Princess Cruises’ 2020-21 Australia programme includes 123 cruises, departing from six ports between October 2020 and April 2021.

It represents record capacity in Sydney and Adelaide for the cruise line. Princess will visit close to 80 destinations in 19 countries.

The 3,560-guest Majestic Princess returns to Australia for her third season to sail alongside sister ship, Regal Princess, which will make her inaugural visit. Both vessels will be based in Sydney and offer 35 cruises between them.

Highlights include:

• Regal Princess’ maiden voyage from Sydney to New Zealand. Prices for the 13-night cruise start from £1,469pp, departing on 2 December 2020
• 20 cruises to and from Adelaide. The deployment features six roundtrip cruises from Adelaide on Sea Princess and Sapphire Princess, as well as 14 one-way itineraries on Sea Princess, Sapphire Princess and Majestic Princess. Prices for the 14-night Southern and Eastern Explorer cruise, departing 16 November 2020, start from from £1,359pp
• Sapphire Princess will take in destinations such as New Zealand, South Australia and Tasmania on a series of cruises from Melbourne and Sydney
• Sea Princess will be based in Perth (Fremantle) to sail the Western Australian coastline from Broome to Albany and longer voyages to South East Asia. Prices start from £2,659pp for the 26-night Southeast Asia Grand Adventure cruise departing Perth (Fremantle) on 11 January 2021

Princess Cruises UK & Europe vice president Tony Roberts said: “Australia cruises are booming in popularity with our UK guests so I’m delighted we’re offering our widest ever choice of calls and ships.

“From short sailings visiting picturesque Australian coastal towns to exotic voyages to Papua New Guinea and Asia, holidaymakers can tick off a range of bucket-list destinations down under and all from the comfort of our premium service ships.”