Cruises from Perth to Broome

A coast-hugging adventure across Western Australia

These sailings depart from Fremantle — Perth’s port, roughly half an hour from the city centre — and call at Broome, the pearl-diving town on the edge of the Kimberley. If you live in Western Australia, you can reach the ship by road or rail with no airport at all. If you’re travelling from the east coast, a short domestic flight into Perth is all it takes; several voyages also end in Sydney or Brisbane, which means you can turn the trip into a one-way crossing of the continent and fly home from whichever end suits you.

Voyages run from 9 to 20 nights, with a median of 15 nights — long enough to settle into the rhythm of the sea and genuinely explore wherever the ship pauses. Most sailings are one-way, so check the disembarkation port before you book: roughly half finish in Sydney and the rest split between Brisbane and back in Fremantle. Our team can arrange the return leg, whether that’s a domestic flight or a few nights in the arrival city.

Which cruise lines sail from Perth to Broome?

Princess Cruises dominates this route, with the most departures of any line. Repositioning-style one-way voyages account for most of the inventory, though a handful of round trips are available for those who prefer to return to Fremantle. Seabourn offers a single ultra-luxury departure for travellers who want a very different experience at sea. You can also find a Cruise1st Package — cruise plus flights, hotels and transfers wrapped into one booking — if you’d rather let us handle all the logistics.

Across all the sailings on this route, prices start from A$2,725 pp* — and our Best Price Guarantee means that if you find the same sailing cheaper elsewhere, we’ll match it.

The ships sailing this route

Sapphire Princess — Princess Cruises

Sapphire Princess homeports in Fremantle for the 2027–28 season, which means this ship genuinely sails from your own backyard if you’re in Western Australia. She came out of a 2025 refit with 2 new specialty dining venues: Crown Grill steakhouse and Makoto Ocean Sushi by Chef Makoto Okuwa. The ship runs MedallionClass technology throughout — a wearable Medallion device lets you order food, drinks and services to anywhere on board without opening an app. If you want to look at Sapphire Princess cabin grades and deck plans, you’ll find the full layout there.

Sapphire Princess cabin grades

• Inside cabin IA — 15.6 m²: mid-deck position with central lift access; quieter and more stable than the upper or lower extremes of the ship.
• Premium Sea-view cabin O5 — 18.3 m²: large panoramic window with a bow view, bringing in natural daylight that inside cabins lack entirely.
• Balcony cabin B2 — 25.7 m²: private outdoor space with direct access to fresh sea air — the cabin grade that makes a 15-night voyage feel noticeably different from an inside room.
• Grand Suite S1 — 123.5 m²: the largest suite aboard, with a separate living room and dining area; more than twice the space of a Penthouse suite.

Grand Princess — Princess Cruises

Grand Princess brings the same MedallionClass OceanNow® delivery system as Sapphire, alongside Crown Grill (recognised by USA Today as the best cruise steakhouse) and Sabatini’s Italian Trattoria for specialty dining. Movies Under the Stars® — a giant poolside screen with free popcorn and blankets — makes the evenings at sea feel like an event in themselves. Check the Grand Princess cabins and deck plans for the full range of options.

Grand Princess cabin grades

• Inside cabin IA — 14.9 m²: mid-deck location with minimal ship motion and easy access to lifts and facilities throughout the voyage.
• Premium sea view O3 — 19.1 m²: floor-to-ceiling panoramic window with an unobstructed sea view, filling the cabin with natural light.
• Premium Balcony cabin B2 — 25.5 m²: floor-to-ceiling glass sliding doors and a private balcony — a noticeably open-plan feel compared with a standard balcony cabin.
• Grand Suite S1 with private hot tub — 67.8 m²: the largest suite on board, with considerably more space than any other suite category and a private hot tub on the balcony.

Seabourn Quest — Seabourn

Seabourn Quest carries just 450 guests in an all-suite, all-balcony configuration — and every suite includes butler service and complimentary fine wines and spirits throughout the voyage. The near 1:1 crew-to-guest ratio means the service levels are in a category of their own. At the heart of the ship, Seabourn Square replaces the traditional cruise desk with an open café-style lounge where you can chat with the team, browse excursions or simply sit with a coffee. See Seabourn Quest cabin grades and deck plans for suite configurations — the Grand Wintergarden Suite GR, at approximately 115 m², is the flagship accommodation aboard.

What do Princess Cruises fares include?

Princess offers 2 main fare tiers on this route, and it’s worth understanding what each one covers before you compare prices.

Princess Standard is the base cruise fare — it covers the voyage itself, with the Princess Plus and Princess Premier packages available to add on separately. If you want beverages, Wi-Fi and gratuities rolled in from the start, adding Princess Plus at booking is generally the cleaner option.

Princess Plus is the mid-tier package and includes a great deal for most travellers: 4 casual dining meals per voyage, beverages up to A$15 each (with a daily limit of 15 drinks), MedallionNet® Max Wi-Fi, pre-paid crew appreciation, unlimited digital photographs plus 3 prints, and reserved theatre seating. For a 15-night voyage, the daily allowances add up quickly, and having Wi-Fi and gratuities pre-paid removes two of the most common surprises at the end of a cruise.

Fare types such as last-minute offers and tactical promotions appear from time to time — our team can tell you what is currently on the table when you call.

Cruises to Broome: what to expect on the route

Broome sits roughly 2,200 km north of Fremantle by road — a journey that takes days overland but flows naturally at sea. The town is known for its pearling history and its position at the gateway to the Kimberley, one of the most remote and ancient landscapes in Australia. Arriving by ship gives you a perspective on the coastline that no other form of transport replicates: the colour of the water changes as you move north, and the scale of the land becomes clear in a way that a flight over it never quite conveys.

For a broader look at cruising around Australia, or if you’re weighing up other departures from Perth that don’t follow this specific routing, both pages give you a wider set of options. The Princess Cruises from Perth page narrows it back down to one line if Princess is your preference.

Why this route feels so special

Most Australian cruise itineraries run either east-coast loops or transpacific crossings. The Perth-to-Broome route is genuinely different: it’s a slow, northward passage along a stretch of coast that very few travellers see at sea level. There are no major tourist highways here, no busy ports with hundreds of ships. What you get instead is something rarer — a sense of Australia’s scale, and time to actually be at sea rather than rushing between destinations.

The one-way shape of most sailings (9 out of the sailings available run one-way) means you don’t double back. If you finish in Sydney or Brisbane, you’ve effectively crossed the continent from west to east. Our team can book the domestic return flight as part of the same package, along with a hotel night at either end if the timing calls for it.

Make it a full holiday

Cruise1st is a cruise specialist — every offer is a cruise or a cruise-inclusive package. Our Australian cruise experts, seven days a week, can help you choose between ships, cabin grades and fare tiers, and then build the whole trip around the sailing. That means flights from your home city, hotels in Fremantle the night before departure, transfers between the airport and the port, tours along the way, and travel insurance — all on one booking, one itinerary, one point of contact.

If you’d prefer to bundle everything from the start, a Cruise1st Package does exactly that: cruise plus flights, hotels and transfers as a single holiday. Browse Australian cruise deals for a wider view of what’s on sale, or go straight to Princess Cruises if you’ve already narrowed it down to one line. For the ultra-luxury end of the market, the Seabourn last-minute cruise page is worth a look if your dates are flexible.

There are also other lines sailing Australian waters if you want to compare across the market before committing. And if Broome is the destination but Perth isn’t the only starting point you’re considering, check Broome cruise departures for sailings that begin at the other end of this route.

*Prices are per person based on 2 people sharing, and are subject to change. This price is not kept up to date and therefore does not reflect live pricing and availability. Prices and any discounts shown were checked on 14 October 2026.