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Price of getting to the Great Barrier Reef just dropped to $1,207 on Air New Zealand

A school of fish hovers over the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. An airfare to Cairns, Australia, the jumping-off point for the reef, has dropped to a little more than $1,200.

A school of fish hovers over the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. An airfare to Cairns, Australia, the jumping-off point for the reef, has dropped to a little more than $1,200.

(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
By Catharine Hamm

If the Great Barrier Reef off northeastern Australia is on your must-do list for 2016, Air New Zealand has a $1,207 round-trip fare, including all taxes and fees, from LAX to Cairns, the gateway to the reef.

The reef, which is made up of about 2,900 reefs, was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1981.

You must buy your ticket by Nov. 16, and the fare is subject to availability.

It is for travel May 1 to June 21 or July 25 to Sept. 21 next year. (Remember, Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere so its seasons are the reverse of ours.)

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Info: Air New Zealand, (800) 262-1234.

Source: Airfarewatchdog

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Catharine Hamm

Catharine Hamm is the former Travel editor for the Los Angeles Times and became a special contributor in June 2020. She was born in Syracuse, N.Y., to a peripatetic family whose stops included Washington, D.C.; Honolulu; and Manila. Her varied media career has taken her from McPherson, Kan., to Kansas City, Mo., San Bernardino, Salinas and L.A. Hamm has twice received individual Lowell Thomas Awards, and the Travel section has been recognized seven times during her tenure as editor. Her favorite place? Always where she’s going next.

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