SCANDINAVIAN, CAIRNS & GOLD COAST

Morning sightseeing tour with local guide in Helsinki to visit the historical centre and the diplomatic quarters, the Presidential Palace, City Hall, the Parliament Buildings, Finlandia Hall and the Opera House. Stop at Senate Square, the Sibelius Monument and at the Temppeliaukio Church in the rocks. End the tour at the harbour to board the overnight ferry for the crossing to Stockholm. Enjoy a Scandinavian buffet dinner on the ship. After dinner enjoy dance in the nightclub, linger in the various shops, or simply enjoy the scenery. Overnight on board ferry using outside cabins.

Enjoy a sumptuous Scandinavian breakfast buffet before arriving in Stockholm, but make sure to be out on deck as the ship sails into the beautiful Stockholm harbour. With its 24 000 islands, the Stockholm archipelago is quite unique. Around noon sightseeing tour in Stockholm, often called the “Beauty on Water” being built on 14 islands. Visit the Vasa ship museum to see the warship Vasa – the only remaining, intact 17th century ship in the world lunch en route. Dinner at restaurant. Overnight stay in Stockholm.

After breakfast you depart Stockholm to Oslo. In Oslo visit downtown Oslo, Vigeland Sculpture Park, Holmenkollen and the Viking Ships museum. Dinner and overnight

A special day when you travel on the hair-pin bend roads through valleys and up to high mountains. Majestic, snowcovered mountain peaks, beautiful and wild waterfalls, lush, green vegetation and the deep blue waters of the fjord - yes, it really is like something taken from a fairy tale Lunch en route. Dinner and overnight stay in Geiranger.

Drive through the beautiful Norwegian fjord area. From Geiranger to Hellesylt cruise on the Geirangerfjord that is called the most beautiful fjord in the world. Here you will find scenery that will leave you breathless. Make a stop to look at the magnificent glaciers in Briksdal. Evening tour with the funicular to the top of Mount Flöyen. Dinner at restaurant. Overnight stay in Bergen.

Today will be a longer drive from Bergen to Oslo. Lunch en route. On arrival, check –into hotel and rest Dinner at restaurant. Overnight stay in Oslo.

Morning drive through Norway and back in to Sweden. Drive along the Swedish west coast to Gothenburg. Lunch at restaurant After lunch go on a sightseeing tour to learn about this friendly city, founded in the 17th century by the king Gustav Adolf II. In the 18th century the city become rich because of the East India Company´s trading with India and China. Gothenburg is today the seat for multinational companies like Volvo, Eriksson and SKF. It’s Scandinavia's biggest port and has a lively fish-harbour. Dinner at restaurant. Overnight stay in Gothenburg,

Morning travel along the beautiful Swedish west coast from Gothenburg to Copenhagen. From Malmö in Sweden you drive over the long Öresund Bridge to Copenhagen on the Danish side. Copenhagen’s one-thousand-year history has been written by ambitious kings, inspiring artists and celebrated designers as is evident in its historical buildings, ancient streets, dozens of world-class museums and galleries. Afternoon sightseeing tour of Copenhagen. On the tour you drive through the colourful canal district, past the National Museum and Christiansborg Palace, home to the Danish Parliament. Continue on to The Old Stock Exchange and across Kongens Nytorv. The tour continues past the colourful harbour district of Nyhavn to Amalienborg Palace - winter residence of the Royal Family. Here you have the chance to see the changing of the Danish Royal Guard. This is followed by a visit to the Gefion Fountain and the Little Mermaid, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy-tale. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner at restaurant. Overnight stay in Copenhagen.

Checkout from hotel rooms by 11 AM In time transfer to the airport for flight back home.