Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

12-Night Sydney to Darwin Cruise Adventure

Regent · Seven Seas Explorer · from Sydney

$11,249 per person · next sails Jan 28, 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 DRW · $2,480 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 · 12 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
Willis Islandport guide →
★ Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island — how to make it yours →
Day 3
Mooloolabaport guide →
Swim with Whales · $1,049 for two with Sunreef Mooloolabahow to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Willis Islandport guide →
★ Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island — how to make it yours →
Day 5
Lady Musgrave Island · $350 for two with 1770 Reef – Lady Musgrave Experiencehow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
Airlie Beachport guide →
Whitehaven Beach & Hill Inlet · $653 for two with Cruise Whitsundayshow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Townsvilleport guide →
Magnetic Island · $117 for two with Magnetic Island Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Willis Islandport guide →
★ Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island — how to make it yours →
Day 9
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway + Kuranda Scenic Railw… · $165 for two with Skyrail Rainforest Cableway (official)how to make it yours → ·
Day 10
4WD Cape York Wilderness & Cooktown Full-Day Adven… · $527 for two with Cairns Discovery Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Days 11–12
Willis Islandport guide →
★ Zodiac Circumnavigation of Willis Island — how to make it yours →
Day 13
Darwin Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
Home

Fly home from Darwin (DRW)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into SYD, home from DRW · 2 travelers $2,480 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Sydney · Luxury~$225
Cruise fare12 nights · Regent · 2 guests$22,498
Shore excursions6 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$2,861
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$28,244
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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