Epic Australasia holidays

It may be on the other side of the world, but a holiday or tour to Australasia is well worth the journey. Choose Australia to experience the otherworldly wilderness of the Outback, and then compare it to sharp, forward-facing cities like Sydney and Melbourne. The contrasts are extraordinary and matched only by jaw-dropping sights like Uluru in the Great Red Centre, Cairns’ Great Barrier Reef and beautiful Sydney Harbour with its iconic, namesake bridge.

Whilst Australia is colossal - you can drive all day and not see another car - New Zealand is only slightly larger than the UK, with a fraction of the population. The attraction here is the great outdoors; its cinematic open spaces roll from snow-dusted mountains to gigantic creeping fjords, verdant green plains to mirror-surface lakes. Both the North and South islands are a mecca for outdoor sports enthusiasts, who come to walk, run, cycle, surf, ride, dive, jump and fly in (and over) some of the most beautifully unspoiled scenery in the world.