Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

10-Night Ha Long Bay to Kyoto and Nara Cruise Adventure

Windstar · Star Seeker · from Ha Long Bay

$10,005 per person · next sails Mar 1, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
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
Ha Long Bay Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early.
Days 1–2
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 3–4
Big Bus Hong Kong · $110 for two with Big Bus Tours Hong Kong (official)how to make it yours →
Day 5
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 6
Keelung (Taipei)port guide →
Jiufen Old Street & Gold Waterfall · $180 for two with Taiwan Private Tours (local licensed guide service)how to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Phantom Island · $94 for two with Ishigaki Island Snorkeling Tours (サンゴのいのち)how to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Okinawa (Naha)port guide →
Ryukyuan Cuisine Masterclass · $335 for two with Naha City Tsuboya & Makishi Public Market (with licensed private culinary guide)how to make it yours →
Day 9
Amami Oshimaport guide →
Kuroshio no Mori Mangrove Kayak at Dawn · $90 for two with Amami Mangrove Park (Kuroshio no Mori)how 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
Osaka (Kyoto and Nara) Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
Home

Fly home from Kyoto and Nara

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Hotel before you sail1 night · Ha Long Bay · Luxury~$608
Cruise fare10 nights · Windstar · 2 guests$20,010
Shore excursions5 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$809
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$21,607
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above); 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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