It pays to plan ahead with Caribbean attractions, whether you are visiting by cruise or staying a week or more.
Click on a destination to the right for the best tourist attractions and things to do at every destination.
Top Antigua shore excursions include Stingray Village and the historic English Harbour.
Bahamas attractions include Atlantis, Nassau Straw Market and Port Lucaya Marketplace.
The 10 best Aruba attractions start with Palm Beach, Oranjestad and Arikok National Park.
Attractions include Old San Juan, the Bacardi Rum Tour and the gigantic Arecibo radio telescope.
The size of St. Maarten may be limited, but there is ore than enough to do to fill a week.
Cancun tourist attractions are available by the dozens, but only a handful are unique and popular.
Belize tourist attractions include many Mayan ruins in addition to its famous cave tubing adventure.
Barbados tourist attractions include Bridgetown Harrison's Cave and swimming with sea turtles.
Rum lovers who visit San Juan on a Caribbean cruise will find a shore excursion that appeals to their palates at the Bacardi Rum Distillery.
Harrison’s Cave in Barbados is an extensive stream cave system that is about two miles long.
Antigua’s English Harbour offers plenty to discover for anyone with an interest in New World history.
Cayman Turtle Centre is the Cayman Islands’ largest land-based attraction and draws more than 500,000 visitors a year.
Andromeda Botanic Gardens in Barbados offers six acres of tropical plants and shade from the hot Caribbean sun.
Punta Sur Eco Beach Park is one of the better known beaches on Cozumel and the island's largest ecological reserve.
The Nassau Straw Market is a free, quick and easy thing to do on a Bahamas cruise.
A walking tour of Nassau Bahamas may include a brief stop at Fort Fincastle on top of Bennet’s Hill.
The famous swimming pigs of the Exuma Cays in the Bahamas offer an experience unlike any other in the Caribbean.
Cozumel visitors who want to see Mayan ruins can take a ferry to Tulum on the mainland or go to San Gervasio right on Cozumel.
St. Nicholas Abbey in northern Barbados is a 350-year-old Jacobean plantation house, syrup factory and rum distillery.
Two walking tours of Philipsburg reveal two different views of this St. Maarten cruise port.
San Juan National Historic Site is a major park that offers 500 years of history for visitors to explore.
Renaissance Aruba Private Island is an accurate name for one of the best attractions in Aruba.
Chankanaab Beach Adventure Park combines white sand beaches and many attractions for a full day of things to do on Cozumel.
Cruise visitors will have no problem finding the Atlantis water park at Paradise Island at Nassau.
Mastic Reserve on Grand Cayman is 1,300 acres with some of the last remaining subtropical, semi deciduous dry forest in the Caribbean.
Flower Forest Botanical Gardens in Barbados is a 54-acre preserve overlooking Chalky Mount and the east coast of the island.
Grand Cayman's best attractions are Seven Mile Beach, Stingray City and Cayman Turtle Farm.
The Queen’s Staircase in Nassau Bahamas is both an interesting and somewhat eerie tourist attraction.

Swimming with dophins on a Cancun vacation is a sure way to laugh, gasp and fly, all within an hour.