Celebrate the Holidays with Explora Journeys

Set sail and celebrate the festive season in ultra-elegance while you broadens horizons and triggers new connections.

This holiday season, Explora Journeys invites you to celebrate in a way that feels deeply personal - where connection, calm, and wonder drift effortlessly together, carried by the rhythm of the ocean.

Each Journey is a sanctuary of presence. Connecting ocean-front suites offer space for closeness and comfort, while gentle rituals, memorable festive meals, and thoughtful seasonal touches infuse each day with warmth and meaning.

Exclusive Bonus: Book a 7-night or longer voyage and receive up to US $300 Onboard Credit per suite (US $150 per solo guest).

Whether raising a glass beneath the Caribbean skies or finding stillness in solitude, time flows with effortless ease and quiet delight. Here, joy reveals itself gently, in ocean-inspired wellness, handcrafted treats, and the unspoken beauty of horizons that drift beyond sight.

Welcome to your Ocean State of Mind.

Featured Explora Journeys voyages

Ask your advisor for cruise fares on these and other recommended journeys.

A Journey to Mayan Mysteries7 nights

EXPLORA II | Roundtrip Miami

Exclusive Bonus: Receive a US $300 onboard credit per suite—yours to spend on the indulgences that make your journey unforgettable.

Celebrations of American Thanksgiving launch us from Miami to a cornucopia of Mesoamerica mysteries. After we dive reefs, swim cenotes, and seek blessings at the temple of a Mayan moon goddess, we find more Mayan alters in Belize City, both in lush jungles and mysterious caves. Go off charts in Santo Tomás de Castilla, a remote outpost with more UNESCO Mayan cities, before we flock to fun-Florida’s Key West and Miami.

A Celebration Journey of Caribbean Christmas Cheer8 nights

EXPLORA I | Bridgetown to Miami

Exclusive Bonus: Receive a US $300 onboard credit per suite—yours to spend on the indulgences that make your journey unforgettable.

Steel drums and jingle bells ring from balmy Bridgetown to Tobago’s rainbow markets and the French-Carib melange of Martinique, Gaugin’s Caribbean muse. Rum-soaked sunset draws lazy day into black-velvet night in Antigua, before Christmas Day calls us to Dutch Sint Maarten and poetic peaks lure to Tortola. Lounge in a poolside cabana en route to art-infused Miami and its multi-cultural world.

A Celebration Journey in Remote Holiday Harbours7 nights

EXPLORA II | Miami to San Juan

Exclusive Bonus: Receive a US $300 onboard credit per suite—yours to spend on the indulgences that make your journey unforgettable.

There’s no place like EXPLORA II for the Holidays, when families hold fast to tradition and forge new, warm-weather memories. We deck the halls on snow-white beaches where fathoms of adventures are found deep in the Carib’s Southern realm. Our most precious gift, Ocean Cay Marine Reserve, lets us unwrap cooling cabanas, seaside massages, chic cocktails and moments to remember.

A Celebration Journey of New Caribbean Dawns8 nights

EXPLORA I | Miami to San Juan

Exclusive Bonus: Receive a US $300 onboard credit per suite—yours to spend on the indulgences that make your journey unforgettable.

Fireworks crackle above San Juan as 2026 dawns and an all-star Caribbean journey begins. Skim sun-kissed shores and pirate lairs in the British Virgin Islands and wander rainforest falls and wild beaches on Guadeloupe’s western wing. Infuse flavours of Carib-cool Bridgetown, before the jewel-toned isles of Martinique and St. Kitts fuel our lust for adventure with volcanic peaks and castaway coves.

A Journey of New Year's Celebrations & Caribbean Conviviality7 nights

EXPLORA II | San Juan to Miami

Exclusive Bonus: Receive a US $300 onboard credit per suite—yours to spend on the indulgences that make your journey unforgettable.

Beloved for its year-round party buzz, Puerto Rico raises the bar for víspera de Año Nuevo. Champagne corks pop and glasses chime as we toast new beginnings and gorge on merry cheer, while San Juan erupts in an incandescent display of fireworks to welcome the New Year. Betwixt the revelry we weave the wondrous West Indies, ribbons of fine-white sand, tropical rainforest and lagoons of turquoise-blue drawing us to sun-kissed Floridian shores.

Start Planning Your Festive Journey

Uncover the secrets of Northern Europe, Iceland & Greenland, the Mediterranean, North America East Coast and Pacific Coast, Caribbean, Central & South America, Red Sea & Arabian Peninsula, all in vibrant European luxury aboard Explora Journeys’ super yacht-inspired, elegant fleet. Enjoy a spacious ocean-front suite with a private ocean-front terrace, nine unforgettable culinary experiences, beverages, high-speed Wi-Fi and ocean-inspired wellness, all designed to bring you to the Ocean State of Mind.

Experience EXPLORA I or EXPLORA II now sailing, or EXPLORA III, launching in 2026, on a collection of journeys starting from 7 nights with the flexibility to extend to 14 or 21-night explorations.

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Terms & Conditions

All fares and offers are valid at the time of publication. Fares and offers are subject to change based on availability and other considerations. Journey Experience Credit Offer is valid on all bookings on 7-night or longer, non-hosted journeys. Credit is 300 JEC per suite (150 per solo guests) for 1st & 2nd guests. Extended Journeys would qualify for the same condition where each journey is 7-night or longer. The Journey Experience Credit can be used towards all onboard experiences including dining experiences, the ultra-exclusive selection of wines, cocktails and beverages, our collection of Destination Experiences, treatments at Ocean Wellness – The Spa, curated shopping at The Journey, as well as towards onboard suite upgrades. The currency of the Journey Experience Credit is based on the onboard currency of the journey booked by the guest. When the journey is sailing in the Caribbean and US waters (including Grand Journeys), the onboard currency is USD otherwise the onboard currency is EUR for all other destinations. Journey Experience Credits are not combinable with the Hosted Journeys, cannot be exchanged, redeemed, or deducted if used or partially used and are non-commissionable. Additional terms and conditions may apply.

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