Intrepid’s Australia and New Zealand assortment simply received larger and higher with a bunch of contemporary additions that will help you embrace the most effective of the outside.
Simply while you thought you’d seen Australia and New Zealand from each angle, a brand new yr comes together with much more attractive prospects to indicate you these neighbours afresh. Designed that will help you maximise your journey Down Below, these seven journeys – starting from brief breaks to premium escapes – embrace in a single day cruises on the Uncertain Sound, high-speed zorbing chases in Rotorua, truffle tasting close to Sydney and campfire cookouts in Western Australia. So, whether or not your journey takes you alongside a coast, round an island, throughout a state or by means of a nationwide park, you’re in for some prime-time exploring in 2026.
1. Rock out in Western Australia’s wilderness
As Western Australia’s second-largest nationwide park, spanning over 6000 sq. kilometres, Karijini Nationwide Park is an outside fanatic’s playground. And now, on the five-day Karijini Explorer Quick Break, you’ll be able to rise up shut to a different of the park’s key geological constructions: Joffre Gorge. Be a part of your chief for a day hike round this 50 metre-high pure amphitheatre (formed by a curved seasonal waterfall) and discover the gorge by way of some steep ladder descents and rock scrambling to get to the swimming pools. When you’re on the base of the falls, you’ve earned the proper for a well-deserved swim.
2. Defy gravity whereas zorbing in New Zealand
One minute you’re taking a leisurely hike to the summit of Mount Maunganui. The subsequent, you’re in a zorb, hurtling down a hill on the brand new 18-to-35s One Week in New Zealand: North Island journey. The latest nation to be added to Intrepid’s 18 to 35s vary, New Zealand is all about journey. Throughout the remainder of the journey, journey to waterfalls, geysers, farms and even a one-of-a-kind village, the Whakarewarewa Maori Village, constructed alongside geothermal vents in Rotorua. Study how residents harness geothermal vitality as you tour the positioning, visiting an lively marae (communal assembly floor) and tapu (sacred burial grounds).
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3. Toast to an area meal in Western Australia
Over on the west coast of Australia sits Kalbarri Nationwide Park, a cease on the brand new West Coast Journey (Northbound) journey. Though it’s a nationwide park, the realm additionally has a robust pastoral working historical past, as you’ll be taught all about on the Murchison Glow Dinner Expertise. In contrast to a campfire meal you’ll have had earlier than, the four-course sundown dinner on the Murchison River affords a bit one thing additional. All programs function uniquely Australian flavours and regionally sourced components cooked by your hosts and accompanied by drinks. You’re certain to work up an urge for food with the afternoon spent touring the 150-year historical past of the Murchison Home Station and exploring the river by canoe.
4. Sleep on South Island waters in Uncertain Sound
New to the New Zealand Premium vary from September 2026 is an in a single day cruise to Milford Sound’s lesser-visited cousin, Uncertain Sound. This new expertise brings the distant shores of the nation’s second-largest fjord to life with the addition of an onboard nature specialist, regionally sourced three-course dinner and – if the climate cooperates – a kayak outing. With fewer boats on the water, marine inhabitants – together with Fiordland crested penguins, bottlenose dolphins and fur seals – usually make their presence recognized and may be noticed from the deck. In addition to the Fjordlands surroundings, a spotlight of the Premium New Zealand South Island journey is bound to be waking as much as the rising mist and lapping waters the following day.
5. Fly by the sights in New Zealand
The Important New Zealand: South Island journey is designed to get you effectively and really out into the wilderness. You’ll be absorbing the most effective of New Zealand’s nice open air from a seat in a Skyline Gondola, aboard a ferry within the Marlborough Sounds and strapped into a light-weight, toboggan-style luge, racing down a hill in Queenstown. Whenever you’re not out within the open, you might be in a state-of-the-art immersive expertise such because the Museum of Kawatiri in Westport, studying in regards to the Polynesian heritage and pure assets of the Buller District. Utilizing trendy expertise to convey the tales to life, you’ll get a full image of Maori life on this treasure-rich area of South Island.
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6. Wander koala tracks in Australia
There are quite a lot of methods to get from Melbourne to Sydney and, on the brand new Melbourne to Sydney Journey, you’ll have a front-row seat to tradition, creatures and regionally caught delicacies. Undoubtedly, the cutest of the brand new Intrepid excursions comes with a ferry experience to stroll the Koala Path on Raymond Island, well-known for its assured wild koala sightings. Then, after crossing into New South Wales, you’re in for 2 experiences highlighting how Australians reside with their land. The primary will take you alongside the coast with a Nation Custodian as you partake within the Bilbaan Cultural Expertise. Additional up the coast, be taught in regards to the sustainable means farmers are harvesting Sydney rock oysters earlier than tasting some for your self.
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