15 Days Grand Alaska aboard Seven Seas Mariner Tour Package
Duration: 15 Days / 14 Nights
Priced From: $9,390 pp dbl. Occ.
Dates: Jun - Aug
This Alaska cruise tour lets you experience the best of this wilderness wonderland by ship, floatplane, vintage railway, raft, tramway, and paddlewheel boat. Half of your 15-day journey is spent cruising the Alaska coastline highlighted by the Tracy Arm Fjord, Sawyer Glacier, Hubbard Glacier, and the Inside Passage. Your ship is the all-suite, all-balcony, 700-guest Regent Seven Seas Mariner. You'll tour Fairbanks, Juneau, Sitka, Skagway, and Ketchikan, go wildlife watching in Denali National Park, pan for gold in the Yukon, and raft through a bald eagle preserve. Our grand Alaska journey is fully escorted from Anchorage to Vancouver.
Itinerary
• Indicates day of cruising
Day 1: Alaska arrival
Your Alaska cruise tour begins at 6:30 PM at The Hotel Captain Cook.
A transfer is included from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to The Hotel Captain Cook, overlooking Cook Inlet, downtown Anchorage, and the Chugach Mountains. Join us for a welcome cocktail reception and dinner tonight to mark the start of our Alaska cruise tour!
Meals: Dinner
Lodging: The Hotel Captain Cook, Anchorage
Day 2: Alaskan traditions and a modern pipeline
Learn about the lifestyles, traditions, and crafts of Alaska’s indigenous tribes at the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Take a different  Alaska travel mode today on a flight to Fairbanks, established during the gold rush. See the Alaskan pipeline connecting Arctic oil fields with the Port of Valdez.
Meals: Breakfast, dinner
Lodging: Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge, Fairbanks
Day 3: Pan for gold and find out what happens at a salmon bake
Try your luck panning for gold at a local gold mine, and visit other cultural heritage sites in Fairbanks. Enjoy a salmon bake and musical revue at your riverside lodge this evening.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lodging: Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge, Fairbanks
Day 4: Paddlewheel boat trip
Cruise the Chena River on a historic paddlewheel boat, and then tour some of Fairbanks’ landmarks. As your Alaska cruise tour continues, travel through the state's interior to Denali National Park.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lodging: Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge, Denali
Day 5: Explore Denali National ParkBig horn sheep
Venture into Denali National Park, a six-million-acre UNESCO Biosphere Reserve highlighted by North America’s highest mountain, 20,320-foot Mt. McKinley. Look for grizzly bears, moose, caribou, and Dall sheep.
Meals: Breakfast, dinner
Lodging: Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge, Denali
Day 6: Private glacier tour by floatplane
Experience the thrill of flying over glaciers, fjords, and mountain passes in a floatplane. Fly over the Chugach Mountains, Prince William Sound, and the glaciers of College Fjord, certain to be one of the most memorable experiences on our Grand Alaska cruise tour!
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lodging: The Hotel Alyeska, Girdwood
Day 7: Resort relaxation, Alaska cruise tour "101"
During your free day, choose an optional activity through your mountainside resort (at an additional cost) such as bear viewing, alpine trekking, river rafting, horseback riding, fishing, or golfing. Opt for the aerial tramway to the observation deck on Mt. Alyeska. With snow most of the time year-round, you can even take a snowmobile tour or dog sled tour.
Meals: Breakfast, dinner
Lodging: The Hotel Alyeska, Girdwood
• Day 8: Scenic rail journey
Travel the scenic Alaska Railroad in a private dome car to Seward on the Kenai Peninsula. Then watch for orcas, seals, and sea lions on a boat cruise through Resurrection Bay. Your Alaska cruise tour heads out to sea aboard the Regent Seven Seas Mariner.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lodging: Cruising aboard Regent Seven Seas Mariner
• Day 9: Cruise Hubbard Glacier
Cruise along Hubbard Glacier, North America’s largest tidewater glacier. See slabs of blue ice calving and roaring into the sea. Look for seals on the icebergs. By night, try your luck in the casino, or see what’s on in the theater.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lodging: Cruising aboard Regent Seven Seas Mariner
• Day 10: Discover Sitka
Tour Sitka, once a Russian fur-trading post, and see the Russian Orthodox St. Michael’s Cathedral. Look an eagle in the eye at the Alaska Raptor Rehabilitation Center. Learn about the symbolism behind totem poles at Sitka National Historic Park. If you enjoy fishing, you may want to take an optional fishing excursion (available at an additional cost; ask at time of booking for details).
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lodging: Cruising aboard Regent Seven Seas Mariner
• Day 11: Fjord cruise, Juneau tramway
Cruise the 30-mile-long Tracy Arm Fjord with shear rock palisades, waterfalls, icebergs, and tidewater glaciers backed by snow-capped peaks; at the head of the fjord sits Sawyer Glacier, a centuries-old blue ice mass that calves chunks the size of buildings. Then tour Juneau, the State capital. Enjoy a private Tlingit presentation prior to taking a tramway to the top of Mount Roberts for views of Admiralty Island, Glacier Bay, and the Chilkat Mountains.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lodging: Cruising aboard Regent Seven Seas Mariner
• Day 12: Bald eagles & vintage rail trip
Explore historic Skagway, gateway to the Klondike gold fields. Then take a ferry cruise on Lynn Canal to Haines. Go rafting through the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, hosting the world's largest concentration of bald eagles. Ride the exciting White Pass & Yukon Route narrow-gauge railway built in 1898 during the gold rush. This vintage rail excursion heads up steep grades, around cliff-hanging turns, and over high bridges.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lodging: Cruising aboard Regent Seven Seas Mariner
• Day 13: Totem poles & native culture
Today you'll dock in Ketchikan, the ancestral home of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian tribes. See some of the city’s numerous totem poles, and watch local totem carvers at work. Catch a performance of traditional Tlingit and Haida dances.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lodging: Cruising aboard Regent Seven Seas Mariner
• Day 14: Inside Passage cruising
Enjoy spectacular views of the Inside Passage from your spacious balconied suite, or a variety of decks and lounges. You can also swim in the pool, take in a guest lecture, work out in the window-walled gym, book a luxurious spa treatment, relax in the whirlpool, or visit the internet café. Enjoy the farewell reception and dinner.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Lodging: Cruising aboard Regent Seven Seas Mariner
Day 15: Disembark Vancouver as Grand Alaska cruise tour ends
Our Alaska cruise tour ends in Vancouver. Your memorable Alaska cruise tour draws to a close as you disembark Regent Seven Seas Mariner in Vancouver. Fly home any time; a transfer is included from the dock to Vancouver International Airport. Allow a minimum of two hours prior to departure flight check-in.
Meals: Breakfast
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