Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

44-Night Sydney to Dubai Cruise Adventure

Oceania · Oceania Vista · from Sydney

$21,199 per person · next sails Jan 18, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Sydney (SYD)

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

Open-jaw · fly into SYD, home from DXB · $5,190 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Sydney

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.

1 mi from Sydney

Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb

8 mi from Sydney

Sydney Opera House

Your voyage · 44 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
Sydney Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Eden
⚙ Curating Eden’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 3
Suez Canal
⚙ Curating Suez Canal’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 4
Burnie
⚙ Curating Burnie’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 5
Phillip Island
⚙ Curating Phillip Island’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 6
Melbourne
⚙ Curating Melbourne’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 7
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 8
PENNESHAW (KANGAROO ISLAND)
⚙ Curating PENNESHAW (KANGAROO ISLAND)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 9
Adelaide
⚙ Curating Adelaide’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 10–11
Suez Canal
⚙ Curating Suez Canal’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 12
Albany
⚙ Curating Albany’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 13
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 14
Fremantle
⚙ Curating Fremantle’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 15–17
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 18
Komodo Island
⚙ Curating Komodo Island’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 19–20
Bali
⚙ Curating Bali’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 21
Lombok
⚙ Curating Lombok’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 22
CELUKAN BAWANG
⚙ Curating CELUKAN BAWANG’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 23
Surabaya
⚙ Curating Surabaya’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 24
Semarang
⚙ Curating Semarang’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 25
Jakarta
⚙ Curating Jakarta’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 26–27
Suez Canal
⚙ Curating Suez Canal’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 28
Singapore
★ Gardens by the Bay — how to make it yours →
Days 29–30
Port Klang (Kuala Lumpur)
⚙ Curating Port Klang (Kuala Lumpur)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 31
Penang
⚙ Curating Penang’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 32
Langkawi
⚙ Curating Langkawi’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 33
Phuket
⚙ Curating Phuket’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
7 more days at sea and ashore
Days 44–45
Dubai Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Dubai

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

66 mi from Dubai

Louvre Abu Dhabi

70 mi from Dubai

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

Home

Fly home from Dubai (DXB)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into SYD, home from DXB · 2 travelers $5,190 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Sydney · Luxury~$225
Cruise fare44 nights · Oceania · 2 guests$42,398
Shore excursions1 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$150
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$48,143
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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