Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

28-Night Los Angeles to Sydney Cruise Adventure

Princess · Grand Princess · from Los Angeles

$2,548 per person · next sails Oct 5, 2026 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Los Angeles (LAX)

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

Open-jaw · fly into LAX, home from SYD · $2,778 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Los Angeles

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.

111 mi from Los Angeles

Balboa Park

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

Day 1
Los Angeles Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Days 2–6
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 7
Private Big Island Volcanoes & Lava Fields Tour fr… · $1,226 for two with Volcano Tours Hawaii (VolcanoTours.com)how to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park · $598 for two with Big Island Back Road Adventureshow to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Doors-Off Helicopter Tour · $828 for two with Blue Hawaiian Helicopters Kauaihow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Diamond Head Summit Hike & Waikiki · $962 for two with Tours by Locals — Honoluluhow to make it yours →
Days 11–12
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 13
Cross International Date Line
⚙ Curating Cross International Date Line’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
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
To Sua Ocean Trench, Waterfalls & Piula Cave Pool · $260 for two with Sunshine Samoa Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Days 17–18
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 19
Yasawa Islands · $400 for two with South Sea Cruises (Fiji)how to make it yours → ·
Day 20
Navua River · $250 for two with Rivers Fijihow to make it yours → ·
Day 21
Dravuni Islandport guide →
River Tubing Fiji · $180 for two with River Tubing 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
Mystery Island Vanuatuport guide →
Stand-Up Paddleboard Safari · $46 for two with Mystery Island Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 24
Lelepa Island · $390 for two with Port Vila Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 25
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 26
Dal'Océan Catamaran · $190 for two with Dal'Océanhow to make it yours →
Days 27–28
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
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

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Los Angeles

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

110 mi from Los Angeles · fly SAN

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Home

Fly home from Sydney (SYD)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into LAX, home from SYD · 2 travelers $2,778 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Los Angeles · Premium~$812
Cruise fare28 nights · Princess · 2 guests$5,096
Shore excursions11 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$5,330
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$14,196
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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