Looking for an very easy and budget-friendly means to scenic tour Australia, New Zealand and a multitude of Pacific islands in a solitary journey?
Holland America has a brand-new offering that permits simply that.
The Seattle-based line on Tuesday will certainly reveal an epic monthlong travel plan that offers vacationers the possibility to see Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and numerous of one of the most significant Pacific island teams without jumping on any type of inter-island trips.
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The “Islands of the South Pacific: Sydney to Auckland” trip, as Holland America is calling it, will certainly happen on the line’s 1,924-passenger Noordam and begin Jan. 4, 2026, in Sydney.
As it starts, the cruising will certainly appear like a normal cruising up the eastern coastline of Australia with quits at Queensland’s Moreton Island — a sandy trip understood for sand tobogganing, diving, bird-watching and windsurfing — and the Queensland resources, Brisbane.
Additional blocks the Australian coastline will certainly consist of Townsville, an entrance to diving getaways at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, and the city of Cairns.
After a week of such discovering along Australia’s eastern coastline, Noordam will certainly set out northeastward for a three-day browse through to Papua New Guinea.
Among the drop in Papua New Guinea will certainly be Alotau, a humming harbor that was the website of the Battle of Milne Bay — commonly billed as Japan’s very first loss in the Pacific throughout World War II. Noordam likewise will certainly see Papua New Guinea’s Conflict Islands and Kiriwina, the biggest of the nation’s Trobriand Islands.
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From Papua New Guinea, Noordam will certainly head eastward towards Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands — the website of one more popular World War II fight. Nowadays, it’s understood for its pristine elegance, that includes hill apexes, rough coasts, thick rain forest and amazing waterfalls.
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Guadalcanal is simply the very first of a string of Pacific islands on the routine. Noordam will certainly invest the following 10 days jumping eastward and southward in between numerous significant island teams, consisting of the islands of Vanuatu and Fiji — both independent nations composed of multitudes of islands.
Noordam will certainly see 3 locations in each of these 2 island teams. In Vanuatu, it will certainly invest a complete day each in Luganville, Port Vila and Mystery Island. The Fiji check out will certainly bring day check outs to Lautoka, Suva and Dravuni Island.
A last Pacific island quit throughout this stretch of the journey will certainly be the islands of Tonga, one more independent nation made up of several islands. Two quits are prepared in Tonga, in Vavau and Nukualofa.
After exploring these island teams, Noordam will certainly transform southwestward throughout the Pacific to New Zealand, where the journey will certainly finish Feb. 1, 2026. Stops in New Zealand consist of Waitangi and Tauranga.
A ‘epic trip’ for Holland America
The brand-new South Pacific travel plan is the latest enhancement to a brand-new collection of supposed Legendary Voyages that Holland America revealed in very early 2023. The extra-long cruisings, set up to happen over the following 3 years, concentrate on a solitary area and variety from 25 to 59 evenings in size. They likewise include unique programs.
The preliminary schedule of Legendary Voyages consisted of both formerly provided routings and some brand new paths — the last consisting of an epic travel plan concentrated on Japan set up for this year that will certainly last greater than 50 days.
The trips normally concentrate on far-off locations — consisting of Australia and New Zealand, the Amazon and South America, the South Pacific and Hawaii, Greenland and Iceland, Asia, Alaska and the Arctic Circle. But in a spin, many cruisings are developed to start and finish in a North American port. This suggests that North American guests can get to remote areas without ever before jumping on an global trip.
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The brand-new schedule of lengthy journeys is developed to enhance Holland America’s commemorated collection of also longer Grand Voyages — far-ranging, commonly world-circling cruisings that commonly are 70 evenings or longer.
The preliminary collection of Legendary Voyages revealed in very early 2023 consisted of 17 details separations in between late 2023 and very early 2025. Holland America has actually given that been including extra separations, consisting of the brand-new South Pacific journey.
Holland America has actually long been understood for longer cruisings from U.S. ports that brought individuals to distant areas around the world. The brand-new Legendary Voyages and an enhanced schedule of various other lengthy trips note an increasing down by the line on such journeys.
Fares for the brand-new South Pacific travel plan — which will certainly be 28 evenings long — begin at $3,669 each, not consisting of tax obligations, costs and port costs. More info can be discovered on the web page for the cruising at Holland America’s site.
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