Indigo Trenches – Tortola, San Juan & Samaná

About this cruise

There's a reason 10-night cruises are the most popular length. This one sails from Jacksonville on January 28, 2028 and visits Freeport, Great Stirrup Cay, Samaná, Puerto Plata (Amber Cove), Tortola and San Juan. The final stretch is open ocean, which gives you time to process everything you've seen and use the ship one last time. The route threads through 4 countries along the Caribbean coast: Bahamas, Dominican Republic, British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. You get around 8 hours in each port, which is enough for an excursion, lunch, and some wandering around on your own. When you're not ashore, There are 14 restaurants on Norwegian Dawn, so you'd need to double up a few evenings to try them all in 10 nights. One of the underrated parts of a longer cruise: you actually get to know people. The couple from dinner, the group at trivia, the bartender who remembers your drink. 10 nights of not thinking about anything except where to eat next. That's the pitch.