Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

16-Night Sydney to Bali Cruise Adventure

Viking Ocean · Viking Orion · from Sydney

$9,099 per person · next sails Mar 2, 2028 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 CCU · $7,052 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 · 16 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, the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach — 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
Newcastle
⚙ Curating Newcastle’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 3
Sail the Australian Coast
⚙ Curating Sail the Australian Coast’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 4
Brisbane
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary · $65 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
Sail the Australian Coast
⚙ Curating Sail the Australian Coast’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 6
Whitsunday Islands
⚙ Curating Whitsunday Islands’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 7
Townsville
⚙ Curating Townsville’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 8
Cairns
Outer Great Barrier Reef · $389 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 9
Sail the Australian Coast
⚙ Curating Sail the Australian Coast’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 10
Thursday Island
⚙ Curating Thursday Island’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 11
Sail the Australian Coast
⚙ Curating Sail the Australian Coast’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Days 12–13
Darwin
⚙ Curating Darwin’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 14
Sail the Australian Coast
⚙ Curating Sail the Australian Coast’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 15
Rinca Island
⚙ Curating Rinca Island’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 16
Lombok
⚙ Curating Lombok’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 17
Benoa (Bali) Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
Home

Fly home from Bali (CCU)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into SYD, home from CCU · 2 travelers $7,052 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Sydney · Luxury~$225
Cruise fare16 nights · Viking Ocean · 2 guests$18,198
Shore excursions2 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$454
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$26,109
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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