Alaska
USA River Cruises offers you an Alaska experience so unique, with a close up look at the real Alaska wilderness. Our knowledge of Alaska and our small ships will help you see the Alaska that you have always dreamed about! Rather you are cruising the Glacier Bays in one of our small ships, or taking the train to Denali park, our wonderful itineraries allow you to see and do it all with experienced guides, naturalists and historians on board our ships. You even get close enough to the glaciers to touch them!!
The Atmosphere on the ships is friendly and casual and you won't have to wait in any lines or fight crowds to get on and off the ships, many of our ships can dock right into the small local towns and they can travel into some of the smallest passages, allowing you to see wildlife without leaving the ship.
The itineraries below offer you many diverse experiences that only Alaska can provide. We have trips from 3 to 4 day up to 28 days. We have land tours, yacht cruises or small ship cruises combined with float plane trips or helicopter adventures. There is something for everyone in Alaska. Rather you are a Grandparent taking the whole family on a wonderful cruise, or a parent taking your children to see one of the last frontiers of this country or a couple just trying to see the great wildlife that lives in Alaska, it is a destination for everyone!!
Alaskan Small Ship Cruise Itineraries
In Lake Clark National Park & on the Kenai Peninsula – A Unique Cruise Add-On Soft Adventure Package. Imagine an outdoor adventure where you venture off the beaten tourist path with expert wildlife guides to see Alaska's magnificent animals in their natural habitat. Well, this is it!
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Keep your eyes open while cruising between Seattle and Juneau — You never know when a spire of ice two stories tall will thunder into the sea, when a high mountain peak will suddenly appear out of the mist, or a pod of orcas survace to play alongside the ship. That's the beauty of Alaska: nature puts on a constant, surprising show.
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Explore one of the most popular destinations, the inland passage between Seattle, Washington, and Juneau, Alaska. Marvel at majestic ice flows of Glacier bay National Park, and enchanting misty coves where colorful sea life clings to the intertidal rocks, and the silence remains unbroken except for the clear call of a Pacific loon.
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The Spirit of Oceanus revisits the areas Harriman's historic scientific expedition explored in this special itinerary. In Harriman's Wake, takes you between Vancouver, B.C., and Nome, Alaska, a voyage of almost 3,600 miles. In 25 life-changing days, you'll discover, as they did, the true wonders of Alaska.
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Cruise over 1,600 miles between Vancouver, B.C. and Anchorage, exploring the entire Inside Passage between British Columbia and Glacier Bay National Park, and the spectacular Gulf of Alaska coast. The Spirit of Oceanus takes you to ports other cruise lines don't (or can't) reach, and brings you close to shore to view puffins in Glacier Bay, seals and sea otters.
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Our Voyage to the Bering Sea journeys take you on an epic voyage of nearly 2,000 miles in the wake of Danish explorer Vitus Bering, to some of the most remote and spectacular islands on earth. Every place you go is rarely, if ever, visited by other cruise ships. Here you'll experience sights, sounds, and people you'll remember the rest of your life.
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Our Wilderness Inside Passage journeys are designed to take you far from the mainstream within the hidden reaches of Alaska's magnificent Inside Passage. You will explore spectacular fjords inhabited only by mountain goats, seals, and black bears.
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Our Gold Rush journeys follow the route of the original Klondike Gold Rushers of 1898 between Seattle, Juneau and Skagway. Our Gold Rush Cruise is cruise-only from Seattle to Juneau or reverse. Gold Rush + Denali continues by air, coach, and rail into Alaska's interior with two nights at Denali National Park and an overnight in Fairbanks.
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Our Glacier Bay Highlights cruise is a perfect shorter getaway cruise in the beautiful remote wilderness of Alaska's Inside Passage. Choose between a 3- or 4-night cruise round trip from Juneau into the heart of the Inside Passage. Cruise Icy Strait in search of humpbacks and other marine mammals and delight in the charm of small ports Skagway and Haines.
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The breathtaking maze of forested islands, glacier-carved fjords and wildlife-filled waterways of Prince William Sound is every bit as spectacular as the traditional Inside Passage, but far less traveled, giving you a hint of what the world looked like after the last Ice Age. And thanks to the bow-ladder on our ship, Spirit of Alaska, you can walk right to shore on uninhabited islands to explore untouched tidepools. Choose Glacier Wonderland+Denali, or Glacier Wonderland+Denali & Fairbanks.
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Cruise deep into the wilderness of Alaska's Inside Passage and bask in a peaceful sanctuary, where wildlife abounds and people are few. Sail round trip from Juneau and enjoy the luxury of spending a full day in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, a privilege permitted exclusively to Cruise West guests. Whales are guaranteed to be sighted on any Alaska's Whales & Wilderness cruise.
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