January 25, 2028 – February 9, 2028 · 14 nights · 10 stops
Explora's name for it: A Journey of Natural Grandeur & Cultural Riches
The itinerary, port by port
10 calls over 14 nights, Shanghai to Keelung (Taipei). 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 Shanghai (PVG) open around February 2027, about 11 months before you sail. I track that window for booked clients and flag it the moment it is worth booking. When to book your flights →
Shanghai is China's largest city and its financial center, where a colonial-era riverfront faces a wall of 21st-century towers across the Huangpu. Port guide →
Miyako is an Okinawan island ringed by white-sand beaches and the clear water locals call Miyako Blue, with no railway and a string of long bridges linking it to smaller outer islands. Port guide →
Naha is the capital of Okinawa and the heart of the old Ryukyu Kingdom, a culture that was its own seafaring nation before it was Japanese. Port guide →
Naze is the main town of Amami Oshima, a subtropical island between Kyushu and Okinawa whose forests and coast were named a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site in 2021 for their biodiversity. Port guide →
Nagoya is Japan's industrial heartland on Ise Bay, a working manufacturing city better known for Toyota and Nagoya Castle than for tourism. Port guide →
A cruise call on Tokyo lands you on Odaiba, a reclaimed island in Tokyo Bay that is itself a waterfront entertainment and shopping district, with the Rainbow Bridge and the city skyline directly across the… Port guide →
Kobe is a compact, cosmopolitan port city wedged between the sea and the Rokko mountains, opened to foreign trade in 1868 and still wearing that history in its Chinatown and hillside foreign quarter. Port guide →
Kochi is the historic spice port of Kerala on India's southwest coast, where Portuguese, Dutch, Arab, Chinese, and Jewish trading layers all left something standing. Port guide →
Ishigaki is the hub of the Yaeyama islands at the far southwest end of Okinawa, a subtropical island of coral reefs, white-sand beaches, and turquoise water far closer to Taiwan than to mainland Japan. Port guide →
Disembark
Keelung (Taipei)
Keelung is Taipei's working harbor city on Taiwan's rainy north coast, and the draw is what sits a short train ride away: the capital, the lantern-lit hillside of Jiufen, and the wind-carved rock formations…
Fares on this departure, decoded
Reading the fare fine print is the job. Here's what this sailing currently carries:
Early Booking Benefit
A fare for booking far enough ahead of departure. Onboard credit where the offer applies.
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.
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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