Australia and New Zealand is a Southern-Hemisphere summer escape with real distance between ports, so a ship you enjoy for its own sake matters. These are the ships sailing the region, ranked by Vessel Class.
Royal Princess leads at 8.6 out of 10 — 4 nights from $643 per person. A Value Score of 5.0 means a sailing costs what genuinely comparable cruises cost: same class of ship, same region, similar length. Above 5.0 the fare beats that going rate.
| Ship | Trip | From | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal PrincessPrincess Cruises | 4 nightsfrom Sydney | $643$161/night | 8.6 |
| Celebrity SolsticeCelebrity Cruises | 8 nightsfrom Sydney | $1,863$233/night | 8.1 |
| Silver MoonSilversea Cruises | 18 nightsfrom Singapore | $7,700$428/night | 7.9 |
| Grand PrincessPrincess Cruises | 9 nightsfrom Sydney | $1,817$202/night | 7.8 |
| Queen VictoriaCunard Line | 26 nightsfrom Sydney, NSW, Australia | $6,489$250/night | 7.7 |
See all Australia & New Zealand sailings · how the score is built
The season is the Southern-Hemisphere summer, October to April. December to February is peak: warmest and busiest. October–November and March–April are pleasant, cheaper shoulders. The region goes quiet for cruising in the southern winter.
The Australia & New Zealand sailings CruiseIndex tracks run 3 to 94 nights.
Tracked Australia & New Zealand itineraries call at Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne, Honolulu, Los Angeles and Vancouver.
Seven Seas Splendor (Regent Seven Seas Cruises) currently holds the region's top Vessel Class grade, #2 in our fleet-wide ranking.
Vessel Class and Review Score are live and real. Every fare shown is CruiseDirect's own fare for that sailing, refreshed from their inventory; a sailing we cannot match to a fare is withheld rather than estimated.