Grand Turk Island Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos
Turks & Caicos Isl

787 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Carnival Cruise Line (114 Cruises)

Carnival Conquest

Carnival Conquest

2980 Passengers
110000 tons
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Carnival Magic.

Carnival Magic

3690 Passengers
130000 tons
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Celebrity Cruises (32 Cruises)

Costa Cruises (38 Cruises)

Costa Fascinosa.

Costa Fascinosa

4108 Passengers
114 tons
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Holland America Line (79 Cruises)

Cruise HAL Holland America Line ms Eurodam ship

ms Eurodam

2104 Passengers
86273 tons
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Cruise HAL Holland America Line ms Rotterdam ship

ms Rotterdam

2668 Passengers
99935 tons
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MSC Cruises (129 Cruises)

MSC World Atlantic.

MSC World Atlantic

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Princess Cruises (183 Cruises)

Cruise PCL Princess Regal Ship

Regal Princess

3560 Passengers
142299 tons
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Cruise PCL Sky Princess ship

Sky Princess

3660 Passengers
144650 tons
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Star Princess.

Star Princess

2600 Passengers
108977 tons
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Sun Princess.

Sun Princess

2000 Passengers
77441 tons
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Royal Caribbean Cruises (59 Cruises)

Virgin Voyages (66 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

At a jetty over 300 metres long at the south of the island, with no tendering. At the foot of the gangway, the cruise centre gathers shops, a free-access pool and restaurants around a white sand beach reserved for passengers. You can spend the whole day there without spending a dollar on transport.
Not necessarily, and that makes this call unusual. Chairs and umbrellas are rented on site, the water stays calm almost year-round, and the setting is far from artificial. Those who want to see the real island, however, need a taxi: the capital is five kilometres away.
A few hundred metres offshore, the underwater shelf stops dead and the face drops straight down toward more than 2,000 metres of abyss. That legendary wall makes Grand Turk one of the most celebrated dive sites in the tropical Atlantic, and it begins just beyond the reef.
Governor's Beach, a kilometre and a half north of the quay: casuarinas, translucent water and far fewer people than the cruise centre beach. It's a short taxi ride, or a walk that's manageable on an overcast day and much less pleasant in full sun.
The tiny capital lines Duke Street and Front Street with wooden houses and swinging shutters, about five kilometres from the quay. Behind the town, the salt pans that made the Bermudians' fortune from the 17th century still show their stone walls and rusted sluice gates, among the flamingos.
The Molasses Reef wreck, the oldest known European shipwreck in the Americas, dated to the early 16th century. The museum occupies an old house in Cockburn Town and takes under an hour to visit. It is the archipelago's centrepiece, and few visitors know it's there.
They are descendants of the days when salt supported the whole archipelago: they hauled loads between the salinas and the quays. Today they wander freely over ten kilometres of flat land, and drivers need to take care. Don't feed them.
If you have the time, yes. This cast iron lighthouse, prefabricated in London in 1852, stands guard at the northern point, about twenty minutes by taxi from the quay. Admission is modest, trails circle the headland, and the view over the Atlantic rollers is splendid.
From January to March, yes, from the northern point and from the water. Humpback whales pass through the channel alongside the island on migration. Outside that window there's no point hoping: it's a question of season, not luck.
The US dollar, which simplifies everything for a North American traveller, and cards work at the cruise centre. Keep cash for taxis and the small shops of Cockburn Town. English is spoken: the Turks and Caicos are a British Overseas Territory.