Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

10-Night Melbourne to Sydney Cruise Adventure

Silversea · Silver Moon · from Melbourne

$8,950 per person · next sails Jan 19, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Melbourne (MEL)

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

Open-jaw · fly into MEL, home from SYD · $5,330 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Melbourne

Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.

120 mi from Melbourne

The Twelve Apostles Tour

19 mi from Melbourne

Great Ocean Road Tour

Your voyage · 10 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
Melbourne Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 3
Port Lincolnport guide →
★ Great White Shark Cage Diving — how to make it yours →
Day 4
★ Kangaroo Island Full-Day Wilderness & Wildlife Saf… — how to make it yours →
Day 5
Robe
⚙ Curating Robe’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 6
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 7
Burnie Attractions Bus · $86 for two with Burnie Shore Excursionshow to make it yours →
Days 8–9
Pennicott Wilderness Journeys · $257 for two with Pennicott Wilderness Journeyshow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 11
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 MEL, home from SYD · 2 travelers $5,330 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Melbourne · Luxury~$236
Cruise fare10 nights · Silversea · 2 guests$17,900
Shore excursions2 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$343
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$23,989
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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