Cruise itinerary
69-Night World Cruise Cruise from Sydney, New South Wales
69 nights · World Cruise · 49 ports of call
69-night World Cruise cruise aboard Seven Seas Mariner, departing Sydney, New South Wales and calling at Cruising the Tasman Sea, Hobart, Tasmania, Sailing Milford Sound, Cruising Doubtful Sound, Sailing Dusky Sound and Dunedin and 42 more.
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At a glance
- Cruise line
- Regent Seven Seas Cruises
- Duration
- 69 nights
- Region
- World Cruise
- Departs
- Sydney, New South Wales
- Returns
- Cape Town
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Where this voyage takes you
Day-by-day itinerary
- Day1
Sydney, New South Wales
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
Australia's harbour city, whose cruise terminal sits across the water from the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. The ferries at Circular Quay reach Manly and Bondi, while the historic Rocks district lies right beside the berths.
- Opera House
- Harbour Bridge
- Bondi Beach
- Day2
Cruising the Tasman Sea
- Day3
Hobart, Tasmania
Arrive 09:00 · Depart 18:00
The capital of Tasmania on Australia's island state, set below Mount Wellington on the River Derwent. The sandstone warehouses of Salamanca Place line the historic waterfront, and the provocative MONA art museum lies a short ferry ride upstream.
- Salamanca Place
- MONA
- Mount Wellington
- Day4
Cruising the Tasman Sea
- Day5
Cruising the Tasman Sea
- Day6
Sailing Milford Sound
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 09:00
Cruising Doubtful Sound
Arrive 12:15 · Depart 13:15
Sailing Dusky Sound
Arrive 14:45 · Depart 15:45
- Day7
Dunedin
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
A coastal city on New Zealand's South Island, built around a long natural harbour and shaped by Scottish settlers. It keeps Victorian and Edwardian architecture, and the Otago Peninsula at its edge is known for albatross, penguins, and seals.
- Otago Peninsula
- Royal albatross colony
- Larnach Castle
- Day8
Timaru
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day9
Lyttelton
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day10
Picton
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
A small harbour town at the head of Queen Charlotte Sound, the gateway between New Zealand's two main islands. Forested inlets surround the bay, and the Queen Charlotte Track and Marlborough wine country lie close by.
- Marlborough Sounds
- Queen Charlotte Track
- Edwin Fox ship
- Day11
Wellington
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
New Zealand's capital, set around a deep harbour at the windy southern tip of the North Island. It is known for its cafés, the Te Papa national museum and the Cuba Street arts quarter, with the cable car climbing to gardens above the bay.
- Te Papa museum
- Cuba Street
- Cable car
- Day12
Napier
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
A Hawke's Bay town on New Zealand's North Island, rebuilt in Art Deco style after a 1931 earthquake. The seafront streets carry one of the world's finest concentrations of 1930s architecture, with surrounding hills given over to vineyards.
- Art Deco quarter
- Hawke's Bay wineries
- Marine Parade
- Day13
Gisborne
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
- Day14
Tauranga
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
A harbour city on New Zealand's Bay of Plenty, guarded by the extinct volcanic cone of Mauao at the foot of Mount Maunganui. Its surf beaches and the geothermal springs of Rotorua inland make it a popular North Island call.
- Mount Maunganui
- Surf beaches
- Rotorua geysers
- Day15
Auckland
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
New Zealand's largest city, spread across a narrow isthmus between two harbours. Known as the City of Sails for its yacht-filled waters, it pairs a Sky Tower skyline with nearby volcanic cones, vineyards and black-sand surf beaches.
- Sky Tower
- City of Sails
- Waiheke Island
- Day16
Cruising the Tasman Sea
- Day17
Cruising the Tasman Sea
- Day18
Cruising the Coral Sea
- Day19
Brisbane, Queensland
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
Queensland's riverside capital in eastern Australia, a sunny city wrapped in a bend of the Brisbane River. Riverside walkways, the green South Bank parklands and a man-made city beach line the water, with rainforest hinterland not far away.
- South Bank
- Story Bridge
- River City
- Day20
Cruising the Coral Sea
- Day21
Airlie Beach
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
The gateway to Queensland's Whitsunday Islands, set on a hillside above a palm-lined marina on Australia's Coral Sea coast. Boats leave from here for the white silica sands of Whitehaven Beach and snorkelling trips out to the Great Barrier Reef.
- Whitehaven Beach
- Whitsunday Islands
- Great Barrier Reef
- Day22
Cairns, Queensland
Arrive 10:30 · Depart 20:30
A tropical city in far north Queensland, Australia, set between rainforest and reef. It is the main launching point for trips out to the Great Barrier Reef, with a palm-fringed esplanade lagoon along its waterfront.
- Great Barrier Reef
- Esplanade lagoon
- Daintree rainforest
- Day23
Cooktown, Queensland
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
- Day24
Cruising the Coral Sea
- Day25
Cruising the Timor Sea
- Day26
Darwin, Northern Territory
Arrive 11:00 · Depart 20:00
A tropical harbour city on Australia's northern coast, capital of the Northern Territory. A frontier outlaw spirit lingers along its waterfront, the gateway to crocodile country and the wetlands and gorges of Kakadu National Park.
- Kakadu wetlands
- Waterfront precinct
- Crocodile country
- Day27
Cruising the Timor Sea
- Day28
Cruising the Timor Sea
- Day29
Komodo Island
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
A rugged island in eastern Indonesia, part of a national park in the Lesser Sunda chain. Famous as the home of the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard, it draws expedition ships for guided ranger walks, hilltop viewpoints and a rare pink-sand beach.
- Komodo dragons
- Pink Beach
- ranger walks
- Day30
Lombok
Arrive 10:30 · Depart 19:00
An Indonesian island just east of Bali, dominated by the towering volcano of Mount Rinjani. It offers quieter beaches than its neighbour, traditional Sasak villages, and easy boats out to the three Gili Islands off the northwest coast.
- Mount Rinjani
- Gili Islands
- Sasak villages
- Day31
Benoa, Bali
Arrive 07:00
The main cruise port for Bali, on the southern coast of this Indonesian island. Beyond the harbour lie surf beaches, terraced rice paddies and the temple-rich uplands around Ubud, heart of the island's Hindu culture.
- Ubud
- Rice terraces
- Hindu temples
- Day32
Benoa, Bali
Depart 17:00
The main cruise port for Bali, on the southern coast of this Indonesian island. Beyond the harbour lie surf beaches, terraced rice paddies and the temple-rich uplands around Ubud, heart of the island's Hindu culture.
- Ubud
- Rice terraces
- Hindu temples
- Day33
Celukan Bawang, Bali
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
A cargo port on Bali's quiet northern coast, away from the island's southern resorts. It serves as a gateway to Indonesia's Hindu temples, the volcanic crater lakes of the interior and the calmer beaches and dolphin waters around Lovina.
- Lovina beaches
- Hindu temples
- Volcanic lakes
- Day34
Surabaya
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
Indonesia's second city and the chief port of East Java, set on the Madura Strait. A major commercial and naval hub, it mixes colonial Dutch architecture with Arab and Chinese quarters, and serves as a gateway to the volcanoes of the Javanese interior.
- Arab Quarter
- House of Sampoerna
- Suramadu Bridge
- Day35
Semarang
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
A port city on the north coast of Java, Indonesia, and the capital of Central Java province. A blend of Javanese, Chinese and colonial Dutch heritage shapes its old town, and it serves as the gateway to the great Buddhist temple of Borobudur inland.
- Borobudur gateway
- Old Town Semarang
- Sam Poo Kong temple
- Day36
Jakarta
Arrive 10:00 · Depart 20:00
- Day37
Cruising the Java Sea
- Day38
Singapore
Arrive 11:00
The island city-state at the tip of the Malay Peninsula and a key Southeast Asian cruise hub. From its modern terminal, the waterfront Marina Bay, the trees of Gardens by the Bay and the food stalls of hawker centres are all close by.
- Marina Bay Sands
- Gardens by the Bay
- Hawker centres
- Day39
Singapore
Depart 17:00
The island city-state at the tip of the Malay Peninsula and a key Southeast Asian cruise hub. From its modern terminal, the waterfront Marina Bay, the trees of Gardens by the Bay and the food stalls of hawker centres are all close by.
- Marina Bay Sands
- Gardens by the Bay
- Hawker centres
- Day40
Port Klang
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
The main seaport serving Kuala Lumpur, set on the west coast of peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is chiefly a gateway, with the capital's skyline, the Petronas Towers, and the Batu Caves shrines reached by road from the harbour.
- Petronas Towers
- Batu Caves
- Strait of Malacca
- Day41
Georgetown, Penang
Arrive 11:00 · Depart 19:00
The capital of Penang on Malaysia's northwest coast, a UNESCO-listed port city shaped by Chinese, Malay, Indian, and British trade. Its George Town core is famous for shophouse streets, clan houses, street art, and a celebrated hawker-food culture.
- George Town murals
- Clan jetties
- Hawker food
- Day42
Phuket
Arrive 09:00 · Depart 18:30
Thailand's largest island, on the Andaman Sea, ringed by sandy west-coast beaches such as Patong and Karon. Its old town keeps Sino-Portuguese shophouses, while limestone islands and the cliffs of Phang Nga Bay rise from the water nearby.
- Patong Beach
- Old town shophouses
- Phang Nga Bay
- Day43
Cruising the Bay of Bengal
- Day44
Cruising the Bay of Bengal
- Day45
Colombo
Arrive 13:00 · Depart 20:00
- Day46
Cruising the Laccadive Sea
- Day47
Male
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
The capital of the Maldives, one of the world's most densely built cities, packed onto a single coral island in the Indian Ocean. Its harbour, gold-domed Friday mosque and colourful fish market sit amid a maze of streets, with seaplanes fanning out to the surrounding atolls.
- Grand Friday Mosque
- Malé fish market
- Sultan Park
- Day48
Cruising the Indian Ocean
- Day49
Cruising the Indian Ocean
- Day50
Cruising the Indian Ocean
- Day51
Mahé
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 18:00
The main island of the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, home to the capital Victoria and the country's only cruise harbour. Granite peaks cloaked in forest rise above palm-lined coves, with celebrated beaches and a botanical garden of giant tortoises and coco de mer.
- Beau Vallon beach
- Victoria market
- Morne Seychellois
- Day52
Cruising the Mozambique Channel
- Day53
Antsiranana
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 18:00
- Day54
Cruising the Indian Ocean
- Day55
Port Louis
Arrive 13:00
The capital and main port of Mauritius, set on a natural harbour beneath a backdrop of jagged peaks in the Indian Ocean. A multicultural city, it is known for its colonial Caudan waterfront, the crowded stalls of the Central Market and the racecourse at the Champ de Mars.
- Caudan Waterfront
- Central Market
- Champ de Mars
- Day56
Port Louis
Depart 17:00
The capital and main port of Mauritius, set on a natural harbour beneath a backdrop of jagged peaks in the Indian Ocean. A multicultural city, it is known for its colonial Caudan waterfront, the crowded stalls of the Central Market and the racecourse at the Champ de Mars.
- Caudan Waterfront
- Central Market
- Champ de Mars
- Day57
Pointe des Galets
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day58
Cruising the Mozambique Channel
- Day59
Cruising the Mozambique Channel
- Day60
Nosy Bé
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day61
Cruising the Mozambique Channel
- Day62
Cruising the Mozambique Channel
- Day63
Cruising the Mozambique Channel
- Day64
Durban
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 20:00
South Africa's largest port and a subtropical city on the Indian Ocean coast. Known for its warm beaches along the Golden Mile, a strong Zulu and Indian heritage, and as a gateway to the Drakensberg mountains and the game reserves of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Golden Mile beaches
- uShaka Marine World
- Victoria Street Market
- Day65
Cruising the Indian Ocean
- Day66
Gqeberha (ex Port Elizabeth)
Arrive 07:30
- Day67
Gqeberha (ex Port Elizabeth)
Depart 18:30
- Day68
Mossel Bay
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day69
Cape Town
Arrive 10:00
South Africa's coastal city beneath the flat summit of Table Mountain, where the Atlantic meets the approaches to the Cape of Good Hope. The harbourfront, Robben Island and the Cape winelands lie within easy reach of the cruise terminal.
- Table Mountain
- Robben Island
- Cape winelands
- Day70
Cape Town
Depart 16:00
South Africa's coastal city beneath the flat summit of Table Mountain, where the Atlantic meets the approaches to the Cape of Good Hope. The harbourfront, Robben Island and the Cape winelands lie within easy reach of the cruise terminal.
- Table Mountain
- Robben Island
- Cape winelands
Upcoming departures
- 19 Feb 2028
Upcoming sailings of this itinerary — a NestCruise advisor confirms current availability and your fare.
69-Night World Cruise Cruise from Sydney, New South Wales FAQ
Which ports does this cruise visit?
This 69-night World Cruise cruise calls at Sydney, New South Wales, Cruising the Tasman Sea, Hobart, Tasmania, Sailing Milford Sound, Cruising Doubtful Sound, Sailing Dusky Sound, Dunedin, Timaru, Lyttelton, Picton, Wellington, Napier, Gisborne, Tauranga, Auckland, Cruising the Coral Sea, Brisbane, Queensland, Airlie Beach, Cairns, Queensland, Cooktown, Queensland, Cruising the Timor Sea, Darwin, Northern Territory, Komodo Island, Lombok, Benoa, Bali, Celukan Bawang, Bali, Surabaya, Semarang, Jakarta, Cruising the Java Sea, Singapore, Port Klang, Georgetown, Penang, Phuket, Cruising the Bay of Bengal, Colombo, Cruising the Laccadive Sea, Male, Cruising the Indian Ocean, Mahé, Cruising the Mozambique Channel, Antsiranana, Port Louis, Pointe des Galets, Nosy Bé, Durban, Gqeberha (ex Port Elizabeth), Mossel Bay and Cape Town.
How many days are spent at sea?
26 days are spent at sea; the rest are in port.
Where does this cruise depart from?
It departs from Sydney, New South Wales and ends in Cape Town.
How long is this cruise?
69 nights aboard Seven Seas Mariner.
When does this itinerary sail?
Upcoming departures include 19 Feb 2028. A NestCruise advisor can confirm current availability.