WHITSUNDAYS

Stay five nights at Daydream Island Resort and Spa on the Great Barrier Reef, with up to two kids, aged 14 and under, staying free. The Luxury Escapes package includes breakfast, $500 in spa credits and more.

$999 for two adults (value up to $2466). Sale May 31 – June 6. Travel before February 2016 with minimal blackout periods. Phone 1300 889 900. See LuxuryEscapes.com.

KOH SAMUI

Save more than $1000 a couple on a seven-night package at the five-star Sareeraya Villas & Suites, Koh Samui. It's at the quieter northern end of Chaweng Beach and has three swimming pools.

Included: airfares, transfers, breakfast and more. From $2023 a person. On sale until June 15 for travel July 1 - November 30. Phone 1300 15 91 15. See cherrypickedtravel.com.au.

GO SOON

KAKADU

Adventure travel company, World Expeditions, is offering 10 per cent off its Kakadu Walking Adventure. Six-day itinerary is for bush walkers looking beyond regular tourist sites. Accommodation is in World Expeditions' semi-permanent campsites.

The discount price is $1975.50, a person for bookings before June 12. Departures are ongoing  until October. Use promo code MATES2015. Phone 1300 720 000. See worldexpeditions.com.

PORT STEPHENS

The new Thou Walla Sunset Retreat on the tip of Soldiers Point has 33 refurbished self-contained villas with water views.

On offer is a two-night package for couples in a deluxe waterview spa villa or waterview sunset villa, with a bottle of wine and platter of Port Stephens prawns and oysters on arrival, a cook-your-own barbecue breakfast pack and a 90-minute whale-watch off Port Stephens.  Valid for sale and stays until September 30 with blackout dates applying. $398 a couple.  Phone 1800 600 204. See twsr.com.au.

GO LATER

SOUTH AFRICA

A 12-Day Classic South Africa tour from Destination International Travel is now $700 off. Departing Australia October 8 or 22, the holiday includes flights with Emirates, and touring to South Africa's best sites, a stay in Cape Town, a game viewing cruise in Zululand, game drive through Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve and a Kruger Park Soweto Tour.

$3499 if booked by June 3. Phone 1300 813 391. See ditravel.com.au.

CANADA AND ALASKA

To mark the launch of its new Canada & Alaska 2016 brochure, APT is offering early booking deals. For example, book one of APT's April 2016 departures on its most popular itinerary – APT's 22-day Rockies Odyssey & Alaska Cruise - and you will fly to Canada for free, just paying air taxes (from $780 a person). Priced from $12,495 a person, twin share, the trip includes a seven-night Inside Passage cruise with Holland America Line and much more.

Valid for sale till November 30.  Phone 1300 196 420. See aptouring.com.au.

TOUR WATCH

COSTA RICA

Costa Rica may be small geographically but it's one of the most bio-diverse and bio-dense  places on the planet. Big Yellow Suitcase's tour to the Central American country promises an authentic eco-tourism experience.

Among the 10 nights' eco-hotel accommodation, the small group tour includes three nights at Finca Rosa Blanca, ranked one of the 10 best eco-hotels in the world.

You get 25 organic meals, visits to to Cartago, Lankester Gardens, Poas Volcano National Park and La Paz Waterfall Gardens, a coffee tour of La Finca Rosa Blanca, walking tour of San Jose and the Central Market and much more.

The cost is $8500 a person, less for twin share.  Runs August 24-September 3, Phone 0409 539 941. Email wendy@bigyellowsuitcase.com.au.