Norfolk Island, Australia cruise port guide
750 kilometers northwest of New Zealand and 1400 kilometers east of Gold Coast, NSW, Norfolk Island, an External Territory of Australia consisting of Norfolk Island and uninhabited Phillip Island and Nepean Island, was self-governed until 2015 when it came under the laws of New South Wales. Discovered by Captain Cook in 1774, the island has had different settlements, starting with Polynesians that had already disappeared before Cook’s visit, followed by convicts and soldiers in 1788. This penal colony was abandoned in 1814 yet used again from 1825 to 1855. View less The Kingston and Arthur’s Vale Historic Area, with its elegantly restored Georgian houses at Quality Row, is among the 11 historic Australian Convict Sites, UNESCO World Heritage. Most of today’s population can be traced back to the 194 descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives who had left Pitcairn for Norfolk in 1856. In 1867 the Church of England’s Melanesian Mission moved its headquarter to Norfolk. A few years later St Barnabas Chapel was built of stone from the ruins of the New Gaol. The wooden seats have beautiful mother-of-pearl inlay work in Solomon Island style. 14% of the island is national park and the Botanical Gardens feature plants that are endemic to Norfolk Island. Golden Whistlers, Sacred Kingfisher and Norfolk’s symbolic Green Parrot can often be seen and heard. Norfolk and close by Phillip and Nepean Islands are important breeding sites for seabirds such as Red-tailed Tropicbirds, Sooty Terns, Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, and Masked Boobies.
Quick facts
Cruises visiting Norfolk Island, Australia
Prices per person · incl. taxes & fees.
Sailing soonest
Mutiny on the Bounty & Fiji from Brisbane, Australia
Carnival Encounter · Oceania · 14 nights
Call for price
Florida und Bahamas - ab/bis Bayonne (New York)
Mein Schiff 1 · Bahamas · 10 nights
Call for price
Florida und Bahamas - ab/bis Bayonne (New York)
Mein Schiff 1 · North America · 10 nights
Call for price
145-Day World Cruise: Australia & South Pacific Panorama
Seabourn Quest · Hawaii · 145 nights
from $84,979
$586 / night
126-Day World Cruise: Australia & South Pacific Panorama
Seabourn Quest · Hawaii · 126 nights
from $75,914
$602 / night
188-night Azamara World Cruise
Azamara Quest · New Zealand · 188 nights
from $77,719
$413 / night
Showing the 20 least-expensive of 30 sailings.
Showing 30 Norfolk Island, Australia cruises
Open in full search