Eastern Caribbean Cruise Excursions

The best Eastern Caribbean cruise shore excursions - Highlights, Things-To-Do. Best Eastern Caribbean attractions and feature activities - world-class golfing, Atlantis mini-submarine tours, windsurfing, parasailing, snorkeling and scuba diving, sailing, underwater photography, sea-kayaking, deep-sea fishing, jeep safaris, horseback and bike rides.

• common features - pristine nature, perfect beaches, great parks, beautifully restored colonial houses and plantations, folk arts and crafts shopping, gambling.
• Sint Maarten/ St Martin shore excursions (the French-Dutch Island, ships dock in Philipsburg - duty-free port, airport) - gambling (12 Monte  Carlo-style casinos), shopping (Guavaberry Company liquor), best beaches - Dutch (the Simpson and Mullet Bays), and the Orient Beach (French side), Butterfly Farm.
• St Kitts shore excursions (the 1st British colony in the West Indies-1623, ferry terminal to the Nevis Island - 3 km away, ships dock at Port Zante, Basseterre, airport) - shopping (Pelican Mall, Liverpool Row, Fort Street - goatskin goods, batik clothes), Brimstone Hall fortress, best beaches (Banana, and Cockleshell), catamaran trips to Nevis (and its "4 Seasons Resort").
• Grand Turk shore excursions (Turks and Caicos Islands, with the 3rd largest barrier reef in the world, airport) - huge cruise and shopping center (duty-free, jewelry), a FlowRider, best dining at "Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville".
• Puerto Rico shore excursions (an US unincorporated territory, ships dock in Old San Juan) - best gambling and golfing options, popular tours - "El Morrow Fortress", "El Yunque Waterfall", "Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve".
• BVI shore excursions (Tortola Island, Road Town - 2-ships capacity dock, and by tenders, airport, ferry to St Thomas) - best beaches (Josiah's Bay, Lambert, Cane Garden), best diving (the Rhone shipwreck), Sage Mountain National Park excursions.
• USVI - St Thomas excursions (USVI is an an US unincorporated territory; ships dock at the capital city Charlotte Amalie - tenders, airport) - the best duty-free premium shopping in the Caribbean (especially jewelry), best beach (Magen’s), Coral World Marine Park, the Atlantis Submarine tours, Danish Fort Christian USVI museum, historical buildings (incl the St Thomas Synagogue).
• USVI - St John (ships dock at St Thomas - 4 miles away, ferry travel) - the Virgin Islands National Park.comprises 2/3 of the island, over 900 wildlife species, hiking, no nightlife, a carnival at every month's last Saturday, the "Annabergs Ruins" plantation, best beach (Trunk Bay, underwater snorkel trail), best honeymoon destination (upscale resorts, luxury villas), "Beverly Hills of the Caribbean" (expensive, with more affluent guests).
• USVI - St Croix (2 towns - Frederiksted (docking), and Christiansted) - sugar mills and plantation estates restored as inns and shops, shopping (Cruzan rum), "Tropical Mountain Bike Tour", boat tour to Buck Island National Park, free party each Wednesday night.
• Antigua and Barbuda (docking at St. John's) - perfect for booze cruises, shopping at Heritage and Redcliffe Quays, great restaurants, best beaches - Runaway Bay (dining), and Dickinson Beach (sport activities), gambling (King's Casino), the English Harbor (sailing, a maritime museum), Nelson's Dockyard Village (dining and shopping).
• Dominica shore excursions (ships call on Roseau) - hiking, great mountains, rivers with waterfalls, and culture, premium shopping at the Old Market Plaza (also local rum, and wood carvings), the "Boiling Lake" hiking tour, best beach (Champagne Beach), Botanical Gardens park tour, "Fort Young Hotel".

CONTINUED from best Eastern Caribbean cruise ships Ports of Call (the Bahamas Ports of Call, and the private Caribbean Islands not included).