Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

28-Night Vancouver to San Diego Cruise Adventure

Holland America · Koningsdam · from Vancouver

$3,314 per person · next sails Oct 2, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Vancouver (YVR)

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

Open-jaw · fly into YVR, home from SAN · $316 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Vancouver

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.

43 mi from Vancouver

Moran State Park

Hike to the summit of Mount Constitution—the highest point in the San Juan Islands at 2,409 feet—for 360-degree views of the Cascades, Olympic Mountai…

45 mi from Vancouver

Westcott Bay Sea Farms & Oyster Shack

Visit a working oyster farm where you can watch oyster cultivation in the bay, then shuck and eat fresh oysters at a waterfront shack with only raw ba…

Your voyage · 28 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
Vancouver 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
Kahului
Haleakalā Sunrise · $527 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Days 8–9
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor · $118 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Nawiliwili
⚙ Curating Nawiliwili’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 11
Kona
Big Island Manta Ray Night Snorkel · $230 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Hilo
Private Big Island Volcanoes & Lava Fields Tour fr… · $1,226 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Days 13–17
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 18
Vancouver
★ Capilano Suspension Bridge Park — how to make it yours →
Days 19–21
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 22
San Diego
★ San Diego Zoo — how to make it yours →
Days 23–24
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 25
Loreto
⚙ Curating Loreto’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 26
Pichilingue (La Paz)
⚙ Curating Pichilingue (La Paz)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 27
Cabo San Lucas
El Arco & Lover's Beach · $240 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 28
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 29
San Diego Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near San Diego

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

1 mi from San Diego

Balboa Park

0 mi from San Diego

San Diego Zoo

Home

Fly home from San Diego (SAN)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into YVR, home from SAN · 2 travelers $316 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Vancouver · Premium~$261
Cruise fare28 nights · Holland America · 2 guests$6,628
Shore excursions5 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$2,341
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$9,726
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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