Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

16-Night Darwin to Sydney Cruise Adventure

Regent · Seven Seas Navigator · from Darwin

$9,549 per person · next sails Jun 27, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Darwin (DRW)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into DRW, home from SYD · $2,480 for two est.
Your voyage · 16 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there and the operator who runs it — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Darwin Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early.
Days 2–3
Willis Islandport guide →
★ Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island — how to make it yours →
Day 4
Thursday Islandport guide →
Torres Strait Cultural Experience · $158 for two with Island Stars Cultural Experience (Torres Strait Cultural Experience)how to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Willis Islandport guide →
★ Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island — how to make it yours →
Day 6
4WD Cape York Wilderness & Cooktown Full-Day Adven… · $527 for two with Cairns Discovery Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Days 7–8
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway + Kuranda Scenic Railw… · $165 for two with Skyrail Rainforest Cableway (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Kiel Canalport guide →
Private Expert Walking Tour of Kiel · $259 for two with Kiel Walking Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Townsvilleport guide →
Magnetic Island · $117 for two with Magnetic Island Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Airlie Beachport guide →
Whitehaven Beach & Hill Inlet · $653 for two with Cruise Whitsundayshow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Willis Islandport guide →
★ Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island — how to make it yours →
Day 13
Fraser Islandport guide →
All-Inclusive Small-Group 4WD K'gari Day Tour · $791 for two with Fraser Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Mooloolabaport guide →
Swim with Whales · $1,049 for two with Sunreef Mooloolabahow to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Moreton Island 4WD & Snorkel Safari · $152 for two with Tangalooma Island Resort (official)how to make it yours →
Day 16
Willis Islandport guide →
★ Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island — how to make it yours →
Day 17
Sydney Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Sydney

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

1 mi from Sydney

Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb

8 mi from Sydney

Sydney Opera House

Home

Fly home from Sydney (SYD)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into DRW, home from SYD · 2 travelers $2,480 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Darwin · Luxury~$200
Cruise fare16 nights · Regent · 2 guests$19,098
Shore excursions9 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$3,871
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$25,829
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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