TASMANIA LANDSCAPES IN THE BACKPACK Group Tour

Overview of your trip:

This 14-day group tour is not only something special for active travelers, but also for those who want to discover Australia and especially Tasmania in a different way, with only a backpack behind them. Your guide will take you through the best charms of Tasmania.

A backpacking trip between cities, national parks, waterfalls and landscapes to say the least spectacular of Tasmania, known in the world for its unspoiled nature. Tour to share in small groups with local guide, designed for the more adventurous with overnight in a camp with tents and shared dormitories.

We recommend that customers book their international flights to the country of start and end of the program to guarantee their arrival at least one day before the tour's departure date. The Tour Operator and the Travel Agency do not assume any responsibility for possible breaches of the program and what this situation could generate due to possible delays in the arrival of customers on time for different reasons.

Tour Activity Level: This tour includes moderate physical activity. The itinerary blends some longer days with shorter days and more leisure time. Walking tours, as well as walking slightly longer distances, up stairs or on uneven walking surfaces should be expected.

IMPORTAN NOTES:

• Net package prices are expressed in USD, Euros, Cad o GBP per pax.
• This quotation doesn’t constitute a service reservation until your final confirmation.
• Prices are valid according to the specified amount of pax.
• It is NOT included in our prices sleeping bag for camping, drinks with the meals, airport tax, tips and porters service.
• Our prices do NOT include supplements for special dinners in Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Booking including any of the mentioned dates are subject to hotels’ availability until Cubature confirmation.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

• We recommend that clients take out full travel and health insurance for the activities included in the itinerary.
• We recommend wearing light clothing and footwear, short-sleeved shirts and shorts, hats, caps and creams to protect the skin from the sun and mosquito repellents and bathing clothes for swimming in streams, rivers and / or beaches. There may be some insects and mosquitoes in the parks we will visit.
• It is important that the client, prior to their travel dates, check the weather forecasts in the different countries and regions visited in the program, so that they can prepare the most appropriate clothes and shoes.
• We recommend you bring your own flashlights and other adventure travel accessories. It will help in dark places and on camping nights.
• Beware of the burning sun. We recommend you bring your own protective lotions.
• We may need a small backpack for personal belongings abroad.
• In most of the countries that are visited in the program we have a widely extended medical assistance, with clinics in the most remote areas of the countries. Anyway, if you suffer from a chronic disease or allergy, etc., we recommend you bring your first aid kit or personal medications, especially when you are away from major cities.
• It is suggested to wear sunglasses and photographic and video cameras to keep the beautiful memories of your vacation.
• We recommend you always drink bottled and sealed mineral water during your stay in the different countries visited in the program.
• If hotels mentioned in the itinerary are already fully booked, we reserve the right to book another accommodation of equivalent standard.

Entry formalities: All citizens need a tourist visa for 3 months. Furthermore it is necessary to have a valid passport. It is recommended to check the residual validity in case of stop over before landing in Australia, we recommend having at least 6 months of remaining validity from the time of entry. No vaccinations are required. For more information, visit www.immi.gov.au

• The Australia e-Visa is one of the most popular electronically issued travel authorizations that is permitting visits for up to thirty (30) days and is valid for a three (3) months period. It's mandatory the visitor’s passport is valid for at least six (6) months from the date of arrival into Australia. https://www.australianevisa.com

• The government of Australia allows travelers to apply for a quick and easy electronic Visa (eVisa) to visit the country for tourist or business reasons. This is a mandatory document to enter Australia. Any person who wants to come to Australia must apply to get an eVisa. The eVisa for Australia is available for foreign citizens of any of the eligible countries and travelers must request it online prior to the travel. If the nationality of the passport is not on the list of eligible countries to apply for an online visa, the requester must go physically to the embassy and apply for the visa there. The tourist eVisa for Australia gives access to the country to all eligible citizens, for one or more entries, depending on the needs of the traveler. The online application on this website will ask you the nationality of the traveler, as well as the number of times the traveler wants to go to Australia, to assign correctly the corresponding eVisa.

• Eligible countries for the AUSTRALIA E-VISA. Any of the expected future travelers to AUSTRALIA that is a citizen or national from the any of the countries listed below are perfectly eligible to apply online for an AUSTRALIA E-VISA: CANADA, ANDORRA, AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, BRUNEI, BULGARIA, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, ICELAND, IRELAND, ITALY, JAPAN, LATVIA, LIECHTENSTEIN, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MALAYSIA, MALTA, MONACO, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, SAN MARINO, SINGAPORE, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SOUTH KOREA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES and VATICAN CITY.

Driving in Australia: circulation in Australia is on the left. An international driving license (Geneva Convention or Vienna equally accepted) or an official translation of our license is mandatory. To rent a car, you must be at least 21 years old and have held a driving license for at least 12 months; it is also mandatory to have a traditional credit card registered to the driver of the vehicle with the numbers in relief (non electron). Seat belt use is mandatory for all passengers in the vehicle.

Climate: The seasons in Australia are reversed compared to Europe, summer begins in December, autumn in March, winter in June and spring in September. Being a large country varies from a climatic point of view, the southern part of the country has cold winters that become even colder moving towards Tasmania, New South Wales and Victoria. Going up north the climate changes radically especially in the areas of Darwin and Cairns where there are only two seasons, a hot and humid one characterized by monsoons (from November to April) and one hot and dry (from May to October).

Time zones: Australia is divided into three different time zones: the western part (Western Australia) is 7h compared to Europe, the central one (Northern Territory and South Australia) 8h30 and the eastern one (Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland) 9h.

Currency: The national currency of Australia is the Australian dollar, you can request currency exchange at international banks, hotels and airports. It is possible to book at your bank a quantity of Australian dollars before the auction. All the necessary credit cards during the journey are accepted as they are required as a security deposit for both hotels and car rentals.

Medicines: Medicines imported into Australia for personal use are subject to controls and must be declared upon arrival. We advise you to bring the recipe or a letter from the treating doctor in English to explain your pathology and the properties of the drug.

Baggage: Please refer to the rules of the selected area company to make the trip.

Hotel stay: The room is check in at 14.00 onwards, the check out of the room must normally be by 11.00. Please refer to the policy of each hotel booked in case of different regulations. The definition of triple and quadruple room refers only to existing beds, such types do not exist with 3 or 4 beds except in exceptional cases.

Electricity: The electricity in Australia is 220-240 volts, AC 50Hz. The three-hole socket used in Australia is different from other countries: it is therefore advisable to use an adapter.

Telephony: The international prefix of Australia is 0061. The cellular coverage network is available throughout Australia, but may be limited in some isolated areas.

Rules and restrictions: Australia is a very restrictive country for what concerns the import and export of products. Among the things not to bring we find different types of food, live animals and animal products (such as shells, corals, feathers, bones, skins and furs), seeds and nuts, fresh fruits and vegetables, plant material. For a more complete list, visit the official website www.daf.gov.au.