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Blue Mountains & Hunter Valley Experience 3Days/2Nights
plus Golfing option
Highlights:
Day One Sydney – Blue Mountains (BL)
Departing city hotels we drive our breakfast location, Featherdale Wildlife Park where we enjoy a special environment free of other tourists – breakfast consists of fresh croissants, bread rolls, cheese, spreads, fresh fruits, juice tea/coffee. After breakfast we enjoy meeting Australian animals including kangaroos, emus, wombats, dingos and more…. without other tourists. We then depart Featherdale Park as it opens to regular visitors and travel to the Blue Mountains – we ascend Bells Line of Road and pause at Bilpin, citrus region of Sydney and this is a chance to purchase fresh fruit from the gardens. Leaving here we continue past Tomah Botanic Gardens and further up the mountains for a stop near Mt Wilson. Here we have a short nature walk where the native flora is described in an informative and interesting manner and we see wonderful Blue Mts
valley and wall views.
From this point we cross the mountains to Mt Victoria and continue to Govetts Leap for magnificent Valley and waterfall views. Drive to see the views of Megalong Valley from amazing Narrowneck Plateau – hear our guide demonstrate a “cooee call and echo”. Lunch is then enjoyed at the recently renovated Carrington Hotel.
After lunch we will transfer you to the Leura Golf Course, where you check in with the Pro Shop to commence your afternoon of Golf. Included is 18 holes of golf, cart and full golf club hire. We will drop your luggage off at Lilianfels Blue Mountains for you.
Accom: Lilianfels Blue Mountains
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Day Two Blue Mountains – Hunter Valley (BL)
Your guide will call at 0800 to collect you for the day – departing Katoomba we drive down the Great Western Highway to Springfield and travel through the rural town of Richmond before turning north to travel alongside Wollemi National Park to Putty. We visit a farm for Devonshire morning tea/coffee and scones before entering the Hunter Valley wine areas and enjoy tastings at 2 fine boutique wineries and lunch at a renowned Hunter Vineyard Cafe. After lunch we will transfer you to Cypress Lakes Resort where you check in with the Pro Shop to commence your afternoon of Golf. Included is 18 holes of golf, cart and full golf club hire. We will drop your luggage off at Peppers Guest House for you. On completion of your afternoon of golf, you are collected from the Pro Shop by Hunter Valley Vineyard Shuttle Service and transferred to Peppers Guest house where the remainder of the evening is free at leisure.
Accom: Peppers Guest House
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Day Three Hunter Valley – Sydney (B)
After breakfast we transfer you to join The Hunter Valley Wine School which commences daily at 9.00am and is an informal tutorial of wine education. Walk through the on site vineyard of 30 year old Shiraz vines and discuss matters viticultural. Then it’s off to the crusher and into the Winery to see the air bag presses, huge tanks, the Potter Fermenters, the filtration equipment, and the largest Rotovats in the Hunter. From there, the tour then moves through into the Oak Cask maturation area, and on into the Wine Tasting Cellars. An informal wine tutorial and tasting follows. On completion of the wine school you return to your accommodation to check out and time at leisure. (Lunch own Expense) 2.00pm You are collected from your accommodation and continue on to a final wine tasting before commencing our return journey to Sydney via the freeway to arrive at your city hotel at approximately 5.30pm arrival. Included:
Return hotel transfers, Continental Breakfast and Wildlife Park Admission, All Touring as per itinerary, 18 Holes of Golf at Leura Golf Course including green fees, cart hire and hire of full set of clubs, 1 night Valley View Room - Lilianfels Blue Mountains, 1 night Peppers Guest House Vintage Room, Hunter Valley Wine Tastings, 18 Holes of Golf at Cypress Lakes Golf Course including green fees, cart hire and hire of full set of clubs and transfer to Peppers Guesthouse, 3 x continental breakfasts & 2 x lunch, Hunter Resort Wine School with transfers
Not Included:
Dinners, Transfer from Leura Golf Course to Lilianfels, Any other touring other than specified above.
Departures: Sunday-Thursday
with minimum 2 guests subject to availability.
Friday/Saturday Departures available on a Request Basis
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