Tidewater & Tundra – Kodiak, Homer & Glacier Bay

About this cruise

If you've got 18 nights to work with, this sailing from Vancouver on September 15, 2027 through Sitka, Hubbard Glacier and Valdez, with additional stops along the Alaska is genuinely one of the better ways to spend them. You ease into this one, with a few sea days up front to find your rhythm before the 11 port calls start. You're essentially sailing through a nature documentary. Pack layers. Sitka alone is worth the trip, Russian heritage on a rainforest shore. Around 9 hours per port on average, which is generous enough to go beyond the obvious. You won't go hungry on Zaandam. 4 restaurants come with the fare, plus 2 more when you feel like treating yourself. There are enough performances, events, and social mixers on a cruise this length that you couldn't do them all if you tried. And that's a good problem. The autumn timing is underrated too. Good weather, calmer seas, and a more relaxed ship. Worth booking. That's the short version.