Day 1:
The tour begins in Vancouver. We fly to Los Angeles. We have our “get acquainted” meeting in Los Angeles. We board our New Zealand air flight to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands of the South Pacific.

Day 2:
We arrive in Rarotonga early in the morning. The brothers meet us at the airport, sing to us, kiss us and put flowers around our necks. We check into the Pacific Resort, then have a FREE DAY to explore the resort and enjoy the beaches. Dinner at the resort.

Day 3:
Today we spend with our Rarotonga brothers and sisters. After breakfast at the resort, a bus will take us to the Kingdom Hall for the meeting in the morning. After the meeting we go back to the resort to change our
clothes and relax on the beach. In the evening we join our brothers gain for a BBQ and some local entertainment and good association.

Day 4:
FREE DAY. After breakfast we suggest an early morning visit to the town. Enjoy the beach, do some snorkeling, explore the island, take a free canoe off the beach, walk across the water to the island or just relax.
Dinner at the resort.

Day 5:
FREE DAY. Take an optional bus tour around the island. Stop for lunch cooked in an earth oven. Back to the resort to enjoy the beach and water activities. Dinner at the hotel with some traditional entertainment.

Day 6:
After an early morning breakfast we check out of the resort and leave for Auckland, New Zealand. WE CROSS THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE. Make sure to wear your dress clothes.

Day 7:
We arrive in Auckland and are taken by coach to the New Zealand Bethel. We may have lunch or refreshments with the Bethel Family, and then we tour the facilities. We are then taken by coach to our hotel in downtown Auckland, The City Life Hotel. The rest of the afternoon is FREE. Suggest a look around the town. Dinner at the hotel.

Day 8:
FREE DAY. Suggest shopping or exploring. Perhaps a boat ride across the bay to the town of Davenport for some interesting site-seeing and antique shopping. We may want to take a bus tour of the city and see some historical sites. Dinner at the hotel.

Day 9:
After breakfast at the hotel we have a full day of touring and sight-seeing. You may want to take an optional bus tour of the Glow Worm Caves in Waitomo and the Thermal Valley in Rotorua, then to the Agrodome for sheep shearing demonstrations. Dinner at the Hotel.

Day 10:
Breakfast at the hotel. Today we go to the Kingdom Hall for a morning meeting, public talk and Watchtower Study. After the meeting we go back to the hotel and change into our casual clothes to join the brothers and sisters from the Congregation for a BBQ in the evening.

Day 11:
Today we leave for Australia. We check into The York Apartment Hotel in Sydney. The rest of the day is FREE. We suggest you check out The Rocks Area. The hotel is only a few blocks from the famous Harbour Bridge and Opera House. Dinner is near the hotel.

Day 12:
After breakfast at the hotel you have a FREE DAY. Relax, sleep in. Continue your sight-seeing around Sydney.
You could take a ferry across the bay to the beaches. Dinner is back at the hotel.

Day 13:
Breakfast at the hotel. Today we visit the Branch Office of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Australia. We may have lunch with the Bethel Family. In the afternoon we tour the beautiful Assembly Hall near Bethel. We travel a short distance to a traditional Australian Homestead with beautiful gardens, sheep shearing, boomerang throwing, tea and bread making, wine tasting, and a tour of the 19th century buildings, etc. Back to the hotel for dinner.

Day 14:
FREE DAY. After breakfast at the hotel, this is your chance to see everything you ever wanted to see in Sydney, Australia. Suggest shopping, sight-seeing in the rocks, a boat cruise of the harbour, a climb to the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Perhaps a visit to the zoo or just lay on the beach at Manly across the bay. Dinner location tonight
is a surprise!

Day 15:
FREE DAY. You are on your own for shopping, sight-seeing or just relaxing at the hotel. Whatever you do, remember you are in Australia and enjoy yourself. Dinner at the hotel.

Day 16:
We have an early breakfast and leave for Fiji. We fly to Auckland and change planes for the trip to Nadi, Fiji. We arrive in the early evening. Our coach picks us up and takes us to our home for the next six days. The Sheraton Fiji Resort. We have dinner in one of the several restaurants in the hotel and relax in the evening.

Day 17:
Today we go to the meeting with the Nadi Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses. We are back at the resort for the afternoon to relax. Then in the late afternoon we are picked up at the resort and taken to meet the brothers and sisters in the congregation for an enjoyable evening together, including dinner and entertainment.

Day 18:
FREE DAY. Enjoy the Sheraton Fiji Resort. Take a swim and relax around any one of the three beautiful swimming pools. Play a round of golf. Walk out in the ocean or take a free sail boat out for a spin. Catch up on your reading on the beach. Dinner is at the hotel.

Day 19:
After breakfast at the hotel we visit the Fiji Branch Office of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Suva. This is a three hour bus ride across the country. Have a good look at the Fijian Landscape. We enjoy a tour and the brothers at the Branch show us warm hospitality. We return to our resort for dinner.

Day 20:
FREE DAY. After breakfast do whatever you would like to enjoy your vacation. We suggest the pool, the beach, the ocean and other facilities at the resort. Take a walk along the beach or play golf today, if it’s not too hot. Decide where you are going to have dinner.

Day 22:
FREE DAY. Today you may want to take a boat trip to one of the many other islands of Fiji and enjoy swimming and the beautiful scenery. You may also want to just stay at the resort and enjoy all of the facilities. Many things to do besides preparing for the Watchtower Study tomorrow. Dinner at the hotel.

Day 23:
Our departure day. Our plane for Los Angeles leaves at 10:00 pm. We have a late check-out at the resort. We have a farewell dinner together. We arrive in Los Angeles on the same day that we leave. WE HAVE AGAIN
CROSSED THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE AND GAINED BACK THE DAY WE LOST. We change planes and fly to Vancouver.
Back home we review the trip. We have made many new friends, we have many pictures to share and we have been encouraged spiritually and have some wonderful memories that will last forever.