent lamb and seafood.
Stay: Seven Seas Navigator
Meals: B L D
Day
14
Napier
The twin cities of Napier and Hastings, located within the region of Hawke's Bay on the East Coast of New Zealand's North Island, are unique. The area is blessed with a Californian-Mediterranean climate, boasting one of the highest sunshine averages in the country. The area is also dotted with colorful vineyards and orchards, with some of the most fertile farmland you will see. Within the region are more than twenty of New Zealand's finest vineyards.
Stay: Seven Seas Navigator
Meals: B L D
Day
15
Tauranga
Tauranga is the center of a large citrus and sub tropical fruit-growing area and is a favorite base for deep-sea anglers. Across the harbor is the major port for the region, Mt Maunganui, which is also the major overseas outlet for the vast timber industry established in the center of the North Island. Tauranga has become a rendezvous for thousands of holiday makers to whom the lure of its sun-baked sands and sparkling waters prove an irresistible attraction.
Stay: Seven Seas Navigator
Meals: B L D
Day
16
Bay Of Islands
The "Bay of Islands" was how Captain Cook described this area two centuries ago and the simplicity of his name masks the diversity of its charms. The Bay of Islands is the finest Maritime Park in the country with 144 islands, secluded bays and abundance of marine life. It is one of the most popular fishing, sailing and tourist destinations in the country, and has been renowned internationally for its big-game fishing since author Zane Grey publicized it in the 1930s.
Stay: Seven Seas Navigator
Meals: B L D
Days
17-18
Auckland to UK
Auckland, “The City Of Sails”, is spread over a narrow isthmus between the sparkling waters of the Waitemata and Manukau Harbours on New Zealand’s North Island. It earns its sobriquet from having more boats per capita than any other city in the world. The first settlers here were the Maori, and are still a vibrant component of its cosmopolitan population. Auckland offers the visitor all the amenities of a world-class city. Browse the shops of Queen Street or the Parnell area with its galleries and boutiques in quaintly restored Victorian buildings. For a magnificent panorama of the city travel to Mount Eden, the city’s highest point, or visit the Skytower for loftier views. Minutes from downtown you can relax on a black sand beach, or explore the America’s Cup Yachting Village. Further afield there are the spectacular pine-clad Waitakere Mountains, the amazing Waitomo Glowworm Caves and the verdant vineyards of Kumeu River Wines.
Debark and take your shared transfer to the airport for your included flight to the UK, arriving the following day.
Meals: B
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