Adelaide Essentials

5 Day Touring Package

Experience the essential sights of Adelaide including the Barossa Valley and a special cruise along the Murray River with this exclusive 5 day luxury touring package. Adelaide punches well above its weight when it comes to dishing up the best. Taste your way through a world-famous wine region and indulge in some of Australia’s most award-winning restaurants. Everything is included all flights, tours, hotel, cruises and personalised transfers. Enjoy the spectacular flora and fauna of the Murray Riverlands on your special lunch cruise. Visit the Lutheran settlement of Hahndorf on your way to the famous Barossa Valley, home to some of the finest wines in the world. Adelaide truly is beautiful and this 5 day package is the perfect introduction to South Australia. Themes include: South Australia, Departs from Adelaide, Luxury Coach, Returns from Adelaide. + Show more

Package Includes

  • Return Flights to Adelaide (pricing options below)
  • 4 Nights Adelaide Hotel (superior 4 star)
  • Barossa Valley Luxury Day Tour
  • River Murray Riverboat Luxury Day Tour
  • Adelaide Luxury Coach Tour
  • Paddle-Wheeler Cruise
  • Special Winery Lunch
  • Special Cruise Lunch
  • Meet and Greet Personalised Return Airport Transfers

Highlights

  Adelaide   Barossa Valley   Special Winery Lunch   Murray Paddle-Steamer   Special Cruise Lunch   Murray River   Hahndorf   Mount Lofty Ranges   Torrens Gorge   Mannum   Goolwa   Historic Churches   Rundle Mall   Beehive Corner   Adelaide Oval   Victoria Square   King William Street Boulevard   The Terraces   Gardens and Greenbelts   River Torrens   Adelaide Hills   Wineries of South Australia
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DAY 1 Welcome to Adelaide

As you arrive into Adelaide you can sense that South Australia is bursting with culture, flavours and events. You will be personally met at the airport by a DISCOVER AUSTRALIA representative and transferred from the airport to your hotel. You can relax and use the rest of the day to explore your hotel and its facilities, perhaps take a stroll around the neighbourhood and central Adelaide.

Meet and Greet Personalised Arrival Transfer, Overnight Accommodation.

DAY 2 Adelaide Luxury Coach Tour

Adelaide punches well above its weight when it comes to dishing up the best.  It's famous for stylish architecture, beautiful parklands, boutique shopping, cafe strips, sandy swimming beaches, fabulous arts events, festivals, nightlife, and sandstone cottages with sweeping gardens. The diverse cultural mix of its one million population guarantees that the food is sensational. Adelaide is Australia's wine capital and lies between rolling hills to the east and beautiful sandy beaches to the west, with world class vineyards within easy reach.

Your friendly driver will pick you up in the comfortable air-conditioned luxury coach before sharing experiences, fascinating facts and enchanting stories in the onboard full commentary throughout the morning. Today see Victoria Square (heart of Adelaide City), Gouger Street (restaurant cafe strip), King William Street's famous boulevard, The Terraces (4 terraces that separate the city from its greenbelts) and Adelaide's magnificent parks, gardens and greenbelts. See River Torrens with its delightful garden banks, Parliament House, State Library, Trinity Church (Adelaide's oldest church), and fashionable Hutt Street. See Beehive Corner at Rundle Mall, Adelaide Oval (one of Australia's most notable cricket grounds and houses the Bradman collection), the quaint suburbs of North Adelaide; O'Connell Street (restaurants and trendy shops), St Peter's Cathedral, Colonel Light's Lookout on Montefiore Hill (spectacular views over Adelaide).

Enjoy some free-time this afternoon to explore Adelaide and some of it treasures.

Luxury Coach Tour with Hotel Pick Ups, Overnight Accommodation.

DAY 3 Barossa Valley with Special Lunch

Head to the Adelaide Hills to explore one of Australian best and most famous wine-producing regions, now regarded as one of finest in the world, and is home to Australia's most expensive wine, Penfolds Grange. Enjoy your delicious Special Lunch at a renowned winery restaurant, including tastings, winemaking tour and wine education. Explore some of the quaint and charming villages in the Adelaide Hills, part of the Mount Lofty Ranges. See the heavy influence of the original German settlers, such as buildings with steeply sloping roofs, Lutheran stone churches and the local versions of Germanic cuisine. Visit Hahndorf, the beautiful Lutheran settlement dating back to 1838, with its arts, crafts, cottage industry shops, pubs, traditional smallgoods and bakeries that evoke the tastes and smells of Bavaria.

Leaving Adelaide, enjoy a scenic tour alongside the Torrens River through the spectacular Torrens Gorge, see Kangaroo Creek Reservoir, Millbrook Reservoir, Williamstown (beautiful stone buildings) and learn the secrets of Barossa Reservoir's 'Whispering Wall'. Stop at Lyndoch Bakery for complimentary coffee or tea and a German sampler plate of sweet treats. Discover the art of great winemaking on your 'Behind the Scenes' guided tour of Jacob’s Creek Wines, housed in a charming historic chateau. Enjoy a tutored wine tasting incorporating introductory wine education, view the original winery built in 1897 with traditional winemaking equipment. Stop at Barossa Chateau for a delicious Special Lunch, your two course winery restaurant lunch with the opportunity to taste wines from this highly regarded vineyard. Experience the panoramic views over the Barossa Valley from Mengler's Hill lookout, continue through the old mill town of Woodside and the Adelaide Hills. Stop at Hahndorf (Australia's oldest German settlement), stroll under the Elm trees along Hahndorf's main street, see quaint cottages, craft shops and tea rooms. See the delightful villages of Crafers, Stirling, Aldgate (all set amongst the lush greenness of the Adelaide Hills) and Bridgewater (with Bridgewater Mill and Waterwheel). Head back to Adelaide with a deep appreciation of the Australian wine industry and the beauty of the Adelaide Hills.

Luxury Day Tour with Hotel Pick-Up,Morning Tea, Bakery Sampler Plate, Winemaking Tour, Wine Education, Special Two Course Lunch, Wine Tastings, Overnight Accommodation .

DAY 4 Murray Riverboat with Special Lunch

Cruise along the mighty Murray River in a fully restored 100 year old paddle-steamer and enjoy a Special Buffet Lunch onboard. Your magnificent 160 ton riverboat is living history. She is one of the world's only steam driven, wood fired, side paddle, heritage paddle-steamers still in operation. Learn the rich history of one of the world's greatest river systems and the key town of Mannum. This historic Lower Murray town is the birthplace of Australia's paddle-steamer, hear the stories from the river-folk and learn how the river breathes life into this rugged region.

Travel by luxury coach through rolling hills and rural land now rich in green vineyards and golden citrus orchards thanks to the Murray, the arid pasture region of the Murraylands. Arrive at Mannum (birthplace of the River Murray paddle-steamers), cruise the broad waters of the Murray onboard your historic paddle-steamer riverboat, enjoy a delightful morning tea on board, whilst marveling at the stark cliffs, river red gums and willows that burden the waters of the Mighty Murray. Spot for galahs, cockatoos and pelicans. Time for your Special Lunch, a delicious buffet lunch served onboard your paddle-steamer as you cruise the majestic Murray. Take in the view over Mannum and the Murray from a scenic lookout, enjoy free time exploring Mannum, perhaps take a ride on the punt (time permitting). Follow the Torrens Valley scenic drive through Palmer, Tungkillo and Birdwood to Gumeracha; Continue down the Chain of Ponds to Tea Tree Gully. Return to Adelaide through the undulating green Adelaide Hills after full day of new memories.

Luxury Coach Tour with Hotel Pick-Up, Morning Tea, Paddle-Steamer River Cruise, Special Buffet Lunch, Overnight Accommodation.

DAY 5 Say Goodbye to Adelaide

Time to say goodbye to beautiful Adelaide your fellow travellers and friendly hotel hosts. You will be personally met at your hotel by a DISCOVER AUSTRALIA representative and transferred to the airport to meet your flight home.

Meet and Greet Personalised Departure Transfer.

Flights Home Included

This package includes all flights as detailed below in the price section (including all fees, levies and taxes). However, we can tailor this package to include our special discounted 'package only' airfares from anywhere. Simply let us know.

Airport Transfers Included

You will be personally met at the airport by a DISCOVER AUSTRALIA representative and transferred from the airport to your hotel and from your hotel to the airport for your flight home.
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