13 nights, Miami to Miami
Explora's name for it: An Extended Journey of Sunlit Horizons & Sapphire Bays
This is a thirteen-night round-trip out of Miami that runs the eastern Caribbean hard: ten stops, no sea days, a new island almost every morning. The arc threads the smaller, harder-to-reach places most big-ship loops skip. You anchor and tender into Cruz Bay on Saint John, where two-thirds of the island is national park and the day is built around protected beaches rather than duty-free quays. Terre-de-Haut in the Saintes drops you straight into Le Bourg, a few square kilometers of red-roofed Creole houses where you walk, rent a golf cart, or take a water taxi because there are no rental cars. San Juan ties up at the Old San Juan piers themselves, so the walled colonial grid and El Morro start a few steps from the gangway. Gustavia keeps large ships out by design, so St Barths never feels crowded the way bigger ports do.
This itinerary rewards travelers who want range and movement, who would rather wake up somewhere new each day than settle into one beach. If you want a slow, do-nothing week, ten ports back to back will feel relentless, and several calls here depend on tendering, so swell can shorten a day at St Barths or Saint John. Grand Turk and Antigua reward a beach day; Tortola is really a launch point, with The Baths on Virgin Gorda a short ferry beyond it.
Explora III is all-suite and all-oceanfront.
The itinerary, port by port
10 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 →
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Fares on this departure, decoded
Reading the fare fine print is the job. Here's what this sailing currently carries:
- Invitation to Discover More
- Explora's discovery fare, available across most of the calendar. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
- Founders Fare
- A founding-era fare on a selected set of sailings. 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. Compare suites → · What's included →