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Australian Highlights

13-Day Australia Tour from Melbourne to Sydney

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Australian Highlights Guided Tour
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When do you want to travel?

Travel & Accommodation

13 days, 1 country and 4 cities

12 nights accommodation

Meals

12 Breakfasts, 3 Lunches, 2 Dinners

Activity Level

Balanced

Itinerary

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Australia's east coast: Melbourne to Sydney

You'll get your city fix through the eyes of locals and experience Uluru at dawn and dusk. Spend the day snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef and see Sydney sparkle in just two incredible weeks.

Trip map

Australian Highlights Guided Tour Map 2025

Day By Day Itinerary

13-day itinerary from Melbourne to Sydney visiting 1 Country and 4 Cities.

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About this trip

Sightseeing highlights

Explore The Sydney Opera House, and Art Gallery of New South Wales

Discover Melbourne, Cairns and Sydney

Visit Uluru and Kata Tjuta, and Bondi Beach

Cruise on Sydney Harbour, and Great Barrier Reef

What's included?

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An expert Travel Director and professional Driver

Cherry-picked hotels, all tried and trusted

Porterage where hotels provide this service

Breakfast daily and up to half of your evening meals

Must-see sightseeing

All land transport shown. All transfers shown
Luxury air-conditioned coach with Wi-Fi in most countries or alternative transportation (such as rail journeys)
Optional Experiences and free time

Flight A Trafalgar bonus - all Intra-Air Flights: Melbourne to Ayers Rock, Ayers Rock to Cairns, Cairns to Sydney

Frequently asked questions

A departure is shown as 'Definite Departure' once it has reached a minimum number of guests. That particular departure will definitely run, barring any extraordinary circumstances.

We update these regularly, and you can book any departure. While it is highly unlikely a departure doesn't meet the minimum number of guests, you will be offered the best alternative dates or a full refund of any payment made if this is the case.

If there are ever any changes to your departure, we will contact you.

You can add extra hotel nights directly through Trafalgar, so that everything is taken care of, leaving you to relax and enjoy your tour.

If you're booking online, once you've selected your travel dates and room type, you'll be offered an option to add extra hotel nights.

Alternatively, you call us to book and one of our travel experts can advise on your options.

On most of our departures, you can secure your trip today with a low deposit from just $200.

Each Trafalgar tour has a carefully-selected range of included experiences to help immerse yourself in a destination. But did you know that every tour also has a Be My Guest and MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience?

Be My Guest Experiences are the original local travel experience, letting you step into the lives of hosts who will share stories about their families and communities.
MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experiences are conscious travel experiences that give back to the local communities, which support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Our tours also include a selection of Optional Experiences which are available for an additional cost, allowing you to make your trip your own.

A guided tour is the perfect way to solo travel. You'll meet like-minded people travelling with Trafalgar, and you'll relax knowing you can travel with ease, forming genuine connections as you go.

To find out more solo room types and pricing select your preferred departure date and continue to the next page.

Once you've selected your preferred departure date, on the next step add the number of guests to review the available room options and find the one that suits you best.

It's great to have you back on board - the loyalty of our guests means everything to us.

To access your Global Tour Rewards discount, please confirm the name and date of your past trip once you've added your passenger details. The discount will be applied before you book.

Live, unedited & independent traveller reviews

Australian Highlights trip reviews

Australian Highlights trip reviews

Overall Trip Rating

4.7/

5

309 reviews

independently verified reviews

96% of reviewers would recommend to a friend.

Ellen O Neil

4/5

Reviewed on 03/05/2026 07:42:24

Sally Hemingway

5/5

Reviewed on 03/02/2026 16:05:16

*Personal information removed by Feefo* is an EXCELLENT tour guide! Great accommodations. Only

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Trusted Customer

5/5

Reviewed on 02/16/2026 11:13:21

What a fabulous trip. Fabulous itinerary. The hotels and transportation was excellent. Our guide

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Trusted Customer

4/5

Reviewed on 02/06/2026 07:35:45

It’s busy schedule, not relaxing holiday Great seeing so many sites but a lot of bus miles &

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Kyriston

5/5

Reviewed on 02/03/2026 12:51:21

One word…EXCELLENT. The tour was perfectly paced and *Personal information removed by Feefo* our

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"L and M"

Laura Mattingly

5/5

Reviewed on 02/03/2026 12:42:21

Woderful , guide, *Personal information removed by Feefo*

"2 weeks down under - January 2026"

Jeffrey Greenberg

5/5

Reviewed on 01/30/2026 07:45:50

We were well taken care of, as already noted. The schedule operated relatively smoothly, and

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Trusted Customer

4/5

Reviewed on 01/30/2026 07:08:48

Covers a lot of the area of eastern Australia, lots of travel some long days and early starts. Great

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"Great service"

Vijay Singh

5/5

Reviewed on 01/30/2026 06:55:25

The Tour director ensured we we well informed of activities and times on the tour via WhatsApp. She

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"Nov/Dec Tour"

Wayne Wong

5/5

Reviewed on 01/06/2026 13:17:54

This was an excellent tour of Australia. the hotels were very well located and food was very good.

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You'll make a positive impact to people, planet and wildlife on this tour

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Feel good (and do good) travel

It feels good to do good. These sustainable travel experiences help you meet inspiring people, support local communities, and make amazing memories that last a lifetime.​

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Sustainable development

Our sustainable experiences help advance 11 of the United Nations SDGs and make the world that little bit better.

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Unique to TTC

Under our sustainability strategy, we've committed to have at least one MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience on every single one of our tours by 2024.

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