🚨PRICE DROP🚨 20nt Australia & New Zealand holiday incl. ✈️, hotels & full-board cruise

This holiday sounds like a dream come true, pirates! A 20-night trip to Australia and New Zealand! You'll fly into Sydney, spend three days there and then hop aboard a cruise ship stopping in Melbourne and Tasmania on your way to New Zealand!

There, you'll see highlights like Milford Sound, Marlborough sounds, Dunedin, Napier, Tuaranga and more. Finishing the trip with a 3-day Auckland stay.

You're booking with Secret Escapes. They've got a flash sale on, so the price for this holiday has dropped! It's now £2,565* per person (was £2,860 when we last ran looked at this holiday).

Flights, luggage, private transfers, hotels and the full-board cruise are included in this 23-day adventure.

Inside cabins are included in the lead price, but ocean-view cabin upgrades are just £85 more 🌊😍.

The flash sale ends in 2 days, so you'd have to be quick to book the trip at this price!

Details

• Booking with Secret Escapes, holiday provided by Jetline Cruise

• ATOL protected

• 20 nights

• Date: 6-28 March 2023, more dates available at extra cost

• Departure airport: London

• Flights to Sydney, Australia and back from Auckland, New Zealand

• One piece of hand luggage and one piece of hold luggage per person

• Private transfers

• 3 nights room-only hotel stay at the 4⭐️ Vibe Hotel Sydney (4/5 stars on Tripadvisor and Traveller's Choice Award 2022)

• 14-night cruise on board the Noordam, full-board

• 3 nights room-only hotel stay at 4⭐️ CityLife Auckland, New Zealand (4.5/5 on Tripadvisor & Traveller's Choice Award 2022)

• Based on 2 people sharing

Itinerary

• Days 3-6: Sydney, Australia

• 3 nights in Sydney, stay near Darling Harbour and all the top sights. On your final morning you'll transfer to the port to embark on your cruise ship, the Noordam.

• Day 7: At sea

• Day 8: Melbourne, AustraliaYou can hop off the ship and explore the city! Day 9: Burnie, Tasmania, Australia

• Day 8: Melbourne, Australia

• You can hop off the ship and explore the city!

• Day 9: Burnie, Tasmania, Australia

• Get out and see Burnie, a coastal town that’s surrounded by the UNESCO World Heritage area containing Tasmania’s most famous crag, Cradle Mountain.

• Day 10-11: At sea

• Day 12: Milford Sound, New Zealand

• Set out and explore the Fiordland National Park.

• Day 13: Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

• Your next stop is at the decidedly Scottish settlement of Dunedin; indeed, the name of town is actually the Gaelic word for Edinburgh.

• Day 14: Timaru, New Zealand

• Timaru is a city that’s built on the lava flows of the now-extinct and ominously named Mount Horrible.

• Day 15: Picton, New Zealand

• Arrive in Picton, great starting point for getting out and seeing the region of Marlborough, a haven for sauvignon blanc lovers. You’ll also cruise the Marlborough Sounds.

• Day 16: Napier, New Zealand

• Your afternoon will be spent in Napier, which is often called the Southern Hemisphere’s answer to Miami Beach. A district that was mostly built with an Art Deco style in the 1930s, today this coastal town is itself a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Day 17: Tauranga (Rotorua), New Zealand

• Get off the ship to explore Tauranga, in the majestic Bay of Plenty, a city that’s famed for its surfing, sailing and kayaking opportunities.

• This is also your chance to visit to Hobbiton, of Lord of the Rings fame.

• Day 18: Gisborne, New Zealand

• Spend the day in Gisborne, the easternmost town in the country, it’s the first to see the sun rise, and it was the first place in New Zealand spotted by the British explorer Captain James Cook, in 1769.

• Day 19: Cruising the Bay of Plenty and Coromandel Peninsula

• Day 20-23: Auckland

• Transfer to your hotel. Three days to spend at your leisure before your flight home.

Price breakdown

• 20-night holiday incl. cruise with inside cabin from £2,860* per person

• 20-night holiday incl. cruise with ocean-view cabin from £2,945* per person

• 20-night holiday incl. cruise with balcony cabin from £3,283* per person

• 20-night holiday incl. cruise with suite cabin from £3,714* per person

How to book

1. Click on the booking button and you'll be re-directed to the Secret Escapes website.

2. Choose your preferred date.

3. Choose your preferred room category -- superior category cabins are available at an extra fee.

4. Click through to book. After you've put in your details, hit the booking button.

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Additional Information

Please note: We might be Pirates, but we’re an honest bunch. We check all our deals when we review them to make sure everything is available. Here’s the catch: with deals this hot, things change quickly: flight prices fluctuate, hotel rooms sell out, currencies yo-yo. Mainly, demand for the best deals means the lowest prices don’t last long. But, if you’ve missed out this time, don’t worry: we’re working on more great offers.