Alaska Vacation Highlights 
 Ketchikan. Originally a fishing camp, this city is built on steep hillsides along the water. Saxman Native Village boasts a vibrant Tlingit Indian culture featuring spectacular totem poles. Picturesque Ketchikan is built on piles out over the water and clings to the slopes of Deer Mountain. Explore by kayak for a different perspective on southeast Alaska's "First City". 


 Juneau, Alaska. This Alaska's capital city was once part of Alaska's Gold Rush. The most cosmopolitan city along the Inside Passage, Juneau is also packed with history, a delightful shopping district, and beautiful scenery. You can go on a glacier expedition via helicopter, walk on Mendenhall glacier or take a floatplane trip over the Juneau Icefield. Nearby Admiralty Island has the world's highest concentration of brown bears.  


  From the port at Haines....arrive at  Skagway, Alaska. Called the Gateway to the Klondike, this site is preserved as a national historic park and has retained the flavor of the boomtown Gold Rush days. The downtown Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park District is filled with local lore. Explore it on foot or by street car with a customed conductor who'll weave spellbinding tales of Skagway's cast of colorful characters. 


 Glacier Bay. This spectacular national park and preserve diplays snow- and ice-covered mountain peaks, nine narrow fjords, coastal islands and harbors, and numerous glaciers that extend to tidewater. The park's diverse wildlife includes colonies of seabirds, migrating geese, whales, sea lions and porpoises. Massive glaciers stretch from the ice-draped St. Elias and Fairweather mountain ranges to sit at the end of majestic fjords. The Muir, Johns Hopkins and Margerie Glaciers are the most 'active'. The narration of the Glacier Bay Ranger Naturalist makes your experience complete. 


College Fjord Cruising Glide into College Fjord where you will be completely surrounded by 16 ice-blue glaciers. Each was named for one of the Ivy League colleges by members of the expedition that discovered them. This site is known by Alaskan to have some of the best glacier viewing in the state. 


 Seward (Anchorage), Alaska. On the beautiful Kenai Peninsula, Seward is one of Alaska's oldest communities and home to the Alaska Sealife Center, a world-renowned research facility. A historic downtown and bustling harbor make Seward the perfect gateway to Anchorage, Alaska's largest city. Tour the city from The Captain Cook Monument to the new Alaska Native Heritage Center for demonstrations by Native Tradition Bearers  and historic village exhibits.  


 Vancouver, B.C. Surrounded by snow-capped mountains and an archipelago of offshore islands, Vancouver has one of the most beautiful settings in the world. This chic, photogenic city has a stimulating mix of cultures, artists and intellectuals. The city itself is just as lovely with beautiful Stanley Park, the dramatic Lion's Gate Bridge , the Capilano suspended bridge,  and a thriving downtown shopping district .   It's easy to see why Hollywood has made Vancouver a second home for staging movies.  It's photogenic and captivating.