Cruise Line |
Windstar Cruises |
Ship |
Star Breeze |
Destination |
Alaska & Canada West |
Nights |
11 |
Departure Date |
30 Jul 2021 |
Description |
11 Night Cruise sailing from Vancouver to Seward aboard Star Breeze.
Witness the grandeur of Alaska’s premier glaciers: Mendenhall in Juneau, Kenai Fjords’ Harding Icefield, Tracy Arm’s twin Sawyer Glaciers. Discover Alaskan Native villages, Russian cathedrals, and Gold Rush history. Thrill as you watch a wild brown bear snatch a struggling salmon from a stream or a humpback whale breech off the bow. Cruise Misty Fjords and Kenai Fjords on the lovely Star Legend, waters beyond the reach of larger Alaska cruise ships.
Highlights of this cruise:
Vancouver
Vancouver’s location at the mouth of the Fraser River and on the waterways of the Strait of Georgia, Howe Sound, Burrard Inlet and all their tributaries makes this busy seaport an easy place for meeting. It is one of Canada’s most populated, most ethnically diverse cities that is a popular filming location. Visit the interesting neighborhoods of Gastown, Granville Island and Chinatown. Walk across the Capilano Suspension Bridge and stroll through Stanley Park. See the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Museum of Anthropology. There is an amazing variety of things to see and do here.
Wrangell
One of the oldest towns in Alaska, Wrangell is located near the mouth of the Stikine River. Much of its history can be seen in the impressive collection of totems scattered throughout the town. Highlights here are the amazing Petroglyph Beach State Historic Park where you can find primitive rock carvings and just 30 miles away is the Anan Wildlife Observatory with the largest pink salmon runs in the Inside Passage, and a platform from which you can look for eagles, harbor seals and black bears.
Juneau
Located on the Gastineau Channel in the Alaskan panhandle, Juneau sits at sea level below steep mountains between 3,500-4,000 feet high. Atop these mountains is the Juneau Icefield, a large ice mass from which about 30 glaciers flow, and two of them – Mendenhall Glacier and Lemon Creek Glacier are visible from the local road. A unique feature of Juneau is that it is the only U.S. capital that has no roads connecting it to the rest of the state.
Sitka
Sitka is one of the oldest and most culturally significant communities in Alaska, filled with rich Tlingit, Russian, and early American settler history. Sitka is famous for its spectacular scenery, abundant wildlife, the copper-domed St. Michael’s Cathedral, the Pioneer Home and the Russian Bishop’s House. It contains 22 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is where the contract of sale was signed transferring Alaska from Russia to the United States.
Seward
Seward, (Anchorage’s gateway) is sandwiched between the Kenai Mountains and the Kenai Fjords National Park. It is one of Alaska’s oldest and most scenic communities, with Mount Marathon rising majestically behind the town. Even though Anchorage is Alaska’s largest city, it is also home to 1,500 moose, surrounded by national parks full of wildlife. |
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Itinerary |
Cruise Itinerary
Day | Date | Activity | Arrive | Depart |
1 |
30/07 |
Vancouver, BC. Canada |
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05:00 PM |
2 |
31/07 |
At sea |
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3 |
01/08 |
Ketchikan, Alaska |
02:30 PM |
10:00 PM |
4 |
02/08 |
Misty Fjords, Alaska |
06:00 AM |
06:00 PM |
5 |
03/08 |
Wrangell, Alaska |
08:00 AM |
05:00 PM |
6 |
04/08 |
Juneau, Alaska |
12:00 PM |
09:00 PM |
7 |
05/08 |
Haines, Alaska |
06:00 AM |
05:00 PM |
8 |
06/08 |
Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska |
07:00 AM |
05:00 PM |
9 |
07/08 |
Sitka, Alaska |
08:00 AM |
05:00 PM |
10 |
08/08 |
At sea |
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11 |
09/08 |
Kenai Peninsula, Alaska |
08:00 AM |
08:00 PM |
12 |
10/08 |
Seward, Alaska |
07:00 AM |
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All itineraries and ports of call at the discretion of the cruise line subject to local weather conditions and may change without notice.
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