CRUISE ALASKA DESTINATIONS


along a lake towards Mendenhall Glacier, an ethereal blue ice sheet 12 miles deep, spiked in angular formations.


The next stop was Skagway,


gateway to 1897’s Gold Rush, through which thousands of prospectors passed in the hope of striking it rich. In the morning, we enjoyed a three-hour hike around Lower Dewey Lake, which began at a creek packed with salmon jumping upstream to spawn. In the afternoon, my brood screeched with glee as they enjoyed zip-lining 60 feet above the rainforest floor. Another highlight was a cruise in Glacier Bay National Park, during which park rangers delivered a live commentary. Watching glaciers ‘calving’, sending two-storey ice blocks crashing into the sea, was


an incredible experience. Our final stop in Alaska


was Ketchikan. Downtown’s Lumberjack Show – think Chippendales with chainsaws wearing checked shirts – was brilliant family entertainment. But the visual feasts kept on coming. On a nature trek in the Rainforest Sanctuary we witnessed black bears in the wild for the first time – mothers with their cubs and adults catching salmon in a stream. A magical sight on what was an unforgettable family holiday. Book it: A 10-day Inside Passage with Glacier Bay itinerary on Grand Princess, cruising out of San Francisco, starts at £1,089 for departures on August 29, 2016. princess.com


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