Cruises From Sydney to New Zealand

Princess Cruises

• A 13-day Sydney to Sydney cruise makes straight for the Bay of Islands and fits in some of New Zealand's finest maritime scenery. A day in port for each of the next seven days gives cruisers options for comprehensive land-touring. For example, passengers can leave the ship at Dunedin and take an overnight tour cross-country to Queenstown and Milford Sound on the scenic road. They rejoin the ship the next day and sail back to Sydney.

  Princess Cruises

  24844 Avenue Rockefeller

  Santa Clarita, CA 91355

  800-774-6237

  princess.com

Silversea

• Cruisers aboard the luxury Silver Shadow leave Sydney but pack in Melbourne and Hobart before crossing the Tasman to New Zealand. The 14-day cruise ends in Auckland with a flight back to the country of origin. The start of the New Zealand portion is Milford Sound. Other ports are Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Napier and Tauranga, where guests can experience a Maori concert.

  Silversea Cruises

  110 E. Broward Blvd

  Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

  877-760-9052

  silversea.com

Royal Caribbean

• The 19-day tour of Australia and New Zealand begins with a five-day precruise air tour from Sydney to Cairns, in northern Queensland, and Uluru, or Ayers Rock, in central Australia. Cruisers join the Rhapsody of the Seas for the Sydney to New Zealand section. It stops in the Bay of Islands for a day of excursions, offers Maori culture experiences in Tauranga and sails past the often-active volcanic White Island. Napier, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin warrant a day each and the New Zealand leg ends in World Heritage site Fiordland National Park, with Dusky, Doubtful and Milford sounds. Two days take passengers back across the Tasman.

  Royal Caribbean International

  1050 Caribbean Way

  Miami, FL 33132

  866-562-7625

  royalcaribbean.com