Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

50-Night Los Angeles to Sydney Cruise Adventure

Princess · Grand Princess · from Los Angeles

$8,168 per person · next sails Jul 15, 2027 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 · 50 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).
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
San Franciscoport guide →
San Francisco Gourmet Food & Neighbourhood Walking… · $218 for two with A Taste of SF Tourshow 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
Galavant Private Victoria Highlights Tour in a Lux… · $402 for two with Galavant Private Sightseeing Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
★ Capilano Suspension Bridge Park — how to make it yours →
Day 7
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 8
★ Anan Creek Bear Observatory — how to make it yours →
Day 9
★ Helicopter Glacier Landing & Guided Ice Walk on th… — how to make it yours →
Day 10
Hubbard Glacier
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 11
College Fjord
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 12
Whittier to Anchorage · $220 for two with Alaska Shore Excursionshow to make it yours →
Days 13–14
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 15
Cross International Date Line
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Days 16–20
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 21
Private Licensed Tokyo Expert · $268 for two with Japan Guide Association (JGA) – Official Licensed Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Day 22
Hakone Shrine, Lake Ashi & Owakudani Volcanic Vall… · $480 for two with Japan Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 23
Osaka (Kyoto and Nara)port guide →
Fushimi Inari at Dawn · $228 for two with Japan Shore Excursionshow to make it yours → ·
Day 24
★ Kochi Full-Day Private Tour with Government-Licens… — how to make it yours →
Day 25
★ Sakurajima — how to make it yours →
Day 26
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 27
Phantom Island · $94 for two with Ishigaki Island Snorkeling Tours (サンゴのいのち)how to make it yours → ·
Day 28
Keelung (Taipei)port guide →
Jiufen Old Street & Gold Waterfall · $180 for two with Taiwan Private Tours (local licensed guide service)how to make it yours → ·
Day 29
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 30–31
Big Bus Hong Kong · $110 for two with Big Bus Tours Hong Kong (official)how to make it yours →
Days 32–33
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 34
Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)port guide →
Cu Chi Tunnels · $190 for two with Tours by Locals – Ho Chi Minh City Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
9 more days at sea and ashore
Day 51
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.

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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 fare50 nights · Princess · 2 guests$16,336
Shore excursions13 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$2,986
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$23,092
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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