Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

15-Night Papeete to Auckland Cruise Adventure

Azamara · Azamara Quest · from Papeete

$4,759 per person · next sails Jan 23, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Papeete (PPT)

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

Open-jaw · fly into PPT, home from AKL · $6,864 for two est.
Your voyage · 15 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
Papeete Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early.
Day 2
Private Lagoon Safari · $358 for two with Rohivai Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Days 3–4
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 5
Mount 'Alava Ridge Hike & Panoramic Harbour Views · $170 for two with American Samoa Pocket Guide Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 6
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 7
To Sua Ocean Trench, Waterfalls & Piula Cave Pool · $260 for two with Sunshine Samoa Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Cross International Dateline
⚙ Curating Cross International Dateline’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 8
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 9
Vuadomo Waterfall & Muanivatu Trails · $106 for two with Vuadomo Waterfall – Muanivatu Trailshow to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Yasawa Islands · $400 for two with South Sea Cruises (Fiji)how 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
Norfolk Islandport guide →
Emily Bay Glass-Bottom Boat & Snorkel · $59 for two with Norfolk Island Travel Centrehow to make it yours → ·
Day 14
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 15–16
Auckland Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Auckland

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

10 mi from Auckland

Hobbiton Movie Set

1 mi from Auckland

Rotorua Geothermal Tour

Home

Fly home from Auckland (AKL)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into PPT, home from AKL · 2 travelers $6,864 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Papeete · Luxury~$451
Cruise fare15 nights · Azamara · 2 guests$9,518
Shore excursions6 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,353
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$18,366
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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