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An escapade in the heart of Melanesia

Darwin - Lautoka, Viti Levu Island

Dates:
15/4/2025
to  1/5/2025

17
days
16
nights on board
Starting from*
AU$10,240
per person
25% Ponant Bonus

Leaving from Darwin, in Australia’s Northern Territory, PAUL GAUGUIN Cruises is offering a unique 17-day journey featuring idyllic landscapes, lush nature and ancestral civilisations with secular traditions. Aboard Le Paul Gauguin, a ship with a decidedly relaxed and international atmosphere, set off to discover the ancestral lands of Australia and four Melanesian treasures: Papua New Guinea, the Vanuatu archipelago, the Solomons and the Fiji islands.

On cosmopolitan Thursday Island, in the far north of the Australian territory, make the most of a visit to discover the history of this part of the Pacific during the Second World War. The Paul Gauguin will set sail for Papua New Guinea, a fascinating land that is home to no fewer than 700 ethnic groups within a highly diverse yet mainly unexplored, ecosystem. 

Setting sail for the Salomon Islands! You will stop over in Honiara on the large island of Guadalcanal, where exoticism and beauty go hand in hand, from paradisiacal waterfalls to lush green hills.

Then, the Paul Gauguin sails towards heavenly lands, where white sandy beaches encircle luxuriant forests with unique ecosystems, and legends and myths remain engraved in memories and traditions... In Port-Vila, capital of Vanuatu, you will relish the unforgettable sight of magnificent bays, a colonial heritage, paradise beaches and enchanting waterfalls. In Espiritu Santo, the archipelago's main island, you are sure to be captivated by the unspoilt seabed surrounding this luxuriant islet.

Your journey will end in Lautoka in Fiji, famous for its sugar cane crops.


Ref : PG150425


Your itinerary

Your itinerary - An escapade in the heart of Melanesia

A cruise into the heart of the South Pacific’s most beautiful archipelagos, discovering five countries: Australia, Papua New Guinea, the Salomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji. A new port of call in Port-Vila,...


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Choose your stateroom

Choose your stateroom

Porthole Stateroom F – Deck 3
 

(19 m²)

Fully booked
25% Ponant Bonus

Window Stateroom E – Deck 4
 

(19 m²)

From AU$11,320 per person
25% Ponant Bonus

Balcony Stateroom D – Deck 6
 

(20 m²)

From AU$13,790 per person
25% Ponant Bonus

Balcony Stateroom C – Deck 7
 

(20 m²)

From AU$14,550 per person
25% Ponant Bonus

Veranda Stateroom B - Deck 7 and 8
 

(23 m²)

From AU$17,450 per person
25% Ponant Bonus

Veranda Suite A – Deck 7
 

(28 m²)

Fully booked
25% Ponant Bonus

Grand Suite GS – Deck 8
 

(30 m²)

Fully booked
25% Ponant Bonus

Owner's Suite – Deck 7
 

(49 m²)

Fully booked
25% Ponant Bonus



Complete your trip

Complete your trip

Shore Excursions, Overlands & Pre/Post Programmes
To complete your voyage, PONANT can organise a range of shore excursions, pre & post cruise activities and packages, plus transfers.


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*Price is per person, based on double occupancy, based on availability, and subject to change at any time. The category of stateroom to which this price applies may no longer be available.