GENERAL INFORMATION
The Alaska cruise season opens in May and closes in September. Our office is accepting bookings for the 2006 Alaska cruise season. Located here is some general information related to the ports of call on the Alaska cruises. For further information and assistance on booking that Alaska cruise vacation, please contact one of our cruise booking consulations through our local/toll-free phone services , or you can alternatively fill out our form.

PORTS OF CALL
Alaska cruise itineraries and schedules are available for all the following cruise lines on the Alaska coast run, please click on the relevant cruise line link to view the schedules; Princess, Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Holland America, Norwegian Cruise Line, and Celebrity Cruise Line.




Vancouver, BC
This metropolis is Canada's fastest growing city - a great mix of people and cultures, and more things to do than you'll have time for. Are you ready? There's Chinatown with some of the best cuisine this side of Shanghai. There's Gastown, a restored turn of the century district where Vancouver's first saloon still stands. There's the excellent Vancouver Art Gallery, and Omnimax, one of the largest spherical theaters in the world. You can see trumpeter swans at Lost Lake, contemplate the ducks at Beaver Lagoon, or watch exotic aquatic species at the the Stanley Park Aquarium. Then climb The Lookout for a 360 degree view of Vancouver.

Skagway:
Gold! Gold! Gold Fever! You'll catch it the moment the ship anchors. The mad, desperate city of the sour-dough's scrambling to get to the Yukon still echoes through Skagway's mountains and valleys. You can hear it, feel it in the streets and see it at the Klondike Gold Rush Historical Park: 1896 Skagway, revisited. Don't be concerned about the jostling you may feel- it just might be the spirit of the prospectors on their way to Chilkoot Trail and Dyea, the nearby ghost town. The real gold, however, has never left Skagway. It's still here in the matchless golden sunrises and sunsets.

Ketchikan:
When it began it was called Kitsch-Hin, "The creek of the Thundering Wings of an Eagle" - an appropriate name for a waterfront town that might've been plucked from the storybook frontier life. Ketchikan has lost none of its rustic flavor, although today it's a sight more tame. Totem Heritage Cultural Center encloses Alaska's largest collection of original totem poles. You can stroll streets restored from pioneer days where sporting houses stood and gentlemen of all social standing searched for romance, albeit for a price! For far more modest pursuits, stroll the boardwalks, art galleries and boutiques. Or cruise the harbors for fish stories about Ketchikan's short-lived but glorious fish and canning industries.

Juneau:
Wildlife thrives in Juneau's frontier landscape. For many, Alaska's grandest city is America's as well. You can scale mountains, snap pictures of diamond-blue glaciers or better yet, land on them by helicopter. Go sportsfishing in the Inside Passage. Take time out for a brew at the Alaska Brewing Company. Then go prospecting for gold at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum where you can learn the ins and outs of gold mining. Fact is, you can strike it rich anywhere in Juneau. It's one of the simple rewards of being there.

Sitka:
Among the highlights of this former Capital of Russian Alaska are the International renowned Russian Dancers at the Convention Center, the onion, domed St. Michael's Orthodox Church; and the Alaska Raptor Rehabilitation Center, where injured birds are rehabilitated then released back to the wild.

Seward:
Set on the scenic Kenai Peninsula, Seward is nestled against 3,000 foot Marathon Mountain on beautiful Resurrection Bay. Kenai Fjords National Park and the vast Handling Icefield are just a few of the attractions.

Anchorage:
This cosmopolitan city is located on a broad peninsula in Cook Inlet, defined by Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm and bordered by the Chugach Mountains. Sometimes called the "Floatplane Capital of the World", Anchorage is home to Lake Hood, the World's busiest seaplane base and is our starting off point for a fascinating array of tours.

College Fjord:
Imagine viewing perceptually snowcapped mountains over three miles high from your sea level vantage aboard ship. Then glide into College Fjord where you are completely surrounded by 16 ice-blue glaciers. No journey is more scenic, no adventure more enthralling.

Glacier Bay:
Massive glaciers stretch from the ice-draped St. Elias and Fairweather mountain ranges to sit at the end of majestic fjords. Witness a world still emerging from the ice age- 16 tidewater glaciers in action. The most "active" are the Muir, John Hopkins and Margurie Glaciers. You will also experience nature at its best with humpback whales and orca's swimming nearby and bald eagles soaring overhead.

Hubbard Glacier:
Is the longest valley glacier in North America at 76 miles. This glacier is breath-taking to view from aboard you cruise liner. Sit back and watch the huge chunks of ice "calve" from glacier walls and crash into the sea.

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