Travellers’ good buys for week beginning August 19
Peppers Cradle Mountain Lodge will partner with Josef Chromy Wines on September 13 for a gourmet event featuring top-class Tasmanian fare served amid some of the world’s most pristine wilderness.
Packages are priced from $499 per couple, including a five-course dinner with matched wines, a night’s accommodation, welcome chocolate plate, and breakfast.
Phone 1300 806 192 or visithttp://www.cradlemountainlodge.com.au
Save up to 60 per cent off the standard ticket prices on European rail travel by pre-purchasing before leaving Australia.
Pay as little as $15 per person for a second-class ticket between Venice and Rome, or $45 between Zurich and Munich.
Countries covered include Italy, Spain, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Austria.
Most services can be booked 90 days prior to departure.
Phone Melbourne-based International Rail on 1300 387 245 or visit http://www.internationalrail.com.au
Get discounted fly-and-stay packages to India, including a visit to the TajMahal.
Pay from $1257 per person twin-share ex Sydney and Melbourne, including five nights at the Hotel Maurya in the heart of New Delhi.
Also, be among the first to fly from Australia on the Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner.
Valid for travel from August 29 to September 30.
Visit http://www.directflights.com.au
Save on Fiji cruising with Captain Cook Cruises’ “Take a Mate for Half Price Sale”.
Pay from $746.25 per person twin-share for a three-night cruise through the Southern Yasawa Islands on board the 120-passenger Reef Endeavour.
Visit remote and unspoilt Fijian villages, schools, churches and handicraft markets, and experience a traditional village sevusevu ceremony.
Book by September 30 for travel between November 1 and March 31.
Phone 1300 863 454 or visit http://www.captaincook.com.fj
Save with opening specials at Sydney’s newest boutique accommodation, the 1888 Hotel in Pyrmont.
Pay from $239 per room per night, including complimentary antipasto plate and two glasses of wine, internet connection and iPads in rooms, plus breakfast.
Easy walking distance to the Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, the Entertainment Centre and the business districts of Pyrmont and Ultimo.
Until September 30.
Visit http://www.1888hotel.com.au
Cambodia’s Song Saa resort has released a stay-four-nights-pay-for-two deal through Wendy Wu Tours, providing savings of up to $1300 per person.
Prices start at $2505 per person twin-share, including all meals and beverages, unlimited laundry services, private car transfers from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville, including an English-speaking personal guide, and speed-boat transfer to Song Saa Private Island.
The special is available on all villa types until October 31.
Phone 1300 848 586 or visit http://www.wendyscollection.com.au
Fiji’s Sonaisali Island Resort will host Bluesky Fiji, a three-day music festival aimed specifically at the Australian market from November 20-23, with packages starting from $1149 per person ex Sydney and Brisbane, and $1240 per person ex Melbourne.
More than a dozen Australian acts will perform, Tom Piper, Peking Duk, Danny T Motez, Ember, LDRU, Yahtzel, Benson, Daniel Farley, Mike Munro, Cam Robertson and TikkiTane.
Packages include return flights, three nights accommodation, transfers, entertainment and daily American breakfast.
Visit http://www.BlueSkyFIJI.com or http://www.sonaisali.com
A new coastal walk along the spectacular Cliffs of Moher, Ireland’s most visited natural attraction, offers visitors a truly breathtaking experience.
The recently opened Cliffs of Moher Coastal Walk is a 20-kilometre route designed for experienced adventurers who will not baulk at demanding ascents or exposed cliff-top paths.
The coastal path takes walkers from Hags Head, the most southerly point of the Cliffs of Moher, outside Liscannor Village in County Clare, to the charming fishing village of Doolin.
Visit http://www.ireland.com or http://www.cliffsofmoher.ie
A new 25-night fly-cruise-and stay-package from Cruise Express offers the chance to sail across the north Pacific from Japan to Russia and Alaska, with scenery that includes the world’s biggest beech tree forest, glaciers that plummet into the ocean and a Siberian city surrounded by 130 volcanoes and the biggest concentration of brown bears in the world.
The package departs Australia on May 8 and features two back-to-back voyages aboard the 2500-passenger Celebrity Millennium.
Prices start at $5499 per person ex Sydney, including air fares and two nights accommodation in each of Tokyo and Vancouver.
Phone 1300 766 537 or visit http://www.cruiseexpress.com.au
Chilean eco-adventure operator Explora, whose Hotel Salto in Patagonia’s Torres del Paine National Park has been operating for 20 years, has joined forces with CrucerosAustralis to combine cruising through the Strait of Magellan and the Beagle Channel with Explora’s land activities.
The programs will include four nights at Explora’s lodge to explore by foot or horseback the peaks, glaciers, lakes and rich flora and fauna of Torres del Paine National Park. This adventure will be complemented by four nights aboard either the Via Australis or Stella Australis to journey past Cape Horn, Wulaia and Ainsworth Bays and Tucker Islet and Magdalena Island.
Prices start at $4970 per person twin-share.
Visit http://www.australis.com
Acclaimed Australian photographer Ken Duncan has teamed with the Australian Geographic Society and Helen Wong’s Tours to lead an 18-day “The Great Shots of China” itinerary next May.
Prices start at $11,000 per person twin-share ex Australia, including five-star accommodation, all meals and four evening shows.
Highlights will include strolling the cobblestoned streets of Lijiang ancient town and an encounter with giant pandas in Chengdu.
Phone 1300 788 328 or visit http://www.helenwongstours.com
A new walking tour by Two Feet & A Heartbeat highlights Sydney’s emerging small-bar scene, exploring hidden venues scattered through the CBD.
During the tour, guests will visit three unique small bars, spending about 45 minutes in each venue. They will be provided with samples of house specialties, which can range from mulled wine in teapots to espresso martinis, cocktails, single malt whisky, homemade corn chips and guacamole or dumplings.
Tours run every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, beginning at 6.30pm outside Wynyard Station and take about three hours. The cost is $50 per person and bookings are essential.
Visit http://www.twofeet.com.au
Pic: Peppers Cradle Mountain Lodge … fine fare amid pristine wilderness.
