Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

26-Night Cairns to Auckland Cruise Adventure

Azamara · Azamara Pursuit · from Cairns

$13,489 per person · next sails Nov 24, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Cairns (CNS)

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

Open-jaw · fly into CNS, home from AKL · $10,108 for two est.
Your voyage · 26 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
Cairns Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early.
Day 2
Wallis
⚙ Curating Wallis’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 3
Townsville
⚙ Curating Townsville’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 4
Airlie Beach
⚙ Curating Airlie Beach’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 5
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 6
Gladstone
⚙ Curating Gladstone’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 7
Fraser Island
⚙ Curating Fraser Island’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 8
Brisbane
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary · $65 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 9
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 10
Newcastle
⚙ Curating Newcastle’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 11
Sydney
BridgeClimb Sydney · $552 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Eden
⚙ Curating Eden’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 13
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 14
Hobart
⚙ Curating Hobart’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 15–16
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 17
Milford Sound
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 18
Dunedin
⚙ Curating Dunedin’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 19
Timaru
⚙ Curating Timaru’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 20
Christchurch
⚙ Curating Christchurch’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 21
Picton
⚙ Curating Picton’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 22
Wellington
⚙ Curating Wellington’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 23
Napier
⚙ Curating Napier’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 24
Gisborne
⚙ Curating Gisborne’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 25
Tauranga
⚙ Curating Tauranga’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 26
Bay of Islands (Paihia)
⚙ Curating Bay of Islands (Paihia)’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 27
Auckland Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Auckland

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

10 mi from Auckland

Hobbiton Movie Set

1 mi from Auckland

Rotorua Geothermal Tour

Home

Fly home from Auckland (AKL)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into CNS, home from AKL · 2 travelers $10,108 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Cairns · Luxury~$650
Cruise fare26 nights · Azamara · 2 guests$26,978
Shore excursions2 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$617
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$38,533
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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