A scout's logbook for 39 cruise ports.

Every port we cover, with how you get ashore, what it's known for, and highly rated tours from Viator and GetYourGuide side by side, plus a link to Shore Excursions Group.

Or find it on the map below.

A beach with a boat anchored in clear water St. Thomas: Magens Bay and day trips to St. John Photo: Island Guides / Unsplash
A row of colorful waterfront buildings Curaçao: Colorful Willemstad and cove beaches Photo: Cole Marshall / Unsplash

Where we've scouted

Port of callWhere cruises depart

Cozumel Costa Maya Belize City Roatán Grand Cayman Ocho Rios & Falmouth Nassau Key West Freeport Puerto Plata La Romana Grand Turk Aruba Curaçao Bonaire Grenada Progreso Colón Puerto Limón Cartagena Port Canaveral Miami & Fort Lauderdale Galveston Tampa New Orleans Bermuda: off the map, up north
St. Thomas St. Croix San Juan St. Maarten St. Kitts Barbados Tortola Antigua St. Lucia Dominica Martinique

On a phone, swipe the map sideways to see every port, or use the list below.

Signature days ashore

People wading up a river under tall green trees Climbing Dunn's River Falls Ocho Rios Photo: Alexander John / Unsplash
A turquoise river running through tropical forest Jungle rivers and cave tubing Belize City Photo: Meg von Haartman / Unsplash
A pig swimming in clear water Swimming pigs Nassau Photo: Forest S / Unsplash
A stingray gliding over white sand in shallow turquoise water Stingray City Grand Cayman Photo: Fernando Jorge / Unsplash
A jet coming in low over the beach to land Planes over Maho Beach St. Maarten Photo: Ramon Kagie / Unsplash
The Pitons rising above the sea The Pitons St. Lucia Photo: Faith Panciello / Unsplash

All 39 ports

tender ports mean a short boat ride ashore

Western Caribbean

Bahamas, Bermuda & Key West

Eastern Caribbean

Southern Caribbean

Central & South America

U.S. departure ports

How it works

Shore excursions first. Each port opens with tours built for cruise passengers.

Pier or tender, noted. So you know if a boat ride ashore is part of the day.

Book with the source. Viator, GetYourGuide or Shore Excursions Group, at the same price as going direct.