University of North Carolina Athletics
Take A Trip Down Under With UNC Women's Basketball
December 9, 1999 | General
Dec. 9, 1999
Travel to Australia with the Tar Heels
UNC's women's basketball team will head 'Down Under' May 18-June 1, 2000.
An International Basketball Journey
Travel to Australia with Coach Sylvia Hatchell and the Tar Heel women's basketball team
May 18-June 1, 2000
Trip Information
May 18-June 1, 2000
Cost is $3,345 per person (coach class, double occupancy)
(Price based on airfare as of Sept. 30, 1999, and subject to change)
Tour includes: Roundtrip air transportation, 12 nights in four-star hotels, Full buffet breakfast daily, Travel in a private, deluxe, air-conditioned motorcoach, Services of a Sports Tours International escort, Admission to three international basketball games, Optional sight-seeing excursions (admission costs extra), Transfers to and from airports to hotels, Baggage handling available at traveler's expense, Pre-departure travel information packet
Not included: Admission costs to optional sight-seeing excursions, Baggage, trip cancellation and interruption, medical and emergency evacuation insurance, Excess baggage on flights, Passport and visa fees, Immunizations, Personal items (e.g. baggage porterage, laundry, telephone/fax charges), Beverages and meals (other than breakfast), Gratuities to drivers and guides
For more information, contact Judy Lueck, Sport Tours, at (414) 228-7337 or Shannon Spencer, UNC women's basketball, at (919) 962-9963
Itinerary
May 18 Depart Raleigh, N.C.May 19 Cross international date line
May 20 Arrive Auckland, New Zealand
May 21 Tour Rotorua, stopping by Waitomo Caves
May 22 Morning free, Fly to Sydney in mid-afternoon, Practice in Sydney
May 23 Tour The Rocks area and Sydney Opera House Game #1
May 24 Tour Darling Harbor and Sydney Aquarium Game #2
May 25 Tour of Homebush Bay Olympic site, Featherdale Wildlife Park Evening Sydney Harbor cruise
May 26 Fly to Cairns
May 27 Tour Cairns Game #3
May 28 Kuranda Rainforest and Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park
May 29 Cruise to Great Barrier Reef
May 30 Free day at beach
May 31 White-water rafting on Tully River
June 1 Return to Raleigh, N.C.
Highlights
- Travel with Coach Hatchell and your Tar Heels to New Zealand and Australia
- Watch the Tar Heels play three exciting international games
- Visit Auckland, New Zealand's most cosmopolitan city, built around 14 extinct volcanoes and two harbors
- For an unforgettable, eerie adventure, visit the three Waitomo Caves in Rotorua
- Tour Sydney, Australia, and see the famous Opera House
- Tour the Homebush Bay Olympic site
- Explore one of the world's most magnificent reefs, the Great Barrier Reef
- Walk in the lush Kuranda Rainforest
- See the Tjapukai Dancers, a world-famous Aboriginal dance troupe in the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park
- White-water raft the Tully River
