China specialist Nexus Holidays has begun an expansion of its tour-cruise options, aimed at capitalising on a thriving cruise sector and rising interest in its biggest-selling destination.
The tour operator has released a new fly, tour, cruise product, combining a nine-night China tour and a four-night voyage to Japan with Royal Caribbean.
Priced from $2,999 from Sydney or Melbourne, its tour component begins in Beijing to explore highlights including the Great Wall and Forbidden City, before heading south to destinations around Shanghai including Suzhou, Wuxi and Hangzhou.
The cruise portion travels aboard Royal Caribbean’s Quantum Of The Seas from Shanghai to one of several Japanese ports including Kumamoto, Fukuoka, Sasebo, Shimonoseki or Nagasaki.
Other cruise-tour options are planned for introduction in 2018, including sailings from Hong Kong to Japan’s Okinawa islands.
Meanwhile, the company is putting a focus on several of its land tours in China, including its 10-day China Golden Triangle, which combines Beijing, Xian and Shanghai with flights from Sydney or Melbourne (from $1,999), and its 11-day China Sampler which visits Beijing, Shanghai, Wuxi, Suzhou and Hangzhou (from $1,599, with flights). Both can be combined with a five-day Yangtze River cruise extension (from $1,090). Nexus also offers longer itineraries for a more detailed focus on China, including the 22-day Grand Tour of China (from $5,999 with flights).
