Caribbean Island Hop – Samana & St. Maarten

About this cruise

This one leaves La Romana on December 21, 2026 and spends 7 nights visiting Samaná, Virgin Gorda Island BVI, Basseterre, Philipsburg and Catalina Island at a pace where every day has something going on but there's always time to just sit and watch the water too. There's a stretch of back-to-back port days, so those days are busy, but the sea days around them give you time to recharge. The route threads through 4 countries along the Caribbean coast: Dominican Republic, British Virgin Islands, St. Kitts & Nevis and Sint Maarten. Most ports give you about 9 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, MSC Opera has 4 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. Good route, good ship, good timing. It all lines up.