Coral Princess Cruises wins Major Tourism Award Coral Princess Cruises has won top honours at the prestigious Tropical North Queensland Tourism Awards, taking out the 2008 Major Tour and Transport Operator award for the company’s three, four and seven-night Great Barrier Reef cruises at a gala ceremony held in Cairns. Coral Princess Cruises’ Founder and Managing Director, Tony Briggs declared the award "a great honour - especially in our 25th anniversary year. We are very proud to have played a founding role in the development of environmentally-sensitive tourism in North Queensland and - along with our dedicated and highly-skilled staff - we’ll continue to promote the Reef as one of the world’s greatest natural wonders.”

Welcome To Coral Princess Cruises

Coral Princess Cruises - Australia's Leading Expedition Cruise company offering Great Barrier Reef cruises, Kimberley cruises, Papua New Guinea cruises, Melanesia cruises, New Zealand cruises, and Australian Outback cruises.

Coral Princess Cruises pioneered the concept of small ship expedition cruising, we are Australia's longest established adventure cruise operator and started operating Great Barrier Reef cruises in 1984 and introduced our Kimberley Cruise program in 1996. A Coral Princess Cruise is an experience that you will never forget, now with three expedition ships: Coral Princess, Coral Princess II and Oceanic Discoverer, formerly Oceanic Princess.

Experience Great Barrier Reef cruises, Kimberley expedition cruises, Papua New Guinea expedition cruises, Melanesian expedition cruises and New Zealand expedition cruises in style - cruise from the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Marine and National Parks to the Outback of Australia and beyond.

Our dream has long been to share with others the great beauty, diverse cultures, dramatic landscapes and the remote coastlines of Australia and New Zealand, and to explore pristine islands, reefs and atolls of Melanesia and Papua New Guinea. With the launch of our brand new purpose built luxury expedition vessel Oceanic Discoverer we have achieved our goals.

Our Cruise Vessels

Oceanic Discoverer, formerly Oceanic Princess has been purpose built for comfort and safety and is large enough to provide the luxury and convenience of larger cruise ships yet with just 72 passengers is small enough to enable to access to sites beyond the reach of many of the larger vessels. Oceanic Discoverer excursions are aboard the specially designed excursion vessel "Xplorer", two zodiacs and a spacious glass bottom coral viewing boat. Whether your interest is natural history, wildlife, geology, early exploration, culture, snorkelling, coral viewing, SCUBA diving or just relaxing a Coral Princess Cruise is for you!

Coral Princess and Coral Princess II offer exclusive 3, 4 and 7 night Great Barrier Reef cruise itineraries from Cairns or Townsville that introduce the very best of the Great Barrier Reef and Islands including exclusive reef moorings, a Rainforest experience on Dunk Island and our very own uninhabited tropical island, Pelorus.

Experience Kimberley Cruising at its best on Oceanic Discoverer and Coral Princess - we offer 10 night Kimberley expedition cruises between Darwin and Broome. Across the Top of Australia cruise from Cairns to Darwin is an unforgettable cruise expedition of 11 nights that combines the best of the Top End, Great Barrier Reef, Cape York and Arnhem Land.

Cruise Itineraries

Papua New Guinea Expedition Cruising is an experience you will never forget, the locals and culture is like no other in the world. Explore New Zealand by sea on our unique New Zealand cruise itinerary, with its pristine landscapes and stunning natural features of the Land of the Long White Cloud are timeless attractions… experience our 12 night New Zealand expedition cruise itinerary between Auckland and Milford Sound. Our 13 night Melanesia Expedition cruise between New Caledonia, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and PNG, experience the legendary romance of the seas of the South Pacific.

Coral Princess Cruises is Australian owned, flagged and crewed by Australians. Our world-wide reputation is testament to our professional crew.