Flower Travel are an ATAS accredited travel agency based in Eltham, Melbourne. We have hundreds of repeat clients all over Australia who entrust us with their holidays because we are truly independent. Unlike the main high street brands we are not committed to selling our 'preferred' tour companies.
We want to help our clients pick the best trip and at the best possible price. That way our customers keep coming back. We have a range of specialist programmes including trips on the iconic Trans-Siberian Railway as well as expedition cruising to the Kimberley, Antarctica and beyond. Plus we can offer excellent knowledge and service for trips to Africa, Europe, South America, the Indian sub-continent and Indochina.
We want to help our clients pick the best trip and at the best possible price. That way our customers keep coming back. We have a range of specialist programmes including trips on the iconic Trans-Siberian Railway as well as expedition cruising to the Kimberley, Antarctica and beyond. Plus we can offer excellent knowledge and service for trips to Africa, Europe, South America, the Indian sub-continent and Indochina.
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Kimberley Travel and Cruise is a division of Flower Travel, an ATAS accredited travel agency based in Victoria. Since 2009 we have booked hundreds of passengers on cruises and land tours throughout the wonderful Kimberley region of North West Australia. All of our staff have travelled to the Top End many times.
Flower Travel has been trading for over ten years and is based in Eltham, Victoria. Our ethos is to provide a personal, professional and knowledgeable service to our customers. We have a small team of well travelled consultants. All of us have worked in the travel industry for many years so we share a wealth of knowledge and specialities.
Flower Travel is the authorised agent in Australia for Trans-Siberian experts, The Russia Experience. We book an extensive range of rail trips through Russia, Mongolia and China. You will find a complete list of all of our trips here. Most of our trips are valid from Moscow to Beijing and vice versa and all can be combined with our St Petersburg add on.
Cruise Antarctica is operated by Flower Travel, specialists in expedition cruising. Whilst based in Melbourne (visitors welcome by appointment) we actually serve clients throughout Australia and indeed overseas as well. We have booked thousands of passengers on expedition cruises to Antarctica, the Arctic, the Kimberley and Asia and we look forward to assisting you as well.
Simon Flower is originally from the UK (the historic town of Bath) and loves to put together European itineraries. We don't advocate a particular style of travel. Coach touring is a hassle free and cost effective way to see Europe but it's not for everyone. The rail network through the continent is extensive and well run but not always cheap.
Reviews (10)
Bob Alessi
Dec 10, 2021
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We highly recommend Flower Travel and would use them again even though we did not actually go on a tour due to Covid. We had booked the Trans Siberia rail tour for departure in May 2020 but had to postpone due to Covid and again in 2021. We finally decided to cancel the tour and Flower Travel were very understanding of our position and immediately refunded the vast majority of our funds (some Russian deposits and Visa costs were not refundable) as we had paid the whole amount. When booking the tour the staff were very knowledgeable and helpful in helping us with the finer details of the tour and
Kim
Jul 18, 2021
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Positive: Professionalism, Responsiveness
Great service and advice from Karen at Flower Travel, who arranged our Kimberley cruise. Karen was happy to answer any manner of questions, drawing on her own first hand experience in the Kimberley. We have now completed the cruise, and it was a lifetime adventure.
Great service and advice from Karen at Flower Travel, who arranged our Kimberley cruise. Karen was happy to answer any manner of questions, drawing on her own first hand experience in the Kimberley. We have now completed the cruise, and it was a lifetime adventure.
Julie Townsend
Jul 17, 2021
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We just completed our Coral Expeditions Kimberley trip, booked and managed by Flower Travel and it absolutely exceeded our expectations.
Flower Travel were terrific to deal with. They ensured great communication, especially throughout the changes due to Covid and essentially did their job twice. Our first trip was cancelled because of the pandemic so Flower Travel cancelled and rescheduled the trip, accommodation and insurance without complaint.
Thank you to our Agent Karen and the Flower Travel team.
I highly recommend this business and would definitely use them next time I travel.
Flower Travel were terrific to deal with. They ensured great communication, especially throughout the changes due to Covid and essentially did their job twice. Our first trip was cancelled because of the pandemic so Flower Travel cancelled and rescheduled the trip, accommodation and insurance without complaint.
Thank you to our Agent Karen and the Flower Travel team.
I highly recommend this business and would definitely use them next time I travel.
Gerald Camberg
Sep 27, 2020
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Flower Travel Melbourne have serviced our holiday and travel requirements for many years. Their Professional service, advice and suggestions have ensured top quality travel at competitive pricing and all perfectly arranged.
Whilst we live in Sydney this superb family business has given us marvellous and exciting travel experiences! Thank you !
Whilst we live in Sydney this superb family business has given us marvellous and exciting travel experiences! Thank you !
Jenny Martin
Dec 20, 2019
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Thank you Simon for being so helpful and supportive of us when we booked our first cruise through Flower Travel. We especially appreciated your efforts relating to our insurance query and accomdation in Darwin at the end of the cruise. I highly recommend Flower Travel and yourself to anybody looking excellent individual service when booking travel adventures, both in Australia and overseas. Jenny M
Michael Melenhorst
Jul 05, 2019
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We booked our 7 week African adventure with Simon and his team and found them to be very helpful. From our first meeting with Simon we were confident that he and his team understood what kind of holiday we were looking for. As a result our trip was truly amazing, we’ve since recommended friends to Flower Travel who too have used Simon and his team.
Helen Schutz
Dec 01, 2018
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We have just returned from our adventure on the Trans Siberian railway and cannot recommend Flower Travel enough for their organisation and knowledge of this area of the world. I did a lot of research before booking including looking for the best travel agent. We prefer individual travel but knew we would need some assistance on this journey and Heidi from Flower Travel knew exactly what we wanted and made it so easy for us. Heidi has made the same trip herself and this was invaluable in the planning. The the tours and local guides she organised and the hotels she booked for us where we broke the
Mark Jones
Oct 03, 2018
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Simon and his team have been looking after my corporate travel for more than13 years. Lots of travel, lots of hard to get to places and lots of last minute changes. All handled expertly, professionally and courteously. Good travel agents who know and understand their trade are had to find and when you find one they are like gold. Hence I cant recommend Flower Travel highly enough.
Joy Snow
Jul 19, 2018
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We recently did the Trans Siberian Railway trip organized by Flower Travel.
From the time we arrived in Beijing and were met at the airport and taken to the hotel, we were escorted all the way. The train trip was better than I had anticipated as I had heard horror stories of locked toilets, but we did ask for a private carriage, which I would recommend. At every stop our guide was waiting for us. All the tours took place as they should have. The hotels were very central enabling us to see more of the cities we visited (such as in Moscow and Saint Petersburg) We always had the phone numbers of
From the time we arrived in Beijing and were met at the airport and taken to the hotel, we were escorted all the way. The train trip was better than I had anticipated as I had heard horror stories of locked toilets, but we did ask for a private carriage, which I would recommend. At every stop our guide was waiting for us. All the tours took place as they should have. The hotels were very central enabling us to see more of the cities we visited (such as in Moscow and Saint Petersburg) We always had the phone numbers of
Susan Dal Broi
May 27, 2018
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We recently completed the Trans Siberian Railway with the help of the organisational skills of Heidi from Flower Travel. It was an amazing bucket list trip and thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. It was wonderful to be met at the train station with your name on it and to be looked after so well in foreign countries.We felt completely safe at all times and would thoroughly recommend Heidi and Flower travel for all travel need.
