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We will be sailing on NCL in early/mid June 2024, we know we want to see bears (in the wild, not the Fortress of the Bears) and whales. We still need to select excursions in Sitka, Icy Straight (Hoonah), and Ketchikan. It seems that bear and whale watching is best around Icy Straight, but I am not finding excursions that do both, so am leaning towards focused excursions on bear watching in Icy Straight and then the whale watching in Sitka. Thoughts?

this is exactly what I was hoping to learn from my post, very helpful and appreciate all of your inputs/advice

Turtles, I thought this forum is specific to NCL and its itineraries/offerings. The other lines offer different ports and excursions and have different tolerances for port cancellations. I am not considering going on another line, only NCL, so am most interested here. I may not be the most familiar with the boards, but was struggling to find this information specific to NCL after an hour or so of looking where you keep directing me, so figured I would see if anyone was kind of enough to offer their thoughts or experiences here. I will however continue to look there, but if you are aware of particular articles, feel free to share. Hoping to save hours of research by asking the question…

If Greenland is not so much about excursions, and is more about scenery and walking around villages, how about Norway? Similar in that regard or more traditional excursions? Perhaps I was a bit naïve, but was picturing wildlife oriented excursions or those that take you outside the city to see something uniquely noteworthy--as typical... I find NCL difficult to navigate for shore ex info and not alot on the Boards given it is a new itinerary for them.

I am struggling to find information on even potential excursions in Greenland vs Norway. We are considering 2 different itineraries next summer. Greenland and Iceland on the Star round trip Reykjavík Or Norway, Iceland, Greenland on the Star from Tromso to Reykjavik I am thinking the excursions could help be a decision maker… Any guidance is appreciated!