Exceptional Small Ship Cruising

Australia's Pioneering Cruise Line

A thrilling and deeply immersive experience.
All excursions and sightseeing
Chef prepared meals
Select alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks

Australian owned and operated, Coral Expeditions boasts an exceptional fleet that is small in number but high in standard. Their intimate ships accommodate between 72 and 120 guests and, true to the cruise line’s Australian heritage, are designed to offer a casual onboard experience. Specialising in cruising throughout Australia, the Asia-Pacific, South Pacific and Indian Ocean, Coral Expeditions ensures a cultural immersion on each of their departures by offering unique itineraries visiting off-the-beaten track ports, curated shore excursions that are designed to promote local interaction and an extensive staff of expedition leaders, guest lecturers, marine biologists and scuba instructors.

What makes Coral Expeditions different? Coral Expeditions have built their reputation and pride themselves by offering a unique expedition cruise experience:

  • Instead of onboard entertainment they offer an extensive daily program of lectures, briefings, themed documentaries and movies
  • They have one single dining room offering high-quality cuisine prepared fresh daily with Australian and local ingredients
  • There are no formal nights or assigned seating
  • Rooms do not come with their own mini-bar or TV. Instead, Coral Expeditions encourages guests to mingle over drinks on the sundeck or in the lounge.
  • Their ships have not been designed around a swimming pool, but rather include a swimming platform allowing you to take a dip directly in the ocean
  • They do not charge for shore excursions, nor do they require tips

Discerning Traveller Exclusive:

Book your Coral Expeditions cruise with Discerning Traveller to enjoy one complimentary bottle of either Australian red, white or sparkling wine per stateroom*

On Coral Expedition cruises enjoy:

  • All excursions and sightseeing
  • Use of Xplorer, Zodiacs and kayaks
  • Daily lectures and briefings
  • All meals, chef-prepared on board
  • Selected wines, selected beers, selected spirits, juices, and soft drinks served with lunch and dinner
  • Coffee and selection of teas
  • Standard Wi-Fi
  • Tips and gratuities

A selection of Coral Expeditions itineraries:

An example of itineraries includes but not limited to:

Great Barrier Reef

Outerknown Adventure of the Great Barrier Reef– 7 nights - Cairns to Cairns
Australian Geographic Society - Coral Futures Expedition - 7 nights - Cairns to Cairns
Citizen Science on the Great Barrier Reef - 10 nights - Brisbane to Cairns

Australia Circumnavigation

Circumnavigation of Australia – 60 nights - Cairns to Cairns
Across the Top of Australia - 26 Nights - Cairns to Fremantle
Great Southern Shores - 20 Nights - Fremantle to Sydney

Torres Strait & Cape York

Cape York & Torres Strait Islands – 10-nights - Cairns to Horn Island or vice versa.
Cape York & Arnhem Land – 11-nights - Cairns and Darwin or vice versa.

New Guinea, Micronesia & Melanesia

Frontier Lands of PNG - 12 Nights - Cairns to Madang or vice versa.
The Louisiades, Solomons and Vanuatu – 16 nights - Cairns to Port Vila
Vanuatu, Solomons, Bougainville and New Britain – 16 nights - Port Vila to Rabaul
Through the Islands and Atolls of Micronesia – 21 nights - Rabaul to Sorong

Kimberley

Best of the Kimberley and Tiwi Islands - 10 Nights - Broome to Darwin or vice versa.
The Kimberley – 10-nights - Darwin and Broome or vice versa.
Kimberley Icons, Ashmore Reef & The Rowley Shoals – 12-night -Darwin to Broome or vice versa.

Australia’s West Coast

Abrolhos Islands and Coral Coast - 12 Nights - Broome to Fremantle or vice versa.
Kimberley Icons, Ashmore Reef & The Rowley Shoals – 12-night -Darwin to Broome or vice versa.

Tasmania

Sydney to Hobart - A Yachting Tradition - 7 Night -Sydney to Hobart
Wild Escapes - Tasmania 4 or 6 Nights - Hobart to Hobart
Scenic Walks of Tasmania - 7 Nights - Hobart – Hobart
Tasmanian Coastal Discovery - 10 Nights - Hobart - Hobart
Circumnavigation of Tasmania - 14 nights - Hobart to Hobart

Japan & The Philippines

Through the Heart of Japan - 14 Nights - Tokyo to Fukuoka or vice versa.
Through Japan’s Ryukyu Islands - 16 Nights - Fukuoka to Keelung
Island Trails of the Philippines - 16 Nights - Keelung to Manila

Spice Islands & Indonesia

Raja Ampat & Spice Islands - 18 Nights - Sorong to Darwin
Raja Ampat and The Spice Islands - 18 Nights - Darwin to Sorong
Adventure Across North Borneo - 16 Nights Manila to Singapore

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