Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

12-Night San Juan to Manaus Cruise Adventure

Explora Journeys · EXPLORA I · from San Juan

$8,190 per person · next sails Feb 5, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into San Juan (SJU)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into SJU, home from MAO · $276 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near San Juan

Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.

49 mi from San Juan

Bioluminescent Bay Tour (Vieques)

0 mi from San Juan

Sunken City Scuba Diving Tour

Your voyage · 12 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there and the operator who runs it — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
San Juan Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
Private Open-Top Mini Moke Island Tour of St. Barts · $130 for two with Ferry Voyager – St. Barths Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 3
Saint-Pierreport guide →
Île aux Marins · $117 for two with Eléa Guided Tours (Saint-Pierre and Miquelon)how to make it yours → ·
Day 4
Bridgetownport guide →
Turtles at Sunset cocktail sail by luxury catamaran · $220 for two with Tiami Catamaran Cruises (official)how to make it yours →
Days 5–6
Port of Spainport guide →
Gasparee Caves & Gulf of Paria Private Boat Charter · $110 for two with Prime Charters Trinidadhow to make it yours → ·
Days 7–8
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 9
Macapa
⚙ Curating Macapa’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 10
Alter do Chão · $240 for two with Pousada Ximanго (local expert, Santarém)how to make it yours → ·
Day 11
Boca da Valeriaport guide →
Private Motorized Canoe Deep into the Amazon Tribu… · $240 for two with Tours by Locals – Amazon River Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
Days 12–13
Manaus Disembark
Disembark in the morning.
Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from San Juan

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

234 mi from San Juan · fly SDQ

Barahona: The Dominican Coast You Haven't Heard Of Yet

Wild Coast & Mountain Culture

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Home

Fly home from Manaus (MAO)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into SJU, home from MAO · 2 travelers $276 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · San Juan · Luxury~$484
Cruise fare12 nights · Explora Journeys · 2 guests$16,380
Shore excursions6 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,057
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$18,377
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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