From $175 per vehicle, your private one-way ride runs from Port of Miami to Naranja, with the driver waiting curbside as you clear the terminal.
Each rate below is the whole-vehicle price for your group, fixed the moment you book and unmoved by traffic or how many ships happen to share the port that morning.
Once the ship ties up at the Port of Miami and you make your way off with your bags, the driver is already in place at the terminal curb. Meet-and-greet comes with the booking, so someone is watching for your party as the cruise crowd filters out of the hall; if you would rather be found by a held name sign, add it when you reserve and it runs $40. Keep your passports and journey papers in a pocket or a day bag for disembarkation morning, because the documents packed away the night before are the ones that stall the walk to the car. From the curb it is one private run to the door — no shuttle to switch to, no second group to gather along the way.
Naranja sits a good distance south of downtown Miami, which makes this a genuine highway run rather than a short cross-town hop. How long it takes depends on when you leave and how many ships offload beside yours: a calm morning clears fast, while a packed disembarkation — several vessels emptying together — can drag the first miles out of the terminal area before the road loosens up to the south. Since the price is locked per vehicle, a slower crawl never adds to the total. Your driver follows the ship’s real arrival and times the pickup so the vehicle shows up when you actually step out of customs, not an hour early with the meter running in your head. Share your ship’s name at booking and the schedule is built around your true dock and clearance window.
Naranja is a quiet residential pocket of southern Miami-Dade County, ringed by the open, agricultural land that gives the county’s far south its unhurried character. The name is Spanish for “orange,” a nod to the citrus groves and plant nurseries that still spread across the surrounding countryside. Anticipate calm neighborhood streets, single-family homes, small local shops and eateries, and easy reach to the wider south-county draws — parks, roadside produce stands, and the routes toward the natural areas that pull visitors down to this corner of Florida. What you get is a lived-in, working community rather than a resort strip, and that is the whole argument for a private car: it carries you and a week of cruise bags to your own doorstep instead of leaving you to wrestle them through a rideshare lot. Lodging tends to gather across the broader south Miami-Dade area rather than inside Naranja itself, and wherever your address sits, the drop is door to door at the street number you offer when you book.
The rate is per vehicle, so your whole party travels for the single flat figure in the table above. A lone traveler in the Black SUV pays exactly what a full load of five pays, and the van prices work the same way for a bigger group. A round journey just doubles the one-way number, and everything stays locked from the moment you reserve.
Out past the metro the lots grow larger, some houses sit back behind a gate, and street numbers can be hard to read once it is dark. Send a gate code or a nearby landmark and intersection with your booking, and share a map pin from whoever owns the property if you have one. That way the car pulls up to the actual driveway instead of idling somewhere down an unmarked lane.
The ride from the Port of Miami to Naranja covers 37.8 miles and takes about 50 minutes in light traffic via the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836) and Florida’s Turnpike. Each vehicle has its own fare: Black SUV $175, Van $290, Van XL $350. Pickup is at your cruise terminal curb at PortMiami.
| Road distance | 37.8 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $175 |
| Drive time | 50 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $290 |
| Main roads | Dolphin Expressway (SR 836), Florida’s Turnpike |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $350 |
| Back from Naranja | $175 / $290 / $350 |
Going back works the same way. The driver meets you at your address in Naranja and takes you to your cruise terminal at PortMiami, 37.8 miles away, in about 50 minutes with light traffic. Fares for the return from Naranja are $175 (Black SUV), $290 (Van) and $350 (Van XL). The booking box below opens with the two points swapped. Book the return
Plan on about 50 minutes for the 37.8 miles from the Port of Miami to Naranja via the Dolphin Expressway (SR 836) and Florida’s Turnpike when the roads are clear. Peak hours can stretch the trip; it is a fixed fare per vehicle, no traffic or surge charges: $175 for the Black SUV.
Choose the moment you will be on the curb with your luggage. The driver is at your terminal at the agreed time, then covers the 37.8 miles to Naranja.
At the curb outside your own cruise terminal (the terminals are listed below). Before the pickup you get the driver’s name, car and plate; when you are outside with your bags, message us and the car pulls up for the ride to Naranja.
In the Black SUV ($175 to Naranja) passengers plus big suitcases can add up to 10, so five people with five cases fit. The Van ($290) carries 9 passengers and 9 big cases, the Van XL ($350) 14 and 14, and everyone keeps a carry-on.
On sailing day the ride from Naranja to your terminal is $175 for the Black SUV, $290 for the Van and $350 for the Van XL. The 37.8 miles take about 50 minutes in light traffic, so leave early enough for boarding.
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Profesionales de verdad, manejo estable y muy relajado.
Our family of four came off the ship at PortMiami and the driver loaded all the cruise bags for the ride to Naranja. The driver loaded all our cruise luggage so we didn’t have to struggle with anything. The fare was locked in at booking, no surprise on a busy disembarkation morning.
Tras el crucero, mi esposa y yo no queríamos andar buscando un transporte en la terminal, así que coordinamos un auto privado a Naranja. Reservar fue fácil, recibimos una confirmación sólida, y todo coincidió con lo que nos dijeron. La noche anterior recibimos un texto con el nombre del conductor y la placa, así que no había duda de cuál auto era el nuestro al salir.
My husband and I wanted a clean handoff at PortMiami, so we booked a private ride to Naranja. There was a thirty-minute cushion from the agreed time, so we never had to rush through customs. The driver handled the suitcases so we didn’t have to juggle it all.
Comfortable ride, easy pickup, and a driver who knew exactly where to go. Would book again. The fare was locked in at booking, nothing added at the curb.