Day 1: Vancouver, B.C., CA
Sail from Vancouver, glide under the Lion’s Gate Bridge, and enter the scenic wonders of the Inside Passage.
Day 2: Scenic Cruising The Inside Passage
Relax and enjoy a full day of scenic Inside Passage cruising and immerse yourself in Holland America Line elegance.
Day 3: Ketchikan, Alaska, US
Explore this uniquely Alaskan port, famous for its rich native culture, salmon fishing, and scenic Misty Fjords.
Day 4: Juneau, Alaska, US
Enjoy a full day of exploring Alaska's capital-choose from exciting shore excursions and still have time to shop.
Day 5: Skagway, Alaska, US
Step back to the days of the last great gold rush-choose from exciting shore excursions and still have time to shop.
Day 6: Glacier Bay
Cruise the ice-studded fjords of this national treasure for a full eight hours as a Park Service Ranger narrates.
With the serene majesty of snow-flecked and forested mountains defining its shores, Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve offers some of the most dramatic scenery and wildlife experiences in the world. Glacier Bay National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve, is home to the mile-wide Margerie Glacier, highlight of your scenic cruise up this Alaskan fjord. Watch for breaching humpbacks alongside your ship, bears along the beaches, and so much more as Holland America Line and National Park Service Rangers guide you through the best Alaska Glacier Bay cruise adventure you’ll ever have.
Day 7: College Fjord
Enjoy a leisurely day highlighted by evening cruising through picturesque College Fjord.
Day 8: Denali National Park & Whittier, Alaska
Disembark and board the luxurious domed rail cars of the McKinley Explorer to Denali for an overnight stay at this magnificent national treasure.
Denali is the iconic centerpiece of Alaska’s Interior and the #1 reason to combine a Holland America cruise to Alaska with an overland adventure. Only Holland America Line offers up to three nights in Denali to really settle in and explore, and is the only cruise line to include the deeper Tundra Wilderness Tour into Denali National Park on all of our two- and three-night Denali Land+Sea Journey itineraries. Immersing visitors in all that Denali has to offer is so important that we’ve created each of our Land+Sea Journeys to include up to three nights at Denali, at our beautiful 60-acre riverside McKinley Chalet Resort.
Our new Denali Square at the McKinley Chalet Resort is the ultimate base camp for adventures to Denali, followed by relaxing evenings. Enjoy soaring views across the Nenana River into Denali National Park from virtually anywhere on this amazing property, as well as great dining, quality entertainment, and unique local shopping opportunities.
Our exclusive longer stays, which include the Tundra Wilderness Tour, give our guests an up-close view of the mountain and the best wildlife viewing. It is rare not to see some combination of Alaska’s Big Five: grizzly bears, caribou, moose, Dall Sheep and wolves, along with other animals on this expertly guided six- to eight-hour tour. In addition, there are myriad once-in-a-lifetime adventures to choose from—such as river rafting, flightseeing (including the chance to land with a ski plane on Denali itself), or visiting the home of an Iditarod dog musher.
With more than six million acres of pristine Alaska wilderness, Denali National Park with its abundant and easily viewable wildlife and North America’s tallest and most impressive peak will be sure to make your Land+Sea Journey experience one you’ve dreamed of.
Day 9: Talkeetna, Alaska
After a morning at leisure in Denali, today you'll head through the vibrant Matanuska Valley to your Talkeetna area hotel.
A hand-painted sign—Welcome to Beautiful Downtown Talkeetna—on the main road sets the stage for what is one of Alaska’s most iconic small towns. Translating to “Where Three Rivers Meet,” Talkeetna sits at the confluence of the Talkeetna, Chulitna and Susitna rivers, halfway between Anchorage and Denali National Park & Preserve in the Mat-Su Valley. With a population of about 800, this former gold-mining town personifies all that is rural Alaska.
Talkeetna’s current setting is remarkably similar to its early years. In 1916 it was tagged as district headquarters for the Alaska Railroad and featured a cigar store, roadhouse, trading post and dirt roads, as well as Nagley’s General Store, Talkeetna’s first store which is still in business.
Talkeetna is thought to have inspired the fictional community of Cicely in the 1990s TV series Northern Exposure. Today Talkeetna is one of the state’s best spots from which to view Denali, or Mount McKinley, and is a jumping-off point for flightseeing trips over the mountain as well as for climbers setting out on mountain treks. It is also an arts enclave, with the support of the Denali Arts Council, and offers galleries, crafts boutiques and infinite opportunities for people-watching.
Day 10 & 11: Anchorage, Alaska, US
Day 10: After a morning at leisure in Talkeetna, today you'll head through the vibrant Matanuska Valley to Anchorage - Alaska's largest city.
Day 11: Your Land + Sea Journey concludes this morning in Anchorage.
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