8 Night Vanuatu & New Caledonia Cruise aboard the Carnival Encounter
Get ready for eight nights of leisurely sailing through the sea when you join the Carnival Encounter from Brisbane and back.
Stopping at exotic cities like Lifou, Mystery Island, and Noumea makes this cruise particularly interesting. This route is a standard one for the Encounter.
The price is the total price, including all entertainment, meals, taxes, and port fees. Offered at less than $100 a day, this bargain is great.
The Carnival Encounter
The Encounter Carnival, based in Brisbane and refurbished less than this year ago in 2026, is a highly-rated Grand class ship that can carry more than 2,500 people.
The Encounter Carnival offers a casino, a spa, a waterslide, a jacuzzi, a gym, five pools, a rock climbing wall, and a bowling lane.
- Ship class
- Grand
- Built
- 2002
- Refurbished
- 2026
- Guests
- 2,596
- Crew
- 1,100
- Length
- 951 ft
Your Itinerary
This cruise spends four sea days and three days in port. Highlights include visits to once-in-a-lifetime stops like Lifou, Mystery Island, and Noumea.
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Book Your Cruise
Since being listed 3 days ago, The price of a room on this cruise has ranged between $795 and $799 including taxes and port charges. At only $4 more expensive than the all time low of $795 now is a great time to lock in your room
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 NC and Vanuatu the plan is at-sea only.
Alternate Sailings
The Encounter sails this route two times next year, but doesn't sail it this year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Luminosa.
More dates on the Carnival Encounter
- Jan 9 Sat, 2027 $1,022 $128/day
- Oct 1 Fri, 2027 $788 $99/day
- Mar 11 Sat, 2028 $795 $99/day
- Oct 2 Mon, 2028 $792 $99/day
- Oct 14 Sat, 2028 $792 $99/day
- Nov 25 Sat, 2028 $792 $99/day
- Jan 9 Tue, 2029 $906 $113/day
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Feb 3 Sat, 2029 This sailing
- Feb 24 Sat, 2029 $799 $100/day
- Apr 7 Sat, 2029 $842 $105/day
- May 26 Sat, 2029 $799 $100/day
- Jun 30 Sat, 2029 $863 $108/day
The same route on other Carnival ships
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Data as of Oct 31, 2026