Your crew package includes; all meals onboard, crew meals and any stopover ports, accommodation onboard, your Ocean Sailing Expeditions crew shirt, the use of a PFD (personal floatation device), PLB (personal locator beacon), and a safety tether. Your bedding, a pillow and towel are also included along with suncream.

Your crew package excludes; accommodation ashore, flights and transport to and from departure and arrival ports, alcohol, toiletries, clothing and wet weather gear. You will need to complete either a 5-hour online or 2-day classroom-based Sea Safety and Survival Training Course or equivalent prior to departure.

Its always recommended that you book flights with date flexibility incase of unforeseen changes due to weather or schedules. Accommodation options if you want to stay ashore either side of trip: AirBNB, Booking.com, Wotif & HomeAway.

GETTING TO AND FROM THERE

• Arrival Airport: Stewart Island, New Zealand (via Invercargill International Airport)

• Departure Airport: Picton or Blenheim Airport (via Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland International Airports). The Interislander Cook Strait ferry also runs between Picton and Wellington.

Stewart Island, New Zealand

Picton, New Zealand

• Departure port: Oban, Stewart Island

• Arrival port: Picton, Marlborough

• Stops en-route: Subject to weather and wind direction, 1 – 2 stops are likely en-route.

• Stopover options:

  • Dunedin

  • Timaru

  • Akaroa

  • Marlborough Sounds