Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

28-Night Bangkok to Sydney Cruise Adventure

Viking Ocean · Viking Orion · from Bangkok

$15,698 per person · next sails Nov 11, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Bangkok (BKK)

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

Open-jaw · fly into BKK, home from SYD · $5,226 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Bangkok

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.

0 mi from Bangkok

Grand Palace

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.

Days 1–2
Laem Chabang (Bangkok) Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 3
Ko Samui
Samui Elephant Sanctuary · $160 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Scenic Sailing: Gulf of Thailand
⚙ Curating Scenic Sailing: Gulf of Thailand’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 5
Scenic Sailing: Strait of Malacca
⚙ Curating Scenic Sailing: Strait of Malacca’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 6
Port Klang (Kuala Lumpur)
⚙ Curating Port Klang (Kuala Lumpur)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 7–8
Singapore
★ Gardens by the Bay — how to make it yours →
Day 9
Sail the Java Sea
⚙ Curating Sail the Java Sea’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 10
Semarang
⚙ Curating Semarang’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 11
Surabaya
⚙ Curating Surabaya’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 12–13
Benoa (Bali)
Uluwatu Temple Sunset & Kecak Fire Dance at Clifftop · $114 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Lombok
⚙ Curating Lombok’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 15
Rinca Island
⚙ Curating Rinca Island’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 16
Sail the Timor Sea
⚙ Curating Sail the Timor Sea’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 17–18
Darwin
Cage of Death · $86 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 19
Sail the Arafura Sea
⚙ Curating Sail the Arafura Sea’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 20
Thursday Island
⚙ Curating Thursday Island’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 21
Sail the Coral Sea
⚙ Curating Sail the Coral Sea’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 22
Cairns
Outer Great Barrier Reef · $389 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 23
Townsville
⚙ Curating Townsville’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 24
Whitsunday Islands
⚙ Curating Whitsunday Islands’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 25
Sail the Coral Sea
⚙ Curating Sail the Coral Sea’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 26
Brisbane
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary · $65 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 27
Sail the Australian Coast
⚙ Curating Sail the Australian Coast’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 28
Newcastle
⚙ Curating Newcastle’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 29
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 BKK, home from SYD · 2 travelers $5,226 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Bangkok · Luxury~$350
Cruise fare28 nights · Viking Ocean · 2 guests$31,396
Shore excursions5 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$814
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$37,966
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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