Travel Review: Australia Vacation Package, Sydney, Uluru, Blue Mountain

All of the drivers and especially the guides were very knowledgeable about where we were going and what we were seeing. But of course they had a lot of great material to work with. Uluru (Ayers Rock) may have been the most remarkable part of the trip, simply because it was enjoying an unusually green spring. Everyone said they had never seen the desert so verdant. We didn't get a lot of sleep, what with all the sunrise and sunset viewing, but it definitely was worth the early wake ups. And our hotel room, at the Shangri-La in Sydney, was ideally sited. The view was an iconic panorama, with the Sydney Harbor Ridge on the left and Opera House on the right.