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Australia, Asia & Alaska - Sydney to Vancouver Cruise

  • Departure DateFri 21st Mar 2025
  • Viking Viking Orion
  • 78 Night Cruise From Sydney
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Itinerary

  • Sydney
  • Newcastle, NSW, Australia
  • Brisbane
  • Whitsunday Islands,
  • Townsville
  • Cairns
  • Thursday Island
  • Darwin, Australia
  • Komodo Island
  • Lombok
  • Bali
  • Surabaya, Java
  • Semarang
  • Jakarta
  • Java, Indonesia
  • Singapore
  • Kuala Lumpur
  • Java, Indonesia
  • Bangkok
  • Sihanoukville
  • Ho Chi Minh City
  • Chan May
  • Ha Long Bay
  • Hong Kong
  • Taipei
  • Nagasaki
  • Kagoshima
  • Beppu
  • Hiroshima
  • Osaka
  • Shimizu
  • Tokyo
  • Sapporo (Muroran/Hokkaido)
  • Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  • Kodiak, Alaska
  • Seward
  • Valdez
  • Yakutat Bay (US)
  • Icy Strait Point, Alaska
  • Sitka
  • Ketchikan
  • Vancouver, Canada

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Day 1 - Sydney

Arrive: Fri 21 March 2025 / Depart: Fri 21 March 2025

Sydney, capital of New South Wales and one of Australia's largest cities, is best known for its harbourfront Sydney Opera House, with a distinctive sail-like design. Massive Darling Harbour and the smaller Circular Quay port are hubs of waterside life, with the arched Harbour Bridge and esteemed Royal Botanic Garden nearby. Sydney Tower’s outdoor platform, the Skywalk, offers 360-degree views of the city and suburbs.

Day 2 - Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Arrive: Sat 22 March 2025 / Depart: Sat 22 March 2025

Newcastle is a harbour city in the Australian state of New South Wales. Its plentiful beaches are linked by the Bathers Way, a coastal walk stretching between Nobbys Beach and Merewether Beach. The walk provides access to Bogey Hole, a convict-built ocean bath from the colonial period. Also on the path is the 1880s Fort Scratchley, a historic site and a viewpoint for spotting migrating whales.

Day 3 - Cruise the Australian Coast

Day 4 - Brisbane

Arrive: Mon 24 March 2025 / Depart: Mon 24 March 2025

Brisbane, capital of Queensland, is a large city on the Brisbane River. Clustered in its South Bank cultural precinct are the Queensland Museum and Sciencentre, with noted interactive exhibitions. Another South Bank cultural institution is Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, among Australia's major contemporary art museums. Looming over the city is Mt. Coot-tha, site of Brisbane Botanic Gardens.

Day 5 - Cruise the Australian Coast

Day 6 - Whitsunday Islands,

Arrive: Wed 26 March 2025 / Depart: Wed 26 March 2025

The 74 Whitsunday Islands lie between the northeast coast of Queensland, Australia, and the Great Barrier Reef, a massive stretch of coral teeming with marine life. Most of the islands are uninhabited. They're characterized by dense rainforest, hiking trails and white sand beaches. The town of Airlie Beach on the mainland is the region's central hub.

Day 7 - Townsville

Arrive: Thu 27 March 2025 / Depart: Thu 27 March 2025

Townsville is a coastal city in northeastern Queensland, Australia. The Strand esplanade, with its pier and water park, is popular. The Reef HQ Aquarium has marine life and coral from the Great Barrier Reef, plus a sea turtle hospital. Southeast of the city, the Billabong Sanctuary wildlife park is home to koalas, wombats and crocodiles. Offshore, Magnetic Island has coral reefs and a national park full of wildlife.

Day 8 - Cairns

Arrive: Fri 28 March 2025 / Depart: Fri 28 March 2025

Cairns, considered the gateway to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, is a city in tropical Far North Queensland. Its Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park tells the stories of indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with music and dance. Cairns Esplanade, lined with bars and restaurants, has a swimming lagoon. Northwest of the city, Daintree National Park spans mountainous rainforest, gorges and beaches.

Day 9 - Cruise the Coral Sea

Day 10 - Thursday Island

Arrive: Sun 30 March 2025 / Depart: Sun 30 March 2025

Thursday Island, colloquially known as TI, or in the Kawrareg dialect, Waiben or Waibene, is an island of the Torres Strait Islands, an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait. TI is located approximately 39 kilometres north of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia.

Day 11 - Cruise the Arafura Sea

Day 12 - Darwin, Australia

Arrive: Tue 01 April 2025

Day 13 - Darwin, Australia

Depart: Wed 02 April 2025

Day 14 - Cruise the Timor Sea

Day 15 - Komodo Island

Arrive: Fri 04 April 2025 / Depart: Fri 04 April 2025

Komodo island, part of the Lesser Sunda chain of Indonesian islands, is the rugged habitat of the 3m-long Komodo dragon monitor lizard. Komodo National Park covers the entire region and is home to more than 4,000 dragons, and is made up of rusty-red volcanic hills, savannah and forests. Its surrounding waters of seagrass beds, mangrove shrublands and coral reefs are famous for diving.

Day 16 - Lombok

Arrive: Sat 05 April 2025 / Depart: Sat 05 April 2025

Lombok is an Indonesian island east of Bali and west of Sumbawa, part of the Lesser Sunda Island chain. It's known for beaches and surfing spots, particularly at Kuta and Banko Banko (in south Lombok). The motor-vehicle-free Gili Islands (Gili Trawangan, Gili Air and Gili Meno), off Lombok’s west coast, offer more beaches, reefs for diving and snorkeling, and a sea turtle hatchery

Day 17 - Bali

Arrive: Sun 06 April 2025

Bali is an Indonesian island known for its forested volcanic mountains, iconic rice paddies, beaches and coral reefs. The island is home to religious sites such as cliffside Uluwatu Temple. To the south, the beachside city of Kuta has lively bars, while Seminyak, Sanur and Nusa Dua are popular resort towns. The island is also known for its yoga and meditation retreats.

Day 18 - Bali

Depart: Mon 07 April 2025

Bali is an Indonesian island known for its forested volcanic mountains, iconic rice paddies, beaches and coral reefs. The island is home to religious sites such as cliffside Uluwatu Temple. To the south, the beachside city of Kuta has lively bars, while Seminyak, Sanur and Nusa Dua are popular resort towns. The island is also known for its yoga and meditation retreats.

Day 19 - Surabaya, Java

Arrive: Tue 08 April 2025 / Depart: Tue 08 April 2025

Day 20 - Semarang

Arrive: Wed 09 April 2025 / Depart: Wed 09 April 2025

Semarang is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today.

Day 21 - Jakarta

Arrive: Thu 10 April 2025

Day 22 - Jakarta

Depart: Fri 11 April 2025

Day 23 - Java, Indonesia

Arrive: Sat 12 April 2025 / Depart: Sat 12 April 2025

Java, lying between Sumatra and Bali, is a volcano-dotted island that’s at the geographic and economic center of Indonesia, and home to more than half its people. Java’s largest city is modern, sprawling Jakarta, the nation’s capital. It’s home to the expansive National Museum, an old town (Kota Tua) with Dutch colonial buildings, as well as upscale hotels and shopping malls.

Day 24 - Singapore

Arrive: Sun 13 April 2025 / Depart: Sun 13 April 2025

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

Day 25 - Kuala Lumpur

Arrive: Mon 14 April 2025 / Depart: Mon 14 April 2025

Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia. Its modern skyline is dominated by the 451m-tall Petronas Twin Towers, a pair of glass-and-steel-clad skyscrapers with Islamic motifs. The towers also offer a public skybridge and observation deck. The city is also home to British colonial-era landmarks such as the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station and the Sultan Abdul Samad Building.

Day 26 - Java, Indonesia

Arrive: Tue 15 April 2025 / Depart: Tue 15 April 2025

Java, lying between Sumatra and Bali, is a volcano-dotted island that’s at the geographic and economic center of Indonesia, and home to more than half its people. Java’s largest city is modern, sprawling Jakarta, the nation’s capital. It’s home to the expansive National Museum, an old town (Kota Tua) with Dutch colonial buildings, as well as upscale hotels and shopping malls.

Day 27 - Gulf of Thailand

Day 28 - Bangkok

Arrive: Thu 17 April 2025

Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, is a large city known for ornate shrines and vibrant street life. The boat-filled Chao Phraya River feeds its network of canals, flowing past the Rattanakosin royal district, home to opulent Grand Palace and its sacred Wat Phra Kaew Temple. Nearby is Wat Pho Temple with an enormous reclining Buddha and, on the opposite shore, Wat Arun Temple with its steep steps and Khmer-style spire.

Day 29 - Bangkok

Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, is a large city known for ornate shrines and vibrant street life. The boat-filled Chao Phraya River feeds its network of canals, flowing past the Rattanakosin royal district, home to opulent Grand Palace and its sacred Wat Phra Kaew Temple. Nearby is Wat Pho Temple with an enormous reclining Buddha and, on the opposite shore, Wat Arun Temple with its steep steps and Khmer-style spire.

Day 30 - Bangkok

Depart: Sat 19 April 2025

Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, is a large city known for ornate shrines and vibrant street life. The boat-filled Chao Phraya River feeds its network of canals, flowing past the Rattanakosin royal district, home to opulent Grand Palace and its sacred Wat Phra Kaew Temple. Nearby is Wat Pho Temple with an enormous reclining Buddha and, on the opposite shore, Wat Arun Temple with its steep steps and Khmer-style spire.

Day 31 - Sihanoukville

Arrive: Sun 20 April 2025

Sihanoukville, also known as Kampong Som or Preah Sihanouk, is a coastal city in Cambodia and the capital of Sihanoukville Province, at the tip of an elevated peninsula in the country's south-west on the Gulf of Thailand.

Day 32 - Sihanoukville

Depart: Mon 21 April 2025

Sihanoukville, also known as Kampong Som or Preah Sihanouk, is a coastal city in Cambodia and the capital of Sihanoukville Province, at the tip of an elevated peninsula in the country's south-west on the Gulf of Thailand.

Day 33 - Gulf of Thailand

Day 34 - Ho Chi Minh City

Arrive: Wed 23 April 2025

Ho Chi Minh City, commonly known by its previous name, Saigon, is the largest and most populous city in Vietnam. According to the 2019 census, Ho Chi Minh City has a population of over 8.9 million within the city proper and over 21 million within its metropolitan area.

Day 35 - Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City, commonly known by its previous name, Saigon, is the largest and most populous city in Vietnam. According to the 2019 census, Ho Chi Minh City has a population of over 8.9 million within the city proper and over 21 million within its metropolitan area.

Day 36 - Ho Chi Minh City

Depart: Fri 25 April 2025

Ho Chi Minh City, commonly known by its previous name, Saigon, is the largest and most populous city in Vietnam. According to the 2019 census, Ho Chi Minh City has a population of over 8.9 million within the city proper and over 21 million within its metropolitan area.

Day 37 - South China Sea

Day 38 - Chan May

Arrive: Sun 27 April 2025 / Depart: Sun 27 April 2025

Hu? is a city in central Vietnam that was the seat of Nguyen Dynasty emperors and the national capital from 1802 to 1945. A major attraction is its vast, 19th-century ??i N?i Citadel, surrounded by a moat and thick stone walls. It encompasses the Imperial City, with palaces and shrines; the Forbidden Purple City (T? c?m thành), once the emperor’s home; and a replica of the Royal Theater.

Day 39 - Ha Long Bay

Arrive: Mon 28 April 2025

H? Long Bay, in northeast Vietnam, is known for its emerald waters and thousands of towering limestone islands topped by rainforests. Junk boat tours and sea kayak expeditions take visitors past islands named for their shapes, including Stone Dog and Teapot islets. The region is popular for scuba diving, rock climbing and hiking, particularly in mountainous Cát Bà National Park

Day 40 - Ha Long Bay

Depart: Tue 29 April 2025

H? Long Bay, in northeast Vietnam, is known for its emerald waters and thousands of towering limestone islands topped by rainforests. Junk boat tours and sea kayak expeditions take visitors past islands named for their shapes, including Stone Dog and Teapot islets. The region is popular for scuba diving, rock climbing and hiking, particularly in mountainous Cát Bà National Park

Day 41 - South China Sea

Day 42 - Hong Kong

Arrive: Thu 01 May 2025

Hong Kong, officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is a metropolitan area and special administrative region of the People's Republic of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta of the South China Sea.

Day 43 - Hong Kong

Hong Kong, officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is a metropolitan area and special administrative region of the People's Republic of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta of the South China Sea.

Day 44 - Hong Kong

Depart: Sat 03 May 2025

Hong Kong, officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is a metropolitan area and special administrative region of the People's Republic of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta of the South China Sea.

Day 45 - East China Sea

Day 46 - Taipei

Arrive: Mon 05 May 2025 / Depart: Mon 05 May 2025

Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, is a modern metropolis with Japanese colonial lanes, busy shopping streets and contemporary buildings. The skyline is crowned by the 509m-tall, bamboo-shaped Taipei 101 skyscraper, with upscale shops at the base and a rapid elevator to an observatory near the top. Taipei is also known for its lively street-food scene and many night markets, including expansive Shilin market.

Day 47 - East China Sea

Day 48 - Nagasaki

Arrive: Wed 07 May 2025 / Depart: Wed 07 May 2025

Nagasaki is a Japanese city on the northwest coast of the island of Kyushu. It’s set on a large natural harbor, with buildings on the terraces of surrounding hills. It is synonymous with a key moment during World War II, after suffering an Allied nuclear attack in August 1945. The event is memorialized at the city’s Atomic Bomb Museum and Peace Park.

Day 49 - Kagoshima

Arrive: Thu 08 May 2025 / Depart: Thu 08 May 2025

Kagoshima, a seaside city on Japan's Kyushu Island, is the capital of Kagoshima Prefecture. It's best known for Sakurajima, an active volcano that faces Kinko Bay. At its base, the Nagisa Lava Trail winds through lava fields filled with boulders. Once set on an isolated island, the volcano became connected to the Osumi Peninsula after an eruption in 1914.

Day 50 - Beppu

Arrive: Fri 09 May 2025 / Depart: Fri 09 May 2025

Day 51 - Hiroshima

Arrive: Sat 10 May 2025

Hiroshima, a modern city on Japan’s Honshu Island, was largely destroyed by an atomic bomb during World War II. Today, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park commemorates the 1945 event. In the park are the ruins of Genbaku Dome, one of the few buildings that was left standing near ground zero. Other prominent sites include Shukkei-en, a formal Japanese garden, and Hiroshima Castle, a fortress surrounded by a moat and a park.

Day 52 - Hiroshima

Depart: Sun 11 May 2025

Hiroshima, a modern city on Japan’s Honshu Island, was largely destroyed by an atomic bomb during World War II. Today, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park commemorates the 1945 event. In the park are the ruins of Genbaku Dome, one of the few buildings that was left standing near ground zero. Other prominent sites include Shukkei-en, a formal Japanese garden, and Hiroshima Castle, a fortress surrounded by a moat and a park.

Day 53 - Osaka

Arrive: Mon 12 May 2025 / Depart: Mon 12 May 2025

Osaka is a large port city and commercial center on the Japanese island of Honshu. It's known for its modern architecture, nightlife and hearty street food. The 16th-century shogunate Osaka Castle, which has undergone several restorations, is its main historical landmark. It's surrounded by a moat and park with plum, peach and cherry-blossom trees. Sumiyoshi-taisha is among Japan’s oldest Shinto shrines.

Day 54 - Shimizu

Arrive: Tue 13 May 2025

Sprawling, semi-rural Shimizu Ward is dominated by forested coastal mountains, with hiking trails and ropeway rides to dramatic viewpoints above Suruga Bay. Miho Beach Park is popular for swimming and water sports in summer, and there are baseball and soccer fields nearby, plus an aquarium at the Marine Science Center. Busy fisheries supply sushi bars and seafood markets with local specialties like sakura shrimp.

Day 55 - Shimizu

Depart: Wed 14 May 2025

Sprawling, semi-rural Shimizu Ward is dominated by forested coastal mountains, with hiking trails and ropeway rides to dramatic viewpoints above Suruga Bay. Miho Beach Park is popular for swimming and water sports in summer, and there are baseball and soccer fields nearby, plus an aquarium at the Marine Science Center. Busy fisheries supply sushi bars and seafood markets with local specialties like sakura shrimp.

Day 56 - Tokyo

Arrive: Thu 15 May 2025

Tokyo, Japan’s busy capital, mixes the ultramodern and the traditional, from neon-lit skyscrapers to historic temples. The opulent Meiji Shinto Shrine is known for its towering gate and surrounding woods. The Imperial Palace sits amid large public gardens. The city's many museums offer exhibits ranging from classical art (in the Tokyo National Museum) to a reconstructed kabuki theater (in the Edo-Tokyo Museum).

Day 57 - Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan’s busy capital, mixes the ultramodern and the traditional, from neon-lit skyscrapers to historic temples. The opulent Meiji Shinto Shrine is known for its towering gate and surrounding woods. The Imperial Palace sits amid large public gardens. The city's many museums offer exhibits ranging from classical art (in the Tokyo National Museum) to a reconstructed kabuki theater (in the Edo-Tokyo Museum).

Day 58 - Tokyo

Depart: Sat 17 May 2025

Tokyo, Japan’s busy capital, mixes the ultramodern and the traditional, from neon-lit skyscrapers to historic temples. The opulent Meiji Shinto Shrine is known for its towering gate and surrounding woods. The Imperial Palace sits amid large public gardens. The city's many museums offer exhibits ranging from classical art (in the Tokyo National Museum) to a reconstructed kabuki theater (in the Edo-Tokyo Museum).

Day 59 - Tsugaru Strait

Day 60 - Sapporo (Muroran/Hokkaido)

Arrive: Mon 19 May 2025

Sapporo, capital of the mountainous northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, is famous for its beer, skiing and annual Sapporo Snow Festival featuring enormous ice sculptures. The Sapporo Beer Museum traces the city’s brewing history and has tastings and a beer garden. Ski hills and jumps from the 1972 Winter Olympics are scattered within the city limits, and Niseko, a renowned ski resort, is nearby.

Day 61 - Sapporo (Muroran/Hokkaido)

Depart: Tue 20 May 2025

Sapporo, capital of the mountainous northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, is famous for its beer, skiing and annual Sapporo Snow Festival featuring enormous ice sculptures. The Sapporo Beer Museum traces the city’s brewing history and has tastings and a beer garden. Ski hills and jumps from the 1972 Winter Olympics are scattered within the city limits, and Niseko, a renowned ski resort, is nearby.

Day 62 - At Sea

Day 63 - At Sea

Day 64 - Sail the Pacific Ocean

Day 65 - Sail the Pacific Ocean

Day 66 - Sail the Pacific Ocean

Day 67 - Cross the International Date Line

Day 68 - Dutch Harbor, Alaska

Arrive: Tue 27 May 2025 / Depart: Tue 27 May 2025

Dutch Harbor is a harbor on Amaknak Island in Unalaska, Alaska. It was the location of the Battle of Dutch Harbor in June 1942, and was one of the few sites in the United States to be subjected to aerial bombardment by a foreign power during World War II.

Day 69 - Gulf of Alaska

Day 70 - Kodiak, Alaska

Arrive: Thu 29 May 2025 / Depart: Thu 29 May 2025

Kodiak is the main city and one of seven communities on Kodiak Island in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska. All commercial transportation between the island's communities and the outside world goes through this city via ferryboat or airline. The population was 6,130 as of the 2010 census.

Day 71 - Seward

Arrive: Fri 30 May 2025 / Depart: Fri 30 May 2025

Seward is a port city in southern Alaska, set on an inlet on the Kenai Peninsula. It’s a gateway to Kenai Fjords National Park, where glaciers flow from the Harding Icefield into coastal fjords. Surrounded by peaks, the fjords are a whale and porpoise habitat. The city’s Alaska SeaLife Center has seals and puffins, and fishing boats fill Seward Harbor. To the west, a trail leads to the summit of Mount Marathon.

Day 72 - Valdez

Arrive: Sat 31 May 2025 / Depart: Sat 31 May 2025

Valdez is a city in the Chugach Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to the 2010 US Census, the population of the city is 3,976, down from 4,036 in 2000. The city was named in 1790 after the Spanish Navy Minister Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán.

Day 73 - Yakutat Bay (US)

Arrive: Sun 01 June 2025 / Depart: Sun 01 June 2025

Day 74 - Icy Strait Point, Alaska

Arrive: Mon 02 June 2025 / Depart: Mon 02 June 2025

The Icy Strait is a strait in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska, at about 58°16?41?N 135°38?48?W. The strait separates Chichagof Island to the south and the Alaska mainland to the north

Day 75 - Sitka

Arrive: Tue 03 June 2025 / Depart: Tue 03 June 2025

Sitka is an Alaskan city and borough near Juneau, the state capital. It's spread over Baranof Island, part of Chichagof Island and others. It was part of Russia until 1867 and St. Michael’s Orthodox Cathedral is topped with an onion dome. The 1842 Russian Bishop’s House is nearby. Sitka National Historical Park is the site of Russia’s defeat of the indigenous Tlingit people and has a trail dotted with totem poles.

Day 76 - Ketchikan

Arrive: Wed 04 June 2025 / Depart: Wed 04 June 2025

Ketchikan is an Alaskan city facing the Inside Passage, a popular cruise route along the state's southeastern coast. It's known for its many Native American totem poles, on display throughout town. Nearby Misty Fiords National Monument is a glacier-carved wilderness featuring snowcapped mountains, waterfalls and salmon spawning streams. It's also home to rich wildlife including black bears, wolves and bald eagles.

Day 77 - Inside Passage

Day 78 - Inside Passage

Day 79 - Vancouver, Canada

Arrive: Sat 07 June 2025 / Depart: Sat 07 June 2025

Vancouver, a bustling west coast seaport in British Columbia, is among Canada’s densest, most ethnically diverse cities. A popular filming location, it’s surrounded by mountains, and also has thriving art, theatre and music scenes. Vancouver Art Gallery is known for its works by regional artists, while the Museum of Anthropology houses preeminent First Nations collections.

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