13 nights, Miami to Miami
Explora's name for it: An Extended Journey through Azure Horizons & Elegant Isles
This is a 13-night loop out of Miami and back, ten calls strung through the Leewards and Virgins with a clear rhythm: a string of close-quarters island ports where you tender or walk straight off, bracketed by the bigger U.S. gateways at either end. The arc favors the kind of port where the day starts at the gangway. San Juan ties up at the Old San Juan piers themselves, so the walled colonial grid, the cathedral, and El Morro are a few minutes on foot. Gustavia anchors offshore by design, no cruise pier, so St Barths' harbor never crowds the way the duty-free ports do. Terre-de-Haut tenders you into the village center, where the move is Fort Napoléon first thing before it shuts around 12:30, then tourment d'amour warm from a harbor stand. Cruz Bay puts two-thirds of an island that is national park within a short safari-taxi ride of the dock.
This itinerary rewards a traveler who wants island texture over a checklist, and who reads a beach or a fort walk as the point rather than the duty-free street. Skip it if you want fewer, longer stops or open sea days to decompress; the pace here is dense, ten calls in thirteen nights, several of them tender ports where swell can pinch the day. Miami at both ends is a gateway, not a destination, so budget that accordingly.
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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.
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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 →