Experience Australia

Orion has partnered with some of the most exclusive and sought after hotels and spa/lodges to create inclusive cruise and accommodation packages on our 7-night Australian and New Zealand voyages in November and December 2010.

These premium 2 and 3 night accommodation packages are worth up to $5,000 including meals, transfers and private tours or spa treatments and are available to our guests at NO ADDITIONAL COST!

For more information, please contact your travel agent, email info@orionexpeditions.com or call our Reservation Team on 1300 361 012 (Australia) or 0800 444 462 (New Zealand).


Select a city to see accommodation package:
MELBOURNE                    
HOBART
DUNEDIN
 

Click here to request an 'Experience Australia' brochure.

The accommodation packages are applicable to the below sailings. Please click on the sailing for more details.
24 November - National Parks of Tasmania - Melbourne to Hobart
1 December - Tasmanian Wilderness - Hobart to Hobart
21 December - Christmas in Fiordland - Dunedin to Dunedin 

 
MELBOURNE
Chateau Yering Historic House

A sweeping rose-bordered driveway takes you to the beautifully restored Chateau Yering Hotel. Once the place for many a Victorian weekend party it is now a gracious five star hotel an easy 50-minute drive from Melbourne. Located on a 250-acre estate next door to Yering Station Winery, Chateau Yering enjoys an unrivalled position central to the main wineries and attractions of the Yarra Valley.

Chateau Yering is a member of the association of Relais and Chateaux, This unites 426 independently owned hotels and restaurants of charm and prestige in 43 countries around the world. Relais & Chateaux represents the highest quality and offer the perfect balance among exceptional service, food, comfort, and surroundings.

Dine in the award winning fine dining Eleonore’s Restaurant, with its emphasis on regional produce matched with local wine from our historic stone cellar. Executive Chef Mathew Macartney produces a menu that reflects the seasons and his dishes often surprise with his imaginative use of unusual ingredients.

The conservatory style Sweetwater Café with its casual ambience is open from 7.30am daily and serves gourmet breakfasts, lunch and morning and afternoon teas.

Chateau Yering is the only five star boutique hotel in the Yarra Valley. With 32 luxuriously furnished spacious suites, other facilities include a bar, swimming pool, tennis court, beauty therapy salon, club style guest library with open fireplace, intimate sitting room and a light filled drawing room with marble fireplace.

Chateau Yering – you’ll never want to leave!

Crown Metropol

Experience contemporary luxury at Crown Metropol hotel.



From the moment you take in the hotel's elegant form and enter the uniquely designed reception area, you will feel a sense of peace and calm that makes every visit to Crown Metropol a welcome escape from day-to-day life.
Enjoy 658 designer inspired rooms. Take a sensory journey at ISIKA, our exclusive day spa. Tantalise your palate at maze by Gordon Ramsay and maze Grill. Savour the panoramic views of Melbourne from 28, our exclusive lounge and sky bar on level 28. Or choose to refresh body and soul while swimming in our stunning infinity and deluge pools, lounging at the indoor sun-deck relaxation lounge or working out at our world-class gymnasium.

HOBART
Saffire Freycinet
Saffire Freycinet is Australia’s new luxury coastal sanctuary on Tasmania’s East Coast, delivering sophisticated and intimate style and an inspirational experience.

Discreetly positioned overlooking the Hazards Mountains, Freycinet Peninsula and the pristine waters of Great Oyster Bay, Saffire blends mankind and nature with breathtaking beauty.

Featuring 20 luxurious suites, exclusive day spa, restaurant, guest lounge and bar, this new experience is a celebration of the art of service, internal and external wellbeing, local culinary delights, ancient landscapes and abundant wildlife.

In Palate restaurant, the head chef has ensured innovative dining does not compromise the true flavours of the freshest local produce. From breakfast through to a gourmet degustation or a la carte dinner, guests can customise their dining experiences to suit all tastes and schedules.

All guests can restore their wellbeing in the premium spa facilities and on-site gym. Soothe the busy mind and refresh the soul with a luxurious treatment in one of Spa Saffire’s three retreat rooms overlooking the inspiring landscape and reflective pools. Treatments have been designed exclusively for Saffire by celebrity facialist Marionne De Candia and Dr Jean Laing, doctor of chiropractic and bodywork therapies.

Our Schouten Island Signature Experience has been designed exclusively for guests to deepen their East Coast discovery. There’s a world of deserted islands, wild bushland and secluded beaches to explore.

Henry Jones Art Hotel

The Henry Jones Art Hotel is Australia’s first and only dedicated Art Hotel. With an ingenious mix of contemporary design elements with traditional building structures and artworks throughout designed by award-winning architects, the Hotel itself is a work of art.

Australia’s first dedicated art hotel stands proudly on Hobart’s glorious waterfront. A handsome row of historic warehouses and former IXL jam factory dating from the 1820’s have been creatively transformed into an enthralling and luxurious first class hotel showcasing the work of Tasmania’s finest visual artists.

The hotel is itself a fusion of art, heritage, technology and tradition. The Henry Jones Art Hotel has won over 60 major accolades including “Best Overall Hotel in Australia” at the 2005 AHA National Awards, two Australian Tourism Awards and multiple international awards from Conde Nast Traveller such as "Best Hotel Australasia and South Pacific

2008" Reader's Choice and "Best Leisure Hotel Australasia and South Pacific 2007".

Located on Hobart’s Victoria dock, most of the 56 rooms have close harbour and water views where you can watch fishing trawlers slip quietly into view just beneath your window, while others overlook the stunning glass Atrium and reveal glimpses of the old jam factory interior.

 DUNEDIN

Sofitel Queenstown Hotel & Spa
Situated in the thriving heart of Queenstown, Sofitel Queenstown Hotel & Spa combines local spirit with French tradition for the most sophisticated sense of luxury. In addition to 82 elegantly appointed rooms and suites, all with private double spa bath, the hotel features Vie Brasserie, Nue Lounge, a technically impressive Boardroom, The Cellar and LeSpa - a haven of peace and tranquillity where mind body and spirit unite. Sofitel Queenstown Hotel & Spa offers personalised services including concierge, valet parking, in-room dining, evening turndown and bathology service.









Terms & Conditions: 
Package is not combinable with any other offer.
Advertised brochure fares include cruise and one corresponding accommodating package. If you do not want to take the inclusive package with these sailings, there will be savings of up to 15% on the advertised brochure fares. Please contact us on 1300 361 012 for more information.

Fares are per person based on twin share in Category A stateroom, subject to availability. Only ONE accommodation package can be chosen for each relevant voyage, either before embarkation or after disembarkation, and must be chosen at the time of booking. Offer applies to new bookings only. Accommodation package only available on Category A statements and above, subject to availability. All itineraries are subject to tides and weather and may be changed without notice.