8D Grand Pacific Drive Sydney, Blue Mountains & Wildlife

On arrival, pick up your car and drive along the beautiful Central Coast. Visit Iris Lodge farm for the interacting experience with the alpacas. Capture the Instagram-worthy spots at the Long Jetty. The attractive Newtown-by-the-Sea feel, helped along by a series of colourful street art before heading off to Port Stephens for the night.

Get up close to marine life at the Irukandji Shark & Ray Encounters. Learn about baby sharks, manta rays baby sharks and manta rays in their enclosures. Have a go at feeding the sharks and rays. In the afternoon, go on a Dolphin Watch Cruise. Visit Oakvale Farm Wildlife Park encounter with Tasmanian devil, llama, koalas and kangaroos.

This morning, head to one of Australia’s most established wine regions. Learn about the harvesting and bottling of wine at The Hunter Wine Theatre*. Alternatively, sign up for a wine tasting session or enjoy a fine dining experience at San Martino to end your evening. Tasting sessions for cheese and beer are available as well.

Drive South and you will arrive at the Jenolan Caves if time permits. Jenolan Caves is the largest, most spectacular and most famous caves in Australia. Explore a subterranean wonderland of stalagmites and stalactites with their impressive stature and beauty. Next make a trip to Scenic World and take your pick from an array of adventurous activities: Take the historic 1880s funicular railway which shunts at a 52° in-cline, ride on the glass-floored Scenic Skyway cable car, or take a walk along a 2.4km elevated boardwalk through a rainforest canopy. If time permits, you can drive to the scenic best lookouts at Blue Mountains. End the evening discovering the latest blockbusters at Imax theatre or join the Blue Mountains stargazing tour if time permits.

Drive to Bowral to meet your farm host family. Farm activities include a tour of the farm, feeding and grooming of horses, and helping with the harvesting of fresh fruits and vegetables. If the season permits, you may get to experience sheep or alpaca shearing. Also visit the local town if time permits.

Note: Farm activities will vary depending on your farm host.

After breakfast, bid farewell to the farm host family and continue the journey back to Grand Pacific Drive. Along the way, visit the Nan Tien Temple, nicknamed the “Southern Paradise” - the largest Buddhist temple in the Southern Hemisphere. Then drive along the Sea Cliff Bridge overlooking the serenity of the Pacific Ocean and Symbio Wildlife Park before heading back to Sydney.

Explore Sydney city and its many iconic landmarks most notably, the Sydney Opera House, Harbour Bridge and Darling Harbour. Stop for lunch at the Sydney Fish market and spend the afternoon exploring Sydney’s coastal life on a cruise, sailboat or jet boat. The day would not be complete without a leisure stroll along the famous Bondi to Bronte Walk, Café hopping and shopping at Birkenhead Point Outlet. Vis-it Pitt Street, Queen Victoria Building.

Return your car at the airport prior to your departure flight.