Alaska Ferry Adventures provides information and reservation services for all Alaska State Ferries, with links to Whitehorse from Skagway via the White Pass Railroad and Denali National Park via the Alaska Railroad.
www.alaskawildernessvoyages.com
Cruise Prince William Sound, Kenai Fjords National Park, Resurrection Bay, Seward and Whittier on the private yacht Miss Brizz. Built for six passengers, this luxurious boat offers multi-night tours and fishing expeditions, topped off with gourmet meals.
Take a three-hour cruise through Kachemak Bay or take a six-hour round-trip tour to Seldovia. Bring binoculars to watch the puffins and other birds nesting on Gull Island. Both tours launch from Homer.
Stan Stephens Glacier and Wildlife Cruises operates out of Valdez and offers two departures daily, a six-and-a-half-hour tour and a nine-and-a-half-hour tour, to Columbia Glacier, Alaska's second largest tidewater glacier.
Take the train or drive to Whittier and then cruise through the waters of Prince William Sound on the Klondike Express catamaran and view 26 glaciers, migratory whales and lots of seals and sea otters.
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