Best value Australia
Highlights of Australia
Melbourne, Sydney, Uluru, Kakadu and the Great Barrier Reef in 22 fully-escorted days.
- ✈️ 22 days · UK return flights included
- 🏨 18 nights in 4-star hotels
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All 20 Australia holidays, compared
Escorted grand tours, multi-centre packages and private tours with your own driver — from £2,671 per person. Jump to the type that suits you, or scroll the full comparison table.
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- Internal flights & transfers arranged
- Escorted, multi-centre or private
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- Low deposits · pay in instalments
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Private tours are land-only — international flights are not included in their price. Everything else includes return UK flights.
5 holidays · Travelsphere · from £8,049
Escorted grand tours
Everything arranged, a Holiday Director throughout, and one price covering flights, hotels, transfers and the big-ticket experiences. The classic way to do Australia.
Australia New Zealand
Highlights of Australia with New Zealand
Australia's greatest hits plus a complete New Zealand circuit — the classic two-country trip.
- ✈️ 40 days · UK return flights included
- 🏨 36 nights in 3 & 4-star hotels
Australia New Zealand
The Wonders of Australia with New Zealand
Coast to coast across Australia, then all the way down New Zealand — 48 days, one seamless itinerary.
- ✈️ 48 days · UK return flights included
- 🏨 45 nights in 3 & 4-star hotels
Australia New Zealand Cook Islands
Highlights of Australia with New Zealand & Cook Islands
Australia's icons, the whole of New Zealand and four nights in Rarotonga — in 45 days.
- ✈️ 45 days · UK return flights included
- 🏨 41 nights in 3 & 4-star hotels
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The Wonders of Australia with New Zealand & Cook Islands
Fifty-three days. Three countries. One trip you will talk about for the rest of your life.
- ✈️ 53 days · UK return flights included
- 🏨 45 nights in 3 & 4-star hotels
8 holidays · Travelodeal · from £3,339
Multi-centre holidays
Flights, hotels and the headline day tours bundled together, but no group and no fixed schedule. You get free days and the run of each city.
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Coastline Dreams: Perth, Rottnest Island & Margaret River
Western Australia at its best: quokkas on Rottnest, caves and cellar doors in Margaret River, heritage Fremantle.
- ✈️ 11 days · UK return flights included
- 🏨 10 nights
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Sydney to Melbourne via Alice Springs
Nine days, two cities and the full Uluru and Kings Canyon guided adventure — flying from Manchester.
- ✈️ 9 days · UK return flights included
- 🏨 8 nights
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Australia Experience: Sydney, Brisbane, Whitsundays & Cairns
Four centres up the east coast with three flights included — and a lead-in price of £3,499.
- ✈️ 15 days · UK return flights included
- 🏨 14 nights
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Australia Adventure: Sydney to Melbourne via Uluru
Four nights in Sydney, a guided Outback adventure through Kings Canyon and Uluru, then four nights in Melbourne.
- ✈️ 13 days · UK return flights included
- 🏨 12 nights
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Australia Bucket List Adventure
Reef, rock, harbour and the Great Ocean Road — with a headline day tour included in every single centre.
- ✈️ 15 days · UK return flights included
- 🏨 14 nights
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Singapore, Cairns, Port Douglas, Hamilton Island & Brisbane
Break the journey in Singapore, then work your way down the Queensland coast — reef, rainforest and the Whitsundays.
- ✈️ 16 days · UK return flights included
- 🏨 15 nights
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South Island Exploration: Through Fiords & Wilderness
Fox Glacier, Milford Sound, the Catlins and two nights on Stewart Island — plus Sydney at either end.
- ✈️ 16 days · UK return flights included
- 🏨 15 nights
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Ultimate East Coast Australia Adventure & Explorer Journey
Sydney to Cairns overland — 21 days of rainforest, reef, First Nations culture and places the coaches never stop.
- ✈️ 21 days · UK return flights included
- 🏨 20 nights
7 holidays · Trip.com · from £2,671
Private tours with your own driver
Your group only, in your own vehicle, with a driver and a planner who will reshape the itinerary before you go. Land only — you book your own flights.
Australia
Private Tour: Australia's Top Six — 11 Days
Two cities, no internal flights beyond one hop, and a deliberately gentle pace.
- ✈️ 11 days · Land only — flights not included
- 🏨 10 nights
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Private Tour: Australia Three-City Classic — 12 Days
Twelve days, three cities, private driver throughout — Opera House, Blue Mountains, Great Barrier Reef and the Great Ocean Road.
- ✈️ 12 days · Land only — flights not included
- 🏨 10 nights
Australia
Private Tour: Australia All-in-One — 11 Days
Sydney, Cairns and Melbourne in eleven days — and a planner who will rearrange any of it before you go.
- ✈️ 11 days · Land only — flights not included
- 🏨 10 nights
Australia
Private Tour: Cairns, Melbourne & Sydney — 11 Days
Eleven days covering every east-coast classic — reef cruise, Opera House, Blue Mountains and the Twelve Apostles.
- ✈️ 11 days · Land only — flights not included
- 🏨 10 nights
Most complete Australia
Private Tour: Sydney, Cairns & Melbourne — 14 Days
Fourteen days with a private vehicle and driver — Blue Mountains, the Great Barrier Reef, Phillip Island penguins and the Great Ocean Road.
- ✈️ 14 days · Land only — flights not included
- 🏨 13 nights
Australia
Private Tour: Melbourne, Gold Coast, Sydney & Hamilton Island
Four cities and four nights in the Whitsundays — Heart Reef, Whitehaven Beach and the Great Ocean Road.
- ✈️ 14 days · Land only — flights not included
- 🏨 13 nights
Australia New Zealand
Private Tour: Australia & New Zealand South Island — 16 Days
Australia's east coast plus a full South Island run — Kaikoura whales, Tekapo stargazing, a Mount Cook helicopter flight and Milford Sound.
- ✈️ 16 days · Land only — flights not included
- 🏨 15 nights
Before you fly
Sort the airport out too
Parking, a pre-flight hotel, lounge access and travel insurance — the four things people leave until the last week and then overpay for.
Airport parking
On a four-week trip, airport parking is one of the biggest add-on costs of the whole holiday — and one of the few that gets cheaper the earlier you book.
Airport hotels
Long-haul to Australia usually means an early or awkward departure. A night at the terminal beforehand turns a 3am start into a lie-in.
Airport lounges
Before a 20-hour flight, three hours of quiet, free food and a proper seat is worth considerably more than it costs.
Travel insurance
Non-negotiable on a trip this long and this far away. Check the medical cover limits and that your full trip length and any activities are included.
eSIM data — £2.50 off
Skip the roaming charges. An Airalo eSIM gives you data the moment you land, and our referral link takes £2.50 off your first one.
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Still deciding?
Start with how long you've got. Two weeks points you at the multi-centre holidays; a month or more opens up the escorted grand tours; and if the idea of a group puts you off, the private tours solve that entirely.
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