Circle Pacific (Roundtrip Sydney) 2028

Day 1 – Sydney, NSW, Australia

Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, is built around one of the world’s most striking natural harbours, its shoreline dotted with parks and beaches.

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Day 4 – Norfolk Island, Australia

Norfolk Island offers a distinctive slice of convict-era history, with museums housed in buildings the convicts themselves once built.

Day 5 – At Sea

Day 6 – Auckland, NI, New Zealand

Auckland’s harbour is ringed by more than 48 extinct volcanoes, including One Tree Hill, once the site of ancient Maori earthworks.

Day 7 – Tauranga, NI, New Zealand

Tauranga is a subtropical coastal town in New Zealand’s North Island, known for golden beaches, lush parks, and the waterfront dining strip known as The Strand.

Day 8 – At Sea

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Day 11 – Suva, Fiji

Suva, on the island of Viti Levu, is Fiji’s capital and once served as the administrative centre of the Commonwealth colony of Fiji.

Day 12 – Dravuni Island, Fiji

Dravuni Island is a small Pacific island in Fiji that has remained largely unchanged for thousands of years, prized for its timeless natural beauty.

Day 13 – At Sea

Day 14 – Apia, Western Samoa

Apia, the capital of Samoa, is known for its colourful markets, nearby waterfalls, and coastal roads leading past pristine beaches and out to Namua island.

Day 15 – Crossing the International Dateline, extra day (Cruising the Pacific Ocean)

The International Date Line runs through the Pacific Ocean, marking the point where travellers moving east or west experience a shift of a full calendar day.

Day 16 – Crossing the International Dateline (Cruising the Pacific Ocean)

This invisible line runs roughly along the 180th meridian through the Pacific Ocean, marking the point where the calendar date shifts by a full day.

Day 17 – Tahiti, French Polynesia (Papeete)

Tahiti, the main island of French Polynesia and setting for the story of Mutiny on the Bounty, blends Polynesian ease with French sophistication.

Day 18 – Moorea, French Polynesia

Moorea is a lush French Polynesian island of powdery white beaches, flower gardens and villages, where outrigger canoes still glide along its shores.

Day 19 – Raiatea, French Polynesia

Raiatea, in French Polynesia’s Society Islands, is covered in lush valleys, waterfalls, and the cloud-capped Mount Temehani, regarded as Polynesia’s most sacred island.

Day 20 – Cruising the Pacific Ocean (Cross the Equator)

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth, stretching from the Americas to Asia and Australia across thousands of open miles.

Day 21 – At Sea

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Day 25 – Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, USA

Honolulu’s downtown holds the Iolani Palace, the King Kamehameha I statue and the State Capitol, while nearby Waikiki Beach draws visitors into its warm tropical waters.

Day 26 – Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA (Nawiliwili)

Kauai, known as Hawaii’s Garden Isle, is famed for its lush rainforests, dramatic sea cliffs and the rugged Napali Coast.

Day 27 – Kona, Hawaiian Islands, USA

Kona, on Hawaii’s Big Island, was once the tropical retreat of Hawaiian royalty and today is known for its coffee plantations and coastal charm.

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Day 33 – Los Angeles, USA

Los Angeles, the City of Angels, is a sprawling Californian metropolis known for its sunny climate and status as a thriving cultural hub.

Day 34 – San Diego, USA

San Diego draws visitors with attractions such as the San Diego Zoo, Sea World, the Salk Institute, La Jolla and the Coronado Bay Bridge.

Day 35 – At Sea

Day 36 – San Francisco, USA

San Francisco is a hilly bayside city in California, famed for its cable cars, colourful architecture and the Golden Gate Bridge.

Day 37 – At Sea

Day 38 – Victoria, B.C., Canada

Victoria is the capital of British Columbia, a small waterfront city on Vancouver Island known for its English-influenced architecture, harbour views and mild coastal climate.

Day 39 – Vancouver, Canada

Vancouver is a coastal city in western Canada, its skyline set against a backdrop of mountains, forests and the Pacific Ocean.

Day 40 – Cruising the Inside Passage

The Inside Passage is one of the world’s most spectacular waterways, winding past dense forests, snow-capped mountains, remote islands and quiet inlets along the Alaskan coast.

Day 41 – Ketchikan, Alaska

Ketchikan clings to the shores of Tongass Narrows, its buildings built out over the water and climbing weathered stairways up the mountainside.

Day 42 – Juneau, Alaska

Juneau, the capital of Alaska, sits on the Gastineau Channel at the foot of steep mountain peaks, accessible only by air or sea.

Day 43 – Skagway, Alaska

Skagway grew rapidly during the Klondike Gold Rush, serving as the main gateway for prospectors heading into the Yukon goldfields.

Day 44 – Hubbard Bay, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)

Hubbard Bay is a stretch of scenic coastal water in Alaska, prized for calm inlets, forested shorelines and views of glaciers descending from nearby peaks.

Day 45 – College Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)

College Fjord holds the world’s largest collection of tidewater glaciers, framed by snow-capped mountains rising steeply from the water.

Day 46 – Anchorage, Alaska (Whittier)

Anchorage is Alaska’s largest city, an urban centre surrounded by wilderness and framed by the dramatic coastal scenery of Turnagain Arm along its southern edge.

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Day 54 – Cruising the North Pacific Ocean (Cross the International Dateline, day omitted)

The North Pacific Ocean stretches between Asia and North America, a vast expanse of open water known for its long swells and remoteness from land.

Day 55 – Kushiro, Japan

Kushiro is a major fishing port on Japan’s Hokkaido coast, edged by Kushiro Shitsugen, the country’s largest marshland and home to the sacred red-crowned crane.

Day 56 – Hakodate, Japan

Hakodate, on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, offers cable car rides to panoramic summit views and a renowned early morning seafood market.

Day 57 – At Sea

Day 58 – Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo is Japan’s capital, a vast and dynamic metropolis blending centuries of tradition with contemporary energy.

Day 59 – At Sea

Day 60 – Kagoshima, Japan

Kagoshima lies on the southern coast of Kyushu, watched over by the smouldering Sakurajima volcano across the bay.

Day 61 – Nagasaki, Japan

Nagasaki sits in the northwest of Kyushu, a cosmopolitan port city with a history stretching back to the early 7th century.

Day 62 – At Sea

Day 63 – Ishigaki, Japan

Ishigaki is a subtropical island in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture, where cobblestone walls such as Tama-Ishigaki reflect centuries of local history and culture.

Day 64 – Taipei (Keelung)

Keelung is a port city on Taiwan’s northern coast, near the capital Taipei, set among green hills around a natural harbour.

Day 65 – At Sea

Day 66 – Hong Kong

Hong Kong rises as a vertical city of more than 1,200 skyscrapers, with a tram ride to Victoria Peak offering sweeping skyline views.

Day 67 – Hong Kong

Junks and sampans still ply Hong Kong’s busy harbour, framed by the green, dragon-crested hills of Kowloon in the distance.

Day 68 – At Sea

Day 69 – Halong Bay/Hanoi, Vietnam (Cai Lan)

Cai Lan is a port on Vietnam’s northern coast, close to Halong Bay’s limestone karst islands and the historic capital of Hanoi.

Day 70 – Halong Bay (Scenic Cruising)

Halong Bay is famed for thousands of limestone karsts rising from calm emerald waters, often shrouded in soft morning fog and traditionally viewed from a junk boat deck.

Day 71 – Da Nang/Hue, Vietnam (Chan May)

Chan May is a port on Vietnam’s central coast, positioned between the city of Da Nang and the former imperial capital of Hue.

Day 72 – At Sea

Day 73 – Nha Trang, Vietnam (Cam Ranh)

Nha Trang is a coastal city in central Vietnam known for its long sandy beach, a popular spot for an early morning swim in warm tropical waters.

Day 74 – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Phu My)

Ho Chi Minh City, once known as Saigon, is Vietnam’s largest metropolis, its turbulent wartime history woven into busy streets famed for motorbikes and street food.

Day 75 – At Sea

Day 76 – Singapore

Singapore stands as the commercial hub of South East Asia, its streets reflecting a lively blend of ethnicities, traditions, and modern luxury.

Day 77 – Singapore

Food lovers travel to Singapore for its legendary chilli crab, a dish considered almost a national institution among locals and visitors alike.

Day 78 – Cruising the Java Sea (Cross the Equator)

The Java Sea lies between the islands of Java and Borneo, a shallow tropical sea at the heart of the Indonesian archipelago.

Day 79 – At Sea

Day 80 – Lombok, Indonesia

Lombok, an Indonesian island east of Bali, offers striking landscapes and a quieter, more rural atmosphere than its famous neighbour.

Day 81 – Bali, Indonesia (Benoa)

Bali is Indonesia’s best known island, celebrated for its Hindu temples, terraced rice fields and long stretches of golden sand beaches.

Day 82 – Bali, Indonesia (Benoa)

Tanjung Benoa is a small village on Bali’s south eastern coast, its calm harbour a quiet contrast to the island’s busier tourist strips.

Day 83 – At Sea

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Day 85 – Darwin, NT, Australia

Darwin is the tropical capital of Australia’s Northern Territory, a harbour city known for its waterfront markets and nearby national parks.

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Day 89 – Cairns, QLD, Australia

Cairns, in tropical North Queensland, sits where the Great Barrier Reef meets the Wet Tropics rainforest, with a lively esplanade, marina and dining scene.

Day 90 – Townsville, QLD, Australia

Townsville is the unofficial capital of North Queensland, a tropical coastal city sitting alongside the Great Barrier Reef near Magnetic Island.

Day 91 – Airlie Beach (for the Whitsundays), Australia

Set on the Queensland coast, Airlie Beach serves as the resort hub for the 74 Whitsunday Islands, with abundant boutiques, cafes and alfresco dining.

Day 92 – At Sea

Day 93 – Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, sits along the winding Brisbane River, its skyline mixing modern towers with leafy riverside parklands.

Day 94 – At Sea

Day 95 – Sydney, NSW, Australia

Central Station anchors the city as a major rail hub, linking Sydney to destinations along Australia’s eastern seaboard.

*Please note that cruise itineraries are subject to change at any time by the cruise company and are not guaranteed.