Australian Pacific Tours (APT) is an Australian family-owned travel company specialising in luxury cruises and tours both in Australia and overseas. APT is best known for its cruises of Alaska, Canada, and the rivers of Europe. As well as its range of cruises, APT offers an extensive range of land and rail tours throughout Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Africa and the South Pacific.

 

Why travel with APT

  • More than 85 years experience
  • Fully-inclusive and guaranteed tour pricing
  • Cruise, train, land and air tours available
  • Australian family-owned company
  • Muti award-winning company

 

Popular APT tours

  • Magnificent Europe (15 days)
  • Essence of the Outback (12 days)
  • Best of South America (20 days)
  • Mitchell Plateau Wonders (1 day)
  • Great Bear Experience (4 days)

 

Memorable experiences await you

Founded in 1927, APT has been a true pioneer of Australia's travel industry, and remains at the forefront of this competitive market. All of APT's prices are fully inclusive and guaranteed, so you can rest assured there'll be no hidden expenses along the way.

APT also maintains its 'Freedom of Choice' mentality, providing you with multiple tour extras at no extra cost, allowing you to personalise your travel experience. So if you wish to tour a mine in the Australian Outback, visit a Maasai village while in East Africa, see the homes of movie stars in Los Angeles, or something entirely different, APT makes it easy.

 

Travel with a purpose

APT’s sister company Botanica World Discoveries offers botanically themed river cruises that combine a passion for travel and flora and fauna and are guided by a Botanica expert. Offering cruises in Europe and UK, Australia and NZ, Asia and Africa as well as North and South America. Popular Botanica cruises include the cruising along the River Seine, a trip to Holland to see the tulips in bloom, London’s famous Chelsea Flower Show and private gardens of London tour.

Booking a tour with APT also supports the APT Charitable and Conservation Foundation, which operates several important conservation initiatives around Australia. Projects supported by the foundation include the Tasmanian Devil Sponsorship Program, the Mornington Peninsular Sanctuary and the Brooklyn Sanctuary.

 

Did you know...

  • APT has a climate change project team, advanced ecotourism facilities, community support programs and an indigenous cultural heritage initiative
  • Many APT travellers do so on their own, making new friends throughout the tour
  • You can leave your APT tour during the trip and rejoin at anytime while it's still running 

 

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Explore APT Tours

"Wlad's attention to details combined with a very pleasant disposition on the Best of South America tour made the whole trip a very enjoyable and memorable one. Wlad is a gem, don't lose him."

Des & Glenda

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"Last week we returned from our 15 Day Top End and Kimberley Discovery Tour with APT. We wanted to contact you to let you know how much we enjoyed the experience. Every aspect of the tour was outstanding. The meals were excellent and the accommodation was very comfortable. We especially enjoyed staying in the APT Wilderness Lodges at Hawk Dreaming, the Bungle Bungles, Mitchell Falls and at Bell Gorge.

These camps provided a welcome piece of luxury in the wilderness. The friendly and helpful staff at each of the lodges made us feel so welcome. Particular mention must be made of our driver, Michael. We could not have asked for a better guide through the Kimberley. ‘Chappy’ is such an interesting and engaging person. He has an obvious enthusiasm for this special part of Australia. His commentary was both informative and entertaining. We were most fortunate to have had Michael as our Driver/Guide. 

Already, we are looking through the APT brochures at possible destinations for our next holiday. We would thoroughly recommend APT and this particular tour from Darwin to Broome. We were taken to many special places, saw some amazing sights and were looked after superbly by the APT staff. It really was a wonderful experience. Thank you."

Mr & Mrs Dunshea 

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"Rarely do your arrive home and remain on a 'relaxed HIGH' for weeks afterwards.... But this tour was so enthralling, entertaining and eye-opening; it must rank as one of the best experiences we have shared. While skilfully guided, superbly fed and absolutely entertained by inclusions the highlitghts were our outstanding inboard and local guides, who interacted on a personal level, sharing their wonderful humour throughout our time with them.

Ignore any negative blogging, MS AMA Katarina is beautifully set up, maintained and operated, and our cabin (219), comfortable and perfectly located (great advice from APT consultant when we booked)."

Mr Wright 

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"What a fantastic trip. The scenery was superb and experiences unreal. Much of the success of the tour was due to our super Tour Director, Zita Abarcheli. She moulded us into a cohesive group allowing us to get to know each other well. Her advice and enthusiasm was greatly appreciated. Zita was able to ensure that each of us as individuals were taken care of appropriately. APT have quality in this Tour Director. Thank you APT and many thanks, Zita."

Donna

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"Following our trip to Canada we would like to congratulate all APT staff on their professionalism, dedication to service and exceptional dedication to detail. Our tour leader Dale Pollard and our driver Les were tireless and made the trip a totally enjoyable experience.  Also the Melbourne experience when booking two further trips with Sales Consultant Paul Godfrey were efficient and informative which made our decision-making easier particularly to do with details such as hotels, flights and cabin choices."

Eileen & Jim