Alaska: The Inside Passage Charter Itinerary

Alaska: The Inside Passage Itinerary

Alaska: The Inside Passage Yacht Charter
A week through the Inside Passage, a wilderness of tidewater glaciers, forested fjords and whale-rich water threading the coast of southeast Alaska. This is nature at its grandest, ice calving into the sea, humpbacks feeding in the straits, bald eagles wheeling over spruce. Expect UNESCO glacier bays and Russian-era towns, waterfalls and totem poles, an expedition of extraordinary scale and beauty.

Every route we shape is a starting point, not a fixed schedule. Stay a second day where the light is right, move with the weather, or follow a captain to a quieter anchorage. What follows is one considered way to read it; the rest we tailor to you.
Day 1

Juneau

Step aboard in Juneau, Alaska’s remote capital, hemmed between mountains and sea and reachable only by air or water. Visit the great Mendenhall Glacier, then sail into the passage as the peaks close in around you.
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Day 2

Tracy Arm Fjord

Cruise into the spectacular Tracy Arm, a steep-walled fjord threaded with waterfalls and floating ice. Nudge slowly toward the twin Sawyer Glaciers, watching for seals on the bergs, and take in the silence.
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Day 3

Glacier Bay

Sail into the vast wilderness of Glacier Bay National Park, a UNESCO site of tidewater glaciers, snow peaks and abundant wildlife. Watch a great glacier calve into the sea, and keep watch for whales and bears.
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Day 4

Icy Strait

Spend the day in the rich waters of Icy Strait, one of the finest places on earth to see humpback whales, which gather here in summer to feed. Watch for bubble-net feeding, then anchor in a quiet cove.
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Day 5

Sitka

Cruise to Sitka, former capital of Russian America, set on the wild outer coast beneath a perfect volcanic cone. Explore its onion-domed cathedral and totem park, then return to the yacht for the evening.
Day 6

Ketchikan

Sail to colourful Ketchikan, clinging to the shore beneath forested hills and famous for the world’s finest collection of totem poles. Explore Creek Street and the totem parks, then cruise on into the fjords.
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Day 7

Misty Fjords

The voyage ends in the awe-inspiring Misty Fjords National Monument, a primeval landscape of sheer granite cliffs and plunging waterfalls. Cruise the still, mirror-like water and toast a week in the wilderness.
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