November 8, 2026 – November 22, 2026 · 13 nights · 11 stops · round-trip
Explora's name for it: An Extended Journey of Blissful Escapes & Shoreline Splendour
Thirteen nights out of Miami, round-trip, with eleven calls strung across the Caribbean and back. That math means roughly a port a day, so this is a full, moving itinerary, not a slow one. The arc runs Provo's Grace Bay sand, the Dominican north and southeast coasts, the British and U.S. Virgin Islands, the small French and Anguillan anchorages, San Juan's walled old quarter, and a final Catalina call before Miami. Several stops are the kind where you walk straight off into the day: Explora ties up at the Old San Juan piers, so the cathedral and the forts are a short walk from the gangway, and Frederiksted's long pier lands you in the historic core under Fort Frederik, where emancipation was proclaimed in 1848. Provo, Jost Van Dyke, Gustavia, Road Bay, and Catalina are tender calls, beach-and-water days that hinge on the sea state that morning.
This sailing rewards a traveler who wants range over depth: a different island, a different character, almost every day, heavy on beaches and small harbors. If you would rather settle into one place, or you dislike tendering, look elsewhere. Five of these calls are anchor-and-tender ports with no backup pier, so a windy morning can thin out or delay the boats. Take the water you most want early in the day.
The ship is all-suite and all-oceanfront. Send me your dates and the suite tier you are weighing.
The itinerary, port by port
11 calls over 13 nights, round-trip from Miami. Open any port for my full day-ashore guide, what to see, when to go, and how the day actually runs.
Getting there: Flights to Miami (MIA) are already bookable for these dates. I watch the fare for booked clients so you book at the right moment. When to book your flights →
Providenciales (Provo) is the tourism hub of the Turks and Caicos, and its reason for being on an itinerary is Grace Bay: a 12-mile run of white sand and turquoise shallows fronting a barrier reef,… Port guide →
Puerto Plata is the Dominican Republic's north-coast amber capital, a town of faded Victorian gingerbread houses sitting under the green wall of Mount Isabel de Torres. Port guide →
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La Romana
La Romana is a former sugar town on the Dominican Republic's southeast coast, and its cruise terminal sits between the town and Casa de Campo, one of the Caribbean's large resort estates.
Jost Van Dyke is a four-mile sliver of the British Virgin Islands with roughly 300 residents, no traffic lights, and a beach-bar culture that built the BVI's reputation. Port guide →
Gustavia is the harbor capital of St Barths, a small French island that has deliberately kept large cruise ships out, so only luxury lines anchor offshore and tender in. Port guide →
Frederiksted is the quieter, west-end town of St Croix and the island's only deep-water cruise call, a low-rise grid of Danish colonial and Victorian buildings facing the Caribbean. Port guide →
Catalina is a low-key island an hour off the Southern California coast, where the small port town of Avalon ends at clear, kelp-forested water that draws snorkelers and glass-bottom boats. Port guide →
Fares on this departure, decoded
Reading the fare fine print is the job. Here's what this sailing currently carries:
Founders Fare
A founding-era fare on a selected set of sailings. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
Invitation to Discover More
Explora's discovery fare, available across most of the calendar. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
Air-Inclusive Fare
A fare that folds airfare into the voyage price on a smaller set of sailings.
The ship and your suite
This sailing is aboard EXPLORA III, all-suite,
every suite with a private ocean-front terrace. Suites run from the entry Ocean Terrace to the Owner's
Residence; the right tier depends on how you travel.
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Send me the dates and the suite tier you have in mind and I'll come back with a confirmed live number and my read on the sailing within two hours. Best available price, and I make it worth more.