Travellers’ good buys for the week beginning May 27
Insight Vacations has released details of its 2014 Anzac Day escorted journey to Turkey and Egypt, incorporating the Gallipoli Dawn Service.
Also includedare sightseeing tours in Istanbul, Gallipoli, Troy, Pergamon, Ephesus, Göreme, Cairo and Alexandria and orientation tours in Konya, Ankara, Luxor and Aswan.
Prices, ex Istanbul, start at $4990 per person twin-share, including 20 nights premium accommodation, flights from Turkey to Egypt anda four-night Nile cruise.
Phone 1300 237 886or visit http://www.insightvacations.com
The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Centre, about 80 kilometressouth of Anchorage, has completed the first phase of its Bear Education Awareness Research Sanctuary (BEARS).
It consists of a boardwalk spanning the 17 acres of black and brown bear enclosures, allowing guests to safely view bear activity at the wildlife centre.
Visit http://www.alaskawildlife.org
Newly openedBruny Island Safaris is offering full-day trips from Hobart to Bruny Island, just off Tasmania’s south-east coast.
It includes visits to historic Adventure Bay, Cape Bruny Lighthouse and the Neck, which connects the northern and southern parts of the island.
Also included in the $140 charge are lunchat Hotel Bruny and tasting stops at Bruny Island Berry Farm, Get Shucked Oysters, Bruny Island Cheese, Bruny Island Smokehouse,Bruny Island Premium Wines and Nut Patch Nougat in Kettering.
Phone 0437 499 795 or visithttp://www.brunyislandsafaris.com.au
Channel your inner Carrie, Miranda, Samantha or Charlotte and pamper yourself in style with a Sex and the City package atMercureBellacharaResort& Spa, atGerringong.
The Miranda package, for example, costs $205 per person twin-share, including overnight accommodation, 30-minute massage, 30-minute spa facial, morning or afternoon tea, a glass of bubbles and full buffet breakfast.
Phone (02) 4234 1359 or visit http://wwww.mercuregerringong.com.au
Toursgalleryis offering a 22-day tour through England, Scotland and Wales that includes visits to industrial-heritage locations.
Trains, planes and automobiles will feature, along with canals, boats, industry and farming equipment.
Highlight of the tour this August will be two full days at The Great Dorset Steam Fair, the world’s biggest vintage-machinery rally.
Castles, stately homes, gardens and museums will also be visited, as well as quaint old stone villages, tranquil lakes and romantic rural landscapes.
Prices start atat $10,488 per person twin-share, land content.
Phone 1300 307 317 or visit http://www.toursgallery.com
Ecruising.travel’s 35-night The Amazing South America package features a 14-night cruise aboard Celebrity Infinity from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso.
Prices start from $16,469 per person twin-share, including return airfares, 21 nights superior hotel accommodation, a scenic train journey to Lima, Cusco and Machu Picchu and a full-day River of Ice cruise in Patagonia.
Phone 1300 369 848 or visithttp://www.ecruising.travel
Mercedes Cove is an Aboriginal-owned 16-guest retreat located on Pender Bay, 160 kilometres north of Broome on the Dampier Peninsula.
Enjoy uninterrupted views of the ocean and your own private beach for swimming, fishing and watching passing whales. Watch the sun set behind ancient Chimney Rocks or visit the beautiful shell church of Beagle Bay.
Visithttp://mercedescove.com.au
A visit from a full-size Thomas the Tank Engine will be the highlight of a special weekend on July 13-14 to Trainworks at Thirlmere, a historic village near Picton.
Kids will be able to explore the train, take rides on a vintage steam train, and meet the Fat Controller and other characters.
Trainworks has 10,000 square metres of lawns, barbeque facilities and on-site cafe.
Phone 02 4683 6800 or visit visithttp://www.trainworks.com.au
Take in some of Italy’s most spectacular landscapes on Tempo Holidays’seven-day Italian Lakes & Cinque Terre Experience.
Pay from $1305 per person twin-share, including four-star accommodation with daily breakfast.
From Venice, explore Lake Como, the Cinque Terre and some of the Ligurian Coast’s glamorous seaside resorts, cruise along the coast to ultra-chic Portofino, enjoy wine tasting in Chianti and stay in the hilltop town of San Gimignano before finishing in Rome.
Valid for sale and travel until October 13.
Phone 1300 558 987 or visit http://www.tempoholidays.com
Get extra value when visiting Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula by purchasing an attractions pass.
Pay $63 for adults and $45 for children, including entry to Ashcombe Maze and Lavender Gardens, Cape Schanck Lighthouse, Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park and Peninsula Hot Springs.
Also includes 10 per cent discount at many other local attractions.
Available until further notice and valid for three months from purchase.
Phone 1800 804 009 or visit http://www.visitmorningtonpeninsula.org
See 50,000-year-old Aboriginal rock art on Cruise Express’s 13-day fly/cruise package to the Kimberleys.
Pay from $9300 per person twin-share, including flights, two nights accommodation in Darwin and a 10-night cruise on the luxurious 100-passenger Orion.
Features complimentary onboard drinks, fishing trip, helicopter tour of King George Falls and Bungle Bungles flight.
Trip begins August 14.
Phone 1300 766 537 or visit http://www.cruiseexpress.com.au
Fly free to Lord Howe Island and stay seven nights for the price of six at Capella.
Pay from $3900 per person twin-share, including gourmet breakfasts, sunset drinks and canapés, three-course dinners, selected dinner wines, non-alcoholic beverages and island airport transfers.
Makes a deluxe base station for exploring the world’s southernmost coral reef and the island’s magnificent ridges and clifftops, hidden caves and palm forests.
Until September 30.
Phone 02 9918 4355 or visit http://www.capellalodge.com.au
*Pic: The war cemetery at Lone Pine … an evocative reminder of Australia’s World War 1 sacrifice.
