16 nights, Miami to Miami

The itinerary, port by port

13 calls over 16 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 →

1. Embark
   Miami

   Miami is the busiest cruise port in the United States, set on Dodge Island in Biscayne Bay a mile or two off downtown. Port guide →

2. 2
   Ocho Rios

   Ocho Rios is Jamaica's north-coast adventure hub, built around one famous waterfall you climb in a human chain and a cluster of rivers, gardens, and beaches within a few minutes' drive. Port guide →

3. 3
   Catalina Island

   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 →

4. 4
   Jost Van Dyke

   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 →

5. 5
   Philipsburg

   Philipsburg is the Dutch-side capital of Sint Maarten, a narrow strip of town wedged between Great Bay and a salt pond. Port guide →

6. 6
   Charlotte Amalie (Saint Thomas)

   Charlotte Amalie is the capital of the U.S. Port guide →

7. 7
   San Juan

   San Juan's old quarter is a walled Spanish colonial town on a headland, founded in the early 1500s, with two stone forts run by the U.S. Port guide →

8. 8
   St. John's (Antigua)

   St. Port guide →

9. 9
   Pointe-à-Pitre

   Pointe-à-Pitre is the commercial capital of Guadeloupe, a French overseas region, and the city wears that dual identity openly: Creole markets and a French colonial grid, euros and Caribbean spice. Port guide →

10. 10
    At Sea - Fireworks
11. 11
    Cruz Bay (Saint John)

    Saint John is the quietest of the U.S. Port guide →

12. 12
    Samaná

    Samana sits on a green peninsula at the head of a wide bay on the Dominican Republic's northeast coast, a quieter, more nature-led call than the island's resort ports.

13. Disembark
    Puerto Plata

    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 →