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Essential Australia Reviews | Distant Journeys Reviews

Name: Essential Australia
Rating: 4.9 (15 reviews)

15 out of 67 reviews

Time:

Past year

Trusted Customer

1 month ago

Date of purchase: 04/12/2024

Essential Australia

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Very well Organised & great tours. Tour director was super efficient and very friendly.

Rebecca Flinn

Distant Journeys

1 month ago

Thank you for your feedback of your Essential Australia tour. We are so pleased you felt that the the tour was well organised and the tour manager was of such a great standard. We hope you chose to travel with us again soon. Warmest Regards, Distant Journeys!

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Michael Rhodes

2 months ago

Date of purchase: 03/05/2024

Essential Australia

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Absolutely fantastic. A great trip from start to finish. Everything was brilliantly organised and the guide was excellent

Rebecca Flinn

Distant Journeys

2 months ago

Thank you for your 5-star review of your South Africa Tour and your fantastic feedback. We are glad you felt the trip was well organised throughout. Warmest Regards, Distant Journeys!

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Avril Chaplin

2 months ago

Date of purchase: 02/02/2024

Essential Australia

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Fabulous holiday very well organised 🤩

Rebecca Flinn

Distant Journeys

2 months ago

A 5-star review, thank you very much. We are so pleased you had a lovely holiday with us and thanks for choosing us, Warmest regards, Distant Journeys!

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Terence Hall

3 months ago

Date of purchase: 02/12/2024

Essential Australia

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It was a good trip the only issue was the time at Uluru which was basically a rush to fit everything in. The other blip was in Sydney where a member of the group had her bag stolen in the Hotel. The...

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Rebecca Flinn

Distant Journeys

3 months ago

Thank you for your feedback and 4-star review. It is great to hear that you in all your enjoyed your trip and that it was well organised and that you felt you got to experience a real flavour of Australia as every itinerary is designed with this in mind. Thank you again, Distant Journeys

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Nicole Cairns

3 months ago

Date of purchase: 07/18/2024

Essential Australia

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Organised flights and tours and professional tour guides

Rebecca Flinn

Distant Journeys

3 months ago

Thank you for your feedback and 5-star review, here are Distant Journeys, we believe that in order for a tour to be successful it must be well organised with professional guides so, we are glad you had this experience. Warmest regards, Distant Journeys.

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Trusted Customer

3 months ago

Date of purchase: 02/03/2025

Essential Australia

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Extremely well organised got to see a lot of Australia in the time . Meet lovely people and shared some amazing experiences. If we had done ourselves would not of seen half of what we did on tour .

Rebecca Flinn

Distant Journeys

3 months ago

Thank you for your 5-star review of Australia. We are very pleased you that the daily tours were well organised and varied and that this holiday allowed you to discover beautiful Australia alongside some wonderful people. Warmest Regards, Distant Journeys.

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Trusted Customer

3 months ago

Date of purchase: 03/08/2025

Essential Australia

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Australia was amazing. Dubious was not.

Rebecca Flinn

Distant Journeys

3 months ago

Thank you for your feedback, we are delighted you enjoyed your Australia tour. Thank you for choosing us we really do appreciate your custom. Warm Regards, Distant Journeys

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Nigel Davies

3 months ago

Date of purchase: 03/08/2025

Essential Australia

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Well organised with the tour visiting pretty well all the top ‘must see’ places in Australia. All done at an acceptable price! Definitely an excellent choice if you are only ever going to make one...

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Rebecca Flinn

Distant Journeys

3 months ago

Thank you for your feedback, we are delighted you felt your tur was both of great quality and great value for price, we try and provide all customers with a great flavour for a country so we are pleased to hear this was your experience. Warmest Regards, Distant Journeys.

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Martin Holt

3 months ago

Date of purchase: 01/19/2024

Essential Australia

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Everything the brochure said…and more. Great value for money too.

Rebecca Flinn

Distant Journeys

3 months ago

Thank you for your feedback. we are so delighted to hear you enjoyed your holiday and that we were able to meet and exceed your expectation. Thank you for choosing us. Warmest Regards, Distant Journeys

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Trusted Customer

3 months ago

Date of purchase: 03/08/2025

Essential Australia

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As my first solo venture, I felt very well looked after. All flights and excursions were very well organised, all in all a fantastic trip.

Rebecca Flinn

Distant Journeys

3 months ago

Thank you for your feedback. Here at Distant Journeys we appreciate how nerve racking solo travel can be, for this reason we are delighted to hear you felt looked after throughout your trip. Thank you for choosing us, we hope we have given you the confidence to travel with us again. Warmest Regards, Distant Journeys

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