Vancouver
Voyages from VANCOUVER
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he Canadian city of Vancouver is another popular departure point for cruises to Alaska, with some lines opting to base ships both here and in Seattle. Celebrity Cruises has one-week
round-trip voyages on Celebrity Solstice and one-way sailings between Vancouver and Seward on Celebrity Summit that pair with the company’s pre or post-cruise land tours. From £1,778 for a 10-night Talkeetna Treasures cruise-tour departing August 29. Between them, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean and NCL have round-trip and one-way cruises from Vancouver to Alaska on 15 ships, including Caribbean Princess, which is making its Alaska debut this year. Disney Cruise Line and Viking also make Vancouver their base for sailings to Alaska. The former has
For small-ship luxury in the midst of the Alaskan
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wilderness, check out top- end sailings from the likes of Seabourn, Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Silversea
five to nine-night round-trip voyages on Disney Wonder; the latter has 11-day sailings from Vancouver to Seward on Viking Venus and Orion. From £5,790 departing July 26 including flights, transfers, tips, speciality dining, seven tours and drinks with lunch and dinner. Oceania Cruises’ Riviera is another ship sailing to Alaska for the first time in 2025. After four cruises of seven to 12 days between Vancouver and Anchorage, it relocates to Seattle for nine to 12-day
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round-trip sailings that include calls into Haines, Wrangell and Klawock. For small-ship luxury in the midst of the Alaskan wilderness, check out top-end sailings from the likes of Seabourn, Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Silversea. Seabourn has seven or 14-day cruises on 458-passenger Seabourn Quest, either round-trip from Vancouver or between Vancouver and Juneau. Calls include Wrangell, Haines, Sitka and Prince Rupert; selected activity days offer kayaking and rib-boat cruises in search of whales and sea otters. Prices from £5,439 for 14 nights cruise-only including dining, drinks and tips. Regent Seven Seas Cruises
has one-week sailings between Vancouver and Whittier on 746-berth Seven Seas Explorer, while Silversea has seven-day cruises between Vancouver and Seward on Silver Nova and Silver Moon. They hold
728 and 596 passengers respectively and call at Juneau, Skagway, Sitka, Ketchikan and Valdez. Silver Nova also offers 14-day voyages that add Wrangell, Haines and Icy Strait Point. Expedition line HX (Hurtigruten Expeditions) has 14 and 15-day cruises between Vancouver and Seward on Roald Amundsen that take a more active approach: think hiking, kayaking, rib-boat cruises in search of wildlife and up close to glaciers, plus cultural days out in First Nations communities. A couple of 19 and 20- day cruises between Vancouver and Nome also visit the Aleutian Islands. Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ international expedition ship Hanseatic Inspiration has two Alaska sailings in July 2025, one from Seward to Vancouver, the other
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