Practical guides to cruise ports, destinations, and shore days around the world. We explain arrival arrangements and compare excursion options.

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  • Amami Oshima Cruise Port

    Amami Oshima Cruise Port

    Amami Oshima is a large, forested island between Kyushu and Okinawa, and its cruise port is Naze rather than a purpose-built resort enclave. The arrival gives access to a living regional city, distinctive Oshima Tsumugi…

  • St George’s Cruise Port (Grenada)

    St George’s Cruise Port (Grenada)

    St George’s Grenada cruise port gives passengers an unusually immediate introduction to the island. The terminal sits beside the lower capital, with the market, waterfront and the enclosed Carenage harbour close enough for a practical…

  • Coron Cruise Port

    Coron Cruise Port

    Coron cruise port is the gateway to one of the Philippines’ most dramatic marine landscapes, but the famous limestone lagoons are not in Coron town. The town sits on Busuanga Island; Kayangan Lake, Twin Lagoon…

  • Boracay Cruise Port

    Boracay Cruise Port

    Boracay is a small island with an outsized reputation, and most cruise calls are built around White Beach rather than a conventional port district. Ships anchor offshore and tender passengers to a landing selected for…

  • Padang Bai Cruise Port (Bali)

    Padang Bai Cruise Port (Bali)

    Padang Bai is a small east Bali harbour with a large planning consequence: it is not Benoa. Cruise ships calling here normally anchor and tender, while the shore is dominated by ferries and fast boats…

  • Benoa Cruise Port (Bali)

    Benoa Cruise Port (Bali)

    Benoa Bali cruise port is the island’s main international cruise gateway, positioned on the southern side close to Nusa Dua, Sanur and the airport. It is also where many passengers begin or end a cruise,…

  • Roatán Cruise Port

    Roatán Cruise Port

    Roatán is long, narrow and far more varied than the resort-style cruise terminals suggest. Before booking anything, identify which of the island’s two cruise ports appears on the ship’s itinerary. The Port of Roatán in…

  • Saint John Cruise Port (US Virgin Islands)

    Saint John Cruise Port (US Virgin Islands)

    Saint John is often searched as a cruise port, but the island does not operate like a conventional mainstream cruise call. Most large ships dock at Saint Thomas, and passengers reach Saint John by ship…

  • Terre-de-Haut Cruise Port

    Terre-de-Haut Cruise Port

    Terre-de-Haut is the compact, hilly main visitor island of Les Saintes, south of Guadeloupe. Cruise ships normally anchor and tender passengers into the small harbour beside Le Bourg. The landing immediately opens onto cafés, shops,…

  • San Juan del Sur Cruise Port

    San Juan del Sur Cruise Port

    San Juan del Sur is a tender port with two very different identities. It can be an easy Pacific beach-town day centred on the horseshoe bay, restaurants and the Cristo de la Misericordia viewpoint. It…

  • San Juan Cruise Port (Puerto Rico)

    San Juan Cruise Port (Puerto Rico)

    San Juan is both an outstanding walk-off port of call and one of the Caribbean’s major embarkation cities. Those two experiences begin at different piers. Transit ships often use the Old San Juan waterfront, where…

  • Samaná Cruise Port

    Samaná Cruise Port

    Samaná is a nature-led cruise call where the landing point matters almost as much as the excursion. Ships may anchor in Samaná Bay and tender towards Santa Bárbara de Samaná, use arrangements connected with Cayo…