Australia Tour Packages

Australia tour package price guide (2026)

Packages on this page start at ₹95,000 per person. Australia is not a cheap destination – hotels, meals and attractions cost roughly what they do in Western Europe – but the price is predictable and there are few hidden extras once the big tickets are in. The bands below are per person on twin sharing, excluding international flights, and include hotels with breakfast, internal flights between cities, airport transfers and the main sightseeing tours.

Add for flights: Ahmedabad–Sydney or Melbourne return fares with one stop are usually ₹70,000–1,10,000 per person when booked 8–10 weeks ahead; December is the most expensive month. Usually extra on the ground: the visitor visa fee, travel insurance, Great Barrier Reef cruise (unless named in the package), Gold Coast theme-park passes beyond those listed, Sydney Tower and Opera House tours, Blue Mountains scenic rides, lunches and dinners not listed, and tips, which are optional in Australia. We list each item in your quote.

Itemised budget – 9-night classic trip, 4-star, per person

How to reach Australia from Ahmedabad

• By air: there is no non-stop flight from Ahmedabad. The smoothest routing is one stop through Singapore, Kuala Lumpur or Bangkok, with total travel time of 15–18 hours to Sydney or Melbourne. The alternative is a domestic hop to Delhi or Mumbai and a non-stop flight from there to Sydney or Melbourne (about 12–13 hours on the long sector). We compare both for your dates and choose the one with the shorter layover and better fare.
• Open-jaw tickets: we fly you into one city and out of another – for example into Sydney and out of Melbourne, or into Brisbane for the Gold Coast and out of Cairns – so you never repeat a sector. Internal flights (Sydney–Melbourne 1 h 30 min, Sydney–Gold Coast 1 h 20 min, Melbourne–Cairns 3 h 15 min) are included in our packages.
• Time difference: Sydney and Melbourne are 4 h 30 min ahead of India in their summer (5 h 30 min with daylight saving), so you arrive in the morning after an overnight flight; we keep the first day light.
• Getting around: private transfers and guided day tours in the cities; a self-drive hire car is a good option on the Great Ocean Road for confident drivers, since Australians drive on the left like India. Every trip is a private, customised itinerary – your own dates, your own transfers.

Best Australia itineraries by traveller type

7 nights / 8 days – Sydney and Gold Coast for families

• Day 1: Arrive Sydney in the morning; check in near Darling Harbour; evening harbour cruise with the Opera House and Harbour Bridge lit up.
• Day 2: City tour – Opera House, the Rocks, Mrs Macquarie's Chair, Bondi Beach; afternoon at the SEA LIFE aquarium or Wild Life Sydney zoo.
• Day 3: Blue Mountains day trip – Three Sisters, Scenic World railway and cableway, Featherdale wildlife park to hold a koala.
• Day 4: Fly to the Gold Coast (1 h 20 min); evening at Surfers Paradise beach and the SkyPoint observation deck.
• Day 5: Warner Bros. Movie World.
• Day 6: Sea World or Dreamworld; evening free at Broadbeach.
• Day 7: Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in the morning (kangaroo feeding), afternoon free for shopping at Pacific Fair.
• Day 8: Fly home from Brisbane or the Gold Coast via your connection.

9 nights / 10 days – the classic first-timer route

• Days 1–3: Sydney as above, with the Blue Mountains on Day 3.
• Day 4: Fly to Melbourne; city tram tour, Federation Square, Eureka Skydeck, laneways and the Queen Victoria Market.
• Day 5: Great Ocean Road full day – Bells Beach, Apollo Bay, the Twelve Apostles at sunset (a long but unforgettable 12-hour day).
• Day 6: Phillip Island penguin parade in the evening; morning free for Melbourne's Indian precinct in Dandenong or shopping on Chapel Street.
• Day 7: Fly to Cairns; Kuranda scenic railway and Skyrail rainforest cableway.
• Day 8: Great Barrier Reef day cruise to the outer reef – snorkelling, glass-bottom boat and semi-submersible for non-swimmers.
• Day 9: Free morning in Cairns or a Daintree rainforest tour; evening Night Markets.
• Day 10: Fly home from Cairns via Brisbane or Singapore.

12 nights / 13 days – Australia honeymoon

Take the classic route and add three nights at Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays – a seaplane or helicopter over Heart Reef, Whitehaven Beach's white silica sand, and an island resort with a private balcony – or two nights at Uluru for the sunrise walk and the Field of Light. For couples we book harbour-view rooms in Sydney, a Yarra Valley day with hot-air ballooning out of Melbourne, and a sunset dinner cruise on the Reef.

Senior citizens

The journey is long, so for parents we break it with a night in Singapore each way, cap the Great Ocean Road at the Twelve Apostles with a hotel stop instead of a 12-hour return, choose reef cruises with a semi-submersible, and keep one free day in every city. Australian hotels, trains and attractions are fully step-free.

Australia visitor visa for Indians – how it works

Every Indian passport holder needs a Visitor visa (subclass 600, tourist stream) before travel. It is applied for online and there is no visa on arrival. This is the part of an Australia trip that most often goes wrong when people self-book, so here is exactly what happens when you book with us.

1. Application: we prepare and submit your application online through the Department of Home Affairs system, with a cover letter, confirmed itinerary, hotel bookings and flight reservations. Approval is at the discretion of the Australian authorities; our job is to make the file complete and consistent.
2. Documents: passport valid for six months beyond return, recent photo, six months' bank statements, three years' income-tax returns, proof of employment or business, property or investment papers if available, and for retired parents a sponsorship letter from children in India. Students and dependants need their own set, which we list for you.
3. Biometrics: most applicants must give fingerprints and a photo at the Australian biometrics collection centre in Ahmedabad after submitting; we book the appointment.
4. Timeline: most tourist applications are decided in 2–5 weeks, but the published range runs longer in peak months. We ask for documents 10 weeks before travel and never ticket non-refundable flights before the visa is granted.
5. Fee: about AUD 200 per applicant (roughly ₹11,000–12,000), paid online at submission and non-refundable. We quote the exact current figure with your package.
6. Validity: visas are usually granted for 12 months with stays of up to three months per visit; some applicants receive three-year multiple-entry visas, which is useful if you have family in Australia.
7. Health insurance: not mandatory for the visa but strongly advised – we include a travel policy because Australian medical costs are high.

Best time to visit Australia – month by month

Australia's seasons are opposite to India's, and the country is large enough that Cairns and Melbourne can be in different weather on the same day. This table overlays the Gujarat school calendar so you can pick the right window.

For a Gujarati family the Diwali window (late October–November) is the best fit: pleasant weather in every city, reef visibility good, and prices below the Australian Christmas peak. The May vacation is excellent for Queensland and the Reef and acceptable for Sydney; Melbourne is chilly by then.

Places to visit in Australia

• Sydney: the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, Bondi and Manly beaches, Darling Harbour and Taronga Zoo – the city every first visit must include.
• Blue Mountains: the Three Sisters, Scenic World's steep railway and glass-floored skyway, two hours from Sydney.
• Melbourne: laneway cafés, the Eureka Skydeck, trams, sport and the best Indian food precinct in the country.
• Great Ocean Road: the Twelve Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge and surf beaches on Australia's most photographed drive.
• Phillip Island: the nightly penguin parade and koala conservation centre, 90 minutes from Melbourne.
• Gold Coast: Movie World, Sea World, Dreamworld and Wet'n'Wild, plus Surfers Paradise beach – the family favourite.
• Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef: outer-reef pontoons, Kuranda rainforest railway and the Daintree.
• Whitsundays and Hamilton Island: Whitehaven Beach and Heart Reef scenic flights, the honeymoon pick.
• Uluru: the red centre's sunrise and sunset, the Field of Light installation and Kata Tjuta walks.
• Brisbane: South Bank, Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and the river; a convenient gateway to the Gold Coast.
• Perth and Rottnest Island (optional): quokkas, beaches and a quieter west-coast city for second visits.

Food, hotels and tips for Gujarati travellers

• Vegetarian and Jain food: Australia has one of the largest Indian diasporas in the world, with a strong Gujarati presence in Sydney and Melbourne. Harris Park in Sydney is a full Indian precinct with Gujarati thali houses, chaat and sweet shops; Dandenong and Clayton in Melbourne are the same. Both cities have pure-vegetarian and Jain-friendly restaurants that will cook without onion and garlic on request, and Swaminarayan and other temples serve weekend meals. The Gold Coast and Cairns have Indian restaurants with vegetarian menus but fewer pure-veg options; supermarkets everywhere stock Indian ready meals, fruit and salads, and most hotel rooms have a kettle. We share a city-wise restaurant list with your vouchers.
• Hotel categories: 3-star in Australia is clean and reliable but rooms are compact and often without breakfast; 4-star is the sweet spot for families, with apartment-style hotels (kitchenette, washing machine) on the Gold Coast and in Cairns that suit Gujarati families cooking a simple dinner. 5-star harbour-view rooms in Sydney are worth it for a honeymoon.
• Money: the Australian dollar is roughly ₹55–58; cards and tap-to-pay are universal and tipping is not expected. Budget ₹2,500–3,500 per person per day for meals not included. UPI does not work.
• Customs: Australia is strict about food – declare every packed item (theplas, khakhra, pickles, sweets) on the arrival card. Declared, commercially packed dry food is normally allowed; undeclared food attracts heavy fines. No fresh fruit, seeds or dairy.
• Pack: layers for Melbourne in any month, strong sunscreen (the UV index is severe), a hat, swimwear and reef-safe sunscreen for Cairns, and an Australian-type three-pin adaptor.
• Timings: shops close early (5–6 pm) outside Thursday late nights and city centres; theme parks open around 9:30–10 am; book reef cruises and the penguin parade in advance in December and January.

Why book your Australia package with Vibrant Holidays

• 11 years, Ahmedabad office: meet us at C G Road, Monday to Saturday, or plan on WhatsApp; one consultant handles your quote, visa file and tour.
• Live prices, no bait: the starting price on this page is a package on sale now, and our price guide shows the full cost including flights, visa and meals rather than a land-only hook.
• Pure-veg and Jain meals planned honestly – hotels chosen near Indian precincts, apartment hotels where useful, and a written restaurant list for every city.
• Flights from Ahmedabad and your visitor visa handled together – we prepare and submit the application and book your biometrics appointment; approval remains at the embassy's discretion, so we build the timeline around it.
• 24×7 on-tour support from our Ahmedabad team and our Australian ground partner. Vibrant Holidays is IATA-accredited, a member of TAAI, TAFI, ADTOI and IATO, and recognised by the Ministry of Tourism.