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 First WorldPride in the Southern hemisphere! Join us on Australia Gay Mardi Gras Tour - a sensational All Gay Tour Down Under! Embark down under on a 11 days all-gay adventure. Explore the best sights that the East Coast of Australia has to offer. From Melbourne to Sydney our very own adventure will let you discover the lively cultural life down under! WorldPride 2023 will coincide with the 45th anniversary of the first Mardi Gras Parade and the 50th Anniversary of the first Australian Gay Pride Week. This is the definitive Mardi Gras Tour!
We will start our Mardi Gras Tour from Melbourne. Known as the cultural capital of Australia, Melbourne is a vibrant city, packed with Victorian-era architecture, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens (where its sports-mad inhabitants love to spend their free time).
After 6 days exploring Melbourne and its wonderful surroundings, we will make our way to Sydney, home to one of the best Gay Pride Parades in the world: the Sydney Gay Mardi Gras. Sydney is the perfect base to explore some interesting places, like Blue Mountains, while waiting for the perfect end of our spectacular trip: the WorldPride 2023 Mardi Gras Parade. Australia is a dream destination for many like-minded gay men from all over the world: don’t miss out this opportunity. Book now as spaces for this once-in-a-lifetime trip are limited!
• Join the best Gay Pride Celebration, the Mardi Gras of Sydney & World Pride 2023
• Take in all the main sights of the East Coast of Australia: Melbourne, Blue Mountains, Sydney
• Welcome Dinner in Melbourne
• Discover the beautiful Yarra Valley wine region
• Enjoy a beautiful day on Phillip Island and see penguins at the world-famous Penguin Parade
• Tour Sydney and its majestic architecture
• Taste Authentic Aussie Food on the Blue Mountain
• Farewell Dinner in the Gay Area of Sydney
Day 1 - Thursday, February 16, 2023
 Welcome to Melbourne: one of the most vibrant cities in the world, Melbourne is the cultural capital city of Australia.
Make your way to your accommodation, smack bang in the centre of the city and settle in. Here you will meet your hosts and get your Mardi Gras Tour welcome pack. Join your fellow Gay Travellers and your tour host, in the evening for a Complimentary Welcome Dinner. Here we will all get to meet each other and have a full briefing on the adventure that lies ahead.
Overnight in Melbourne
Meals: Welcome Dinner
Day 2 - Friday, February 17, 2023
 After breakfast our Mardi Gras Tour group will embark on a bike tour of Melbourne. Get on the saddle to enjoy a relaxing bicycle ride around Melbourne as you take in the incredible sights of the city. This bike ride is suitable for all levels of fitness: it’s a gentle ride. Gain a great orientation of Melbourne city as you see the key landmarks and learn the interesting facts of the city: Melbourne’s “founding”, the Aboriginals, the Eureka Stockade, the importance of sport to this great city, and much more. We will also make a stop in Fitzroy at one of our favorite bars for lunch.
Free time in the afternoon to enjoy a stroll around Melbourne as you wish or take a siesta.
Overnight in Melbourne
Meals: Breakfast
Day 3 - Saturday, February 18, 2023
 After breakfast we engage on day trip discovering the Yarra Valley wine region, approximately 1-hour drive away from Melbourne. With an expert guide we will visit some of the area’s best-known wineries. During our series of wine tastings and an included vineyard lunch, you’ll find out why the Yarra Valley is one of Australia’s favorite wine regions, loved for its picturesque scenery.
Throughout the day, our guide will educate us about the grape varieties that grow in this renowned wine region, while we enjoy the relaxed and serene atmosphere of the Yarra Valley.
At the end of the winery tour (probably a bit tipsy), in the late afternoon we will make our way back to Melbourne.
Overnight in Melbourne
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Day 4 - Sunday, February 19, 2023
 After breakfast, it’s time to see more of Melbourne from a different perspective: we will embark on a cruise along the calm waters of the Yarra River.
Back on land we will enjoy a bus ride for a comprehensive tour of Melbourne and its thriving inner suburbs such as Brighton and St Kilda.
In the evening we will be ready to explore the vibrant gay nightlife of Melbourne: it’s Sunday after all!
Sleep in Melbourne
Meals: Breakfast
Day 5 - Monday, February 20, 2023
 After breakfast, we will depart from Melbourne to travel to Victoria’s most colorful and well known attraction, Phillip Island. The day will start by heading to the beach: it’s time to pay a visit to Brighton Beach and its iconic bathing boxes, iconic landmarks of the area. Soon after we will make our way to the Moonlit Sanctuary Conservation Park: you’ll learn about a broad range of Australian wildlife. You’ll have a chance to get up close to cuddly koalas and other animals for feeding time. We will then head to the southwestern tip of the island to enjoy panoramic views of the Nobbies, a group of rugged rocks rising from the sea, and Seal Rocks, the home of Australia’s largest fur seals population.
The highlight of our Phillip Island experience will begin at dusk as we watch the fairy penguins waddling up the beach into their burrows in the sand dunes: the perfect end of the day, before making our way back to Melbourne.
Overnight in Melbourne
Meals: Breakfast
Day 6 - Tuesday, February 21, 2023
 After breakfast it’s time to pack! From Melbourne we will take a flight, ready to get to the home of the Mardi Gras, Sydney.
After checking in to the hotel, the rest of the afternoon is free for you to explore the gay neighborhood at your own pace. But make sure to join the rest of the Mardi Gras Group for a dinner on us.
Overnight in Sydney
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Day 7 - Wednesday, February 22, 2023
 After breakfast, we will embark on a tour of Sydney. This tour will give us an overview of the main unmissable sights of the city: while traveling past iconic structures, lush gardens and historical landmarks, you will learn insights about the city’s culture and history.
After admiring the historical architecture of the Rocks district, the location of Australia’s first European settlement in the 1780s, we will pass by the famous Sydney Opera House and the Conservatory of Music. We will catch a glimpse of Hyde Park and the St Mary’s Cathedral; Parliament House, the park-lands of the Domain, Sydney Town Hall, Sydney Tower, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Campbell’s Cove and Mrs Macquarie’s chair, where views of Sydney Harbour are unmissable.
We will explore the bohemian Kings Cross, Sydney’s former red-light district, before heading to the world famous Bondi Beach to walk along its wide stretch of white sand.
Sleep in Sydney
Meals: Breakfast
Day 8 - Thursday, February 23, 2023
 After an early breakfast, we will join a group trip to explore the outskirts of Sydney.
After one hour bus ride, we reach the start of the Blue Mountain. We will head all the way up to the amazing Three Sisters rock formations. After taking photos of the Three sisters and jaw dropping Jamison Valley we then take you on a bush walk right up to the Three Sisters and even onto one of the rock formations.
We then progress further into the mountains to Wentworth Falls where we will start a guided hike to see local fauna, bird life and see several waterfalls until reaching to the base of the immense Wentworth falls. A quick refreshing dip anyone?
 All that sightseeing you will be hungry! We will move to a nearby area where our guides will cook an authentic Aussie BBQ with veggies and kangaroo on the side (vegetarian/vegan options are available).
After lunch we continue the day of fun and head to a local and secluded waterhole where you can go swimming or lay around on the sand in the sun deep within the bush of the Blue Mountains. Then, we head off into the nearby National Park down a long dirt road to say hello to skippy the Kangaroo. The perfect end of an amazing day before heading back to Sydney!
Overnight in Sydney
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Day 9 - Friday, February 24, 2023
 Today is a free day: spend the time as you wish and explore the area at your own pace. Hitting the beach or shopping? You choose! Your host will be around to offer advice and guidance as needed. Whatever you decide to do, make sure to be back in time for the last dinner together of this amazing Mardi Gras Tour in the vibrant gay district. Dinner is on us of course!
Sleep in Sydney
Meals: Breakfast, and Dinner
Day 10 - Saturday, February 25, 2023
 Today is the day not to be missed! Yes the biggest gay celebration down under, the worldwide well-known Mardi Gras Parade, is on us! We will spend the day absorbing the party atmosphere, ready for the parade! Our group will enjoy the Mardi Gras parade from oremium grandstand seats: we will be part of a festival with spectacular floats and thousands of participants from all over the world, an event drawing up to half a million of visitors each year!
We will finish the night off at one of the many official and unofficial Mardi Gras parties around the city. Party tickets are not included, but we will make sure to spend the night altogether in the best way!
Sleep in Sydney
Meals: Breakfast
Day 11 - Sunday, February 26, 2023
See you soon!
After breakfast it’s time to say goodbye! This amazing Gay Mardi Gras is over. No tears please!
You can make your way to the airport or extend your stay in Sydney. We can help you plan your stay.
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