Holland America Line’s Westerdam arrived at Sydney, Australia, the primary ship from the cruise line to go to town since previous to the business pause greater than two years in the past. Westerdam will start a sequence of Australia and New Zealand cruises following a journey that started Oct. 2 from Seattle. The full 36-day Pacific Ocean cruise included calls in Hawaii and the South Pacific, with visitors disembarking in Sydney Nov. 8.
“We are excited to be sailing again Down Under to provide an immersive, premium cruise experience for guests from around the world,” stated Gus Antorcha, president, Holland America Line. “Our return to cruise operations within the area additionally means a optimistic increase to the native economic system with tour and lodge actions, provisioning and port operations.
Westerdam will homeport out of Sydney for a part of the 2022-23 Australian and New Zealand wave season. Guests who wish to discover the southern areas of the continent and New Zealand can embark on a cruise aboard Westerdam by means of early January, with 13- and 14-day voyages. A particular Holiday Cruise departs Dec. 20 and spends Christmas and New Year’s in a few of the most lovely ports round New Zealand.
Westerdam will likely be joined in Australia by Noordam, which presents Holland America Line’s unbelievable Australia Circumnavigation. The ship will circle the continent on a 35-day voyage, with 14 calls round Australia, overnights at Fremantle (Perth) and Melbourne, and memorable scenic cruising within the famed Great Barrier Reef. The ship then sails between Sydney and Auckland, New Zealand, or roundtrip from Sydney on 12- to 16-day cruises that discover New Zealand.
This will likely be Westerdam’s first season in Australia and New Zealand, and the primary time since 2016 that Holland America Line has positioned two ships cruising concurrently across the area.
For vacationers who wish to head to Australia from a handy North America homeport with out the necessity for worldwide air or a fast flight from Canada, the 2024 Grand Australia and New Zealand Voyage is again in 2024. The 94-day journey that’s been greater than 10 years within the making departs Jan. 3, 2024, aboard Volendam, crusing round-trip from San Diego, California.