In search of a simple and inexpensive solution to tour Australia, New Zealand and numerous Pacific islands in a single journey?

Holland America has a brand new providing that permits for simply that.

The Seattle-based line on Tuesday will announce an epic monthlong itinerary that provides vacationers the chance to go to Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and a number of other of probably the most notable Pacific island teams with out getting on any inter-island flights.

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The “Islands of the South Pacific: Sydney to Auckland” voyage, as Holland America is asking it, will happen on the road’s 1,924-passenger Noordam and kick off Jan. 4, 2026, in Sydney.

Because it begins, the crusing will resemble a typical crusing up the east coast of Australia with stops at Queensland’s Moreton Island — a sandy getaway recognized for sand tobogganing, diving, bird-watching and parasailing — and the Queensland capital, Brisbane.

Extra stops up the Australian coast will embody Townsville, a gateway to scuba diving outings at Australia’s Nice Barrier Reef, and town of Cairns.

After every week of such exploring alongside Australia’s east coast, Noordam will strike out northeastward for a three-day go to to Papua New Guinea.

Among the many stops in Papua New Guinea might be Alotau, a buzzing harbor that was the positioning of the Battle of Milne Bay — usually billed as Japan’s first defeat within the Pacific throughout World Battle II. Noordam additionally will go to Papua New Guinea’s Battle Islands and Kiriwina, the biggest of the nation’s Trobriand Islands.

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From Papua New Guinea, Noordam will head eastward towards Guadalcanal within the Solomon Islands — the positioning of one other well-known World Battle II battle. These days, it is recognized for its unspoiled magnificence, which incorporates mountain spires, rocky coastlines, dense rainforest and spectacular waterfalls.

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Guadalcanal is simply the primary of a string of Pacific islands on the schedule. Noordam will spend the following 10 days hopping eastward and southward between a number of main island teams, together with the islands of Vanuatu and Fiji — each unbiased nations made up of huge numbers of islands.

Noordam will go to three locations in every of those two island teams. In Vanuatu, it’ll spend a full day every in Luganville, Port Vila and Thriller Island. The Fiji go to will deliver day visits to Lautoka, Suva and Dravuni Island.

A last Pacific island cease throughout this stretch of the journey would be the islands of Tonga, one other unbiased nation composed of a number of islands. Two stops are deliberate in Tonga, in Vavau and Nukualofa.

After touring these island teams, Noordam will flip southwestward throughout the Pacific to New Zealand, the place the journey will finish Feb. 1, 2026. Stops in New Zealand embody Waitangi and Tauranga.

The brand new South Pacific itinerary is the newest addition to a brand new collection of so-called Legendary Voyages that Holland America unveiled in early 2023. The additional-long sailings, scheduled to happen over the following three years, give attention to a single area and vary from 25 to 59 nights in size. Additionally they function particular programming.

The preliminary lineup of Legendary Voyages included each beforehand supplied routings and a few all-new routes — the latter together with an epic itinerary targeted on Japan scheduled for this 12 months that may final greater than 50 days.

The voyages usually give attention to far-off locations — together with Australia and New Zealand, the Amazon and South America, the South Pacific and Hawaii, Greenland and Iceland, Asia, Alaska and the Arctic Circle. However in a twist, most sailings are designed to start and finish in a North American port. Because of this North American passengers can attain distant locations with out ever getting on a global flight.

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The brand new lineup of lengthy journeys is designed to enhance Holland America’s celebrated assortment of even longer Grand Voyages — far-ranging, usually world-circling sailings that sometimes are 70 nights or longer.

The preliminary grouping of Legendary Voyages introduced in early 2023 included 17 particular departures between late 2023 and early 2025. Holland America has since been including extra departures, together with the brand new South Pacific journey.

Holland America has lengthy been recognized for longer sailings from U.S. ports that introduced individuals to far-flung locations across the globe. The brand new Legendary Voyages and an expanded lineup of different lengthy voyages mark a doubling down by the road on such journeys.

Fares for the brand new South Pacific itinerary — which might be 28 nights lengthy — begin at $3,669 per particular person, not together with taxes, charges and port fees. Extra info may be discovered on the web page for the crusing at Holland America’s web site.

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