Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

16-Night Darwin to Sydney Cruise Adventure

Regent · Seven Seas Navigator · from Darwin

$8,499 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 · $3,020 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, the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach — 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 Island
Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island · $257 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Thursday Island
⚙ Curating Thursday Island’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 5
Willis Island
Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island · $257 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Cooktown
⚙ Curating Cooktown’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 7–8
Cairns
Outer Great Barrier Reef · $389 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Kiel Canal
⚙ Curating Kiel Canal’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 10
Townsville
⚙ Curating Townsville’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 11
Airlie Beach
⚙ Curating Airlie Beach’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 12
Willis Island
Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island · $257 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 13
Fraser Island
⚙ Curating Fraser Island’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 14
Mooloolaba
⚙ Curating Mooloolaba’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 15
Brisbane
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary · $65 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 16
Willis Island
Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island · $257 for twohow 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 $3,020 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Darwin · Luxury~$350
Cruise fare16 nights · Regent · 2 guests$16,998
Shore excursions6 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,482
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$22,030
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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