After a long pandemic hiatus Susan and I recently resumed travel, taking a small ship cruise through part of the Inside Passage in Southeast Alaska. On a friend's recommendation we booked with Uncruise (https://uncruise.com/pages/alaskan-adventures). We were delighted with the voyage, the locations, the wildlife, the expedition leaders and ship's crew, and the activities. Highly recommended.
Having travelled to Patagonia we suspected the Inside Passage environment would be similarly elemental and beautiful, and it is. An advantage of the Uncruise approach is the off-ship activities available each day. They included kayaking, hiking and bushwacking, skiff tours and paddleboarding. Wildlife is abundant: we saw bald eagles, sea lions, seals, otters, bears and several humpback whales (one from a kayak). Our fellow passengers were friendly nature-lovers and our expedition leaders were well-informed and enthusiastic. It was an amazing trip.
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| Mountain from Tracy Arm |
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| Near Elfin Cove |
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| Elfin Cove sunset |
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| Forest Floor, Kuiu Island |
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| Margerie Glacier, Glacier Bay NP |
