Bride on board
The view keeps changing. Her favourite people stay close.
We build the cruise into her whole hens, wharf to dance floor, in six cities around Australia.
See how the cruise runsWhat it costs
Nine ways to do it What to wear Themes and games Her boarding pass
She gets the bow, the first glass and the photo with the skyline behind her. You get a spot at the rail with a drink in your hand, and the thank-yous in the group chat have your name on them.
From the bride herself
“The girls were awesome to deal with. Very friendly and helpful - I loved my hens night! The boat cruise was awesome and everyone had a ball. A night I'll always remember”
Carly B., Easy Weddings verified review
That’s the one you want her writing after her hens. More real hens cruises
01 all aboard
The boat pulls away. The celebration starts moving.
A hens party cruise with My Ultimate Hens is the whole crew on the water with a glass in hand and the city sliding past, with the rest of the bride’s day planned around it; our packages are in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Perth and Adelaide.
A boat hens party is the one hens where nobody wanders off. For a few hours everyone she loves is in the same place, nobody’s checking a map or splitting Ubers, and the only thing moving is the view. Her uni friends find her work friends at the rail, her mum finds the best seat on deck, and somewhere around the second glass the whole boat is one big group.
The shoreline starts moving past. Someone points at the view, someone lifts a phone, and the bride turns round to find her friends already smiling at her.
Every good hens cruise, about ten minutes in
At the wharf
The first photo happens before anyone’s even on board, and somebody has definitely brought the captain hat.
Stepping on board
Bags down, sunnies on, a cold glass in her hand before the ropes come off.
Pulling away
Bridges overhead, the skyline sliding past, and every phone on the boat suddenly out at once.
Settling in
The music goes up, the bubbles keep coming, and the bride quiz turns out to be harder than anyone thought.
As the boat turns for home
The conversations pause, the glasses go up, and the reason everyone’s here becomes wonderfully obvious.
Then
Everyone in the one frame, you included. Then off the boat and straight into the rest of her day.
And you? You booked one thing, then stood at the rail with a drink like everyone else.
Thinking of bringing her favourite bubbles? Here are our BYO drinks tips.
02 pick your deck
Nine ways to put her on the water, from golden hour to a little cheeky. Which one sounds like her? Tap it and we’ll keep it in mind when you tell us about her.
When is she on the water?
Your crew spread out across the deck, your playlist on, the city sliding past and the bride claiming the best spot on the bow. On our yachts and catamarans it’s just your crew on board, which is exactly how a hens yacht party should feel. Looking at hens party boat hire? This is the version with the whole hens built around your boat.
The skyline slides past, the bridges go overhead and the city lights come on for the trip back. A hens harbour cruise or a hens river cruise turns the whole city into her backdrop, and nobody has to walk anywhere to see it.
Golden hour on the water, when the light does all the work and the sky goes pink behind her. It’s the hens boat cruise for the best photos of the whole hens, and the toast lands just as the city lights flicker on.
Grazing and bubbles on deck, a slow lunch with the sun on the water, then off the boat and on to the next stop. The day starts on the water and keeps getting better from there.
Dinner, a DJ, a show on board, then everyone up and dancing while the boat glides past the lights. It’s a hens night cruise where the dance floor floats.
Bow tie on, shirt off, topping up the bubbles while the city slides past. Our topless waiters are our own, trained by us for hens, so he pours, hosts the games and makes sure the bride is the star of the deck.
Our queen takes over the deck: the games, the show, the lip sync and the moment the whole boat turns to cheer for the bride. A party boat with a queen hosting is a very hard act to follow.
Tiered stands and bubbles on the water, pinkies up while the shoreline drifts by. It’s the prettiest way to bring every age on board.
The cruise as the centrepiece of the Saturday: getting ready together at our own accommodation, a few hours on the water, then a night out with the whole crew still talking about the boat.
Swipe for all nine on a phone.
How a dinner cruise with a show went down, from the organiser:
“Hi Ash, I just wanted to email you and the rest of the team and say a very big THANK YOU for helping me through the preparation for my sisters Hens night. The bride to be & our guest all had a wonderful time on the cruise. The Dj was great, the performances was even better. Thank you once again you and the team are amazingKind regards, Nataline A.”
From our review bank, Sydney
03 who’s on board
Different crews, the same view. Everyone on deck is there for her.
Sun on her face, the city behind her and a photo for every hour. If she’s happiest near the water, this is her hens.
Twenty girls, one boat, nobody lost at the bar. For a few hours every single one of them is within arm’s reach of the bride. Her UK cousins will call it a hen do boat party. She’ll just call it the best bit.
Her mum gets a seat on deck and a front-row view, the cousins find the music, and every age has the same postcard in front of them.
Fresh air, bubbles and her favourite people, with the sun still up. She can head to the dance floor later, or not at all.
Matching outfits, a banner on the rail and the songs lined up for golden hour. A boat is the best stage a theme ever had.
04 the fare
The package is the magic.
Our hens cruise packages usually sit around $150 to $400 per person. Most of them carry the day on from the wharf, with the rest of her hens planned around the boat.
What moves it: her city, the boat, a day or a sunset cruise, what’s on board (food, a show, a topless waiter or a queen), what comes after, and whether you make a weekend of it.
A hens cruise for her: the whole crew on the water, bubbles on deck and the rest of the day planned around it. Our hens cruise packages usually sit around $150 to $400 per person.
With us, the boat is waiting at the wharf when she arrives, and on most of our hens cruises a rooftop, a limo or a dance floor is lined up for when you step off.
Want to see the packages? Pick her city.
05 dress the deck
The bride in white, the girls in a theme, and shoes that love a deck.
White, the one different colour on deck. A captain hat that says Bride, with a short veil if she’s game, and she’ll be the easiest girl to find in every photo.
A theme together: navy and white stripes, all white with the bride in a colour, or sunset shades for an evening cruise. Your hens boat party outfit, sorted in one group chat message.
Copy a dress code into the group chat
Nautical: navy and white stripes, a sailor hat if you have one. The bride wears white and the captain hat.
All white: everyone in white, the bride in one bright colour so she pops on deck.
Sunset: coral, peach, pink and gold, like the sky at golden hour. The bride in white.
Something blue: everyone in a different shade of blue, the bride in white with one blue detail.
More looks for the day and the night: daytime hens party outfits and what to wear to a hens night.
06 on deck
A look for the photos, a game for the deck and a soundtrack for the ride home.
Nautical is the classic for a reason: stripes, anchors, captain hats and a sailor hen party crew lined up at the rail. Sailor hats for the girls, a captain hat for the bride and a “Last sail before the veil” banner if she loves a pun. All white with the bride in a colour, something blue, or a sunset palette for an evening cruise all look incredible against the water.
More ideas: hens party themes.
Games that work standing up, with a drink in your hand.
As you pull away
All the way along
Whenever you like
More for later in the day: hens party games.
A list to copy into your own playlist, in three sets.
Pulling away
Golden hour
The dance on the way back
“The My Ultimate hens team were incredible from start to finish. From the very first moment I reached out to them, right up until after my event the whole team were so hands on, so excited to help and always willing to go the extra mile with recommendations on where to find fun props/outfits for our hens party theme and even the playlist they sent us was such a cool unexpected extra that we hadn't even considered so it was perfect to have that all ready to go to plug in during our boat cruise! Couldn't recommend them enough 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼”
Jessica Munden, Google review
More songs for the night: hens party songs.
07 make it hers
Her name, her crew and the best seat on deck, on a boarding pass you can print, pop in the invite or post to the group chat.
Everything you type stays on your phone. Leave any line blank and the pass still looks the part.
08 golden hour
Five shots for the camera roll, and a caption for each to copy.
The skyline behind her, the wind in the veil, glass up.
Front of the boat, centre of attention.
Everyone in, the water behind you, no one cropped.
All hands on deck for her.
Hold them to the sun as it drops. The light does the rest.
Glasses up, sun down.
Her face, the hat, the veil blowing sideways.
Captain of the hens.
Arm in arm down the gangway, on to the rest of her day.
Docked, but definitely not done.
One for you: hand the phone to someone on board for the group shot, so you’re in it too.
09 her port
Our packages are in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Perth and Adelaide.
The Yarra running through the middle of the city, and the bay waiting at the end of it.
Melbourne hens partiesSee every Melbourne packageThe harbour, the bridge overhead and the most famous skyline in the country sliding past.
Sydney hens partiesSee every Sydney packageThe river winding through the city, bridges lit up on the way home.
Brisbane hens partiesSee every Brisbane packageSunshine, sparkling waterways and the towers of the coast behind you.
Gold Coast hens partiesSee every Gold Coast packageThe Swan River, wide and glittering, and sunsets made for a toast.
Perth hens partiesSee every Perth packageThe coast on one side, the river through the city, and long summer evenings.
Adelaide hens partiesSee every Adelaide package10 back ashore
A few favourites from our crews. One booking, and a day that flows.
Brunch on the water
Brunch grazing and bubbles on a yacht for the morning, a toast by the water, then up to a rooftop bar while everyone’s still glowing from the boat.
Golden hour, then the lights
Golden hour on deck with something to nibble, then straight off the boat into a stretch limo, music up, for a lap of the city lights.
The big night out
A few hours on the water, a cocktail bar and something to share, then a VIP booth and the dance floor until she calls it.
A My Ultimate Hens cruise puts the whole celebration in one place: the boat, what comes before it and where everyone goes when it docks, lined up in an order that works, because we’ve been building hens since 2011 and we know what makes a day land.
From an organiser who’s already planning the next one:
“Had the most amazing time with the girls on the cruise package over the weekend, thanks so much My Ultimate! The hen had an absolute ball which is what it is all about and everyone was so helpful putting this together that I would highly recommend you to anyone. Now just waiting for my next friend to get married so I can organise the next one!
Linda N”
From our review bank, Sydney
See it in her city.
11 as heard on Life Uncut
Britt did her own hens on the water with us. Here’s how her day ran, and every question an organiser asks, answered by what actually happened.
Life Uncut co-host Brittany Hockley celebrated her own hens with My Ultimate Hens: four hours on a catamaran on Sydney Harbour with her girls, then sunset cocktails by the water, a rooftop dinner and a stretch limo through the city lights.
“the most fun night of my life”
Brittany Hockley, on Instagram
Will she get the photo?
The Opera House on one side, the bridge on the other, and the bride in the middle of it. That’s the one for the frame.
Will the whole crew mix?
The whole crew, every age, all facing the same view, and every one of them within arm’s reach of the bride.
What happens when the boat docks?
Off the boat and onto a terrace by the water: a bottle of bubbly already on the table, and a cocktail made just for the bride.
Will the night keep its sparkle?
Straight in as the city lights come on, seats waiting, a glass of bubbly in every hand. Then a stretch limo pulls up and the city goes by with the music up.
And who’s doing all the organising?
Every stop was lined up before the day, so her girls got to spend it with her: at the rail, in the photos and in the limo.
Want her day to feel like that? Pick her city and see the cruises built around the whole hens, or tell us about her.
12 the logbook
From the organisers who stood at the rail, in their own words and with their own photos.
“Hi Ashley!!
We enjoyed the cruise so much! We had an awesome time! The bride was so happy Thank you so much! Hope you enjoy looking over these photos of the day that you created for her!!
Cynthia (maidofhonour)”
From our review bank, Sydney
“Good afternoon,
I just want to say a MASSIVE thank you to the whole My Ultimate Hens team! You guys have made planning the hens event a complete breeze and I couldn't have done it without you all! From the very first phone call you girls couldn't do enough to make the night amazing for my beautiful friend Nady and I'm so grateful for everything that you have done and organised! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!
Here is a photo of us enjoying the sunset cruise! Amazing!
Samantha x”
From our review bank, Brisbane
5.0 on Easy Weddings, and a Five Star Supplier there every year since 2012. Read more of our reviews
The same people who have been making a fuss of brides since 2011, and who still think the best seat on any boat is right next to her.
Sydney's first Hen-Tathlon, with 2Day FM
The Jimmy & Nath Show with Emma crashed five My Ultimate Hens parties across Sydney in one day
Female founded in 2011, and still founder-led
So much has changed over the years, but what has not changed is the essence of it all: the laughter, the sparkle, the connection, and that iconic moment to stop and celebrate the friendships that raise and define us.
Nyree FOUNDER to news.com.au on My Ultimate's 15th anniversary
13 the captain’s card
Everything the group will ask, on one card.
14 pass it along
Deciding with the two or three girls who matter? Here’s a short message in your words.
Add her name, a date and a reply-by day if you have them, and the message writes itself.
This page, so the girls can have a proper look and get excited with you.
Send it to the bridesmaids’ chat, not the one she’s in. Leave her name blank and the message just says “the bride”.
Pick her city to get started.
15 asked and answered
The ones the group chat will ask you, answered before they do. Booking in general lives on our FAQ page.
A hens party cruise is the whole crew on a boat on the water, bubbles in hand and the city sliding past, inside a My Ultimate Hens package with the rest of the bride’s day planned around it.
Our hens cruise packages usually sit around $150 to $400 per person. Her city, the boat and what comes after set where yours lands.
Our hens cruises usually run for around three hours on the water, then the day carries on to whatever’s next.
Yes. On our yachts and catamarans it’s just your crew on board, your playlist and your bride.
Either is a great hens: a day cruise is sunshine, sunnies and the city in full colour, and a sunset cruise is golden hour photos and the city lighting up on the way back.
Yes. Our own topless waiters pour the bubbles and get the games going on deck; see our topless waiter hens parties.
Yes. A queen hosting the deck, the games and the bride’s big moment; see our drag queen hens parties.
The bride in white, maybe a captain hat with a veil, and the girls in a theme together, with flat sandals or sneakers for the deck and a layer for after sunset.
Our hens cruises go ahead in most weather, and if it’s ever unsafe on the water we work out the best plan with you; see what happens if it rains on the hens.
Yes. A cruise is one of the easiest hens for Mum, the aunties and her nan: a seat on deck, a glass in hand and the best view in the city.
Whatever she loves: a rooftop bar, dinner, a limo through the city lights or a night out, all planned around the cruise.
No. Our hens cruises are usually around three hours on the water with your crew, then the rest of her day, not a holiday on a cruise ship.
Our packages are in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Perth and Adelaide: Melbourne hens parties, Sydney hens parties, Brisbane hens parties, Gold Coast hens parties, Perth hens parties and Adelaide hens parties.
if she’d rather
Not quite her kind of water? These sail close by.
Years from now, someone will find the photo of that boat, with her at the bow and the city behind her. And everyone will remember who put her there.
You. The thank-yous in the group chat will have your name on them. Pick her city:
Or tell us about her16 her shortlist
Give us the basics, and we’ll come back with the cruises that suit her, her city and her crew.
Done. Her cruise ideas are with us now, and we’ll come back with the ones that suit her.
Keep an eye on your phone, the first text comes from one of us, not a bot.
While you wait: print her boarding pass
