| While the stereotypical picture of a vacation cruise | | | | management system. You can also branch out from |
| invariably includes palm trees, tropically turquoise seas | | | | the Park and treat yourself to some horseback riding, |
| and skies, and dazzlingly white clouds drifting above | | | | rafting, or aerial sightseeing. |
| even more dazzlingly white beaches, one of the | | | | When To Sail |
| surprisingly popular and anything but stereotypical | | | | Alaska cruises are limited to the warm weather |
| cruise destinations is Alaska. | | | | season between May and September, and while |
| Alaska, as anyone who has been there realizes, is a | | | | midsummer is the most popular time for sailing, if taken |
| world unto itself, even though it is officially the 49th of | | | | in May will bewitch you with vistas brilliant with |
| the US' 50 states. They keep the dazzlingly white | | | | wildflowers. End-of-the-season Alaska cruises will be |
| clouds, but replaces white sands with the glistening | | | | equally resplendent as the mountainsides blaze with |
| white of its magnificent glaciers, and the turquoise seas | | | | autumn foliage. |
| with its endless lakes, coastal inlets, and primeval rivers. | | | | You will, however, have to weigh the positives of early |
| Alaska Cruise Attractions | | | | or late-season Alaska cruises against negative of an |
| They will bring you to one of the last remaining | | | | increased chance for unsettled weather. In the height |
| unspoiled wildernesses on Earth, where you can begin | | | | of summer, you can enjoy the amazing experience of |
| to understand solitude in the presence of endless | | | | sunshine at midnight, and will be able to spend hours on |
| forests and mountain peaks. They will bring you within | | | | deck enjoying the incomparable scenery and crystal |
| sight of the magnificent humpback whales of the Inland | | | | clear air. Your entire Alaska cruise will be enhanced |
| Passage and Frederick Sound. | | | | throughout with a continuing stream of meals as good |
| You can marvel at the totem poles of Ketchikan or | | | | as any you will ever eat, and shipboard entertainment |
| explore the remnants of the Yukon Gold Rush with an | | | | incase your brain gets overloaded trying to process so |
| one which combines your sailing experience with a trip | | | | much natural beauty! |
| aboard the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad. | | | | If you are from a part of the world where |
| Or you can arrange to spend time at a land lodge in | | | | summertime seems to be getting hotter and more |
| the six-million acres of Denali National Park, where you | | | | uncomfortable with each passing year, why not do |
| can enjoy wildlife bus tours, take a Natural History hike | | | | some research on Alaska cruises and make plans to |
| to Primrose Ridge, or watch a sled-dog demonstration | | | | beat the heat next summer with your personally |
| and learn how these beautiful and intelligent animals | | | | designed itinerary? |
| have become an integral part of the Park's | | | | |