8 Night Vanuatu & New Caledonia Cruise aboard the Carnival Encounter
Prepare yourself for eight nights of relaxing travel across the sea when you book your cabin on the Carnival Encounter from Brisbane and back.
Spending time in exotic ports such as Lifou, Mystery Island, and Noumea makes this sailing particularly exciting. This route is a standard one for the Encounter.
With a cost of less than $105 a day, this is a very good bargain. This includes all entertainment, meals, port fees, and taxes. No surprises!
The Carnival Encounter
Based in Brisbane and refurbished less than this year ago in 2026, more than 2,500 cruisers can travel comfortably on this top-rated Grand class cruise ship.
The Encounter Carnival offers a rock climbing wall, a spa, a jacuzzi, a waterslide, a bowling lane, a gym, a casino, and five pools.
Your Itinerary
This cruise spends four sea days and three days in port. Major features include visits to rare ports like Lifou, Mystery Island, and Noumea.
Alternate Sailings
The Encounter sails this route once this year plus four times next year. The same itinerary is also sailed by the Luminosa. In the accompanying graphic you can see a visualization of when this ship sails as well as the relative price.
Book Your Cruise
Since it was first listed on June 16th of last year, The cost of this cruise has varied between $807 and $814 for a cabin, inclusive of taxes and port fees. The accompanying graph shows the cost over time for each class of cabin. At only $3 more than the all time low of $807 right now is a great time to secure your cabin
Last Updated: Aug 6, 2026
Last Modified: Aug 5, 2026