Alps and Diving: 8 days in New Zealand and Australia

This couple started in New Zealand's adventure capital, Queenstown, in a lovely lakeside lodge before their coach trip to Milford Sound. There, they boarded a small ship for an overnight cruise of this amazing fiord. In Milford Sound, the mountains rise sharply from the seas, their steep sides filled with ferns and waterfalls. Late that afternoon, they kayaked among dolphins and New Zealand fur seals.

Then it was off to Australia's Great Barrier Reef. After a brief visit in Brisbane, they flew to one of Australia's top dive sites, Heron Island. Their 5-night package included all meals -- and snorkeling right on the reef, as this is one of the few resorts actually built on the reef itself.