SATURDAY DEALS AUGUST 15
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HOME ON THE RANGES
Wilpena Pound Resort is the only accommodation in the Flinders Ranges National Park. The resort has 60 rooms, as well as 46 powered sites plus permanent tents. Opened last year, the Ikara Safari Camp offers more of a 'glamping' experience with 15 ensuite safari tents set in secluded bush. They have king beds and little luxuries. Save up to 45 per cent at both Wilpena Pound Resort and Ikara Safari Camp for spring and summer stays.
Wilpena Pound Resort stays start at $130 a night in standard rooms and Safari Tents at Ikara Safari Camp start at $161 a night. Valid for sale till September 21 and for travel until March 31. A three-night minimum stay applies.
Phone 1800 805 802. See wilpenapound.com.au.
VILLA PEOPLE
Villa Select is offering properties for northern autumn stays at rates up to 80 per cent off summer peak. For example on the Ionian Island of Kefalonia, Greece, Villa Riaki is a short walk to a beach, offering far reaching sea views, swimming pool, barbecue and sleeps four. A seven-night stay in October costs £303 ($637). Or in Mallorca where the average temperature is around 24C in October, Villa Gardenia is a four-bedroom property near the beach resort of Puerto Pollensa and Pollensa's cobbled old town. A seven-night stay commencing October 10 costs £448 ($942), 79 per cent less than July.
See villaselect.com.
AFRICAN DREAM
Get three nights for the price of two at Sanctuary Makanyane Safari Lodge. On private ground within Madikwe Game Reserve, one of South Africa's best, the lodge has eight suites, each with glass-walled bedrooms offering uninterrupted views of the surrounding forest and the Marico River.
Enjoy morning and night game drives to spot the big five, guided walks, birding expeditions, bush dinners and sundowners. There is also a spa, an award-winning wine cellar, gym and a swimming pool.
The three nights cost US$830 ($1126) a person, for stays before August 31, then May 1–August 31, 2016. Phone (03) 9536 1831. See www.sanctuaryretreats.com.
WEST COAST RULER
Take 25 per cent off an 18-day tour of Australia's west coast from Perth to Exmouth. Highlights include sleeping in a swag in Cape Le Grand National Park, wine tasting in Margaret River and see the marine life at Shark Bay. You visit Coral Bay, Carnarvon, Monkey Mia, Kalbarri, Horrocks, Kalgoorlie, Margaret River, Albany and Esperance. Experiences include a Super Pit gold mine tour in Kalgoorlie, short hikes in the Stirling Ranges, treetop canopy walk, surf lesson, Aboriginal canoe trip and more. You get 23 meals, 12 nights in various quality hotels, four nights swag camping and one night in cabin.
The discount applies to the September 27 departure. It costs $3337 a person. Phone 1300 180 969. See gadventures.com.au. Trip Code: OAPW.
THE WHOLE ENCHILADA
Save 20 per cent on Cruise Traveller's 'Grand South America Discovery' holiday. The 39-night adventure starts with return flights to Argentina before a cruise aboard G Expedition, visiting Isla de la Plata, off Ecuador's coast, Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley before heading north to the Darien Jungle. Transit the Panama Canal and a great deal more. The expedition voyage includes a night in a hotel in Buenos Aires, in Cartagena, Ushuaia and Cusco and two nights in El Valle Sagrado. Flights from Lima to Cusco and Cusco to Trujillo are included as well as lots of excursions. Disembark in Cartagena.
Departs Australia on March 20, 2016. Discount price from $25,399, a person twin share, if booked by September 18. Phone 1800 507 777. See www.cruisetraveller.com.au.
JULIETTA JAMESON