8 Night Vanuatu & New Caledonia Cruise aboard the Carnival Encounter
Prepare for eight nights of exciting sailing across the sea when you book your cabin on the Carnival Encounter from Brisbane and back.
Calling on once-in-a-lifetime cities like Port-Vila, Mystery Island, and Noumea makes this sailing particularly exciting. This route is a rare one for the Encounter.
Our price is the total price, including meals, entertainment, taxes, and fees.
The Carnival Encounter
The Encounter Carnival, based in Brisbane and refurbished less than this year ago in 2026, is a highly-rated Grand class cruise ship that can carry comfortably more than 2,500 passengers.
The Encounter Carnival offers guests a jacuzzi, a waterslide, a spa, a gym, a rock climbing wall, five pools, a casino, and a bowling lane.
- Ship class
- Grand
- Built
- 2002
- Refurbished
- 2026
- Guests
- 2,596
- Crew
- 1,100
- Length
- 951 ft
Your Itinerary
This cruise consists of three days in port and four sea days. Highlights include visits to once-in-a-lifetime cities like Port-Vila, Mystery Island, and Noumea.
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Book Your Cruise
Since being listed seventeen months ago, The price of a room on this cruise has varied between $873 and $1,472 inclusive of taxes and port fees.
Photos show a typical cabin in each class. Layout and decor vary by category.
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Wifi and Cell Service
GigSky offers plans that cover internet on and off the ship at a fraction of the Carnival price. For this cruise, get a 9-day plan for only $121.54. The connection works onboard and on shore.
Your plan includes 500MB per day of high speed data, plus unlimited messaging, rideshare, maps, and email.
Ashore in Vanuatu and NC the plan is at-sea only.
Alternate Sailings
The Encounter sails this route once this year. The Voyager of the Seas and Quantum of the Seas also sail routes with the same stops but slightly different schedules.
No other departures of this route are on sale right now.
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Data as of Oct 31, 2026