ALASKA YACHT CRUISING

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Cruise Alaska's Inside Passage in comfort and style aboard one of American Safari's small luxury yachts. Thanks to their small size, these yachts can cruise into areas most ships cannot reach. Enjoy the stunning surroundings from the window-wrapped main salon or get out and experience it first hand in a kayak or inflatable craft. Each evening, enjoy a cocktail and lavish dinner, served casually with grace and a smile. 

All the comforts you would expect in a luxury vacation are included: kayaking, shore excursions, mountain biking, gourmet meals and drinks. Each yacht features an on-deck hot tub, exercise equipment, large screen TV/DVD in the salon for viewing videos, extensive library with destination guide books and fiction / non-fiction books, video library, kayaks, inflatable shore boat, and mountain bikes. Each stateroom has a hair dryer, bathrobes, alarm clock and TV/DVD for video viewing.

An American Safari Cruise is a truly unique way to see Alaska's unparallel beauty up-close and to have the adventure of a lifetime! 

Day 1, Friday: Juneau embarkation

Upon arrival you will be transferred from the airport to board the yacht. Your crew greets you with champagne and smiles, and you will cruise to a secluded wilderness cove this evening. Meals and beverages are included throughout your cruise (with the exception of ‘super premium’ liquor). The order of destinations may be changed due to weather and logistics.

Days 2 & 3, Saturday & Sunday: Glacier Bay National Park
Over the two days in the park you travel nearly 60 miles cruising up-bay to Grand Pacific and Margerie Glaciers, which frequently calve huge icebergs into the bay. If conditions permit, you will tour by inflatable watercraft and weave among the icebergs that have fallen from the face of the glaciers. Enjoy evenings at anchor in hidden coves, and mornings paddling kayaks in the quiet of this majestic wilderness. Here in the bay there are puffins and sea lions, mountain goats and bears, moose, eagles, and scenery more spectacular than any place on Earth. Glacier Bay is at its best when explored by small groups on a nimble yacht over the course of two days to hike and kayak inside the bay and wilderness areas.

Day 4, Monday:  Icy Strait
During today's ultimate day of exploration, there's no agenda to follow except to experience every moment scouring the nutrient-rich waters in search for humpbacks, porpoise, sea lions and other wildlife. Marvel at the grand scenery of the Alaskan wilderness as the crew expertly guides the vessel through those "not in the guide book" areas that only the locals know. Join the Captain on the bridge or out on deck in search for marine mammals. Late afternoon, there is the opportunity to drop the inflatable skiffs and kayaks to further explore the shoreline of a remote bay. The afternoon and evening will be spent at Point Adolphus, Alaska's most famous humpback whale feeding area. Be on the watch for the telltale blow of humpback whales as you cruise through Icy Strait. Before retiring for the evening, enjoy the wilderness solitude while relaxing in the upper deck hot tub or enjoy a nightcap with your fellow yachtmates in the salon.

Day 5, Tuesday:  Frederick Sound and Sea Lions
Today you will cruise around Admiralty Island to more prime humpback-viewing waters in Frederick Sound. Take time for skiff operations and sea kayaking in Saginaw Bay, and cruise to a sea lion colony at the Brothers Islands. Anchor tonight in a remote and picturesque bay.

Day 6, Wednesday:  Admiralty Island — Bears
Tuck into Gambier Bay, a large, island-speckled body of water on the south coast of Admiralty Island National Monument. Here you will drop the kayaks and launch the skiff for up-close exploration of this cool forested bay. Never logged, the thick evergreen forest crowds right down to the gravel beaches. Here is an outstanding opportunity to spot the huge brown (grizzly) bears for which Admiralty Island is famous. At low tide they are out on the beaches, seeking a shellfish supper. Once again under way, watch for humpback whales before anchoring at Wood Spit for more exploration by kayak and skiff.
 

Day 7, Thursday:  Ford’s Terror and Endicott Arm
Cliff-walled fjords sliced into the mountainous mainland are on tap today as you cruise through an area widely acclaimed as the most beautiful in all of Alaska. Snow gleams on mountaintops high overhead as bears amble on the shoreline and mountain goats cling to impossibly precarious perches. Seemingly every few hundred yards another sparkling waterfall tumbles down the cliffs. Enjoy a skiff ride at Ford’s Terror, named after an early mariner who was somewhat taken aback when a waterfall appeared at the turn of the tide where none had been visible at high tide. Anchor overnight at Taku Harbor to enjoy the Captain’s Farewell Dinner in a lovely setting.

Day 8, Friday:  Disembark in Juneau
Return to Juneau this morning. A transfer to the airport or your hotel is provided.

Meet & greet services and airport transfers; all meals while onboard; premium wine, beer and liquor; kayaking and small-boat exploration; onboard professional naturalist ; all taxes, port charges and fees.

Airfare; super-premium wine, beer and liquor; or gratuities.

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