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Short Breaks & City Breaks

Looking for a long weekend away, an easy stopover package, or some extra time in a destination you love? With our independent city breaks and short breaks your accommodation, transport and local guides are organised, so you can simply enjoy those places and experiences that are harder to arrange on your own. With less time, let someone else look after the logistics so you can get on with travelling.

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Discover Top experiences and highlights you can enjoy on a short break

Sand Dune Safari in the UAE

Sand Dune Safari in the UAE

Travelling through Dubai or Abu Dhabi? Enjoy a stopover with transfers arranged, a convenient handpicked hotel, time to explore the city and a thrilling desert safari.

Halong Bay Junk Cruise

Halong Bay Junk Cruise

Weave through the limestone karsts on a traditional junk boat. Kayak the bay and watch the sunset from the deck - a perfect addition to your tour of Vietnam.

Cape Leveque – an absolute pearler!

Cape Leveque – an absolute pearler!

Travel Western Australia’s Dampier Peninsula where flame coloured cliffs meet turquoise waters, the pearling industry has deep roots, and a rich Indigenous heritage holds strong.

Stay a week…

Stay a week…

Enjoy more time to go beyond the iconic. Sightsee the highlights of Rome and relax in the cafes, check out Big Ben and find the best high tea in London, or climb the Eiffel tower and sample plenty of baguettes and croissants in Paris.

Explore Kakadu National Park

Explore Kakadu National Park

Explore the incredible landscapes, discover the Aboriginal rock art, look out for the native wildlife and cruise the Yellow Water Billabong of Kakadu. Continue to Katherine Gorge, Litchfield National Park or Arnhem Land on your short break.

Recent Reviews What our clients are saying about their Short Break and City Break experiences

Trekking in Torres del Paine National Park     , VIC, Australia, Mar 2024
The trip with G Adventures was excellent - the team really looked after us. The trek itself was beautiful, but too short! I recommend if you have more time, to take a few extra days to fully enjoy the park. The food and accommodation provided fully met our expectations. The team leading the hike were professional, fun and solved any problem we had. ...read more As for Global Journeys, our coordinator Hannah was outstanding. She was always available to answer any questions we had when organising the trip.
Indian Pacific Perth to Sydney - mixed feelings   , NSW, Australia, Jan 2024
Our first leg from Perth to Adelaide was very good and warm-hearted. The crew provided clear instructions, were welcoming, attentive, calm, composed, engaging, interactive and present. Very special mentions to the following staff: Lee, Esther, Caleb, Andrew (he made great coffees). I would give it 5 star ratings all round. We missed the Karlgoorlie ...read more stopover but was given a refund. So we spent most of our days on the train except for Cook and Adelaide. We decided to give the Blue Mountains a miss as we had already been there many times.

We thought we would enjoy the rest of the journey on the train but we were very wrong to do so due to the changeover of staff at Adelaide that made the train journey very lack-lustre. The changeover of the crew from the Adelaide to Sydney leg was surprisingly and very significantly very poor and different in comparison. In the second leg, Nick was the standout staff for initiative and engagement with the guests. The poorest service came from Jessica - very disappointing. She was curt with very little eye contact with us and also was curt with the staff. The second batch of staff did not run smoothly and did not have the camaraderie and morale observed in the first leg. In taking our breakfast orders, Jessica interacted mostly with the other couple seated at our table and not with us… she took their orders and half-heartedly took my order (only when I asserted myself with an 'Excuse me, I would like to order!) and totally ignored and overlooked my husband’s orders although he was seated next to me.

We found this extremely strange behaviour. When she brought the shared toast for our table, she only spoke to the other couple at our table ‘this is for you’, no eye contact whatsoever with us. It made me quite uncomfortable and awkward. From this experience when the actual food arrived, the scrambled eggs were merely a torn-up omelette (it was very lack lustre and dry).
It was quite obvious in my observation that many in this team were merely functional and lacked the zest and joy of professional hospitality service compared to the first team.

Bed bunks also weren’t put back after breakfast, we had to wait and then look for a crew member to help us put it back up otherwise we were not able to sit in our rooms after an awful breakfast experience. The 2nd leg is a 2 out of 5 rating. This brings my overall travel experience rating down significantly as this is the final part of our journey.
Cycling in South Australia   , WA, Australia, Nov 2023
The staff at Global Journeys have always been helpful and ensured from start to finish of our booking we are well provided with important information to ensure our holiday goes smoothly. We had an excellent guide for our cycling holiday as well as a great driver of our van, both from South Australia and passionate about their State. We traveled in November ...read more and had perfect weather for our trip, however the following week Adelaide experienced flooding, so this time of the year can be unpredictable. Accommodation was very good, breakfast was included, two mornings we were given breakfast in our room a very cheap option for an expensive holiday.
Another AAT Kings Delight   , CA, United States, Oct 2023
This was our third journey with AAT Kings and as before the guide and driver were excellent. The drive to Monkey Mia is long but there were frequent stops all of which added to our knowledge of Australia its peoples, environment and culture.

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