Bountiful Beauty from Bombay to Bali

Your fly, stay and cruise package includes:

• $1000 flight credit per person
• 3 nights accommodation in Mumbai (Bombay)
• Temples and mosques tour
• The flavours of Mumbai Tour
• 12 night cruise onboard Celebrity Millennium, Bombay to Singapore
• 12 night cruise onboard Celebrity Millennium, Singapore to Bali
• A wide range of onboard activities & entertainment
• Port charges & prepaid gratuities onboard your cruises
• 3 nights accommodation in Ubud with Private Pool & Breakfast
• Full Day Private Car Hire with Chauffeur
• 3 nights accommodation in Seminyak including Breakfast
• Full Day 3 Sister Islands Cruise
• Select private transfers

***Rate is based on twin share for travel 8 December 2022 to 11 January 2024***

Temples and mosques tour
Post breakfast drive into the suburbs of Mumbai city with a short stop at the beautiful mausoleum Haji Ali. The serene white mosque holds the tomb of the Muslim Saint Haji Ali, who died while on a Haj to Mecca. It is said the casket containing his body, drifted on the sea currents, found its way back to Mumbai. The mosque can be reached only at low tides via a concrete causeway, and appears to be floating in the sea during the monsoon season. Continue to the temple Guruvayoor Ram Mandir, dedicated to lord Rama. Believed by Hindus to be the most famous incarnation of God, Lord Rams’s life is recorded in the books, The Ramayana (The Journey of Rama), considered one of the world’s oldest texts, and cherished throughout India and Asia for millennia. Proceed to the Vishnu Temple, built in the South Indian temple-style, where the gopuram, or tall tower-gateway, is built over the doorway of the temple and images of the gods are crafted from black granite. Following these visits, we drive back to the city for a spiritual stop at ISKCON, an amazing temple of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. The Lord “Krishna” often blue and playing a flute has a mischievous nature and his peasant background and legendry exploits with the milkmaids have made him of the most popular gods. We witness the prayer chanting offered for the welfare of humanity in this stunning temple. Across the street, we arrive at the Babulnath Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, situated on the south east slope of posh Malabar Hill. Drive along-side Marine Drive, Mumbai's seaside promenade, to see its shops, restaurants, bars and throngs of people. At the northern end of Marine Drive, you will find popular Chowpatty Beach. Continue to the Afghan Church built by the British to commemorate the dead of the disastrous defeat in the First Afghan war of 1838. The imposing edifice was constructed using locally available buff-colored basalt and limestone. Inside it is known for its wide gothic arches and beautiful stained-glass windows. The chapel has a nave and aisle with a chancel 50 ft in length and 27 ft in width. Butterfield's tiles used for the geometric floor pattern were imported from England. End your tour by visiting Colaba Causeway Market, a narrow, busy street filled with shops and Indian designer boutiques. Souvenirs, trinkets and handicrafts are a highlight of this particular area and it is often referred to as a delightful visual introduction to the sights and sounds of ‘Maximum-City Mumbai’.

The flavours of Mumbai
After a leisurely breakfast, drive to Lalbagh market. The first thing that strikes you about Lalbagh market is its rural colour, a quality absent in other city markets; here one finds shops selling an array of spices, chillies, rustic lanterns, metal trunks and colourful cow bells of various sizes as gifts – articles which the migrant worker might take home on his periodic visits to the village. As the city evolved into a factory town and became the largest centre of India’s most important cotton industry, it became the heart of Mumbai’s textile mill villages, popular as a social meeting place for workers and their families. Visit the Crawford Market, named after Bombay's first municipal commissioner, Arthur Crawford. Poised between what was once the British Fort and the local town, the Crawford Market has elements of both. The markets façade features a blend of Flemish and Norman architecture, with a bas-relief above its main entrance depicting Indian peasants in wheat fields. Lockyard Kipling, father of the famous author Rudyard Kipling, designed the frieze; the Kipling’s' cottage still stands in the market to this day. The Crawford Market resembles a scene from Victorian London, with its sweet smell of hay and 50-foot-high sky-lit awning that bathes the entire venue in natural sunlight. As Mumbai's main wholesale market for fruit, since March 1996, you will find mountains of fresh fruits and vegetables amongst a wide variety of items for sale here. Next is a place where tide of human life rolls down the centre of the street, unruffled by vehicles from all quarters ploughing their way through it. No visit to Mumbai is complete without a foray into the bazaars of Bhuleshwar. The city’s densest concentration of lifestyle and retail jeweler’s stores is a crush of shop fronts, street stalls, hawkers and handicrafts and a seething mass of people. It may look like absolute chaos but the areas are closely knit, and cohesively built around the traditional residential complex, temples, flower markets, community halls, cow shelter and bazaars. Within a few square kilometres there are a dozen bazaars and more commodities for sale than you will see probably anywhere else in a lifetime. Later visit Colaba Causeway Market, a narrow, busy street filled with shops and Indian designer boutiques. Souvenirs, trinkets and handicrafts are a highlight of this particular area and it is often referred to as a delightful visual introduction to the sights and sounds of ‘Maximum-City Mumbai’.

Full Day Private Car Hire with Chauffeur
Your tour begins when you are picked up in the morning. Your Guide will discuss your itinerary with you to see if you wish to make any changes before you set off for the day. This tour will show you the impressive differences in nature all on this beautiful island, Bali. From the low land and relatively flat rice fields of Tabanan to the mountain region in Bedugul. A visit to the Bali butterfly Park is an opportunity to encounter rare and endemic species of butterflies. The Bali butterfly park in Tabanan is the island’s sole butterfly enclosure. Acres of charming grounds and intricately landscaped gardens make for a lovely home to these beautiful creatures. The vegetation changes as you continue to the alpine countryside. You will make a stop at Pacung, amidst beautiful rice terraces before you visit the colorful local fruit market of Candi Kuning, where you can find a variety of colorful flowers and tropical vegetables.You will see the attractive mountain resort of Bedugul and Lake Beratan where the delightful Ulun Danu Temple is located. The temple is set on a small promontory on the shores of Lake Beratan, home to Danu the Goddess of Water who is believed to control the island's irrigation system.You will continue to drive north along the winding road that will lead you to Gitgit Waterfalls. A short walk through the jungle reveals these beautiful falls. The return journey will take you through the Jatiluwih rice terraces which are on the world heritage list before heading back to your accommodation.

Full Day 3 Sister Islands Cruise
Enjoy a cruise to the south coast of Nusa Penida to visit pristine bays, deserted sandy beaches and to go snorkelling in unparalleled surroundings. Admire the wild, rugged coastline of the islands and be awe-struck by their towering coastal cliffs. Be at one with nature on this full day tour from Bali. After being picked up from your hotel we cruise to towards Penida Island where you can jump straight into action and go snorkelling in its crystal clear waters. Swim or go beach combing before cruising through the spectacular Ceningan Channel mangrove area. Visit a traditional seaweed farming village and enjoy lunch on board the boat, at a secluded beach or at Bali Hai Beach Club. Cruise on to Nusa Lembongan past towering limestone cliffs that drop straight into the sea, float by the Hole in the Rock or the Manta Point Gate and spot beautiful secluded beaches on this full day three island cruise.

Prices listed are per person in Australian/New Zealand Dollars, based on twin occupancy, including all discounts unless otherwise stated. The offer is subject to availability at time of booking and shown on the lowest Inside category available at the time. Fares are capacity controlled and are subject to change at any time without notice. Prices/Offers are correct as at 23 May 2022 and can be withdrawn without notice. Cabin categories include prepaid government fees and port taxes unless otherwise stated.  Hotels may charge resort fees not included in this package, payable direct upon check in. Visas are not included. Airfares are based on economy class flights from Sydney and are subject to the carriers’ flight schedules and conditions, please call us for prices from other cities. Payments made by credit card will incur a surcharge.