Customer Reviews for Go Ahead Tours Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
Go Ahead Tours Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
From the coastline to the Outback, discover the beauty and culture of the southern hemisphere on this Australia tour.
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(14 Reviews) 14
12 out of 12 100% of customers would recommend this tour.
Customer Reviews for Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
Review 1 for Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
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Tour Value
4
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5
Tour Director
4
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5
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by DEARLE6 |
Number of past tours:7
Traveled on:12/01/2011
Location:PA
Age:60+
Gender:Female
I traveled:with friend(s)
by DEARLE6 |
December 27, 2011
excellent trip
Overall the trip was great, would recommend changing the accomadations in Alice Springs, it was much less than your usual standard & frankly a little scary
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Solo Travelers, Trip Of A Lifetime, Experienced Travelers
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Review 2 for Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by PJPHILP |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:10/06/2011
Location:CO
Age:60+
Gender:Female
I traveled:with friend(s)
by PJPHILP |
October 31, 2011
Oz Adventure
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I loved my Australian vacation. Although the Qantas strike made things a little more difficult for our tour guide, we still got to every planned city. The hotels in Sydney, Cairns, and Melbourne were outstanding, and the ones in the Outback were clean and comfortable. Getting to hold a koala in Kuranda Village was a highlight of the tour. I would have preferred a slightly smaller group (there were 45 of us), but it wasn't too bad. I appreciated that those who wanted to do the six-mile hike around the base of Uluru (only six of us) were given the chance to do so while the majority of the group enjoyed less active activities. I would go back next month if I could afford it! :o)
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Nature & Wildlife, Family Vacations, Trip Of A Lifetime
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Review 3 for Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by DFONS2 |
Number of past tours:4
Traveled on:09/22/2011
Location:WI
Age:60+
Gender:Female
I traveled:with friend(s)
by DFONS2 |
October 9, 2011
Fabulous Tour
We had a great time and enjoyed every aspect of the tour.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Nature & Wildlife, Solo Travelers, Family Vacations, Art, History, & Culture, Trip Of A Lifetime, Food & Wine, Honeymoons, First Time Travelers, Experienced Travelers
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Review 4 for Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
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Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by kellyddennis |
Number of past tours:2
Traveled on:8/11/2011 12:00:00 AM
Location:FL
Age:40-49
Gender:Female
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by kellyddennis |
August 30, 2011
Australia, August 2011
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We had a great time on this trip to celebrate our 30th Anniversary. Our tour director was fabulous and the group of seventeen people was just perfect for a great dynamic, cohesive group. Australia is a beautiful place to visit!
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Nature & Wildlife, Solo Travelers, Family Vacations, Trip Of A Lifetime, First Time Travelers, Experienced Travelers
+1point
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Review 5 for Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by RPRIOR |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:06/16/2011
Location:GA
Age:60+
Gender:Male
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by RPRIOR |
August 11, 2011
Excellent Tour
Enjoyed the whole experience down under.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Nature & Wildlife, Art, History, & Culture
+1point
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Review 6 for Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by PBOOKER |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:06/16/2011
Location:OK
Age:60+
Gender:Female
I traveled:with a group coordinator/organization
by PBOOKER |
July 9, 2011
the best of australia
australia was wonderful to see but erica froggatt made the tour exceedingly excellent. i have been on other trips with other tour directors and she is the first to share a day sheet with each traveler to let us know what to expect. it saved us from asking questions multiple times and saved her from having to answer to 30 separate travelers!!! i would recommend the trip to anyone willing to invest the time.
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Review 7 for Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
Overall Rating
Tour Value
4
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by USERBJ28T |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:06/16/2011
Location:OK
Age:50-59
Gender:Female
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by USERBJ28T |
July 8, 2011
The Amazing DOWNUNDER!
The Australia Go Ahead Tour was so well balanced. Our tour guide and our bus drivers were accommodating, informative and fun! We got to experience five specific variations on Australian culture, from the Great Barrier Reef to the Rain Forest to the Australian Bush to the desert area to big cities with museums, concerts, whales and penguins! Some of my favorites: snorkeling at the reef, learning about the School of the Air, experiencing Uluru and the desert, feeding and holding koalas, kangaroos & wallabies, watching penguins, touring Melbourne and Sydney - wait! I guess EVERYTHING was my favorite! I enjoyed every stop and learned so much about this beautiful country!
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Nature & Wildlife, Solo Travelers, Art, History, & Culture, Trip Of A Lifetime, First Time Travelers, Experienced Travelers
+4points
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Review 8 for Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by PSHELTON3 |
Number of past tours:3
Traveled on:06/16/2011
Location:OK
Age:50-59
Gender:Female
I traveled:with a group coordinator/organization
by PSHELTON3 |
July 8, 2011
Awesome "Down Under" Experience
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I never thought I would travel to Australia, but I did and I am very excited about it. This trip has a little bit of "everything" - city life -my personal favorite, and the "Outback". I enjoyed both, but I am definitely a "city girl". My most cherished experience was attending the symphony at the Sydney Opera House, something I will never forget. I recommend this excursion to anyone who wants a "No worries, mate" adventure.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Nature & Wildlife, First Time Travelers, Experienced Travelers
+2points
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Review 9 for Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
Overall Rating
Tour Value
4
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5
Tour Director
4
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by SLOGAN |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:06/16/2011
Location:OK
Age:50-59
Gender:Male
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by SLOGAN |
July 8, 2011
First tour was better than expected!
This Australian trip was our first with a tour group and it was much better than I expected. The plane and ground connections were perfect with help at the airports and with baggage. Hotels were fine with supplied breakfasts a nice benefit. The tour schedule was great for us as it provided good background for each location while providing options to explore as part of the group or on your own. The tour director was very helpful and offered to find us individual trips if we desired. She arranged a whale watching trip for us in Sydney at the last moment which was great. I'd definitely recommend to a friend with one caveat. This tour is best experienced by doing considerable walking. While it fit us fine, several people on the tour were unprepared for the amount of walking required. The tour director did an admirable job trying to accommodate those people but I'm sure some of those people were disappointed. I've graded the tour as "active" for that reason.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Family Vacations, Art, History, & Culture, Trip Of A Lifetime, First Time Travelers
+2points
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Review 10 for Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
3
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by HJOHNSON49 |
Number of past tours:5
Traveled on:06/16/2011
Location:IL
Age:60+
Gender:Female
I traveled:with friend(s)
by HJOHNSON49 |
July 7, 2011
Good Time Down Under
I had a great time on this tour; it was my 4th trip to Australia, but my first time in Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, or Melbourne. It was good to revisit Cairns and Sydney - there's always something new to see. The weather cooperated for the most part, which is always a plus. I fulfilled a longtime dream of visiting Ayers Rock, so that is one more thing to check off my "bucket list." A more organized tour director would have been nice.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Nature & Wildlife, Solo Travelers, Art, History, & Culture, Trip Of A Lifetime, First Time Travelers, Experienced Travelers
+1point
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Review 11 for Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
Overall Rating
Tour Value
4
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by SKEAN2 |
Number of past tours:4
Traveled on:12/02/2010
Location:CA
Age:40-49
Gender:Female
I traveled:with friend(s)
by SKEAN2 |
February 25, 2011
A wonderful overview of Australia's highlights
This was a great itinerary featuring Australia's two of Australia's natural wonders-the Outback & the Great Barrier Reef. The tour was an excellent way to experience Australia's unique features. Our guide Simon was one of the best I've ever had-a great sense of humor, full of information & very organized & efficient.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Nature & Wildlife, Solo Travelers, Experienced Travelers
+6points
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Review 12 for Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
Overall Rating
Tour Value
3
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by drumsdci |
Number of past tours:1
Traveled on:09/09/2010
Location:TX
Age:30-39
Gender:Male
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by drumsdci |
November 7, 2010
Best of Australia (2 weeks) - review
Good trip, good locations...would recommend taking Alice Springs city and events (other than Ulura/Ayers Rock) out of the tour to have more time in Melbourne/Sydney.
Excursions that were a waste of time:
ABORIGINAL DREAM TIME (no Didgereedoo's, tour not given by an aboriginal, it was just a walk thru the desert to talk about their culture and at the end they let you talk with a few aboriginals to try to get you to buy their paintings)
SYDNEY HARBOR DINNER CRUISE (cruise left AFTER sunset, and the bay was very dark, not able to see much of anything)
Excursions that were a waste of time:
ABORIGINAL DREAM TIME (no Didgereedoo's, tour not given by an aboriginal, it was just a walk thru the desert to talk about their culture and at the end they let you talk with a few aboriginals to try to get you to buy their paintings)
SYDNEY HARBOR DINNER CRUISE (cruise left AFTER sunset, and the bay was very dark, not able to see much of anything)
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Nature & Wildlife, Art, History, & Culture, Honeymoons, Experienced Travelers
+12points
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Review 13 for Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
Overall Rating
Tour Value
5
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5
Tour Director
5
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by VHOROWITZ2 |
Number of past tours:5
Traveled on:05/13/2010
Location:CA
Gender:Female
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by VHOROWITZ2 |
August 4, 2010
Awesome Trip to Australia
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This was one of the most memorable trips I've ever taken. The experiences we were afforded by GoAhead Vacations and the guides who serviced us were incomparable. Snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef, witnessing the majesty of Ayers Rock, with its history and culture, touring the Sydney Opera House, and enjoying the beauty of Melbourne made this a once in a lifetime trip that I would recommend to everyone. The friends we made on this trip were also one of the highlights!
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Trip Of A Lifetime, Honeymoons, First Time Travelers, Nature & Wildlife, Solo Travelers, Family Vacations, Art, History, & Culture, Experienced Travelers
+19points
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Review 14 for Best of Australia: Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock
Overall Rating
Tour Value
4
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5
Tour Director
4
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5
Leisurely
Challenging
by JHOROWITZ14 |
Number of past tours:5
Traveled on:05/13/2010
Location:CA
Gender:Male
I traveled:with my spouse/significant other
by JHOROWITZ14 |
July 26, 2010
Travel with highly compatible companions
The parallels between the US and Australia are striking. The frontier history and mindset; the vastness of the country; the diversity of the people and the terrain; the English language (kinda). Given the size of the country a bi-coastal trip is almost impossible, but this tour was very comprehensive, given that it covered the Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, the outback, Sydney and Melbourne. Suggestion: cut out Alice Springs and add a day or two in the two major cities. Ayres Rock was an incredible site, made all the more rewarding by the local guide/driver (Paul) whose insights and knmowledge were exceptional. Simon was also great at keeping our spirits high in less than ideal weather conditions-rain and cold in late May. I have experienced many nice and compatible people previously, including some now life-long friends, but the this group was just great at comaraderie and friendship. All in all, a very enjoyable, ingformative trip.
Recommended for: Active Travelers, Anniversary Trips, Trip Of A Lifetime, Honeymoons, First Time Travelers, Nature & Wildlife, Solo Travelers, Experienced Travelers
+14points
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