Ocean Discovery – Fjordland National Park, Dunedin & Christchurch

About this cruise

A trip this long changes your rhythm entirely, and that's very much the point. 12 nights from Sydney on January 28, 2028, visiting Fiordland National Park, Dunedin, Lyttelton (Christchurch), Napier, Wellington and Picton. It starts gently with sea days, so by the time you reach the first port you'll have explored the ship and actually feel on holiday. Big cities, reef snorkelling, and New Zealand's green mountains. Genuinely varied. You get around 9 hours in each port, which is enough for an excursion, lunch, and some wandering around on your own. When you're not ashore, There are 15 restaurants on Anthem of the Seas, so you'd need to double up a few evenings to try them all in 12 nights. Longer sailings have a different energy. People relax into it, stop rushing, and start actually talking to each other. While everyone else deals with the January cold, you'll be somewhere warmer. And floating. Hard to ask for much more than that, honestly.