Celebrity Opens Bookings Cruise Land Options in Oz

Celebrity Cruises is partnering with local Australian tour operators to provide two pre- or post-cruise Australia land tours in its inaugural season in Australia and New Zealand starting November 2007.

Guests on the Celebrity Mercury, which will operate six 15-day sailings in the region, can choose between two “cruise tours” out of Sydney.

A three-night tour spends one night in Sydney and two nights in Cairns while a five-night trip includes an overnight in Sydney and two nights each in Ayers Rock and Port Douglas. Both land options are open for bookings.

The Celebrity Mercury will sail between Auckland, New Zealand, and Sydney from December 2007 through March 2008, visiting such destinations as Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Dusky Sound, Doubtful Sound, and Milford Sound in New Zealand, as well as Melbourne, Newcastle, and Sydney in Australia.