Individual-Group Tour of Australia for Two: 14 Days. Price on request

Arrive in Melbourne, the capital of Victoria.

Private transfer to your hotel with a driver. Hotel accommodation for 2 nights.

3:00 pm: meet your guide-driver in the hotel lobby.

Trip to Phillip Island for the evening Penguin Parade, with a short sightseeing tour of Melbourne: 8 hours.

Entrance tickets to the Penguin Parade underground viewing tunnel are included. Optional visit to a Koala Park (ticket paid separately).

On the Melbourne sightseeing tour you will see: St Paul's and St Patrick's Cathedrals, Parliament House, the Town Hall, Flinders Street Station, the State Library of Victoria, the Old Magistrates' Court, the Royal Mint, the Edwardian-era city baths, the museum and the Princess Theatre.

Phillip Island (140 km from Melbourne): a small nature reserve island, a national heritage site and a world centre of eco-tourism. Every evening little penguins (up to 40 cm) return from the ocean to their burrows in the dunes.

Coach tour 'The Great Ocean Road' in a group: 12 hours. Morning tea and lunch included.

Australia's Road No. 1: winding bends, coastal panoramas and the famous Twelve Apostles rock stacks. A memorial to the First World War soldiers (the 243 km road took 16 years to build).

You will visit and see:

• The memorial arch to the road builders
• Picturesque seaside towns
• Idyllic pastures
• The fishing village of Apollo Bay
• Port Campbell National Park and the Shipwreck Coast
• The Twelve Apostles and other rock formations

Transfer to the airport with a driver. Fly to Hobart.

Arrive in Hobart, the capital of Tasmania. Meet your guide-driver at the airport.

Hobart sightseeing tour by car with transfer to your hotel: 4 hours.

The story of the discovery of Tasmania and the founding of Australia's second-oldest city (after Sydney).

You will visit and see:

• Sullivans Cove, where Hobart was founded
• Salamanca Place and the Saturday market
• Kelly's Steps (1839) and State Parliament
• Battery Point (1830) with its Georgian houses
• Convict barracks and relics: the women's prison and chapel
• Cascade Brewery (1824), the Signal Station (1870) and the Treasury
• The Theatre Royal (1837) and Wrest Point Casino
• 19th-century churches and Australia's oldest synagogue
• The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (1818)
• The summit of kunanyi/Mount Wellington (1,270 m) with panoramic views (weather permitting)
• The Tasman Bridge (1,395 m) over the Derwent River

Hotel accommodation for 4 nights.

Coach tour to the Freycinet Peninsula in a small group: 11 hours.

Freycinet National Park: red and pink granite formations, walking trails and coastal panoramas.

On the tour you will visit:

• The Great Eastern Drive
• Scenic lookouts on the way to the park
• Spiky Bridge (1843), built by convicts
• Wineglass Bay beach, one of the world's top 10
• Honeymoon Bay
• Raspins and Hazards beaches and a seafood farm
• A walk at Wineglass Bay

Coach tour to the Mount Field foothills and Russell Falls in a group: 7 hours. Morning tea and entry to the Salmon Ponds included; lunch at extra cost.

Mount Field National Park (80 km from Hobart, World Heritage listed): giant tree ferns, eucalypts up to 90 m tall, rivers and canyons.

Route:

• The Derwent Valley; the towns of Glenorchy and Claremont
• Salmon Ponds (1861), the oldest trout hatchery in the Southern Hemisphere
• Walks through ancient forest
• The three-tiered Russell Falls
• Mountain river banks

Meet your guide-driver in the hotel lobby.

Private tour to Port Arthur with transfer to the airport: 9 hours. Entrance tickets paid separately.

Port Arthur (UNESCO), 97 km from Hobart: a story of convict history and architecture, and the coast of the Tasman Peninsula (natural arches, cliffs and bays: the 'Devil's Kitchen', 'Tasman Arch' and 'Pirates Bay').

Walk among the ruins of the prison and the preserved buildings of the 19th-century fortress museum.

The tour ends at the airport. Fly to Sydney. Arrive in Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. Make your own way to your hotel by taxi. Hotel accommodation for 3 nights.

Meet your guide-driver in the hotel lobby.

Private sightseeing tour 'Sydney's Eastern Ocean Suburbs and Historic Sights': 4 hours.

You will see and visit: the Heads at the harbour entrance, The Gap, Bondi Beach, Shark Beach, Double Bay, The Rocks, Hyde Park and the Botanic Garden, Parliament House, St Mary's Cathedral, Hyde Park Barracks, the Mint, the Rum Hospital, Kings Cross, the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge, Mrs Macquarie's Chair and Observatory Hill.

Coach tour in a small group 'The Ancient Gorges of the Blue Mountains and a Wildlife Park': 9 hours.

Tickets to the wildlife park and the cableway/railway, morning tea, lunch and a river cruise on the return are included.

The Blue Mountains: blue eucalypt horizons, sheer cliffs, waterfalls, the Three Sisters, and descents/ascents (gradient up to 52°) to a waterfall, an old mine and trails through ancient forest.

In the morning, the wildlife park (feed kangaroos, have your photo taken with a koala and a wombat). On the way back, a cruise along the Parramatta River and the harbour to Darling Harbour or Circular Quay.

Make your own way to the airport. Fly to Ayers Rock. Arrive at Ayers Rock, Australia's Red Centre. Free shuttle bus to your hotel. Accommodation for 1 night.

Uluru (Ayers Rock), the 'Red Heart of Australia': a monolith 338 m high, with a base walk of about 9 km; nearby, Kata Tjuta (the Olgas), 36 domes up to 546 m high.

Coach tour in a group 'Uluru Sunset and a Walk at the Base': 5 hours. Light snacks and wine at sunset included.

Programme:

• The main viewing area, to watch the sunset
• A walk at the base (caves, natural water holes, rock art)
• A visit to the Aboriginal cultural centre

Coach tour in a group 'Sunrise at Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) and a Walk in the Valley of the Winds': 7 hours. Light breakfast included.

Viewing areas with sunrise views of Uluru and the Olgas; an introduction to the desert environment and Aboriginal culture.

Programme:

• Walks at the foot of the Olgas
• Stories of traditions and mythology
• The best viewpoints of the Red Desert
• A walk in the Valley of the Winds (about 2 hours)

Free transfer to the airport. Fly to Cairns. Arrive in Cairns, the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef. Make your own way to your hotel. Accommodation for 2 nights.

Reef Magic Cruises to the Great Barrier Reef with lunch: 8 hours (group tour).

A floating three-level platform: snorkelling, diving, semi-submersible, relaxing on the water and a buffet lunch.

Meet your guide-driver.

Private tour to Kuranda: 7 hours with transfer to the airport.

Train tickets, Skyrail and a combined ticket to the Rainforestation park with a barbecue lunch are included.

Programme:

• A historic train ride to the mountain village of Kuranda (300 m above sea level)
• Rainforestation park: an introduction to Aboriginal culture (legends, didgeridoo, dances, boomerang and spear throwing)
• A ride in an Army Duck amphibious vehicle through the rainforest
• The descent from Kuranda on the 7 km cableway above the treetops
• Transfer to the airport

The tour ends at the airport. Fly to Brisbane. Arrive in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. Make your own way to your hotel. Accommodation for 2 nights.

Private transfer with a guide-driver to Noosa.

Safari tour 'The Nature of Fraser Island' in a small group: 12 hours (lunch included).

Fraser Island is a World Heritage site and the largest sand island on Earth: dunes, rainforest growing on sand, coloured sands, freshwater lakes and white beaches.

Route:

• Cooloola National Park (wild kangaroos), Teewah and Rainbow beaches (morning tea)
• A barge crossing and a beach safari along the 75 Mile Beach
• A walk through ancient rainforest
• The Maheno shipwreck (1905/1935)
• A picnic in the bush
• The coloured sands and swimming in the dune lakes

The tour ends with a private transfer to your Brisbane hotel with a driver.

Meet your guide-driver.

Private tour to Tamborine Mountain National Park with transfer to the international airport: 6 hours.

Entrance tickets and tastings are paid separately.

You will visit and see:

• The rainforest of Tamborine Mountain (walking trails)
• Red cedar trees, Australia's 'red gold'
• Curtis Falls
• The 'Skywalk' suspended walkway (optional, paid separately)
• The 'Treetop Challenge' adventure course (optional, paid separately)
• The glow-worm cave, a 'living planetarium' (optional, paid separately)
• A botanic garden and a private estate with natural skincare products
• Local wineries (3-4) with tastings (paid separately)
• A brewery with a tasting of 10 beers (paid separately)
• A cheese factory with a tasting (paid separately)

The tour ends at the airport. Fly home.