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EXPLORA III · Caribbean & Central America

16 nights, San Juan to San Juan

January 13, 2027 – January 29, 2027 · 16 nights · 11 stops · round-trip

Explora's name for it: An Extended Journey of Island Energy & Ocean Tranquillity

San Juan (open port guide)San JuanPhilipsburg (open port guide)Terre-de-Haut (Îles des Saintes) (open port guide)St. George's (Grenada) (open port guide)Castries (open port guide)Puerto Plata (open port guide)Miami (open port guide)Charlotte Amalie (Saint Thomas) (open port guide)Road Bay (open port guide)Saint-Pierre (open port guide)Basseterre (open port guide)Basseterre

The itinerary, port by port

11 calls over 16 nights, round-trip from San Juan. 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 San Juan (SJU) 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
    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 →

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    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 →

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    Terre-de-Haut (Îles des Saintes)

    Terre-de-Haut is the main inhabited island of the Saintes, a small archipelago off Guadeloupe's south coast, settled by Breton and Norman fishing families whose descendants still run the place. Port guide →

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    Castries

    Castries is St. Port guide →

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    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 →

  7. 7
    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 →

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    Charlotte Amalie (Saint Thomas)

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

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    Road Bay

    Road Bay is Anguilla's main harbor, sheltering the small fishing village of Sandy Ground on a wide curve of pale sand. Port guide →

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    Saint-Pierre

    Saint-Pierre was Martinique's cultural capital, the Paris of the Caribbean, until Mont Pelee erupted on May 8, 1902 and a pyroclastic flow killed roughly 30,000 people in minutes. Port guide →

  11. Disembark
    Basseterre

    Basseterre is the Georgian-era capital of St Kitts, a small twin-island Caribbean nation where the cruise pier puts you a five-minute walk from a colonial town center built around a circular junction… Port guide →

Fares on this departure, decoded

Reading the fare fine print is the job. Here's what this sailing currently carries:

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 →


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