Reserve your balcony cabin on the Viking Venus and settle in for fourteen nights of luxurious cruising through the sea from Auckland to Sydney!
While aboard this trip you will spend time at usual destinations like Sydney in addition to rare destinations like Wellington, Napier, and Melbourne. This route is a rare one for the Viking Venus. In fact, it sails it only once.
What makes this cruise special is that if you book now you can book a balcony balcony stateroom for the price of an interior balcony stateroom! We include all all entertainment, meals, taxes, and port fees in our price, so there are no sneaky extra fees.
More than 900 guests can comfortably sail on this top-rated Ocean class cruise ship, based in Alaska, the South Pacific, and Asia and built just five years ago in 2021.
The Viking Venus Viking Ocean Cruises has a spa, a jacuzzi, and a gym.
This sailing spends three days at sea and ten port days. Highlights include visits to once-in-a-lifetime cities like Wellington, Napier, and Melbourne.
| Date | Port | Arrive | Depart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Feb 28 | Auckland, New Zealand | ||
| Mon, Mar 1 | 5:00pm | ||
| Tue, Mar 2 | Tauranga, New Zealand | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Wed, Mar 3 | Napier, New Zealand | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Thu, Mar 4 | Wellington, New Zealand | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Fri, Mar 5 | Lyttleton, New Zealand (Christchurch) | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Sat, Mar 6 | Dunedin, New Zealand | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Sun, Mar 7 | At Sea | ||
| Mon, Mar 8 | At Sea | ||
| Tue, Mar 9 | Hobart, Tasmania | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Wed, Mar 10 | At Sea | ||
| Thu, Mar 11 | Melbourne, Australia | 9:00am | 5:00pm |
| Fri, Mar 12 | At Sea | ||
| Sat, Mar 13 | Sydney, Australia | 9:00am | |
| Sun, Mar 14 |
The Viking Venus sails this route once next year, but doesn't sail it this year. The Viking Orion also sails a route with the same stops but a slightly different schedule. In the accompanying graphic you can see a visualization of when this ship sails as well as the relative price for a balcony cabin.
Since it was first listed on November 21st of last year, The cost of this itinerary has ranged between $7,999 and $11,499 for a balcony stateroom, inclusive of $0 in taxes and port charges. This graph shows the price over time for each class of cabin.
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Last Updated: Jun 4, 2026
Last Modified: Jun 4, 2026