15 nights, Miami to Miami
Explora's name for it: An Extended Journey Through Caribbean Rhythms and Festive Island Nights
This is a long Caribbean loop, fifteen nights round trip from Miami, calling thirteen ports across nine countries with one full day at sea built around fireworks. The pace is generous rather than rushed: most calls are walk-off, one-day affairs where the town starts a few steps from the gangway. San Juan is the clearest example, with the ship tied up at the Old San Juan piers so the cobbled grid of plazas, the cathedral, and the two stone forts begin within a short walk. Pointe-à-Pitre brings a French Caribbean rhythm, Creole markets and a colonial grid you can cover on foot in a self-guided morning. Ocho Rios puts Jamaica's waterfalls and rivers a short taxi from a walkable shopping district, and Samaná trades duty-free for a green peninsula of mangrove parks, a sandbar island, and rainforest reached on horseback.
This itinerary rewards anyone who wants the Caribbean broken into bite-size, low-friction days rather than long inland excursions. The water is the throughline: Jost Van Dyke is one slow afternoon at White Bay, Saint John builds the day around protected national-park beaches and reef. If you want deep cultural immersion or a single anchor city, skip it; this is a survey, not a deep dive. Note that some ports run on a hard calendar for what you came to see, so match your sailing to what you actually want ashore.
The ship is all-suite and all-oceanfront.
The itinerary, port by port
13 calls over 15 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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- 10 At Sea - Fireworks
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- 12 Samaná
- Disembark
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 →