AFRICAN DREAM
Abercrombie & Kent has taken $2000 a person off 2015 departures of its 11-day Delta to Desert tour in Botswana. The trip explores Selinda Reserve in the country's north and includes experiences such as riding dug-out canoes through the Okavango Delta and quad bike game drives through the remote Makgadikgadi salt pans where you might see meerkats and aardvarks. Accommodation is in luxury safari camps and five-star hotels. Includes all meals, drinks and laundry service.
Departures run till October 31. The price is $13,650 a person twin share if booked by June 30. Solo travellers $19,285, also $2000 off. Phone 1300 590 317 or visit abercrombiekent.com.au.
SUITE AS, BRO
The Spire Hotel in Queenstown, New Zealand is an award-winning, five-star boutique hotel. Rooms each have an original Eames chair, Bang & Olufsen gear and Phillippe Starck furnishings plus a fireplace and deep bath.
The hotel is offering a "life is suite" package that gives three nights for the price of two, plus breakfast daily, Land Rover transfers and a "trust the chef dinner" and bottle of Central Otago pinot noir at the on-site No. 5 Church Lane Restaurant.
The price is $835 a room for the three-night stay. Available for sale and travel till June 20. See thespirehotel.com.
LANGKAWI LUXURY
My Malaysia is offering an exceptional deal on a package holiday staying at The Andaman Langkawi on Datai Bay. It includes seven nights in a Deluxe Treetop Room, return economy airfares flying Malaysia Airlines with 30 kilograms of checked luggage, breakfast daily plus $1750 in bonus value. These include a $500 Wine, Dine & Spa credit per room, transfers, tours and more. From $1790 a person from Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth on a twin-share basis.
Valid for travel now until June 26, then select dates August 16-December 8. Note there are large blackout periods. Add an extra $200 a person for travel July 13-August 15. Book by May 31. Phone 1300 552 793. See myMalaysia.com.au.
FIJI TIME
Musket Cove Island Resort is in Fiji's Mamanuca Island Group. It has 55 thatched bures or two-bedroom villas either on the beachfront or throughout lush gardens. There is a private lagoon and marina with plenty of water sports, including snorkelling and diving. TravelOnline is offering five nights for the price of four in a holiday package that includes accommodation in a garden bure, return island transfers, daily breakfast, snorkelling trips, village tours, Wi-Fi, daily bottled water and more.
It's valid for travel and sale till March 31 next year and the price for the five nights is
$845 a person. See travelonline.com.
MORE, PLEASE
Save up to 30 per cent on a three-day Halong Bay and Hanoi extension when you book a Vietnam group tour with Wendy Wu. The offer applies to two tours: all 2015 departures of the 12-day Vietnam at a Glance tour, which covers the highlights in Saigon, Hoi An, Hue and Hanoi and costs from $3240 a person. The second tour is the 18-day Vietnam Panorama, which also includes touring in Dalat, Nha Trang and the Mekong Delta. The deal applies to departures in June, July and August this year. It costs from $3840 a person.
The extension includes an overnight cruise on the Bhaya Junk Boat, one night hotel accommodation in Hanoi, all meals, transportation and transfers and costs an additional $280 twin share.
Phone 130 727 998. See wendywutours.com.au.
JULIETTA JAMESON
