Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

12-Night Brisbane to Sydney Cruise Adventure

Princess · Grand Princess · from Brisbane

$1,231 per person · next sails Mar 8, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Brisbane (BNE)

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

Open-jaw · fly into BNE, home from SYD · $9,410 for two est.
Your voyage · 12 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
Brisbane Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early.
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
Airlie Beach
⚙ Curating Airlie Beach’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 4
Townsville
⚙ Curating Townsville’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 5
Port Douglas
⚙ Curating Port Douglas’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 6
Cairns
Outer Great Barrier Reef · $389 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Willis Island
Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island · $257 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 9
Brisbane
★ Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary — how to make it yours →
Days 10–11
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 12
Newcastle
⚙ Curating Newcastle’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 13
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 BNE, home from SYD · 2 travelers $9,410 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Brisbane · Premium~$119
Cruise fare12 nights · Princess · 2 guests$2,462
Shore excursions2 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$646
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$12,817
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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