Cruising Trips

Cruises offer a blend of relaxed comfort and accessibility to stunning natural areas and amazing wildlife.

Cruises offer a blend of relaxed comfort and accessibility to stunning natural areas and amazing wildlife. Cruising in Alaska or the Galapagos Islands aboard smaller boats provides a more intimate natural experience. Large, powerful icebreakers and ice-strengthened vessels allow our remote Arctic and Antarctic explorations.

Antarctica Trips

Antarctica Cruise: Classic Voyages

Antarctica Cruise: Classic Voyages

* Introduction to Antarctica

* Antarctic Explorer - The Classic Adventure

* Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica: Explorers and Kings

  • Days: 10-20 (based on trip)
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 2
  • Activity: Cruising, Wildlife Viewing

Add an extra rush of adrenaline to your Antarctica Expedition on one of our Adventure Ships while exploring the Antarctic Peninsula, the Falklands and South Georgia. Travelers seeking a choice of activity levels and optional adventures like kayaking, camping, mountaineering or cross-country skiing will appreciate these nimble polar vessels.

North America Trips

Alaska's Inside Passage and Glacier Bay

Alaska's Inside Passage and Glacier Bay

  • Days: 8
  • Activity Level: Varies
  • Activity: Wildlife Viewing, Kayaking

Remote wilderness exploration highlights this adventure. Spend days cruising among massive icebergs, hiking, kayaking, paddle boarding, and whale watching in Alaska's spectacular Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

Alaska's Inside Passage: Eastern Coves

Alaska's Inside Passage: Eastern Coves

  • Days: 8
  • Activity Level: Varies
  • Activity: Wildlife Viewing, Kayaking, Hiking

Shaped by massive glaciers over millions of years, the temperate rainforest of Southeast Alaska reveals wildlife-rich fjords and spectacular scenery. The Juneau to Ketchikan route includes hiking the Baird Glacier trail, kayaking in Yes Bay and Walker Cove, exploring Misty Fjords National Monument and visiting Wrangell's Kiksetti Totem Park. View Slideshow

Alaska's Inside Passage: Ultimate Multisport Cruise

Alaska's Inside Passage: Ultimate Multisport Cruise

  • Days: 8
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 3
  • Activity: Kayaking, Hiking, Wildlife Viewing, Stand-up Paddleboarding, Snorkeling

New for 2013! This specially designed enhanced multi-sport cruise adventure is unbound by time and rigid schedules. Passenger list is limited to 36 like-minded adventurers in order to spend a full day hiking in wildlife-rich forests or kayaking dramatic fjords. After your day long excursions, relax back on board in the on-deck hot tub and share the day's highlights with your fellow travelers.

Alaska's Inside Passage: Western Coves

Alaska's Inside Passage: Western Coves

  • Days: 8
  • Activity Level: Varies
  • Activity: Wildlife Viewing, Kayaking, Hiking

Explore the back passages and narrow waterways of the most remote areas of Southeast Alaska's Inside Passage. The Ketchikan to Juneau route includes kayaking in Patterson Bay, hiking the southeastern side of Baranoff Island, exploring El Capitan Cave, visiting the authentic Tlingit town of Klawock and whale watching in Frederick Sound. View Slideshow

Latin America Trips

Galapagos Islands Cruise

Galapagos Islands Cruise

  • Days: 8
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 2
  • Activity: Cruising, Walking, Swimming

The stupendous eco-paradise of the Galapagos Islands offers exotic animal species including giant tortoise, penguin, flamingo and marine iguana, all enjoying full protection on this volcanic island chain off Ecuador's coast. View Slideshow

Heart of the Amazon Voyage

Heart of the Amazon Voyage

  • Days: 8
  • Activity Level: Activity Level 2
  • Activity: Cruising, Walking, Wildlife Viewing

Board an expedition river boat and venture far up the Rio Negro, the least-inhabited river in the Amazon Basin. Join naturalist guides for an exploration of pristine rainforest areas rarely visited by outsiders.

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