Majestic Alaska Cruise & Tour

If you purchased your airline tickets from YMT, you will be welcomed by a representative and transferred to your hotel.

Explore the area’s gold mining history as we visit the restored Gold Dredge #8. The visitor center offers a great perspective on the gold rush era, with artifacts that bring its history to life. Learn to pan for gold, and take a picture with the Trans-Alaska pipeline, another American engineering marvel. In the afternoon, explore Fairbanks on your own. (B)

Travel along the George Parks Highway to Denali National Park. At six million acres, Denali is one of the world’s great frontiers for wilderness adventure. Discover more with a natural history tour that focuses on its rich cultural history. This memorable tour provides insight into the diverse native and early pioneer influences in and around the park. Your dedicated naturalist will provide a great introduction to Denali’s past, it’s landscape, and geology. Visit Savage Cabin, the original ranger’s post that is still used by the Park Service today. This afternoon, you will have free time to spend in the park at your leisure. Along with awe-inspiring mountain views, it’s not uncommon to see some combination of Alaska’s Big Five. Look for grizzly bears, caribou and moose, as well as dall sheep, and countless songbirds, among many other animals. (B)

Denali is your playground on your full leisure day in the park. Immerse yourself in stunning natural beauty on an easy hike or picnic, stop by the park’s visitor centers to learn more about Denali, or take a tram ride through the magnificent scenery. There is no shortage of sights to see in Denali, whose reputation as one of America’s finest national parks is well deserved. (B)

Head south through the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. Next, stop at the Iditarod Sled Dog Headquarters to learn about the legendary dog sled race from Anchorage to Nome. Continue to Anchorage for a late lunch before continuing on for a tour of historic downtown Anchorage. (B, L)

Travel across the picturesque Kenai Peninsula to Homer, where your first stop will be the Homer Spit, a long, narrow finger of land that extends more than four miles into Kachemak Bay. Take a guided walking tour of the Homer Docks, and see the Salty Dawg Saloon, Homer’s oldest and most famous landmark. Now topped with a distinctive lighthouse tower, it started life in 1897 as one of the very first cabins in town. In more than a century since, the landmark has served as a post office, railroad station and grocery store, as well as a school house. For the full Salty Dawg experience, add a signed dollar bill to the saloon’s wall, alongside thousands of others. The peculiar practice started decades ago, when a local barfly tacked a dollar to the wall for his friend to use later on an ice cold beer! (B)

Enjoy a free day in Homer. Your Tour Director will be happy to help you plan your day to make the most of your time in this charming coastal destination. Join us later for an optional add-on excursion to Seldovia and a wildlife cruise. (B)

Enjoy a memorable day on a catamaran cruise through Kenai Fjords National Park. See marine wildlife, coastal fjords and islands, as well as lush forests and magnificent tidewater glaciers. Enjoy lunch on your cruise. Back on land, you’ll have free time to explore Seward. (B, L)

Nestled between breathtaking mountains, emerald forests, and the sparkling blue sea, Whittier is the gateway to Prince William Sound. Today, you’ll embark on Holland America’s ms Westerdam in the afternoon. Get settled into your stateroom and explore the ship’s many available amenities and activities! (B, D)

Cruise along the Hubbard Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. America’s largest national park, it covers more land than Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, and Switzerland combined. This rugged, isolated 13-million acre wilderness is home to dazzling blue glaciers, spruce forests, and nine of America’s 16 tallest mountains. (B, L, D)

Spend the day cruising through the glaciers, and look for marine wildlife in Glacier Bay. The 60-mile passage is a frequent site of glacier calving, where chunks of ice fall into the bay with a deafening crash. (B, L, D)

Skagway, where the Gold Rush began, was the turbulent staging point for prospectors determined to find riches in the Klondike gold fields. Even today, Skagway’s well-preserved history and atmosphere can transport you back to the 1898 Gold Rush. (B, L, D)

Nestled at the base of Mt. Juneau and Mt. Roberts, Alaska’s state capital is nicknamed “”Little San Francisco”” due to its narrow streets and multicolored houses built into the hillsides. (B, L, D)

This frontier town is famous for its bawdy history and wooden boardwalk, which has remained perched on stilts above Ketchikan Creek for over a century. Take a stroll along Creek Street, the former “Red Light” district. (B, L, D)

Sail through the Inside Passage, a complex labyrinth of fjords and bays where whales and sea lions seek refuge during the summer months. (B, L, D)

Note: Departure flights from Vancouver to some cities are overnight and arrive the following day. Guests booking their own flights need to depart no earlier than 12:30 PM out of Vancouver

Special Notes: 9/6 Cruise (9/8 port stop) Will not do Glacier Bay, ONLY Endicott Arm