‘Outlander’: How Those Ship Scenes Were Shot

EW

But sticking Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan on a ship in the middle of the Indian Ocean isn’t feasible. That’s what made filming Outlander at Cape Town Studios in South Africa so ideal: Practical ships already existed because that’s where Starz shot Black Sails. And there was more than enough room to create a whole new Jamaican world for the final five episodes of season 3.