Shore Excursions? Juneau, Skagway & Ketchikan?

Which shore excursions would you recommend in the above ports. We'd prefer nothing more strenuous than hiking, and we are not necessarily looking for bargains. We just want to get the most out of our time in port. Thanks to all for your help!!!!

Alan

We have made several posts on this subject try looking under davis0056 also try the site for Alaska there is information on all the ports.

Dave & Elaine

Transatlantic sailing on the Constellation

Juneau - definitely Captain Larry's whale watching trip. You book this on your own through www.orcaenterprises.com. Great trip and worth every penny.

Skagway - White Pass Railroad trip

Ketchikan - Misty Fjords flight

Enjoy.

Happy Cruising!!

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balanceok is right. a whale watching tour is a must and capt.larry with orca is the best. do a flight seeing tour ( plane or helicopter ),take a fishing excursion, see the bears on a tour, ride the railroad to white pass summit, raft, go eagle watching or any one of a number of great tours or walking jonts. make sure you go the red dog saloon in juneau and have a real alaskan beer. there are alot of post here on the alaska thread that will give you lots of info on what to do and the best tour group. have a great time and you wont have any trouble finding something you will like to do.

DUSTY

Carnival Spirit, 9/10/03 Alaska glacier bay

Carvival Spirit, 5/11/05

Alaska glacier bay again

Juneau: Captain Larry's Whale Watching; Mt. Robert's Tramway (be sure and do this)

Ketchikan: Misty Fjords flight with Island Wings (book it yourself and get a much better deal than the cruiseline offers)

As was stated in a post above go to the Alaska Ports of Call board. There is a wealth of information there.

Marilyn

Any web sites for the tram ride?

Going NOWHERE

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Sensation,August 2000

Any other suggestions, fellow cruisers?

juneau - definitely do whale watching. this is probably the best place to see wildlife. also the mt. roberts tram is a good sightseeing thing to do, you get a good view from the top looking down. unfortunately, i tried to do a search for a website for the tram and couldn't find one. also juneau is a nice city to just walk around the shopping area. stop in at the red dog saloon.

skagway - definitely the white pass railroad. also if you ship offers excursions over to haines (about a 30 minute ferry) take advantage of that as haines is a quaint little city as well. finally, this might also be a good city for glacial flight seeing. there is a helicopter operator that operates right off the pier.... also walk around town and stop at the red onion saloon

ketchikan - there is a totem pole village which is intersting. you can see an actual totem pole being carved. take a walk to creek street (the red light district) and see Dolly's house. also for something fun and entertaining, go to the lumberjack show (buy this one directly at the box office rather than the ship... its less than a 5 minute walk from the pier)

whatever you do, just enjoy alaska!

jstducky!

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Ditto (to the letter) balanceok's recommendation (Captain Larry's, White Pass Railroad - we took the bus back down so we could stop and take pictures, and Misty Fjords). We did booked all of these back in '02 and only regret the fact that the Misty Fjords flightseeing got canceled (rain). My wife just ended up with more jewelry because we went shopping in Ketchikan instead.

Have fun.

Juneau -

Capt. Larry's whale watching on the Awesome Orca, as suggested by several others.

Skagway -

Temsco Helicopter flight to the top of Denver Glacier. http://www.temscoair.com/ Exciting flight, walked on the glacier -- for us, a once in a lifetime trip we will never forget.

Happy sails!

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Here is the tram website: http://www.alaska.net/~junotram/index.html

Skagway has a National Park Service office/museum. They provide free guided tours of the city, which we enjoyed. We also liked Liarsville (you've gotta have a sense of humor) and Totem Bight in Ketchikan.

We just returned from the Norwegian Spirit and the highlight of the cruise of the Tracy Arm Fjord tour. It was 5 hours, and we saw humpback whales, orca, porpoises, seals, bald eagles, mountain goats, just to name a few!

You can save a lot of cash by booking excursions off the ship (many can be booked in advance directly with tour company). For example, NCL charged us $99 for the White Pass railway in Skagway, and we could have booked with for $39 at the pier that day with a bonus city tour included.

Maria

Carnival Celebration 12/22/90

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Carival Ecstasy 9/2002

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mariakitty

please let us know the name of the tour co that would have only charged $39 to ride the train. i dont think i have ever seen the train ride that cheap. if you remember please let us know.

DUSTY

Carnival Spirit, 9/10/03 Alaska glacier bay

Carvival Spirit, 5/11/05

Alaska glacier bay again