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Where is the Carnival Encounter Right Now?
Carnival Encounter — where is it now? Our ship tracking tool shows the current location of Carnival Encounter is at sea, sailing from Brisbane, Australia to Alotau, Papua New Guinea — 30% of the way across.
Status
At sea
Avg pace this leg
16.8 kn
Next port
Alotau, Papua New Guinea
Arrives
Sat, Aug 22, 8:00 AM
Voyage
8% complete
The Carnival Encounter current location shown above is derived from the ship’s itinerary and charted route, interpolated to the current time. The ship’s positioning is exact at each destination and estimated between ports. This is not an AIS position report. Position last calculated Aug 20, 2026, 12:26 AM UTC.
10 Night Carnival Journeys: Papua New Guinea (Brisbane Roundtrip)
10 nights · departed Wed, Aug 19 · Carnival Cruise Line
Where does Carnival Encounter go?
Carnival Encounter sails from Brisbane, Australia. These are the ports the ship is scheduled to call at over the coming months, most frequent first.
Brisbane, Australia · 48Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia · 12Cairns, Australia · 6Cruise Willis Island, Australia · 5Lifou Isle, New Caledonia · 4Mystery Island, Vanuatu · 4Noumea, New Caledonia · 3Port Vila, Efate, Vanuatu · 3Alotau, Papua New Guinea · 1Champagne Bay, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu · 1Kiriwina Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea · 1Rabaul, Papua New Guinea · 1
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