Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

21-Night Sydney to Cairns Cruise Adventure

Regent · Seven Seas Navigator · from Sydney

$16,049 per person · next sails Jul 13, 2027 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 CNS · $11,154 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 · 21 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 Island 4WD & Snorkel Safari · $152 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
Airlie Beachport guide →
Whitehaven Beach & Hill Inlet · $653 for two with Cruise Whitsundayshow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Townsvilleport guide →
Magnetic Island · $117 for two with Magnetic Island Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Willis Island (technical Call)port guide →
★ Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island — 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
Thursday Islandport guide →
Torres Strait Cultural Experience · $158 for two with Island Stars Cultural Experience (Torres Strait Cultural Experience)how to make it yours → ·
Day 10
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 11
4WD Cape York Wilderness & Cooktown Full-Day Adven… · $527 for two with Cairns Discovery Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Days 12–13
★ Outer Great Barrier Reef — how to make it yours →
Days 14–15
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 16
Mount Tavurvur Active Volcano · $256 for two with ToursByLocals – Rabaul Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 17
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 18
Gopaia Cultural Village · $224 for two with Alotau Tours (PNG)how to make it yours → ·
Day 19
Kiriwina Islandport guide →
Private Trobriand Cultural Welcome & Deep Village… · $240 for two with ToursByLocals – Kiriwina Island Local Expert Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 20
Samarai Islandport guide →
Samarai Island Private Historical Walking Tour · $300 for two with Private Guides Papua New Guineahow to make it yours → ·
Day 21
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 22
Cairns Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
Home

Fly home from Cairns (CNS)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into SYD, home from CNS · 2 travelers $11,154 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Sydney · Luxury~$225
Cruise fare21 nights · Regent · 2 guests$32,098
Shore excursions9 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$2,627
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$46,284
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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