Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

96-Night Auckland to Rome Cruise Adventure

Oceania · Oceania Vista · from Auckland

$44,849 per person · next sails Jan 4, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Auckland (AKL)

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

Open-jaw · fly into AKL, home from FCO · $3,612 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Auckland

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.

10 mi from Auckland

Hobbiton Movie Set

1 mi from Auckland

Rotorua Geothermal Tour

Your voyage · 96 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
Auckland Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Te Puia · $236 for two with Te Puia (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 3
Maunga Hikurangi Sunrise Tour · $210 for two with Te Urunga-Tu Sunrise Tour (via GetYourGuide / Tairāwhiti operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 4
★ Cape Kidnappers Gannet Colony Private Safari — how to make it yours →
Day 5
Wellingtonport guide →
Wētā Workshop · $126 for two with Wētā Workshop Experiences (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Motuara Island Wildlife Sanctuary & Dolphin Cruise · $174 for two with Beachcomber Cruises Pictonhow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Lyttelton (Christchurch)port guide →
Private Akaroa Day Tour · $460 for two with Project Expedition (local expert, private Lyttelton departure)how to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Aoraki/Mount Cook & Tekapo · $1,472 for two with Top Private Tours (Aoraki Adventure Private Tour)how to make it yours → ·
Day 9
★ Otago Peninsula In-Depth Tour & Blue Penguins Puke… — how to make it yours →
Day 10
Kiel Canalport guide →
Private Expert Walking Tour of Kiel · $259 for two with Kiel Walking Tourshow 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
Pennicott Wilderness Journeys · $257 for two with Pennicott Wilderness Journeyshow to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Suez Canalport guide →
Private Giza Pyramids, Sphinx & Valley Temple Day… · $170 for two with Happy Egypt Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 15
Blue Mountains · $330 for two with Your Sydney Guide (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 16
Twofold Bay Whale-Watching & Orca History Cruise · $99 for two with Cat Balou Cruises Edenhow to make it yours → ·
Day 17
Suez Canalport guide →
Private Giza Pyramids, Sphinx & Valley Temple Day… · $170 for two with Happy Egypt Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 18
Burnie Attractions Bus · $86 for two with Burnie Shore Excursionshow to make it yours →
Day 19
Phillip Islandport guide →
Penguin Parade · $68 for two with Phillip Island Nature Parks (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 20
Great Ocean Road & 12 Apostles · $389 for two with Melbourne Private Tourshow 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
PENNESHAW (KANGAROO ISLAND)port guide →
Exceptional KI · $313 for two with Exceptional Kangaroo Islandhow to make it yours →
Day 23
Barossa Valley · $165 for two with Bos Tours Adelaide Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Days 24–25
Suez Canalport guide →
Private Giza Pyramids, Sphinx & Valley Temple Day… · $170 for two with Happy Egypt Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 26
Discover Bay Whale-Watching & Wildlife Cruise · $125 for two with Albany Wildlife & Scenic Cruise (Albany Boat Charters)how to make it yours → ·
Day 27
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 28
Rottnest Island Tandem Skydive · $527 for two with Skydive Geronimo Rottnesthow to make it yours → ·
Days 29–31
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
53 more days at sea and ashore
Day 97
Civitavecchia (Rome) Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Rome

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

15 mi from Rome

Villa d'Este Archaeological Excavations (Hadrian's Villa)

Sprawling 2nd-century villa with 30+ hectares of imperial ruins, Greek sculptures, and recreated Greek structures; scale and ambition dwarf anything i…

1 mi from Rome

Colosseum

After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Rome

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

115 mi from Rome · fly NAP

Positano by Sea Cave and Cliff Path: A Luxury Amalfi Coast Immersion

Coastal Italian Luxury Adventure

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Home

Fly home from Rome (FCO)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into AKL, home from FCO · 2 travelers $3,612 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Auckland · Luxury~$210
Cruise fare96 nights · Oceania · 2 guests$89,698
Shore excursions58 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$15,206
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$108,906
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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