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New Guinea Odyssey Cruise

  • Departure DateThu 6th Nov 2025
  • Ponant Le Jacques Cartier
  • 16 Night Cruise From Cairns
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Itinerary

  • Cairns
  • Alotau, Papua New Guinea
  • Tufi
  • Tami Island, PNG
  • Madang
  • Jayapura
  • Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia
  • Triton Bay
  • Darwin, Australia

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Day 1 - Cairns

Arrive: Thu 06 November 2025 / Depart: Thu 06 November 2025 at 17:00

Cairns, considered the gateway to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, is a city in tropical Far North Queensland. Its Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park tells the stories of indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with music and dance. Cairns Esplanade, lined with bars and restaurants, has a swimming lagoon. Northwest of the city, Daintree National Park spans mountainous rainforest, gorges and beaches

Day 2 - At Sea

Day 3 - Alotau, Papua New Guinea

Arrive: Sat 08 November 2025 / Depart: Sat 08 November 2025

Alotau is the capital of Milne Bay Province, in the south-east of Papua New Guinea. It is located on the northern shore of Milne Bay. The town is located within Alotau Urban LLG. Alotau is also the annual forum for Australian and Papua New Guinean ministers.

Day 4 - Tufi

Arrive: Sun 09 November 2025 / Depart: Sun 09 November 2025

Tufi is a town located on the south eastern peninsula of Cape Nelson, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Tufi is located on one of many rias, or drowned river valleys, locally referred to as 'fjords', on Cape Nelson surrounded by many uncharted reefs. The area is also famous for its production of tapa cloth.

Day 5 - Tami Island, PNG

Arrive: Mon 10 November 2025 / Depart: Mon 10 November 2025

The Tami Islands are a small island group located 13 km SSE of Finschhafen in the Huon Gulf. It is part of today's Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Its people were known throughout the Solomon and South Sea islands for their distinctive wooden bowls, their religious figure carvings, and their ceremonial mask

Day 6 - Madang

Arrive: Tue 11 November 2025 / Depart: Tue 11 November 2025

Madang is the capital of Madang Province and is a town with a population of 27,420 on the north coast of Papua New Guinea.

Day 7 - Kopar Village (Sepik river, Papua New Guinea)

Day 8 - Jayapura

Arrive: Thu 13 November 2025 / Depart: Thu 13 November 2025

Jayapura City is the provincial capital of Papua province, Indonesia. It is a modern industrial city contrasting markedly with the surrounding hinterland where Papuan tribes live a subsistence lifestyle. The vast majority of Jayapurans are transmigrants from western Indonesia who control most of the industry and economics of the region. Leaving the city behind, guest will travel to the traditional village of Asai on Lake Sentani. Here you can enjoy a cultural performance and witness life in a traditional Papuan village. Asai is famous for its production of Tapa cloth.

Day 9 - At Sea

Day 10 - Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia

Arrive: Sat 15 November 2025

Day 11 - Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia

Depart: Sun 16 November 2025

Day 12 - At Sea

Day 13 - Kitikiti Waterfall

Day 14 - Triton Bay

Arrive: Wed 19 November 2025 / Depart: Wed 19 November 2025

The first and only resort in Triton Bay, we are situation in Kaimana Regency, West Papua Province, Indonesia.

Day 15 - Kei Islands

Day 16 - At Sea

Day 17 - Darwin, Australia

Arrive: Sat 22 November 2025 at 07:00 / Depart: Sat 22 November 2025

Darwin is located in Australia’s Northern Territory which is also known as the “Top End”. It is the capital city and the most populated town of the Northern Territory. Darwin is a beautiful tropical city, a melting pot of people and cultures, over 50 different cultures live and work side by side that prides itself in its unique and friendly laid-back lifestyle. Come discover the town’s still recent history through its emblematic buildings such as the new Parliamant House opened in 1994, a magnificent example of tropical architecture or Admiralty House declared heritage place, a tropical-style home elevated on stilts that has survived two cyclones and numerous air raids.

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