6 nights, Miami to San Juan
Explora's name for it: A Journey through Stunning Scenery & Charming Caribbean Culture
Six nights, six ports, no sea days: this runs from Miami down through the eastern Caribbean and ends at the Old San Juan piers, a one-way line rather than a loop. The pace is brisk. Every day is a call, and most calls put you in the middle of town from the gangway. Philipsburg ties up about a mile from Front Street and Great Bay Beach. Basseterre docks at Port Zante, a five-minute walk from a colonial center built around a circle modeled on London's Piccadilly Circus. Terre-de-Haut is the quiet one: the ship is too large for the pier, so it anchors and tenders you straight into Le Bourg, a few square kilometers of red-roofed Creole houses and a crescent bay. Buy the tourment d'amour warm from a harbor stand; the Saintes invented it. San Juan earns the finish, with two stone forts and a cobbled grid steps from the ship.
This itinerary rewards people who like to be off and walking each morning and do not mind a full slate. If you want sea days, slow mornings, or long stretches of nothing on the water, skip it. Puerto Plata and St. Kitts each turn on one decision, the cable car or the fort, the railway or Brimstone Hill, so commit before you dock or you lose the day to indecision.
Explora I is all-suite and all-oceanfront.
The itinerary, port by port
6 calls over 6 nights, Miami to 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 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.
- 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 →