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Cruise destinations around the world include the Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, the Bahamas, and the Panama Canal. These offer quite different vacations for cruise ships’ passengers, especially for the first timers. An Alaskan cruise can appeal to these cruise travelers as well as more experienced ‘cruisers’ because its itinerary offers an element of uniqueness and excitement not present in other cruises.

What uniqueness and what excitement? On an Alaskan cruise you can expect a spectacularly different landscape, different people and different wildlife. These will provide unique experiences and remain with you forever. So if you are looking for a cruise unlike any other, then a trip to Alaska to experience its rivers of ice, fjords with granite walls, mountain peaks, and majestic waterfalls may be a once-in-a-lifetime vacation option for you. But how is this so?

Alaska is an enormous pristine environment. It has the largest land area of any state in the United States (570,374 square miles), the equivalent of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, and Colorado all combined. Despite this, it is one of the most largely unpopulated areas in the world, with a greater population of wildlife than its human population.

The largest attraction in Alaska is its ice glaciers, which makes it a perfect destination for cruising. Sailing along its lengthy coastline allows you to observe these incredible sights. If you take a cruise that will bring you into Glacier Bay, you can witness glaciers calving as the edge of the ice cliffs there break into the sea. This can happen several times an hour and is a breathtaking moment on an Alaskan cruise.

You can enjoy unique ‘up close and personal’ experiences on your cruise as some cruise lines provide helicopter rides and hiking and these allow you to step on one of these ice glaciers. This is something cruise lines cannot offer you to any other cruise destinations in the world.

An Alaskan cruise is available from May through September and will generally take you to one of two parts of Alaska. An Inside Passage cruise generally runs for about a week and includes itinerary stops at Ketchikan, Skagway, and Juneau. You can expect different sights and side trips when you take this cruise. A Gulf of Alaska cruise also known as the Glacier Route Cruise travels to Glacier Bay and possibly the Hubbard Glacier.

Cruise lines will provide a wide range of options from sightseeing to fine cuisine and entertainment. If you are a more adventurous cruise traveler smaller (more expensive) cruise vessels carry an average of 150 passengers and enable you to take an even closer look at a glacier than a larger cruise liner. Whatever cruise travel you decide upon you can always expect the unexpected in Alaska.

Cruising is a perfect way to experience this breathtaking part of the world. So, consider it, arrange it and then enjoy it. You’ll return home with memories to last you a lifetime.

Take a look at this Inside Passage cruise option.  It is one of many available for interested first time cruisers or those who just can’t stay away and keep returning for more.

Rowena French

For TheTeam@MightyDigitalDownloads.com

Rowena French has enjoyed a life-time love affair with Alaska, returning often, ‘just once more’, to experience another aspect of this spectacular part of the world. Want to take an Alaskan cruise to the ‘Land of the Midnight Sun’ and not sure how? Hooked like me and want to take another cruise? Stay updated through my blog posts here and go to my website www.alaskacruisetravel4U.com

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