PLAN YOUR CRUISE

Take your pick from a host of unforgettable cruise options Down Under. Here are our three top tips

Landfalls of Captain Cook

Seabourn, departing Auckland, New Zealand, November 19, 2018 22 days, from £9,499pp (flights not included) Auckland, New Zealand; Easo, Lifou, New Caledonia; Port Vila, Vanuatu; Champagne Bay, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu; Ureparapara, Vanuatu; Tivanipupu, Solomon Islands; Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands; Alotau, Papua New Guinea; Kitava, Papua New Guinea; Conflict Islands, Papua New Guinea; Cairns, Australia; Townsville, Australia; Great Barrier Reef Experience; Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia; Sydney Australia. seabourn.com

New Zealand and Southern Ocean

Holland America, departing Auckland, New Zealand, December 8, 2018 29 nights, from £3,899pp (flights not included) Auckland, New Zealand; Tauranga, New Zealand; Waitangi (Chatham Islands), New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Kaikoura, New Zealand; Akaroa (Christchurch), New Zealand; Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand; Fiordland National Park (scenic cruising); Melbourne, Australia; Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; Port Arthur, Australia; Cape Raoul, Australia (scenic cruising); Adelaide, South Australia; Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, Australia; Port Lincoln, Australia; Esperance, Western Australia; Albany, West Australia; Bunbury, Western Australia; Fremantle (Perth), Australia. hollandamerica.com

Southern Cross Explorer

Oceania Cruises, departing December 20, 2017 34 days, from £8.839pp (flights from UK included) Sydney, New South Wales; Brisbane, Queensland; Kingfisher Bay (Fraser Island), Queensland; Cairns, Queensland; Alotau, Papua New Guinea; Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Darwin, Northern Territory; Komodo, Indonesia; Bali, Indonesia; Exmouth, Western Australia; Geraldton, Western Australia; Perth (Fremantle), Western Australia; Esperance, Western Australia; Penneshaw, (Kangaroo Island), Western Australia; Adelaide, South Australia; Melbourne, Victoria; Burnie, Tasmania; Eden, New South Wales; Sydney, New South Wales. oceaniacruises.com