Review: Luxury Family Trip to New Zealand & Australia, Queenstown, Sydney, Auckland, Milford Sound, Great Barrier Reef Snorkeling

Our travel agent was excellent. We booked a 23 day trip during the Christmas and New Years holidays only a few short months before we were leaving so the logistics were difficult to say the least.   Our travel company did a wonderful job in planning dozens of activities throughout Australia and New Zealand and it was all very well organized.  We like adventure and we had some of the best adventures ever thanks to the recommendations of our travel agent.  A dream trip that exceeded our expectations.    Thanks so much!

Sydney was great!  The Harbor Bridge Climb was so much fun as well as the tour of the opera house.

Our Uluru resort was the jewel of the trip.  Very unexpectedly spectacular.  The accommodations were unbelievable – wonderful spot and tremendous views.  We enjoyed all the activities.  A grand slam home run.  The amount of time there was perfect and we were ready to move on when our time was up.   The kids skydived in Uluru and loved it.  Highly recommend it as it only took 45 minutes from start to finish and they land right next to the resort, so super convenient.

Port Douglas was fun.  The private boat trip to Barrier Reef was awesome and we highly recommend.  The snorkeling was fun.   The spear fishing was also an adventure.

Hamilton Island was great.  The Whitsundays were spectacular and Whitehaven beach was a treat.   The hotel was a bit large and busy for our taste, but we understand that we didn’t have a lot of options given we booked so close to the trip.  The Beach Club Christmas brunch was spectacular!!  What a view!!  The Koala visit was a huge hit with all.  We hiked on many of the trails and really enjoyed Hamilton Island.

New Zealand was super fun as well.  We loved the Franz Josef heli hike – definitely a highlight of the tour and we all thought worth the travel time to get there.  The resort was very nice. We explored on our own and walked to the mining tunnel and hiked through it and saw glow worms.

Queenstown was also so much fun.  Wine tasting was a wonderful afternoon.  Kids Bunge jumped off the bridge near Arrow Town and had a blast.  Arrow Town is also a cute spot to have lunch.  The Shotover boat ride was so much fun.  The flight to Milford Sound and cruise was spectacular.

We had pouring rain in Auckland, but still got out.  Th hotel was nice and in a great location to get around.  It would have been nice to have a pool, which we had not really considered until in rained for 3 days!