Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

26-Night Sydney to Auckland Cruise Adventure

Holland America · Westerdam · from Sydney

$5,134 per person · next sails Jan 4, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Sydney (SYD)

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

Open-jaw · fly into SYD, home from AKL · $4,914 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Sydney

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.

1 mi from Sydney

Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb

8 mi from Sydney

Sydney Opera House

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 and the operator who runs it — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Sydney Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 3
Moreton Islandport guide →
Wild Dolphin Feeding at Dusk · $223 for two with Tangalooma Island Resort (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 4
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 5
Townsvilleport guide →
Magnetic Island · $117 for two with Magnetic Island Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Days 6–7
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway + Kuranda Scenic Railw… · $165 for two with Skyrail Rainforest Cableway (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 8
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 9
Gopaia Cultural Village · $224 for two with Alotau Tours (PNG)how to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Kiriwina Islandport guide →
Private Trobriand Cultural Welcome & Deep Village… · $240 for two with ToursByLocals – Kiriwina Island Local Expert Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Mount Tavurvur Active Volcano · $256 for two with ToursByLocals – Rabaul Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 13
East Honiara WWII Battlefields · $400 for two with DestSolo Tours (Solomon Islands)how to make it yours → ·
Day 14
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 15
Luganvilleport guide →
Blue Lagoon & Matevulu · $198 for two with Santo Friendly Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 16
Lelepa Island · $390 for two with Port Vila Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 17
Mystery Island Vanuatuport guide →
Stand-Up Paddleboard Safari · $46 for two with Mystery Island Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 18
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 19–20
Yasawa Islands · $400 for two with South Sea Cruises (Fiji)how to make it yours → ·
Day 21
Navua River · $250 for two with Rivers Fijihow to make it yours → ·
Day 22
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 23
Nuku Alofaport guide →
Swim with Humpback Whales · $500 for two with Teta Tours & Travel (Tonga)how to make it yours → ·
Days 24–25
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 26
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 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 SYD, home from AKL · 2 travelers $4,914 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Sydney · Premium~$131
Cruise fare26 nights · Holland America · 2 guests$10,268
Shore excursions14 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$3,576
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$19,069
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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