Denali &Yukon Land/Cruise
June 1-12, 2027
11 Days / 10 Nights
Holland America Lines is especially strong at combining cruises with tours at Denali National Park and Yukon rail journeys. If you want to go beyond the coast, they're the best. Journey from Anchorage into the Yukon (Canada), and back into Alaska for a journey through Glacier Bay. Enjoy an active land tour followed by a relaxing, luxurious cruise on Holland America's Koningsdam, not a mega-ship, but a comfortable, modern liner with better access to scenic areas, large observation lounges with panoramic views, covered pool decks so you can enjoy scenery in bad weather, and so much more!
Itinerary
Day 1
TUESDAY, JUNE 1
Anchorage, Alaska, US
Anchorage, beautifully situated on Cook Inlet and surrounded by the Chugach Mountains, is a hub of actdivity with everything from fine restaurants and frontier saloons to museums and art galleries. Extend your stay in this cosmopolitan city and take advantage of the many optional tours that spotlight Alaska's history, culture and outdoors lifestyle.
Ovenright at the Hotel Captain Cook or the Westmark Anchorage Hotel & Conference Center.
Day 2
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2
Anchorage, Alaska, US > Denali National Park, Alaska
Travel via glass-domed rail on the McKinley Explorer to Denali. Afternoon at leisure at Denali Square.
Overnight at Holland America's Denali Lodge, which features the Denali Square entertainment and dining complex.
Day 3
THURSDAY, JUNE 3
Denali National Park, Alaska
Enjoy the Tundra Wilderness Tour, a 6-8 hour guided excursion deep into the park to spot wildlife like bears and moose.
Overnight at Holland America's Denali Lodge.
Day 4
FRIDAY, JUNE 4
Denali National Park, Alaska > Fairbanks, Alaska
Travel by motor coach to Fairbanks, including a cruise on the Riverboat Discovery sternwheeler.
Overnight at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel & Conference Center.
Day 5
SATURDAY, JUNE 5
Fairbanks, Alaska > Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
Fly by airplane from Fairbanks to Dawson City, Yukon. Enjoy an evening in this historic gold rush town.
Overnight at the Holland America Dawson City Inn.
Day 6
SUNDAY, JUNE 6
Dawson City, Yukon, Canada
Dawson City, now a National Historic Site, is where the search for gold transformed a small fishing camp at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers into the largest city west of Winnipeg and north of Seattle. Jack London came here as a 21-year-old prospector. A replica of his original cabin, with his famous signature on the back wall, is part of the flavor of a town that has turned back the clock to preserve a rich living history.
Meander the wooden boardwalks with costumed townsfolk ready to share their home and its national historic treasures. There are interpretative programs to join, Klondike Gold Fields tours where you can see where it began. And, in the evening, you can stake your poke in a blackjack game at Diamond Tooth Gertie’s Gambling Hall. Nearby, visit Tombstone Territorial Park, part of the original North American continent, dating back two billion years. The vistas are endless, the valleys broad and rugged. This land remains the ancestral home of the Tr'ondek Hwech'in First Nation. It is also the realm of a full range of wildlife, from grizzlies and moose to peregrines and plovers.
Overnight at the Holland America Dawson City Inn.
Day 7
MONDAY, JUNE 7
Dawson City, Yukon > Whitehorse, Yukon
Travel south by motor coach along the Klondike Highway to Whitehorse.
Overnight at the Westmark Whitehorse.
Day 8
TUESDAY, JUNE 8
Whitehorse, Yukon > Skagway, Alaska, US
Whitehorse, overlooking Lake Schwatka and Miles Canyon, once commanded a very different view. This is where thousands of Stampeders traveling down the Yukon River to Dawson met the most treacherous obstacle on the entire route - the Whitehorse Rapids. Nearly 300 boats were dashed to bits on the rocks, and five people drowned. But nothing stopped the determined flow of miners to the Klondike. It wasn't until the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad was completed and Yukon riverboat travel took hold, however, that Whitehorse earned a firm place on the map.
It became the territorial headquarters for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and was named capital of the Yukon Territory in 1953. Take in the ss Klondike National Historic Site. This park evokes the days when riverboats brought virtually all goods and many newcomers into the region. It is the final resting place of the ss Klondike II, the largest and last of the great Yukon River sternwheelers.
Travel to Skagway by motor coach and rail, including the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad summit trip.
Embark ship in the evening. Stateroom or suite aboard the Holland America Koningsdam.
Day 9
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9
Glacier Bay
Full day of scenic cruising in Glacier Bay National Park with Park Rangers onboard.
As Biosphere Reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site, Glacier Bay National Park, protects a unique ecosystem of plants and animals living in concert with an ever-changing glacial landscape. How does it feel when a monumental chunk of ice splits off a glacier and crashes into the sea? The sound is like thunder. The impact shoots water hundreds of feet into the air. You hold your breath as you catch the moment on film. Then you wait for it all to happen again. And it does. Glacier Bay has more actively calving tidewater glaciers than anyplace else in the world.
Day 10
THURSDAY, JUNE 10
Ketchikan, Alaska
Port call in Ketchikan (appx 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM), explore the "Salmon Capital of the World."
Built out over the water and climbing weathered stairways, Ketchikan clings to the shores of Tongass Narrows and drapes the mountains with a cheerful air. Besides the main attractions - Creek Street, the Tongass Historical Museum, Totem Bight State Park and Saxman Village, try a wilderness cruise to breathtaking Misty Fjords National Monument--a transformational adventure not to be missed. These deep water fjords left by retreating glaciers left granite cliffs towering thousands of feet above the sea and countless waterfalls cascading into placid waters. The souvenir photos you'll take from the pontoons of the plane are worth the trip alone.
Day 11
FRIDAY, JUNE 11
Scenic Cruising the Inside Passage
Scenic cruising through the Inside Passage toward the final destination.
Day 12
SATURDAY, JUNE 12
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Disembark in Vancouver, B.C., in the morning.
Galleries, boutiques, colorful public markets, restaurants of every ethnicity: this vital port city has them all. Visit vibrant Chinatown and Stanley Park, with its 1,000 acres of forests, gardens, lakes and lawns in the heart of the city. Sample shore excursions: Highlights of Vancouver & Granville Island; Stanley Park & Scenic Grouse Mountain.
