https://portatlas.co.uk/Know where you dock, how to get ashore and what to do with your time. Practical cruise port guides with dated checks and visible sources.en-gbThu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/united-states/icy-strait-point/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/united-states/icy-strait-point/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlan a visit to Icy Strait Point's cannery or a whale tour. Find your landing, use the free connecting gondola and allow for the return to your ship.United Stateshttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/united-states/seattle/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/united-states/seattle/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlan a Seattle cruise visit from Pier 66 or Pier 91. Find the market and waterfront sculpture, then follow the return route to your own terminal.United Stateshttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/united-states/seward/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/united-states/seward/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlan a Seward cruise visit with the SeaLife Center, small-boat harbour and taxi return. Keep the cruise terminal and public railway depot separate.United Stateshttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/united-states/juneau/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/united-states/juneau/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlan a Juneau shore day from the downtown docks or AJ Dock. Explore waterfront totems, visit the Alaska State Museum or arrange a glacier trip.United Stateshttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/united-states/ketchikan/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/united-states/ketchikan/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlan a Ketchikan cruise stop around your berth. Explore Creek Street and the Discovery Center, with separate return advice for Ward Cove.United Stateshttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/united-states/sitka/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/united-states/sitka/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlan your Sitka cruise stop with the free downtown shuttle, tender landings, museum and Totem Trail. Find the pickup and allow time to return.United Stateshttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/united-states/skagway/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/united-states/skagway/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlan a Skagway cruise day around the historic town or White Pass train. Find your dock transfer and leave time for the journey back to your ship.United Stateshttps://portatlas.co.uk/oceania/australia/hobart/https://portatlas.co.uk/oceania/australia/hobart/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTArrive at Hobart's Macquarie Wharf and explore the waterfront, Salamanca and Battery Point. Plan your day around your ship's berth and return.Australiahttps://portatlas.co.uk/oceania/australia/melbourne/https://portatlas.co.uk/oceania/australia/melbourne/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTTravel from Station Pier into Melbourne on tram 109. Choose Australian art or the botanic gardens, then plan your return to Port Melbourne.Australiahttps://portatlas.co.uk/asia/japan/kagoshima/https://portatlas.co.uk/asia/japan/kagoshima/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlan your day from Marine Port or North Wharf in Kagoshima. Find the tram to Tenmonkan and the ferry to Sakurajima, with return advice.Japanhttps://portatlas.co.uk/asia/japan/nagasaki/https://portatlas.co.uk/asia/japan/nagasaki/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFind your Nagasaki cruise berth, use Matsugae's tram connection and plan a local outing with time to return to the correct quay.Japanhttps://portatlas.co.uk/asia/japan/hakodate/https://portatlas.co.uk/asia/japan/hakodate/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFind your route from Wakamatsu, Minato-cho or Nishi Wharf. Plan Hakodate's market, Bay Area or mountain visit and the return to your ship.Japanhttps://portatlas.co.uk/asia/japan/kobe/https://portatlas.co.uk/asia/japan/kobe/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFind your route from Kobe Port Terminal or Naka Pier. Plan a waterfront walk, Chinatown lunch or a visit to Kitano, then return to the right berth.Japanhttps://portatlas.co.uk/asia/japan/shimizu/https://portatlas.co.uk/asia/japan/shimizu/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDock at Hinode and explore Shimizu's waterfront, sushi restaurants and Marine Park. Plan the bus from JR Shimizu Station and your return to the ship.Japanhttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/aitcho-islands/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/aitcho-islands/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTZodiacs land at the east end of Barrientos Island in the Aitcho group, where gentoo and chinstrap penguins nest and southern elephant seals haul out.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/cape-adare/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/cape-adare/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLand by Zodiac on Ridley Beach for Borchgrevink's 1899 huts. Only 40 people may be in the protected area at once, and only four inside a hut.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/cape-evans/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/cape-evans/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLand by Zodiac below Scott's 1911 Terra Nova hut on Ross Island. Visits are guided, eight people may be inside at once and 40 in the protected area.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/cape-hallett/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/cape-hallett/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTZodiacs land at two small visitor sites on Seabee Hook beside a protected Adélie colony. Brash and pack ice can turn the visit into a Zodiac cruise.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/cape-royds/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/cape-royds/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTZodiacs land in Backdoor Bay for a guided walk to Shackleton's 1908 hut and a viewpoint over the southernmost Adélie colony. Sea ice can block the bay.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/deception-island/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/deception-island/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTSail through Neptune's Bellows into a flooded volcanic caldera. Whalers Bay is the usual landing; Telefon Bay, Pendulum Cove and Baily Head are used less.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/crystal-sound/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/crystal-sound/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTGo ashore at Detaille Island by Crystal Sound to see inside Base W, a 1950s British hut south of the Antarctic Circle, when ice allows a landing.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/devil-island/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/devil-island/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTZodiac to a beach on a horned little island off Vega Island, see its Adélie colony and, with a guide, climb a flagged track to the south-western peak.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/elephant-island/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/elephant-island/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTSee Point Wild, where Shackleton's men waited for rescue in 1916, usually from a Zodiac or the deck. Landings are occasional and depend on sea and tide.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/half-moon-island/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/half-moon-island/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLand by Zodiac beside an old whaling dory on Half Moon Island to see chinstrap penguins, terns and seals. Argentina's Cámara station is not part of the visit.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/king-george-island/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/king-george-island/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFly in from Punta Arenas and board your expedition ship by Zodiac, or land at Penguin Island, Turret Point or Poland's Arctowski Station on a voyage day.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/livingston-island/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/livingston-island/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTZodiacs may land on Walker Bay's Liverpool Beach for elephant seals and Fossil Rock. Hannah Point is shut until after 10 January and rarely visited.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/mcmurdo-station/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/mcmurdo-station/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMcMurdo is a US research station, closed to visitors without advance permission. The landing beside it is Hut Point, for Scott's 1902 Discovery hut.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/neko-harbor/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/neko-harbor/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTZodiac ashore on the Antarctic mainland at Neko Harbour. Learn the two landing spots, the calving-wave rule, the guided snow walk and the visitor limits.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/paradise-bay/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/paradise-bay/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTCruise the ice of Paradise Harbour by Zodiac, or land on the mainland at Argentina's summer-only Brown Station or at Stony Point when a landing is possible.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/paulet-island/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/paulet-island/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTZodiac ashore on a small volcanic island crowded with Adélie penguins and walk set paths with a guide towards the ruined hut of a 1903 shipwreck crew.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/petermann-island/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/petermann-island/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTZodiac ashore at Port Circumcision on Petermann Island for gentoo and Adélie penguins, shags and Charcot's 1909 cairn, with closed areas and guided walks.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/pleneau-island/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/pleneau-island/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLand on the rocks at Pléneau Island's east end for gentoos, terns and shags, then Zodiac among the icebergs off Booth Island. Know the closed areas and rules.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/port-lockroy/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/port-lockroy/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLand on Goudier Island for the Base A museum, shop and Penguin Post Office, or at Jougla Point across the harbour. Know the visitor limits and 2026-27 works.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/snow-hill-vega-island/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/snow-hill-vega-island/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTFly by ship's helicopter to the emperor penguin colony if the Weddell Sea ice allows, or land by small boat at the 1902 Swedish expedition hut and museum.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/south-orkney-islands/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/south-orkney-islands/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLand at Shingle Cove on Coronation Island and follow a flagged route to its Adélie colony, or explore the coast by Zodiac when sea or ice rule out a landing.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/terra-nova/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/terra-nova/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTZodiac landings in Terra Nova Bay go ashore near Germany's Gondwana Station or at Inexpressible Island's 1912 ice-cave site. Katabatic winds can stop both.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/whalers-bay-deception-island/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/whalers-bay-deception-island/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLand on the ash beach at Whalers Bay, inside Deception Island, to see the Hektor whaling station and Base B ruins and take the path to Neptune's Window.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/yankee-harbour/https://portatlas.co.uk/antarctica/antarctica/yankee-harbour/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLand by Zodiac on the gravel spit at Yankee Harbour, Greenwich Island, for gentoo penguins, seals and a sealing trypot. Wind, swell or ice can stop landings.Antarcticahttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/el-salvador/acajutla/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/el-salvador/acajutla/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTArrive at Acajutla's working port and arrange transport ashore. Compare Nahuizalco, Joya de Cerén and Los Cóbanos for your cruise visit.El Salvadorhttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/mexico/acapulco/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/mexico/acapulco/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDock near Acapulco's historic waterfront and plan a focused shore visit. Read about the fort, La Quebrada, current travel advice and port return.Mexicohttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/dominican-republic/amber-cove/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/dominican-republic/amber-cove/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTArrive at Amber Cove in Maimón Bay and choose a port pool day or a trip to Puerto Plata. Plan taxis, local sights and your return to the pier.Dominican Republichttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/british-virgin-islands/anegada/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/british-virgin-islands/anegada/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTender to Setting Point, then take a taxi to The Settlement for US$12 solo or US$8 each for two or more, or plan a north-coast beach.British Virgin Islandshttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/canada/baie-comeau/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/canada/baie-comeau/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWalk about 20 minutes from the cruise pier to Place LaSalle, or use the roughly 10-minute town shuttle before exploring Marquette or Manic-2.Canadahttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/saint-kitts-and-nevis/basseterre/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/saint-kitts-and-nevis/basseterre/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTArrive at Port Zante for a walk into Basseterre. Plan a town visit, a trip to Brimstone Hill or a railway excursion, with return advice.Saint Kitts and Nevishttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/panama/bocas-del-toro/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/panama/bocas-del-toro/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTArrive by tender at Bocas del Toro and choose between Bocas Town and a local island outing. Keep time for the boat connections back to your ship.Panamahttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/dominican-republic/cabo-rojo/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/dominican-republic/cabo-rojo/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDock at Port Cabo Rojo in the Dominican Republic. Choose terminal leisure, a Pedernales outing or Bahía de las Águilas with return transport.Dominican Republichttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/mexico/cabo-san-lucas/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/mexico/cabo-san-lucas/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTender into Cabo San Lucas marina for a waterfront walk, Médano Beach or a boat trip to the Arch. Plan the boat connections back to your ship.Mexicohttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/saint-kitts-and-nevis/charlestown/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/saint-kitts-and-nevis/charlestown/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTender into Charlestown on Nevis for town history, Pinney's Beach or the botanical gardens. Find official taxi fares and plan your return.Saint Kitts and Nevishttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/canada/charlottetown-prince-edward-island/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/canada/charlottetown-prince-edward-island/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWalk from the terminal into Charlottetown's historic centre, or take a C$10 one-way taxi. Green Gables is about 40 minutes away by road.Canadahttps://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/panama/colon-cristobal-pier/https://portatlas.co.uk/north-america/panama/colon-cristobal-pier/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTArrive at Cristóbal's working port for canal and Caribbean-coast excursions. Distinguish your berth from Colón 2000 when arranging transport.Panama