{"id":18767,"date":"2014-02-18T12:52:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T12:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/from-orient-to-outback-adelaide-fly-cruise-special\/"},"modified":"2014-02-18T12:52:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T12:52:00","slug":"from-orient-to-outback-adelaide-fly-cruise-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/02\/from-orient-to-outback-adelaide-fly-cruise-special\/","title":{"rendered":"From Orient to Outback \u2013 Adelaide fly-cruise special"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sri Lanka, Burma, Singapore, Phuket and the Australian Outback \u2013 this varied and inspiring blend alternates the world\u2019s cultures with Australia\u2019s own. Enjoy the mix on a new, imaginative 26-day fly-cruise holiday from Worldwide Cruise Centres.<\/span><\/span>

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\nA 15-night cruise aboard\u00a0Aegean Odyssey\u00a0<\/i>from Colombo to Singapore includes top guest lecturers. A two-night\/three-day Ghan Rail Journey from Darwin to Adelaide unveils the true Aussie Outback \u2013 and then there\u2019s the air component, a flight from Adelaide to Colombo in Sri Lanka.\u00a0<\/span>\"katherine\"\n<\/div>\n
The holiday, called \u2018Adelaide\u2019s From Orient to Outback\u2019, also includes a two-night hotel stay in Colombo, with city tour plus a full-day visit to Kandy, renowned for its scenic beauty and cultural heritage. There\u2019s a three-night hotel stay in Singapore as well, including city tour, and another three nights in the heart of Darwin.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2018Adelaide\u2019s From Orient to Outback\u2019, costs from A$9399 per person, twin share, available at that rate until the end of February 2014.<\/span><\/div>\n
The holiday gets underway on 5 January 2015 with a flight from Adelaide to Colombo. Sightseeing in the Sri Lankan capital includes the serene Asokaramaya Buddhist temple and Pettah Bazaar, crammed with fruit, vegetables, nuts, meat, gems, gold, silver, brass and tin. A full day tour to Kandy includes the Royal Botanic Gardens, renowned for orchids, and the Temple of the Tooth, said to house one of Buddha\u2019s teeth, a precious relic attracting white-clad pilgrims bearing lotus blossoms and frangipani every day.<\/span><\/div>\n
Then embark on\u00a0Aegean Odyssey,\u00a0<\/i>a classically elegant mid-size ship carrying an average of 350 passengers and providing gracious public rooms, a choice of restaurants and stability in inclement weather. Gratuities to cruise staff are included, so forget about shipboard tipping.<\/span><\/div>\n
Sites you\u2019ll visit on the cruise include Galle, Sri Lanka, with its 17th<\/sup>-century Dutch fort, and Kataluwa Buddhist temple. You\u2019ll tour the East India Company\u2019s historic Fort St George in Madras, India, and colonial Port Blair in the Bay of Bengal\u2019s Andaman Islands.<\/span><\/div>\n
In Myanmar (formerly Burma), a city tour of the capital, Yangon (still better known as Rangoon) visits the stupendous Shwedagon Pagoda, 2500 years old and one of the religious wonders of the world. There\u2019s a full-day tour of Bago town, with optional excursions by air to Mandalay or Bagan overnight.<\/span><\/div>\n
Other highlights include the Thai resort island of Phuket (complete with day trip to the blissful Phi Phi Islands), a tour of Penang in Malaysia (including the reclining Buddha), a tour of the World Heritage site of Malacca, with its Portuguese fort, St Paul\u2019s Church and Dutch Square \u2013 and a tour of modern and historic Singapore.<\/span><\/div>\n
A top shipboard team of lecturers helps put the history and culture into perspective. It includes \u00a0Professor Ian Brown, of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and Professor Ian Robert A. E. Gordon, a recently retired British diplomat and noted authority on Burma, where he was British Ambassador from 1995-99.<\/span><\/div>\n
In Singapore, a three-night hotel stay comes complete with city tour. Then, jet down to Darwin for a three-night stay at the Darwin Central Hotel, an easy stroll to cinemas, theatres, nightclubs, restaurants and shopping. Daily breakfast is included.<\/span><\/div>\n
Board the famous Ghan train now for a two-night\/three-day rail journey in Gold Twin (with bunk beds) from Darwin to Adelaide..<\/span><\/div>\n
This is one of the world\u2019s great rail trips \u2013 a 2979 kilometre transcontinental journey through Australia\u2019s Red Centre. Tropical country south of Darwin gives way to the rusty reds of the MacDonnell Ranges surrounding Alice Springs.<\/span><\/div>\n
Throughout the train journey, standard wines, beers, spirits and soft drinks are complimentary. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included. In Katherine and Alice Springs, choose a free excursion. Choices in Katherine include a Nitmiluk Gorge Cruise, a Nitmiluk Gorge Rock Art Cruise or an Aboriginal cultural experience. In \u2018The Alice\u2019, visit Desert Park, to explore Outback Australia\u2019s flora and fauna, or instead take an Alice Explorer tour to visit the Royal Flying Doctor\u2019s base, the Alice Springs Telegraph Station and Terry the Saltwater Croc at the Reptile Centre.<\/span><\/div>\n
The final leg of the Ghan trip brings you to Adelaide. After the train pulls into Adelaide Parklands Terminal just before noon on Friday, maybe take it easy in the city\u2019s cheerful and aromatic Central Market and relax over a cup of coffee at the end of a fantastic journey.<\/span><\/div>\n
To find your local Worldwide Cruise Centres agent go to:<\/span><\/div>\n
www.worldwidecruisecentres.com.au<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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Sri Lanka, Burma, Singapore, Phuket and the Australian Outback \u2013 this varied and inspiring blend alternates the world\u2019s cultures with Australia\u2019s own. Enjoy the mix on a new, imaginative 26-day fly-cruise holiday from Worldwide Cruise Centres. A 15-night cruise aboard\u00a0Aegean Odyssey\u00a0from Colombo to Singapore includes top guest lecturers. A two-night\/three-day Ghan Rail Journey from Darwin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}