Carnival Conquest - Journeys Southern Caribbean

Where this cruise calls, day by day

8 ports and 4 sea days over 11 Nights.

1. Day 1

   Miami, FL

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   Miami, FL port guide: where ships dock and what to do ashore

2. Day 2 · At sea

3. Day 3 · At sea

4. Day 4

   Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

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   Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas port guide: where ships dock and what to do ashore
5. Day 5

   Roseau

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   Dominica is the anomaly of the Eastern Caribbean: it has very few good beaches, and that is rather the point. The island is volcanic, steep and covered in rainforest, with hot springs, gorges and a boiling lake in the interior. Roseau is small, tin-roofed and a bit ragged, and the pier is right in it. Wrong island for a beach day; the best one in the chain if you want to be in a river by ten.

   • Trafalgar Falls and the hot springs above Roseau
   • Titou Gorge
   • Emerald Pool
   • Champagne Reef, snorkeling over volcanic vents

   Getting ashore

   Docked on the Roseau bayfront in town, with most sites 20-40 minutes inland by taxi; some ships instead use the Cabrits berth at Portsmouth, an hour north.

   Best months

   Dec-Apr is drier, but Dominica is wet in any month; Aug-Oct is hurricane season and the island took a direct hit in 2017

6. Day 6

   St. George's

   GrenadaPort

   One of the better-looking harbors in the region — the Carenage curves around a drowned volcanic crater with pastel warehouses stacked up the hillside and Fort George looking down on it. Grenada still runs on nutmeg and cocoa rather than duty-free, so the excursions are working spice estates and chocolate makers. Grand Anse, two miles of sand, is ten minutes from the pier.

   • Grand Anse Beach
   • Fort George and the Carenage waterfront
   • A nutmeg processing station at Gouyave
   • Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park

   Getting ashore

   Docked at the Melville Street terminal in town, or tendered when the berths are full; Grand Anse is 10 minutes by taxi or a short water taxi from the Carenage.

   Best months

   Jan-Apr dry season; Jun-Nov is wetter, though Grenada is far enough south to be hit less often

7. Day 7

   Bridgetown

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   Barbados is bigger and more developed than most Eastern Caribbean calls and works less like a beach stop than a country with its own economy — a capital with a UNESCO-listed Georgian core, a calm west coast for swimming and a wild Atlantic east coast that surfs. It is also a major homeport, so calls frequently coincide with turnaround crowds.

   • Snorkeling with sea turtles and the wrecks in Carlisle Bay
   • Harrison's Cave tram tour
   • Bathsheba and the east coast
   • Mount Gay rum tour or St. Nicholas Abbey

   Getting ashore

   Docked at the deep-water port about a mile from Broad Street — walkable, but the route runs through a working port, so most people take the short taxi.

   Best months

   Dec-Apr dry season; Jun-Nov is wetter, though Barbados sits far enough east to be hit less often

8. Day 8

   St. John's

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   Antigua sells itself on beaches — the local line is 365 of them — and St. John's is a working town with two restored quays of shops right at the dock. The thing genuinely worth the day is Nelson's Dockyard at English Harbour, a Georgian naval yard from the age of sail that still operates as a marina, with the Shirley Heights lookout on the ridge above it.

   • Nelson's Dockyard and Shirley Heights
   • Dickenson Bay
   • Valley Church Beach on the west coast
   • Stingray City Antigua

   Getting ashore

   Docked at Heritage Quay in the middle of town; English Harbour is about 40 minutes by taxi across the island.

   Best months

   Dec-Apr; Antigua is drier than most of its neighbors. Aug-Oct is hurricane season

9. Day 9 · At sea

10. Day 10 · At sea

11. Day 11

    Celebration Key

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    Celebration Key port guide: where ships dock and what to do ashore
12. Day 12

    Miami, FL

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    Miami, FL port guide: where ships dock and what to do ashore