The Gold Coast in Queensland is considered the most popular holiday destination not only for Australians but for tourists from all over the world.

The scale of this resort megacity and its varied entertainment options are comparable only to Miami in the US. Here every visitor from any country can find a holiday and leisure activities to suit their tastes: comfortable hotels, themed amusement parks, a wide variety of interesting tours, nightlife, casinos, restaurants, shopping, golf, surfing, fishing, yachts, unique national parks with ancient flora and fauna, spacious and pristine sandy beaches stretching more than 40 km, and best of all, year-round sunshine and a mild subtropical climate. For surfing enthusiasts, this is a true Mecca. Kirra Point beach is especially popular, ranking among the world's top ten surfing spots.

On this orientation tour of the Gold Coast with a private guide you'll drive along a scenic ocean road past numerous surf beaches, interesting monuments and unusually solidified ancient lava along the shore.

You'll visit the fashionable resort's most popular districts and national parks, and famous lookout points where you can spot dolphins or whales frolicking in the ocean in season, and you'll also cross the border between the states of Queensland and New South Wales - stepping an hour back in time during summer.

You will visit and see:

• The bustling resort hub of Surfers Paradise, with its wide promenades for crowds to stroll, evening beach film screenings, multicultural cuisine, shops open until midnight and nightclubs
• The Broadbeach district, with wonderful restaurants, varied shopping and a relaxed, upmarket holiday atmosphere
• The Esplanade ocean promenade
• Burleigh Heads National Park, with magnificent panoramas of the coastline visible up to 200 km away
• The border between Queensland and New South Wales
• Point Danger, named by Captain Cook as a warning to passing ships
• The uniquely designed working lighthouse and Captain Cook memorial (1970)
• Ancient volcanic lava, solidified vertically on the ocean shore as giant hexagonal columns at Fingal Heads
• Rainbow Bay, where you can swim safely without waves
• The Honey Museum and Surf Museum (optional)
• The picturesque Currumbin beach and its famous Elephant Rock, whose unusual shape resembles the giant animal
• The main beach at Southport
• The high-rise observation deck on the Q1 skyscraper (78th floor) - optional, extra charge