South Pacific & New Zealand

Destination Deals
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AU $1,899CARNIVAL SPIRIT - NEW ZEALAND
Cruise 10 nights with Carnival Spirit ex Melbourne return
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AU $15,059KOALAS & KOMODO DRAGONS - SEVEN SEAS VOYAGER EX ADL/PER
Fly, Cruise & Stay 28 nights with Seven Seas Voyage from Auckland to Benoa incl 5 star stay in Auckland & Bali PLUS Bay of Islands Tour PLUS Rural Charms of Bali PLUS Kecak & Monkey Dance in Bali
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AU $15,099KOALAS & KOMODO DRAGONS - SEVEN SEAS VOYAGER EX SYD/BNE/MEL
Fly, Cruise & Stay 28 nights with Seven Seas Voyage from Auckland to Benoa incl 5 star stay in Auckland & Bali PLUS Bay of Islands Tour PLUS Rural Charms of Bali PLUS Kecak & Monkey Dance in Bali
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AU $2,599NOORDAM - AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
BONUS OFFER^ Cruise 13 nights Australia & New Zealand with Noordam ex Sydney to Auckland
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AU $3,109AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND - MAASDAM
14 Night Australia & New Zealand cruise onboard Maasdam from Sydney to Auckland!
South Pacific cruises are extremely popular with increasing numbers of ships domiciled in or visiting the region each year.
At some time in our lives we'd all love to leave our footprints on a white sand beach in Fiji, Noumea, Vanuatu, or Tahiti, or explore the contrast of the Australian Coast; or snorkel the crystal clear waters of the Great Barrier Reef or enjoy the magnificent scenery of New Zealand.
It is here, in Australia and the South Pacific, that natural beauty abounds. Fascinating people inhabit peaceful islands and charming cities.
A cruise from Australia to New Zealand and/or the South Pacific, can fulfill almost every exotic adventure that a serious traveller could dream of. The beauty of many of these itineraries is that you can see as much of the South Pacific as you like in one cruise.
An Australia/South Pacific Cruise can take you to many ports, depending upon your ship and sailing date.
Some of the Australian and South Pacific cruises are now part of world cruise itineraries and can include fly/cruise options.
Cruise types
The range of cruises available means travelers are spoilt for choice and include:
French Polynesia has two major cruise ships based their year round as well as a Freighter cruise operator and a small crewed yacht operator – something for everyone. Cruises operate from Tahiti or Bora Bora and cover the Society Islands and the Marquesas. The islands have a rich history and culture, rugged beauty.
Fiji has two resident small ship operators offering 3, 4 and 7 day cruises primarily through the Yasawa islands which are north and west of the main island of Viti Levu.
New Zealand, New Caledonia and Vanuatu are all cruised to from Australia. A year round series of cruises to these destinations keeps ships busy from Sydney. Melbourne and Brisbane. The Australia New Zealand cruises are often operated by visiting ships to the South Pacific and operate from November to March as they cruise around the south of New Zealand’s South Island.
Trans Pacific and World cruises give a choice of longer ocean crossings. They cross the International Date Line so east bound cruises gain a day and west bound cruises lose a day in their itineraries.
Cruise seasons
Local cruises operate year round from Australia, Fiji and Tahiti. The Australia/New Zealand cruises sail between October and March as do the Trans Pacific/World sectors
Main ports
Cruises from Australia depart from Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne and Auckland is the main port for New Zealand. Fiji cruises depart from Lautoka and Tahiti cruises depart from Papeete or Bora Bora.
Weather
Tahiti, Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia experience warmer and rainier months from November to April, the rest of the year is pleasant and drier. New Zealand cruises operate in its summer so days are pleasant but it is cooler round the bottom of the South Island and warm clothes and rain gear are useful.
Photo Credit: John Simos
Ports of Interest
- Abel Tasman National Park
- Ahe, Tuamotu Islands
- Ailinglaplap Atoll, Marshall Islands
- Aitu, Cook Islands
- Aitutaki, Cook Islands
- Alcester Is. Papua New Guinea
- Alderman Islands, New Zealand
- Ali Island, Papua New Guinea
- Alim Island, Admiralty Islands
- Alite Harbour, Solomons
- Alotau, Papua New Guinea
- Ambae (Bali Hai), Vanuatu
- Ambrym Island Vanuatu
- Amsterdam Island, West Papua
- Aneityum, Vanuatu
- Antipodes Island, New Zealand
- Anuta Island, Solomon Islands
- Apataki, Tuamotu Archipelago
- Apia, Western Samoa
- Apra, Guam, USA
- Arnavon Islands, Solomon Islands
- Arutua, Tuamotu Archipelago
- Asanvari, Vanuatu
- Asmat, Papua New Guinea
- Atiu, Cook Islands
- Atuona (French Polynesia)
- Auckland Islands, New Zealand
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Aukena (Gambier Islands)
- Ayau Atoll, Papua New Guinea
- Bagabag Island, Papua New Guinea
- Banda Islands, Maluka Islands, Indonesia
- Banks Islands, Vanuatu
- Batanta, Indonesia
- Bay of Hienghene, New Caledonia
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand
- Belep Island, New Caledonia
- Beqa, Fiji
- Biak, Papua New Guinea
- Bird's Head Seascape, New Guinea Island
- Bluff, New Zealand
- Bodulan Islands, Papua New Guinea
- Bona Bona Island, Papua New Guinea
- Bonarua Island, PNG
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia
- Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea
- Boulari-Havannah Passage
- Bounty Bay, Pitcairns Island
- Bounty Islands
- Buka Is, Bouganville, Papua New Guinea
- Buna, Papua New Guinea
- Calvados Chain, Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
- Campbell Island, New Zealand
- Canala, New Caledonia
- Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- Caroline Islands, Micronesia
- Cenderawasih Bay, PNG
- Champagne Bay, Vanuatu
- Chatham Islands
- Chesterfield Island, New Caledonia
- Christchurch (Akaroa), New Zealand
- Christchurch (Lyttleton), New Zealand
- Christmas Island, Kiribati
- Cobia Is, Ringgolds, Fiji
- Conflict Islands, Papua New Guinea
- Cook Bay, Moorea (French Polynesia)
- Crown Island
- D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Papua New Guinea
- Daru, Papua New Guinea
- Deboyne Lagoon
- Divine Island, New Caledonia
- Dobu Island, Papua New Guinea
- Doini Island, Papua New Guinea
- Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
- Dravuni, Fiji
- Ducie Atoll, Pitcairn Islands
- Duke of York Is, Papua New Guinea
- Dunedin (Port Chalmers), New Zealand
- Dusky Sound, New Zealand
- Egum Atoll, PNG
- Elephant Cove, Coromandel
- Emae Island, Vanuatu
- Enderby Island
- Espiritu Santo Island Vanuatu
- Fakarava, French Polynesia
- Fanning Isle, Rep of Kiribati
- Fatu Hiva, Marquesa Islands, France
- Fergusson Islands, Papua New Guinea
- Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
- Florida Islands, Solomon Islands
- Foa Island, Tonga
- Fulanga Island, Southern Lau Group, Fiji
- Funafuti, Tuvalu
- Gaferut Atoll, Yap State, Micronesia
- Galoa Island, Fiji
- Garove Island, PNG
- Ghizo Is, Solomons
- Gisborne, New Zealand
- Gizo Island, Solomon Islands
- Golden Bay, New Zealand
- Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
- Great Mercury Island, New Zealand
- Green Islands, Papua New Guinea
- Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
- Guam, USA
- Ha'apai, Tonga
- Hanavave (French Polynesia)
- Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea
- Havannah Harbour, Vanuatu
- Havannah-Boulari Passage
- Havelock (South), New Zealand
- Hen and Chicken Islands, New Zealand
- Henderson, Pitcairn Islands
- Hidden Bay, Indonesia
- Hienghene, New Caledonia
- Hiva Oa, Marquesa Islands
- Hog Harbour, Vanuatu
- Honiara, Solomon Islands
- Huahine, French Polynesia
- Ifalik Atoll, Yap, FSM
- Iles de Horn, French Polynesia
- Iles Layoute (Loyalty Islands), New Caledonia
- Ilot Maitre, New Caledonia
- Ilot Mato, New Caledonia
- Ilots du Sud, New Caledonia
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia
- Jackson Bay, New Zealand
- Jacquinot Bay, PNG
- Kabara, Fiji
- Kadavu Group, Fiji
- Kafure, Papua New Guinea
- Kaikoura, New Zealand
- Kaimana, Papua New Guinea
- Kaiteriteri, New Zealand
- Kapingamarangi, FSM
- Kapiti Island, New Zealand
- Karumolun Island, Solomon Islands
- Kavieng, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
- Kawau Island, New Zealand
- Kawe Island, Indonesia
- Kei (Kai) Islands, Indonesia
- Kennedy Is, Solomons
- Kermadec Islands
- Kia Island, Fiji
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
- Kioa, Fiji
- Kiribati
- Kiriwina Island, Papua New Guinea
- Kitava Island, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
- Kofiau Island, Raja Ampat
- Kolombangara, Solomon Islands
- Koro Island and Savu Savu Bay, Vanua Levu Island, Fiji
- Kosrae, Micronesia
- Kouare Island, New Caledonia
- Koumac, New Caledonia
- Kwatisore, Papua New Guinea
- Lababia, Papua New Guinea
- Lae, Papua New Guinea
- Lamap, Malekula island, Vanuatu
- Lambassa Is, Papua New Guinea
- Lambom, Papua New Guinea
- Lamen Bay, Vanuatu
- Laughlan Islands, Papua New Guinea
- Lautoka, Fiji
- Leleuvia, Fiji
- Lembata Island, Indonesia
- Levuka, Fiji
- Lifou, Loyalty Islands
- Loh Island, Torres Islands, Vanuatu
- Long Island, Papua New Guinea
- Lopevi Island, Vanuatu
- Louisiade Archipelago
- Luganville, Vanuatu
- Lusancay Islands, PNG
- Macuata, Fiji
- Madang, Papua New Guinea
- Maewo Island, Vanuatu
- Maiao, French Polynesia
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands
- Makatea, French Polynesia
- Makogai Island, Fiji
- Makura Island, Vanuatu
- Malakula Island, Vanuatu
- Malden Island, Kiribati
- Malekula Island, Vanuatu
- Malolo Islands-Fiji
- Mamanuca Islands, Fiji
- Mamberamo River, Papua New Guinea
- Manava Cay, Fiji
- Mangalonga Island, Solomon Islands
- Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia
- Mangonui, New Zealand
- Manihiki Island, Cook Islands
- Manokwari, Papua New Guinea
- Mansinan Island, PNG
- Manus Island, Papua New Guinea
- Mapia Atoll
- Marau Sound, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
- Mare Island, New Caledonia
- Marlborough Sounds
- Marotiri Island, French Polynesia
- Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands
- Marshall Bennett Islands, Papua New Guinea
- Maskelyne Islands, Vanuatu
- Matacawa levu-Fiji
- Mataiva, Tuamotu Islands
- Matakana, New Zealand
- Matuku, Laus
- Maupihaa, Society Islands
- Maupiti
- Mavea Island, Vanuatu
- Mayor Island, (Tuhua) New Zealand
- Mbike Island, Solomon Islands
- Mercury Bay, New Zealand
- Mesemta, Indonesia
- Midway Island, USA
- Milford Sound, New Zealand
- Million Dollar Point, Vanuatu
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
- Mioskon Island, Papua New Guinea
- Miosuwundi, Papua New Guinea
- Mokohinau Islands, New Zealand
- Moorea, French Polynesia
- Mopelia, Society Islands, French Polynesia
- Morobe Harbour, Papua New Guinea
- Moto Lava, Vanuatu
- Motu Ceran (French Polynesia)
- Motu Iriru, French Polynesia
- Motu Maha'ea (French Polynesia)
- Motu Oa and Ua Pou, Marquesas Islands
- Motu Piti A'au (French Polynesia)
- Motu Pufea, French Polynesia
- Motu Tapu (French Polynesia)
- Motu Tautau, French Polynesia
- Motu Tehotu (French Polynesia)
- Motu Teveroa, French Polynesia
- Motu Toopua (French Polynesia)
- Mounu Island, Tonga
- Murik Lakes, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
- Mussau Island, Papua New Guinea
- Mystery Island, Vanuatu
- Nalauwaki Bay-Fiji
- Nananu-i-Ra, Fiji
- Nanumea, Tuvalu
- Nanuya Lailai, Fiji
- Nanuyakoto Lailai, Fiji
- Napier, New Zealand
- Naviti Island, Fiji
- Neiafu and Nuku Islands, Vava’u Group, Kingdom of Tonga
- Nelson, New Zealand
- Nendo Island, Solomon Islands
- New Georgia Islands, Solomons
- New Plymouth, NZ
- Ngulu Atoll, Micronesia
- Nguna Island, Vanuatu
- Nissan Island, Papua New Guinea
- Niuafo'ou (Tin Can Island), Tonga
- Niuatoputapu, Kingdom of Tonga
- Niue Island, Niue
- Njari Island, Solomon Islands
- Nomuka Island, Tonga
- Norfolk Island
- Noumea, New Caledonia
- Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands
- Nuku'alofa, Tonga Islands
- Nukunonu, Tokelau, New Zealand
- Nukuoro Atoll, FSM
- Oban, Halfmoon Bay,Stewart Island NZ
- Obi Island, Maluka Islands, Indonesia
- Oeno Island
- Oneata, Fiji
- Ono-i-Lau Island, Southern Lau Group, Fiji
- Opunohu, Moorea (French Polynesia)
- Oroluk Atoll, FSM
- Ouvea, Loyalty Islands, French Polynesia
- Ovaka, Tonga
- Padaidori Islands, PNG
- Pago Pago American Samoa
- Palau Island, Republic of Palau
- Palmerston Island, Cook Islands
- Palmyra Atoll, USA
- Pangai, Lifuka Island, Kingdom of Tonga
- Papeete, Tahiti
- Papua New Guinea
- Paradise Island, Vanuatu
- Pavuvu Island, Solomon Islands
- Pele Island, Vanuatu
- Pentecost Island Vanuatu
- Picton, New Zealand
- Pingelap Atoll, Micronesia
- Pitcairn (Adamstown), Pitcairn Islands
- Pohnpei Island, FSM
- Pomio, Papua New Guinea
- Ponape, Marshall Islands
- Port Denarau (Nadi), Fiji
- Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Is.
- Port Moresby PNG
- Port Vila Vanuatu
- Poum, New Caledonia
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia
- Puka Puka, Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia
- Puka Rua, Tuamotus Islands, French Polynesia
- Pulap Atoll, FSM
- Pulau Arborek, Papua New Guinea
- Pulau Ayu, Indonesia
- Pulau Bungin, Indonesia
- Pulau Gorong
- Pulau Lamsutu, Indonesia
- Pulau Roon, Papua New Guinea
- Qamea Island, Fjiji
- Qilaqila, Fiji
- Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand
- Queenstown, New Zealand
- Ra Island, Vanuatu
- Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
- Rabi Fiji
- Raiatea, French Polynesia
- Raivavae, Austral Islands
- Raja Ampat
- Rakahanga Island, Cook Islands
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia
- Ranon, Vanuatu
- Rapa, Austral Islands
- Raroia (Raro-nuku), Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands
- Renard Islands, PNG
- Rennell Island, Solomon Islands
- Rikitea (Gamiber Islands)
- Rimatara, Austral Islands
- Rinca, Indonesia
- Riung, Indonesia
- Roberton (Motuarohia) Island
- Roderick Bay, Solomon Islands
- Roon Island
- Ropa, Indonesia
- Rossel Island, PNG
- Rotuma, Fiji
- Rurutu, Austral Islands
- Russell, New Zealand
- Sacred Islands, Fiji
- Saipan, Marianas Islands, Micronesia
- Sali Sali Isl. Fiji
- Samarai Island, Papua New Guinea
- Sana Island, Vanuatu
- Santa Ana Is, Solomons
- Santa Isabela Island
- Satawal Island, Yap, Micronesia
- Savai'i Island, Samoa
- Savo Island, Solomons
- Savusavu Fiji
- Sawa-I-Lau Island, Fiji
- Sepik River, PNG
- Sewa Bay
- Ship Cove, New Zealand
- Shortland Islands, Solomon Islands
- Siau Island, Indonesia
- Sissano Lagoon
- Snares Island, New Zealand
- Solomon Islands
- Somosomo, Fiji
- Sorol Atoll
- Sorong, Papua New Guinea
- South West Bay, Vanuatu
- Spice Islands
- Star Harbour, Solomon Islands
- Starbuck Island, Republic of Kiribati
- Stewart Island, New Zealand
- Suva Fiji
- Suwarrow Atoll, Cook Islands
- Tahaa, French Polynesia
- Tahiti
- Tahuata, French Polynesia
- Taiohae (French Polynesia)
- Taka Bonerate National Park, Indonesia
- Takapoto, French Polynesia
- Tami Islands, Papua New Guinea
- Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia
- Tanna and Aniwa Islands, Vanuatu
- Tanna Island, Vanuatu
- Tauranga, New Zealand
- Tavanipupu, Solomon Islands
- Taveuni Island (Naselesele), Fiji
- Te Anau, New Zealand
- Teluk Berau, Indonesia
- Ternate Island, Maluka Islands, Indonesia
- Tetepare, Solomon Islands
- Tikehau, Tahiti
- Tikopia Is, Solomons
- Timaru, New Zealand
- Timbunke, Papua New Guinea
- Timika, Papua New Guinea
- Tingwon Island, Papua New Guinea
- Tiritiri Matangi Island, New Zealand
- Tivua Island, Fiji
- Tomman Island, Vanuatu
- Tonoas Island, Chuuk, Micronesia
- Totoya Island, Fiji
- Toyota Island, Fiji
- Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea
- Truk (Chuuk), Micronesia
- Tsoi Island, Papua New Guinea
- Tuam Island, Papua New Guinea
- Tuamotu Atolls, French Polynesia
- Tubuai Islands, French Polynesia
- Tufi Harbour, Papua New Guinea
- Tulagi, Solomons
- Turtle Island, Fiji
- Ua Huka, Marquesa Islands, French Polynesia
- Ua Pou, Marquesa Islands, French Polynesia
- Ulithi Atoll
- Ulva Island, New Zealand
- Umboi Island, Papua New Guinea
- Ureparapara Island, Vanuatu
- Urupukapuka Island, New Zealand
- Utupua Is, Solomons
- Vairao, Tahiti Iti
- Vanikoro, Solomon Islands
- Vanimo Island, PNG
- Vanua Balavu, Lau Islands
- Vanua Levu, Fiji
- Vavau, Tonga
- Vella Lavella Is. Solomons
- Vila, Vanuatu
- Vitu (Witu) Islands, Papua New Guinea
- Vona Vona Lagoon, Solomon Islands
- Vuaqava, Fiji
- Waigeo Island, Papua New Guinea
- Waiheke Island, New Zealand
- Wailagilala Island, Fiji
- Waitangi, New Zealand
- Wakatobi National Marine Park, Indonesia
- Wala, Vanuatu
- Wallis & Futuna Islands
- Waya Islands-Fiji
- Wayag Island,Papua New Guinea
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Western Samoa
- Westport, New Zealand
- Wewak, Papua New Guinea
- Whangarei, New Zealand
- Whangaroa Harbour, New Zealand
- White Island, New Zealand
- Whitianga, New Zealand
- Woleai Island, French Polynesia
- Woodlark Island, PNG
- Wuvulu Island, Papua New Guinea
- Yalobi Village - Fiji
- Yanutha Island, Fiji
- Yap Islands, Micronesia
- Yasawa Islands, Fiji
- Yasawa-I-Rara Island, Fiji