Darwin

PONANT has unveiled a brand-new Fly, Stay & Cruise package available across 18 departures from May to September 2025 onboard PONANT Explorer Le Jacques-Cartier and sistership Le Soléal including two new round-trip itineraries from Darwin.

Seabourn Pursuit, Seabourn’s newest ultra-luxury, purpose-built expedition vessel, made its maiden arrival at Broome on Saturday morning. The ship is sailing in the Kimberley for the first time on a series of 10-day voyages between Darwin and Broome from June to August 2024, and had just completed it’s first.

Seabourn Pursuit entered Australian waters for the first time, sailing into Darwin in the Northern Territory this morning [11 June 2024]. The arrival of Seabourn’s second of two expedition ships marks the start of the cruise line’s highly-anticipated inaugural season in the Kimberley region, which commences on 12 June when the ship sets sail on the first of six 10-day voyages between Darwin and Broome from June to August 2024.

Seabourn has introduced more than a dozen new expedition voyages aboard Seabourn Pursuit for the 2025 season, including two additional dates on its highly-sought after Kimberley itinerary.

Resilient Lady – the third ship from Virgin Voyages – has arrived in Australian waters as part of her highly-anticipated first season Down Under. The adult-only Resilient Lady arrived in Darwin at 8 am this morning with excited sailors stepping off at Darwin Cruise Ship Terminal to explore the Northern Territory’s tropical capital and surroundings.

Seabourn Pursuit, the second of two luxury, purpose-built expedition ships to be operated by Seabourn, has been confirmed to sail the Kimberley coastline in mid-2024.

Silversea Cruises and Darwin Port conducted a plaque exchange to signify Silver Explorer’s maiden call in Darwin last week, as the luxury cruise line marked its long-awaited return to Australian waters after more than two years.

Following the successful restart of PONANT’s Kimberley expedition season in April 2022, PONANT has welcomed the arrival of small expedition ship Le Soléal into Darwin, in the Northern Territory.

Journey Beyond has added 10 new departures for The Ghan between Adelaide and Darwin during January 2022. With demand for travel and the 2022 season almost sold out, Journey Beyond has made the decision to operate the additional departures to accommodate people eager to travel or re-book previously postponed journeys.

Darwin International Airport’s Catalina lounge will serve as Qantas’ temporary lounge for eligible customers travelling between Sydney and London, via Darwin, from next month.

Qantas Group is optimistic for a return to commercial international flights from December to destinations on a similar path to Australia’s vaccination threshold.

The open and shut domestic border situation in Australia has claimed yet another cruise line, with New Zealand’s Island Escape Cruises shelvings its Kimberley season for 2021.