Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

25-Night Melbourne to Sydney Cruise Adventure

Princess · Grand Princess · from Melbourne

$4,046 per person · next sails Oct 24, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Melbourne (MEL)

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

Open-jaw · fly into MEL, home from SYD · $5,650 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Melbourne

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.

120 mi from Melbourne

The Twelve Apostles Tour

19 mi from Melbourne

Great Ocean Road Tour

The voyage · 25 nights

The unforgettable thing at every port

We’ve found the single bucket-list experience at 3 of your 13 ports — the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach. The rest are being curated now — check back shortly.

Margaret River
⚙ Curating Margaret River’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Broome
⚙ Curating Broome’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Darwin
⚙ Curating Darwin’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Fremantle
⚙ Curating Fremantle’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Sydney
BridgeClimb Sydney · $552 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Melbourne
⚙ Curating Melbourne’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Airlie Beach
⚙ Curating Airlie Beach’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Adelaide
⚙ Curating Adelaide’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Cairns
Outer Great Barrier Reef · $389 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Albany
⚙ Curating Albany’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Willis Island
Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island · $257 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Townsville
⚙ Curating Townsville’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Kimberley Coast
⚙ Curating Kimberley Coast’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
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 MEL, home from SYD · 2 travelers $5,650 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Melbourne · Premium~$203
Cruise fare25 nights · Princess · 2 guests$8,092
Shore excursions3 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,198
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$15,323
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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