17 nights, Miami to Miami
Explora's name for it: An Extended Journey of Coastal Marvels & Caribbean Dreams
Seventeen nights, eleven calls, out and back from Miami, with the arc bending east through the Greater Antilles before it drops south to Central America and curls home through the Florida Keys. That length buys you variety most Caribbean sailings can't. Walkable old towns where the ship ties up at the door: San Juan, where Explora berths at the Old San Juan piers and the cobbled grid starts a few steps from the gangway, and Key West, a square mile of conch houses you cover on foot. Reef-and-beach days at Roatan, where the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef sits close enough to snorkel a living coral wall off the sand at West Bay. And The Baths on Virgin Gorda, a one-way scramble through house-size granite boulders to Devil's Bay that rewards tendering in on the first wave.
Who it rewards: a traveler who wants range over efficiency, and who reads a couple of inland-transfer ports as a fair trade for the rest. Two of these calls are gateways, not destinations. Santo Tomas de Castilla is a working container terminal with nothing walkable, so the day lives entirely in one booked excursion to Quirigua or the Rio Dulce. Belize City is the same, anchored offshore with the real draw 30 minutes out. If a slow, port-light sailing is what you're after, this isn't it; the pace is dense and shore-driven. If that variety is the point, few itineraries pack in more.
Explora I is all-suite and all-oceanfront.
The itinerary, port by port
11 calls over 17 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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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 I, 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 →