Seward, Alaska-Exit Glacier
Your cruise or lodge stay begins here where you will want to get to Exit Glacier, from Hotel Seward, head north out of town,
turn onto the Herman Leirer/Exit Glacier Road
at mile 3 of the Seward Highway. The 8.6 mile road to the Exit Glacier Area is paved, making it easily accessible
to all types of vehicles. Taxi/shuttle service is available from Seward. There is a well maintained trail to the Edge of the Glacier. This
moderately strenuous trail brings you near a wall of blue ice providing the
most dramatic close up view of Exit Glacier. If you are looking for a longer day
hike, don’t miss the Harding Icefield Trail. A map of all the trails in the Exit Glacier area is posted near the Nature Center – that
includes hands-on exhibits and an Alaska Geographic book store. Flush toilets,
near the Nature Center, are operable from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Hubbard Glacier (Cruising)
The sail up to Hubbard is both leisurely and beautiful. Small ice
bergs, sometimes with sea birds or seals resting on them, float in the water
which is glacial blue. Seals calve on the ice bergs - The cliff face you sail
along is over six miles wide, 300 to 400 feet from the top to sea level and 300
feet from sea level to the bottom.
First port-of-call (9am to 5pm) - Enjoy
our complimentary, homemade, smoked Alaskan salmon dip and crackers as well as
hot cocoa and cold soft drinks while you enjoy the whales and wildlife.
Icy Strait Point, Alaska-Whale Watching
First port-of-call (9am to 5pm) - Enjoy
our complimentary, homemade, smoked Alaskan salmon dip and crackers as well as
hot cocoa and cold soft drinks while you enjoy the whales and wildlife.
Icy Strait is home
to one of the largest summer populations of humpback whales found in Alaska and
the whale watching is second to none.
Juneau, Alaska-Mendenhall Glacier
Second port-of-call (7am - 1:15pm) or stay - visit the Mendenhall Glacier that is located within the immense 16.9 million acre
Tongass National Forest, a vast temperate rainforest with some of the most lush
vegetation anywhere. This provides an extreme contrast – the white-blue ice of
the glacier set against the deep green of the rainforest, making the location
even more remarkable - take the botanical garden tour! Then take a day of sailing past Sawyer Glacier!
Skagway, Alaska-Davidson Glacier
Third port-of-call (7am - 5pm) - optional adventure begins -
Ketchikan, Alaska-Totem Poles
Fourth port-of-call (1pm to 8pm) – 4 ½ hr tour, Your first stop will be a visit to Saxman Native Village whre visitors are encouraged to participate in the final dance before moving onto the Saxman Totem Park, one of the largest gatherings of totem poles in the world, not to miss the carving center. On the return trip, see sights of Creek Street and let the fun begin with a stop at the Great Alaska Lumberjack Show. (or take - The exciting zipline and canopy tour, where you'll swing around a giant jungle gym, high above the ground, on eight different canopy ropes and seven different ziplines!)
Inside Passage -Unspoiled -Wilderness
As you cruise through a maze of bays, straits, arms and fjords,
you'll cruise past an ever-changing panorama of unspoiled beauty . . .
cascading waterfalls, virgin forests, majestic glacier-carved fjords, and some
of the friendliest little towns in the world
If you see a disturbance in the waters of the Inside Passage, it is
more likely to be a splashing orca or sea lion rather than rough waters. For
the most part, the waters in the Inside Passage are calm and tranquil.
Vancouver
8am arrival – then possibly taste your way
through one of British Columbia's booming wine regions in the Pacific Coast
Province, on this private 3-day, 2-night tour from Vancouver to Victoria Island
and the picturesque Gulf Islands.
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