Best Australian Adventure Cruise?

Question

We are now thinking about doing a cruise for our 10 yr anniversay trip to Australia. I would like to visit mainly Australia, but Tasmania and New Zealand would be great as well. We wanted to have an Adventure type experience with Zip lines, horse back riding, diving and rafting to name a few. What Cruise lines and trips do you recommend. Certain time of the year?

Answer 1

Last year, I took a 29 day cruise from Australia to Los Angeles. It was a repositioning cruise which means it was leaving Australia for the season and headed up to Alaska. So the time to take a cruise around Australia is during our winter here in the US. There seasons are just the opposite of ours. I cruised on Princess, so go to princess.com and check out there Australia itineraries and see if there is anything that you like. I prefer Princess.

Answer 2

Then you want to try Celebrity Cruise lines.  They are doing a  to those areas. Some can be as long as 17 nights. Here is the link so you can check it out.  They are a great cruise line too.

http://www.celebritycruises.com/search/v...

Answer 3

Princess, with 3 ships based DownUnder in the 2008-09 season, will have the best choice of itineraries.  Most of the itineraries, however, don't visit destinations where zip lines, horse back riding, etc are particularly strong.

[Tasmania is a beautiful, pristine and natural island -- with some phenomenal beaches, forests, wildlife, trout fishing and historical sites -- great beer and wine, too! -- but there are better places to dive in the South Pacific, and I'm not sure you would be at port long enough to get to the area with Zip Lines....]

You might want to consider spending a few days before or after your cruise in the Cairns region (diving on the Great Barrier Reef, horse back riding through the rain forest or along the beaches, white water rafting) -- or additional time near Queenstown, New Zealand to try bungy jumping and some of the world's best white water rafting.

Another suggestion is to take a cruise in Fiji on Blue Lagoon Cruises, a small cruise ship -- Fiji has one of the world's largest coral reef systems, horseback riding, rafting and other adventure sports.

Enjoy!