Cruise Port Guide
The bucket-list things to do — and the private, expert-led way to do each.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, and the private, small-group, or expert-led way to make it yours — your own pace, real access, none of the crowd.
Step inside Jefferson's private sanctum on an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of Monticello, accessing rooms and passages closed to the general public. A bucket-list encounter with America's founding genius.
Wander the candlelit streets of America's most complete 18th-century capital after dark, guided by a costumed interpreter on a private lantern tour. History becomes viscerally alive after the day-trippers have gone.
Board the USS Wisconsin — one of the last great Iowa-class battleships — for a self-guided exploration of 16-inch gun turrets, flag bridge, and below-deck compartments at the Nauticus maritime museum in Norfolk.
Cruise the pristine Atlantic Coast aboard a small-group eco-vessel searching for wild bottlenose dolphins, loggerhead sea turtles, and coastal seabirds in their natural habitat. A bucket-list wildlife moment just offshore.
Glide through the otherworldly cypress-and-tupelo wilderness of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge on a private guided kayak expedition — a hauntingly beautiful, off-the-beaten-path American treasure.
Spend an indulgent afternoon among the rolling vineyards of Virginia's Coastal Plain, tasting award-winning estate wines paired with a chef-curated harvest lunch using hyper-local seasonal produce. Virginia wine at its most refined.
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