Bucket-List Cruise Adventure
Holland America · Westerdam · from Auckland
The whole plan — fly-in, every port, what it runs — in your inbox.
Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.
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.
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.
You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.
Hike subalpine meadows, wildflower fields, and glacier-fed streams with unobstructed views of the 14,411-ft volcano; summer (July–Sept) offers the mos…
America's largest sea cave, accessed by elevator descent into a massive natural cavern where hundreds of wild sea lions and seals hauled out on rocks…
The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.
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See the whole plan →| Flights | open-jaw · fly into AKL, home from SEA · 2 travelers | $2,774 est. |
| Hotel before you sail | 1 night · Auckland · Premium | ~$122 |
| Cruise fare | 49 nights · Holland America · 2 guests | $15,368 |
| Shore excursions | 24 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑ | ~$9,661 |
| Transfers | airport ↔ ship, private car | ~$180 |
| Trip total | $28,105 |
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