Caribbean cruise ports
Pick your port for pier details, travel times from the ship, prices and tours lined up against your time ashore. Tender ports need extra time, so we flag them.
Western Caribbean
MexicoCozumel
A flat coral island with three cruise piers, a walkable town, easy shore snorkeling, Maya ruins and a quiet wild south.
Cayman IslandsGrand Cayman
A tender-only port where Stingray City, Seven Mile Beach and the Turtle Centre are all reachable in a day, but the north-coast sights are a long trip.
HondurasRoatán
Two cruise ports on the Mesoamerican Reef, with West Bay's calm, reef-fringed beach 25–35 minutes away by road.
MexicoCosta Maya
A purpose-built cruise pier beside the small beach village of Mahahual, with Maya ruins at Chacchoben and the Bacalar lagoon a bus ride inland.
JamaicaOcho Rios
A compact north-coast port where Dunn's River Falls, Dolphin Cove and Mystic Mountain are 5 to 15 minutes from the pier.
JamaicaFalmouth
A purpose-built north-coast port beside a Georgian town, within day-trip reach of river rafting, Rose Hall, Montego Bay beaches and Dunn's River Falls.
BelizeBelize City
Belize City is a tender port with quick access to Maya ruins, cave tubing, a wildlife zoo and barrier-reef cayes, but the city itself is best skipped beyond the tourism village.
Eastern Caribbean
The BahamasNassau
A deep-water port in the middle of town: beaches, forts and Paradise Island are all close, and ships dock without tenders.
Sint MaartenSt. Maarten
A walk-off port with a beach town at hand, plus Maho Beach plane-spotting and the French side's beaches by fixed-fare taxi.
U.S. Virgin IslandsSt. Thomas
Two piers a short ride from duty-free Charlotte Amalie, with Magens Bay, Coki Beach and a ferry to St. John all within a day.
Dominican RepublicAmber Cove & Puerto Plata
Two piers: Amber Cove is a Carnival-built resort 15-20 minutes from town; Taino Bay puts other lines a short walk from Puerto Plata's old centre.
