8 Night Vanuatu & New Caledonia Cruise aboard the Carnival Encounter
Book your cabin on the Carnival Encounter and settle in for eight nights of refreshing travel across the sea from Brisbane and back!
This trip is particularly interesting because you'll exclusively experience very uncommon destinations like Lifou, Mystery Island, and Noumea. This is a standard route for the Encounter.
With a cost of less than $105 a day, this bargain is great. The price includes all all entertainment, meals, taxes, and port fees. No surprises!
The Carnival Encounter
Over 2,500 passengers can comfortably travel on this top-rated Grand class ship, based in Brisbane and refurbished less than this year ago in 2026.
The Encounter Carnival has a spa, a casino, a waterslide, five pools, a rock climbing wall, a bowling lane, a jacuzzi, and a gym.
Your Itinerary
This cruise spends four sea days and three port days. Highlights include visits to rare cities like Lifou, Mystery Island, and Noumea.
Alternate Sailings
The Encounter sails this route once this year in addition to 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
This graph shows the price over time for every class of cabin. Since being listed ten months ago, The price of this sailing has ranged between $723 and $839 for a room, inclusive of taxes and port fees. At only sixteen percent higher than the all time low of $723 right now is a great time to lock in your cabin
Last Updated: Sep 2, 2026
Last Modified: Sep 2, 2026