If the destination port is not deep enough for your cruise ship, or, it is too busy to park you at a berth (Dubrovnik is such a busy example), then you have to be ferried in.
CRUISE TENDER
This is called a tender operation. In some places the local port union will insist on local boats, this happens for example in some Greek Islands. 
Normally, this will only happen when the sea is calm, and even so, most guests will be required to take a step test. The step test is to step over a distance between two lines. Some guests with mobility problems will be helped ashore, but they may have to wait until the rush is over. It is not unusual for those on ship-booked tours to be taken off first and/or given priority.
Africa
- La Digue, Seychelles
- Luderitz, Namibia*
- Mossel Bay, South Africa
- Port Elizabeth, South Africa
- Praslin, Seychelles
- Richard’s Bay, South Africa*
Alaska, U.S. Pacific Coast
- Astoria, Oregon*
- Catalina Island, California
- Juneau, Alaska*
- Ketchikan, Alaska*
- Santa Barbara, California
- Sitka, Alaska*
Canada, New England
- Bar Harbor, Maine
- Charlottetown P.E.I., Canada*
- Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
- Newport, Rhode Island
- Rockland, Maine
- Saguenay, Canada*
- Sydney Nova Scotia, Canada*
Caribbean, Mexico & Panama Canal
- Bequia, Grenadines
- Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Castries, St. Lucia*
- Cozumel, Mexico*
- George Town, Cayman Islands
- Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos Islands*
- Grand Caymen, Caymen Islands.
- Gustavia, St Barthelemy.
- Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas
- Half Moon Cay, Bahamas.
- Harvest Caye, Belize*
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica*
- Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic*
- Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras*
- San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
Hawaii & French Polynesia
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia
- Huahine, French Polynesia
- Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
- Ile des Pins, New Caledonia
- Moorea, French Polynesia
- Hilo, Hawaii
- Kahului (Maui), Hawaii
- Kona, Hawaii
- Nawiliwili (Kauai), Hawaii
- Raiatea, French Polynesia
South America
- Buzios, Brazil
- Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
- Castro, Chile
- Cozumel, Mexico
- Ilha Grande, Brazil
- Puerto Chacabuco, Chile*
- Puerto Montt, Chile*
- Punta Del Este, Uruguay
- Stanley, Falkland Islands
Mediterranean
- Augusta, Italy
- Bar, Montenegro*
- Cannes, France
- Dubrovnik, Croatia*
- Katakolon, Greece*
- Korcula, Croatia
- Kotor, Montenegro*
- Monte Carlo, Monaco*
- Mykonos, Greece*
- Nafplion, Greece
- Nessebar, Bulgaria
- Paphos, Cyprus
- Paros, Greece
- Patmos, Greece*
- Praia da Vitoria, Portugal
- Santorini, Greece
- Sorrento (Capri), Italy
- Split, Croatia*
- Varna, Bulgaria
- Villefranche, France
Northern Europe
- Cobh (Cork), Ireland*
- Dun Laoghaire, Ireland
- Eidfjord, Norway*
- Geiranger, Norway
- Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom
- Hellesylt, Norway
- Invergordon, United Kingdom*
- Isafjordur, Iceland*
- Kirkwall, United Kingdom*
- Nanortalik, Greenland
- Newhaven, United Kingdom
- Nuuk, Greenland*
- Nynäshamn, Sweden*
- Olden, Norway*
- Qaqortoq, Greenland
- South Queensferry, United Kingdom
- Stornoway, United Kingdom
- Ullapool, United Kingdom
- Ulvik, Norway
- Visby, Sweden*
Asia
- Benoa (Bali), Indonesia
- Coron, Philippines*
- Hanoi (Ha Long Bay), Vietnam
- Ishigaki, Japan*
- Hirara (Miyakojima), Japan
- Kanazawa, Japan*
- Ko Samui, Thailand
- Komodo Island, Indonesia
- Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia*
- Muara, Brunei Darussalam*
- Naze (Oshima island), Japan*
- Nha Trang, Vietnam
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russian Federation
- Phuket, Thailand
- Sabang, Indonesia
Australia, New Zealand & South Pacific
- Airlie Beach, Australia
- Akaroa, New Zealand
- Albany, Australia
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand
- Cairns, Australia*
- Cooktown, Australia
- Dravuni, Fiji
- Geraldton, Australia*
- Gisborne, New Zealand*
- Kangaroo Island, Australia
- Mystery Island, Vanuatu
* Indicates a port where the ship can dock or anchor, varies by call.
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