OCEANIA
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Meet your Tour Director and check into hotel
Welcome meeting and orientation
Training session led by your coaching staffParticipate in a training session at a local field in the area.
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40 minutes by ferry from Auckland, a visit to Waiheke Island comes with white sandy beaches, walking trails to explore, and quiet reprieve from the mainland. Experience the native New Zealand rainforest on twin zip lines and discover the evolving landscape in a totally different way.
Friendly matchPlay an international friendly match against a local club or academy team. Your team will meet and compete against athletes of similar ages and skill levels and have the opportunity to make friends for life.
Before you see Rotorua, you'll definitely smell it: sulfur. Consider it an introduction to a place that is completely unique. Rotorua offers a fascinating view into the earth's volcanic center. Clouds of steam seem to magically appear throughout the city from the city's four major thermal centers. One geyser erupts about 20 times a day and can spout up to 100 feet.
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland guided visitExplore Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal park, a unique natural landscape with vibrant colors, geysers, natural hot springs, and the largest mud pool in New Zealand.
Mt. Ngongotaha Skyline gondola and luge rideWe will visit a vantage point to view the Rotorua Skyline for an overview of the geography of Rotorua. While here, we will take an amazing luge adventure ride with Skyline Skyrides.
Tamaki Maori Village visit including Maori experience and Hangi dinnerMaori culture comes alive as you experience Indigenous traditions and get a real look at the history and honor of the Maori people. Your hangi dinner is a feast cooked by ancient methods—it’s steamed by rocks buried beneath the ground in a pit called an umu.
Explore Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari, home to many of New Zealand's most endangered species.
Hobbiton movie set guided sightseeing visitFollow in the footsteps of Frodo and Bilbo Baggins into the miniature world of The Shire, the home of hobbits. Whether you have seen the Lord of The Rings trilogy or not, you will undoubtedly appreciate the efforts that went into the creation of this elaborate outdoor movie set from a still operational sheep farm. From a giant tree whose thousands of leaves were glued on to the tiny pottery of a hobbit craftsman, careful attention was paid to infinite details. Your guide entertains you with tales of what went on during filming, and how director Peter Jackson created illusions through the camera. At the end of the tour, you cross a stone bridge to the true-to-life Green Dragon Pub.
Travel to Auckland
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Serve as Global Sports Ambassadors and spread the love of sport to the youth of another country or support a local community. These opportunities can take different forms, including providing a coaching clinic for a youth or special needs team, working with a local school, or supporting community projects and events.
Tamaki Hikoi visitor center guided visit
Free time to exploreExplore notable landmarks and discover hidden gems on your own time.
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Attend a Women’s World Cup matchCheer on the top national teams from around the world as they battle it out on the pitch to take home the coveted WWC trophy. (Match subject to scheduling and availability).
Fly to Sydney
Training session led by your coaching staffParticipate in a training session at a local field in the area.
Dinner
See Sydney, Australia's beautiful waterfront city. A licensed, local guide will take you to Darling Harbor, a bustling entertainment and shopping center. Visit one of the city's most well-known symbols, the Sydney Opera House, majestically poised between the Harbour Bridge and the Royal Botanic Garden.
Stadium Australia guided tourOriginally built for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Stadium Australia is a multi-purpose venue that hosts professional rugby, cricket, and football leagues, in addition to concert performances. Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the second largest stadium in Australia, which is big enough to fit four Boeing 747s!
Friendly matchPlay an international friendly match against a local club or academy team. Your team will meet and compete against athletes of similar ages and skill levels and have the opportunity to make friends for life.
Dinner
Grab your walking shoes and get ready for a coastal trek unlike any other! Follow the paved pathway from Sydney’s Bondi Beach to Coogee Beach, about 5.5 km (3.4 miles) away. Along the route, you’ll spot spectacular clifftops, Aboriginal rock carvings, a heritage listed cemetery, ocean baths, and maybe even a humpback whale.
Surf lesson on Bondi BeachGood on ya, mate. It’s time to grab a board, catch a wave and hang ten. Well, after some first-class lessons and lots and lots of practice! Starting on the sand and then progressing to the sea, budding surfers will spend about an hour and a half learning the tricks of the trade from some of Bondi’s most colorful surfers and lifeguards. Surfboards and wetsuits are all part of the package, along with everything you need to get you surfing in style.
Professional coaching clinicParticipate in a special coaching clinic with a guest coach, player, or instructor. The clinic will be designed exclusively for the team and to enhance skills in areas identified by the coaching staff.
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Spend a day at the scenic Blue Mountain National Park. Travel through rainforests and encounter new plants and wildlife. Observe the amazing sandstone rock formation known as the Three Sisters. The Blue Mountains offer a variety of lookout points for you to take in the views. Later, you’ll experience even more cuteness at the Featherdale Wildlife Park where koalas, kangaroos, and Tasmanian devils await your visit.
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Attend a Women’s World Cup matchCheer on the top national teams from around the world as they battle it out on the pitch to take home the coveted WWC trophy. (Match subject to scheduling and availability).
Soak up some sunshine and inhale the scent of the sea at the iconic Manly Beach, home of the world’s first surfing competition in 1964. Make your way from Manly Wharf, the ferry’s passenger terminal, to The Corso, a lively pedestrian-only boulevard lined with more than 200 shops and eateries, street performers, and more.
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Sydney Rocks ghost tourExplore spooky off-limit locations and learn about the dark and creepy history of The Rocks at the most haunted spot in Sydney.
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