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Palau Cruise Port

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The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.

Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.

In port at Palau, the bucket-list move is Jellyfish Lake & Rock Islands by Private Boat. Below: 6 bucket-list things to do on a Palau port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Jellyfish Lake & Rock Islands by Private Boat
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Jellyfish Lake & Rock Islands by Private Boat

Snorkel among millions of stingless golden jellyfish in a marine lake found nowhere else, then thread a private boat through the mushroom-shaped Rock Islands UNESCO seascape.

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German Channel & Blue Corner: World-Class Reef Dive
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German Channel & Blue Corner: World-Class Reef Dive

Dive two of the Pacific's most storied reef sites — a channel where manta rays glide by and a current-swept wall thick with grey reef sharks and schooling barracuda.

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Peleliu WWII Battlefield: Private Historian-Led Tour
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Peleliu WWII Battlefield: Private Historian-Led Tour

Walk the coral ridges, rusting tanks, and cave bunkers of one of the Pacific War's fiercest battlegrounds with a guide who knows the island's families and its silences.

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Scenic Flight Over the Rock Islands & Jellyfish Lake
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Scenic Flight Over the Rock Islands & Jellyfish Lake

A short private flight reveals the full pattern of Palau's 445 emerald islets scattered across turquoise water — a view impossible to grasp from any boat.

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Ngardmau Waterfall & Babeldaob Village Walk
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Ngardmau Waterfall & Babeldaob Village Walk

Trade the reef for the rainforest: a guided hike to Palau's tallest waterfall followed by a quiet walk through a Babeldaob village with a local storyteller.

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Milky Way Lagoon Mud Spa & Sunset Kayak
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Milky Way Lagoon Mud Spa & Sunset Kayak

Coat yourself in the mineral-rich white mud of the Milky Way lagoon, then paddle a sea kayak through Rock Island channels as the light turns gold.

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