Experience Anchorage before you embark on a unique cruise to Alaska. Explore the back passages and narrow waterways of the most remote areas of Southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage. This 7-night Alaska adventure cruise to the Inside Passage Eastern Coves navigates the waters and wilderness by small ship, enabling you to reach rarely seen areas where explosive scenery and pristine beauty are around every turn. How you choose to explore it further – by kayak, by skiff or by foot – is entirely up to you.

Enhance your already memorable small ship cruise experience by adding excursion adventures. Take a one-of-a-kind kayaking trip with one of the expert naturalists, see what fishing is like with top anglers who know the local waters, go hiking into the breathtaking wilderness with a small group of your companions and really find out why Alaska’s Inside Passage is an unforgettable frontier.

Available Cruise Departure Dates:
2012 (60-guest Adventurer vessel)- May 12,26, Jun 9,23, Jul 7,21, Aug 4,18
2013 (60-guest Adventurer vessel)- May 11,25, Jun 22, Jul 6,20, Aug 3,17,31

2012 (79-guest Discoverer vessel)- May 19, Jun 2,16,30, Jul 14,28, Aug 11,25
2013 (79-guest Discoverer vessel)- May 18, Jun 1,15,29, Jul 13,27, Aug 10,24

Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska, located in the South-central region. Downtown is the historic core of the city located at the northwestern tip next to the waterfront; home to most of the tourist activities, gift stores, hotels, and the railroad depot. Attractions in town include the Alaska Native Heritage Center, Wildlife Conservation Center, and Museum of History and Art. Nearby there is excellent wildlife viewing, skiing, and walking and biking.

Meet your driver for a private airport transfer.

Meet your driver for a guided tour of Anchorage, Alaskas largest city. Full of interesting sites, picturesque scenery, and history, Anchorage makes for a great half-day tour. Your tour will pass attractions like the Log Cabin Visitor Center, the Alaska Railroad Depot, and the Museum of Art & History. Visit Resolution Park and the Captain Cook Monument as well as Ship Creek Viewpoint, which overlooks Cook Inlet.

The Ramada Anchorage Downtown (3*) offers fantastic views of Mount Susitna, as well as Cook Inlet and the Ship Creek Valley. All guests enjoy various amenities including complimentary deluxe continental breakfast, free wireless internet access, free parking, and a 24-hour convenience store.

Overnight at Ramada Anchorage Downtown (3*).

Breathtaking. Dramatic. Majestic. With nearly 34,000 miles of shoreline, an Alaska cruise is the ideal way to see and enjoy the great land of Alaska. A cruise will allow you to experience Alaska's grandeur and unspoiled beauty while providing opportunities for passengers to explore the quaint and charming seaside towns, get up close to tidal glacier, discover the outlying wilderness, and witness wildlife in their natural surroundings.

Meet your driver for a private airport transfer.

Flight from Anchorage to Juneau.

Upon arrival you will be met by our local representative who will help you locate your vehicle.

Enjoy your private guided transfer from the airport to the ship.

Welcome aboard! After meeting your crew and getting acquainted with your ship’s features, finish the evening with a delicious meal as we anchor in Windham Bay.

Port charges are included in your multi-day cruise.

The MV Wilderness Adventurer is designed for 'soft-adventure' cruising. She carries 23 touring sea kayaks and an excursion landing craft for remote explorations. The ship, originally constructed to maximize up-close, adventurous itineraries, have undergone complete refurbishment inside and out. All guest cabins are above deck with large, view windows, eco-friendly memory foam mattresses and bath amenities, flatscreen televisions with DVD players and iPod docking stations. The main lounge has been designed to feel like a cross between a National Park lodge and a quaint neighborhood pub with a bar top made from salvaged Alaskan yellow cedar.  Each ship also has a sauna, exercise equipment, complimentary on-deck yoga classes, a large resource library, well-stocked DVD library and board games and a hot tub with a view.

Overnight at M/V Wilderness Adventurer.

At the end of Tracy Arm, a winding fjord with sheer granite walls, hundreds of cascading waterfalls, and some of the largest floating icebergs in all of Alaska, sits the twin Sawyer Glaciers—North Sawyer and South Sawyer. The fjord is home to brown and black bears, deer, wolves, harbor seals, birds such as arctic terns and pigeon guillemots, and mountain goats, usually spotted high on the cliffs. Later today, move into Frederick Sound—summer feeding ground for the northern hemisphere’s largest concentration of humpback whales. Keep watch for humpbacks, orca, and Steller sea lions.

Overnight at M/V Wilderness Adventurer.

Thomas Bay is known for glaciers, gold and quartz deposits, and an array of wildlife. Take on the exposed terminal moraine of the Baird Glacier Trail, until you reach the top of the glacier itself. Enjoy a long guided kayak excursion from Scenery Cove to Cascade Creek and then treat yourself to a short trek on one of the several scenic Cascade Creek trails. Or take a quiet day spent onboard, putting your feet up, getting a massage and staring at the gorgeous scenery. Dinner includes a reading from “The Strangest Story Ever Told,” a story about Thomas Bay and native bigfoot-like creatures call Kushtaka.

Overnight at M/V Wilderness Adventurer.

In an area known for glaciers and rich in gold and quartz, take on the otherworldly boot-sucking Baird Glacier until you stand atop the mile-wide glacier. Adventure and natural beauty are sure to please whether you choose kayaking, paddle boarding, skiff riding, or hiking today. An abundance of bright red and green navigation lights guide you along “Christmas Tree Lane” as you cruise the winding Wrangell Narrows this evening.

Overnight at M/V Wilderness Adventurer.

Home to native culture, wildlife, and wonder—Wrangell is one of the oldest towns in Alaska and the only one ever governed by four nations. Brush up on your Tlingit culture and view recently carved totem poles at Kiksetti Totem Park.

Overnight at M/V Wilderness Adventurer.

It is tough to say “no” in Yes Bay. Maybe that is why wildlife abounds in Yes Bay and the surrounding Tongass National Forest – humpback whales, orca, porpoise, seals, sea lions, brown bears, black bears, mink, marten, eagles and otters. Say yes to a kayak tour up the bay and choose your wildlife-seeking hike: Wolverine Creek Trail and the scenic hike following the river to Lake McDonald – also
a perfect spot to cast a fly for trout. After lunch, wile away the hours over a good book, take out a kayak for a leisurely paddle, enjoy a snorkeling excursion or indulge in the good fun of platform diving contests and swim races around the ship.

Overnight at M/V Wilderness Adventurer.

Watch the sun rise over the steep and sometimes sheer walls of the Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness Area, a haven for ducks, brown and black bear, mountain goats, Sitka deer, mink, moose, river otters and other
marine wildlife who ply the waters of Behm Canal and the inlets. Glide through Walker Cove by kayak (close in or long distance) and stop at shoreline beaches to stretch your legs. Or explore it all by skiff, soaking in the splendor of this largely forgotten corner of the world. Man the rope swing, race around the ship and show off with a platform dive, if you dare. This evening, you will be greeted with cocktails as you join the Captain in a farewell toast and reminisce about your Alaskan journey over a sumptuous Alaskan seafood and prime beef dinner. After dinner, share in conversation with all the new friends you’ve made on your journey and show your video footage on the lounge's flat screen TV's.

Overnight at M/V Wilderness Adventurer.

Enjoy the morning in Ketchikan and disembark.

Depart from International Airport. End of itinerary.

Overnight at Depart (Int`l Airport).