The biggest backyard in America.
An Alaska cruise is nature at full volume. You sail the Inside Passage past snowcapped peaks and dense forests, watch humpback whales surface beside the ship and drift right up to glaciers as huge chunks of ice crash into the water.
In port, the adventures get even bigger: helicopter flights to go dog sledding on a glacier, a vintage railway into the mountains from Skagway, and fresh salmon and king crab in Juneau and Ketchikan.
Six things your team will talk about for years
Glacier calving
Watch towering walls of ice split and crash into the sea in Glacier Bay.
Whale watching in Juneau
Humpbacks feed in these waters all summer long.
Dog sledding on a glacier
A helicopter flight up to a glacier camp and a ride with the sled dogs.
White Pass Railroad
A historic narrow-gauge train climbing from Skagway into the mountains.
Mendenhall Glacier
Walk to a thundering waterfall beside the glacier, just outside Juneau.
King crab feast
Fresh-caught crab and salmon, cooked right on the dock.
June through August.
Cruise season runs May through September. June to August brings the warmest weather, longest days and most wildlife. May and September are quieter and better value.
Unpack once
See the whole coast without changing hotels.
Bucket-list for everyone
Even seasoned travelers are awestruck.
Shared wow moments
Nothing bonds a team like a whale breaching beside the ship.