When people talk about cruise holidays you can guarantee that one of the most popular types of cruise is a Caribbean cruise. Just imagine the warm seas of the Caribbean washing the beaches of hundreds of beautiful islands. Pretty much guaranteed sunshine, a welcoming atmosphere, Caribbean cruises are what dreams are made of. The scenery on offer around the Caribbean ranges from lush and mountainous to flat arid islands and coral atolls. Straddled by Mexico and Central America to the west, the USA to the north and South America to the south, the Caribbean is jam-packed full of historic sites such as the Mayan ruins and numerous pirate lairs. Caribbean Cruises depart from US ports like Houston, New Orleans and the world's biggest cruise port - Miami. There are an increasing number of cruises from the more centrally located Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Barbados and Jamaica.

Eastern Caribbean Cruises

Eastern Caribbean cruises are typically 7 nights in total and explore the myriad of islands around the Bahamas and the West Indies, the cruise ships sometimes call at one of the Bahamas Cays for a beach day, visiting Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and travelling as far south as St Kitts or Antigua in the Leeward Islands. 

Western Caribbean Cruises

7 night cruises in the Western Caribbean set off towards Mexico and the resorts and beaches of the Yucatan Peninsula, often calling at Key West on the way. Belize and Panama are some of the newest destinations included on these cruise holidays along with old favourites like Grand Cayman and Jamaica.

Southern Caribbean

Southern Caribbean cruises will be longer than seven nights unless they depart from Barbados or Jamaica. Typically they will visit Windward Islands like Dominica, Martinique, St Lucia and the Grenadines before cruising the north coast of Venezuela and calling at Trinidad, Tobago or Dutch Aruba or Curacao.