Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

69-Night Seattle to Sydney Cruise Adventure

Holland America · Noordam · from Seattle

$11,094 per person · next sails Oct 11, 2026 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Seattle (SEA)

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

Open-jaw · fly into SEA, home from SYD · $2,820 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Seattle

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.

61 mi from Seattle

Mount Rainier National Park – Paradise & Sunrise Loop

Hike subalpine meadows, wildflower fields, and glacier-fed streams with unobstructed views of the 14,411-ft volcano; summer (July–Sept) offers the mos…

141 mi from Seattle

Sea Lion Caves

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…

Your voyage · 69 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
Seattle Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Days 2–6
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 7
Private Big Island Volcanoes & Lava Fields Tour fr… · $1,226 for two with Volcano Tours Hawaii (VolcanoTours.com)how to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Diamond Head Summit Hike & Waikiki · $962 for two with Tours by Locals — Honoluluhow to make it yours →
Day 9
Nawiliwiliport guide →
Nā Pali Coast Doors-Off Helicopter Tour · $618 for two with Blue Hawaiian Helicoptershow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park · $598 for two with Big Island Back Road Adventureshow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 12
CROSS INTERNATIONAL DATELINE
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Day 13
Christmas Islandport guide →
★ Red Crab Migration — how to make it yours →
Day 13
CROSS INTERNATIONAL DATELINE
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Day 14
CROSSING THE EQUATOR
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Days 15–16
Teahupo'o · $1,046 for two with Unique Tahiti Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 17
Private Lagoon Safari · $240 for two with Akivai Lagoon Adventures Mooreahow to make it yours → ·
Day 18
Raiatea & Taha'a Lagoon Catamaran · $234 for two with Destination Lagonhow to make it yours → ·
Day 19
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 20
Rarotonga Turtle Encounter · $114 for two with Rarotonga Turtle Tourshow to make it yours →
Day 21
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 22
CROSS INTERNATIONAL DATELINE
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Day 24
Swim with Humpback Whales · $290 for two with Tonga Pocket Guide / Orion Star Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 25
Nuku Alofaport guide →
Swim with Humpback Whales · $500 for two with Teta Tours & Travel (Tonga)how to make it yours → ·
Days 26–27
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 28
Waitangi (Bay of Islands)port guide →
Hole in the Rock & Cape Brett · $167 for two with Fullers GreatSights Bay of Islandshow to make it yours → ·
Day 29
All Blacks Experience · $59 for two with All Blacks Experience (official)how to make it yours →
Day 30
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 31
Wellingtonport guide →
Wētā Workshop · $126 for two with Wētā Workshop Experiences (official)how to make it yours → ·
Days 32–34
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 35
★ BridgeClimb Sydney — how to make it yours →
31 more days at sea and ashore
Day 70
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

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Seattle

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

11 mi from Seattle · fly SEA

Tacoma's Wild Side: Puget Sound, Quarries & a Volcano

Pacific Northwest Adventure Base

See the whole plan →
11 mi from Seattle · fly SEA

Salt Air and Oyster Shells: A San Juan Islands Sailing Guide

Island Hopping Pacific Northwest

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88 mi from Seattle · fly YYJ

Victoria's Wild Coast: Falconry, Gold Mines, and the Pacific

Coastal Wilderness Luxury

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Home

Fly home from Sydney (SYD)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into SEA, home from SYD · 2 travelers $2,820 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Seattle · Premium~$435
Cruise fare69 nights · Holland America · 2 guests$22,188
Shore excursions28 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$9,598
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$35,221
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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