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EXPLORA III · Caribbean & Central America

6 nights, San Juan to Miami

March 7, 2027 – March 14, 2027 · 6 nights · 6 stops

Explora's name for it: A Journey to Tropical Marvels & Coastal Discovery

Six nights, six ports, no sea days. This is a dense, port-every-day run through the eastern Caribbean that starts in San Juan and ends in Miami, so you are off the ship and into a town nearly every morning. The shape rewards walkers: in San Juan the ship ties up at the Old San Juan piers themselves, with the colonial grid, the Paseo de la Princesa, and El Morro a few minutes uphill. Gustavia on St Barths is the standout, a small French harbor that has deliberately kept big ships out, so only luxury lines anchor offshore and tender in, and the town never feels crowded. Grand Turk is the slow counterpoint: a leeward beach steps from the pier and a sharp offshore reef wall that makes it one of the rare ports where the wall snorkeling is genuinely good.

This itinerary suits people who like a full plate and do not mind a new island each day. If you want long, lazy beach afternoons and downtime, the pace will feel rushed. Two ports carry caveats worth knowing: Gustavia is tender-only, so swell can shorten or scrub the call, and Basseterre on St Kitts forces a choice between the Scenic Railway and Brimstone Hill, since each eats most of the day. Pick the excursion before you dock.

The ship is all-suite and all-oceanfront. Send me your dates and the suite tier you are weighing, and I will have live pricing in your inbox within two hours.

San Juan (open port guide)San JuanPhilipsburg (open port guide)Gustavia (open port guide)Basseterre (open port guide)Grand Turk (open port guide)Miami (open port guide)Miami

The itinerary, port by port

6 calls over 6 nights, San Juan to 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 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 →

  2. 2
    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 →

  3. 3
    Gustavia

    Gustavia is the harbor capital of St Barths, a small French island that has deliberately kept large cruise ships out, so only luxury lines anchor offshore and tender in. Port guide →

  4. 4
    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 →

  5. 5
    Grand Turk

    Grand Turk is the small, low-rise capital island of the Turks and Caicos, a former salt-raking colony of donkeys, ponds, and pastel Bermudian houses that never urbanized. Port guide →

  6. Disembark
    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 →

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 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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