The Small-Ship Advantage

Small Ship

Traditional Big Ship

Under 114

1300-2600+

Casual

Dressy

Destination

On-board amenities

Yes

No

Often

No

All meals

Some meals

Alaska's Glacier Bay Travel has variety when it comes to Small-Ship Cruising and Tour vacation packages with some land tours included, and an expanded variety of vessels and options to chose from.

Many of the Alaska's Favorite Small-Ship Cruising and Tours voyages visit many small Alaskan communities, such as,

• Metlakatla, Alaska's only Tsimshian community, which occupies beautiful Annette Island, south of Ketchikan.

• Ketchikan., famous for Tlingit totems poles, and the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center.

• Petersburg, known as "Little Norway".

• Sitka, was the capital community of Russian America. Battles between Tlingit and Russians.

• Juneau, capital city of Alaska. Alaska State Museum, Mendenhall Glacier, gold nugget jewelry.

• Haines, famous for the American Bald Eagle, native art and more.

• Skagway, famous for the Klondike Gold- rusher  trails. Also the Yukon and White Pass Railroad.

• Cordova, famous for Copper River red salmon, and historic copper mining.

• Valdez, alternate route for Klondike Gold-rusher. Terminal for Alaskan Pipeline. Extreme skiing.

• Whittier, built in secret during W.W.II, tunnel through mountains to access Anchorage.

• Kodiak, home of original Russian settlers. Kodiak Island home of some of the worlds  largest brown bears.

• Nome, gold was discovered here in 1898. Terminus of the famous Iditarod sled dog race, unavailable to their larger counterparts.

Most of the packages also have land-tours (inclusive in their pricing), built-in, for the small Alaskan communities you will be visiting.