Southern Cross Odyssey – Hobart, Suva & Fiordland

About this cruise

If you've got 36 nights to work with, this sailing from Sydney on October 23, 2027 through Hobart, Port Arthur and Melbourne, with additional stops along the Australia & New Zealand is genuinely one of the better ways to spend them. You do all the exploring first, then the last few days are at sea. It's like a built-in wind-down. The route threads through 5 countries along the Australia & New Zealand coast: Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and New Zealand. People come back from this cruise talking about Noumea: French café culture on a South Pacific lagoon. Around 10 hours per port on average, which is generous enough to go beyond the obvious. Royal Princess has 11 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. There are enough performances, events, and social mixers on a cruise this length that you couldn't do them all if you tried. And that's a good problem. Sydney itself is worth spending some time in. Don't just treat it as a departure point. The autumn timing is underrated too. Good weather, calmer seas, and a more relaxed ship. 17 ports, 5 countries, one suitcase. That's the appeal.