Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

14-Night Auckland to Sydney Cruise Adventure

Viking Ocean · Viking Orion · from Auckland

$10,999 per person · next sails Jan 25, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Auckland (AKL)

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

Open-jaw · fly into AKL, home from SYD · $5,716 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Auckland

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.

10 mi from Auckland

Hobbiton Movie Set

1 mi from Auckland

Rotorua Geothermal Tour

The voyage · 14 nights

The unforgettable thing at every port

We’re curating the single bucket-list experience at each of your ports right now — refresh in a few minutes to watch them appear.

Rotorua
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Napier
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Wellington
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Christchurch
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Dunedin
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Scenic Sailing: Foveaux Strait
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Sail the Tasman Sea
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Hobart
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Scenic Sailing: Bass Strait
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Melbourne
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Sail the Gippsland Coast
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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 AKL, home from SYD · 2 travelers $5,716 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Auckland · Luxury~$210
Cruise fare14 nights · Viking Ocean · 2 guests$21,998
Shore excursionscurating your ports now — real prices land as each is ready
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$28,104
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, being curated for your ports right now; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.

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