Adventuroo Down Under

The Ultimate Australian Adventure

30-Days on the EDGE

It’s a GO!  This awesome trip will start on about 30-Sep-2025, flying to Honolulu (HNL), staying for 1 night before boarding the Celebrity Edge for 2 back to back cruises.

The first cruise is the Tahitian Treasures Cruise starting in Honolulu, Hawaii and visiting Moorea (French Polynesia), Papeete, Tahiti (French Polynesia), Raiatea (French Polynesia), Tauranga (New Zealand), Auckland (New Zealand), Bay of Islands (New Zealand), and ending in Sydney, Australia.

The second cruise is called the Great Barrier Reef and starts the same day in in Sydney.  On this round we will be visiting Willis Island (Cruising), Port Douglas, Cairns (Yorkey’s Knob), Airlie Beach, Brisbane and returning to Sydney.

We will follow this up with 3 days in Sydney and then heading back to Hawaii for a final week of relaxation before returning home approximately 12-Nov 2025.

We will be visiting 13 or 14 cities/ports for a total of 43 days of vacation (1 night in hotel before cruise, 31 nights on the ship, and 11 nights in hotels after the cruise).  

DayDatePortArriveDepart
Tue30-Sep-25Honolulu, Hawaii14:00----
Wed1-Oct-25Honolulu, Hawaii (Boarding Day)----19:00
Tue7-Oct-25Moorea, French Polynesia (Docked)10:00----
Wed8-Oct-25Moorea, French Polynesia (Docked)----21:00
Thu9-Oct-25Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia (Docked)08:0021:00
Fri10-Oct-25Raiatea, French Polynesia (Tendered)07:0017:00
Mon13-Oct-25International Date Line Crossing--------
Thu16-Oct-25Tauranga, New Zealand (Docked)09:4517:00
Fri17-Oct-25Auckland, New Zealand (Docked)06:3018:30
Sat18-Oct-25Bay of Islands, New Zealand (Tendered)07:0016:00
Tue21-Oct-25Sydney, Australia (Docked)06:3018:45
Fri24-Oct-25Willis Island, Australia (Cruising)--------
Sat25-Oct-25Port Douglas, Australia (Tendered)08:0018:00
Sun26-Oct-25Cairns (Yorkey's Knob), Australia (Docked)07:00----
Mon27-Oct-25Cairns (Yorkey's Knob), Australia (Docked)----16:00
Tue28-Oct-25Airlie Beach, QLD, Australia (Tendered)10:0020:00
Thu30-Oct-25Brisbane, Australia (Docked)07:0018:00
Sat1-Nov-25Sydney, Australia (Disembarkation Day)06:30----
Tue5-Nov-25Sydney, Australia----21:30
Wed6-Nov-25Hawaii10:30----
Wed12-Nov-25Hawaii----18:00

I have essentially broken this into a 4-part trip; first cruise, second cruise, Sydney, and Hawaii.  Below is an estimated cost of the entire 4-part trip using average hotel, food and transportation costs for each of the cities.  If anyone is interested in part of the trip, such as only one of the cruises that is possible too.  In these estimates I did not include:  souvenirs, excursions, drinks, internet, specialty dining, etc.

Cost for 2 peopleStartEndRange
Minneapolis to Honolulu Flight and Honolulu Stay (1 Night) Hale Koa30-Sep-2501-Oct-25900 - 1500
Tahitian Treasures Cruise (19 Nights -Hawaii to French Polynesia to New Zeland to Australia - 8 ports)01-Oct-2521-Oct-254500 - 6500
Great Barrier Reef Cruise (11 Nights - Australian East Coast - 5 ports)21-Oct-2501-Nov-253500 - 4500
Austrailian Land Stay (4 Nights)01-Nov-2505-Nov-251500 - 1800
Sydney to Honolulu Flight (1 Night)05-Nov-2506-Nov-251000 - 1500
Hawaii Land Stay (6 Nights) Hale Koa06-Nov-2512-Nov-254000 - 5000
Honolulu to Minneapolis Flight (1 Night)12-Nov-2513-Nov-25600 - 1000
$16,000 - $22,000

Average weather for our times in:

Hawaii

Temperature range of 70-83 degrees fahrenheit.

French Polynesia

Temperature range of 70-85 degrees fahrenheit.

New Zealand

Temperature range of 60-70 degrees fahrenheit and dry

Australia

Temperature range of 60-80 degrees fahrenheit.

Hawaii

Temperature range of 72-85 degrees fahrenheit.

These are items that may be of interest on the first part of the trip (Tahitian Treasures cruise).

These are items that may be of interest on the second part of the trip (Great Barrier Reef cruise).

These are items that may be of interest on the third part of the trip (Sydney Land).

These are items that may be of interest on the fourth part of the trip (Hawaii Land).