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15 Best Alaska Shore Excursions

The best days ashore.

The 15 most popular alaska shore excursions for cruise passengers. The trips worth your hours ashore, what each one runs, who operates it and how to be back before all-aboard.

15 Best Alaska Shore Excursions

Skagway Shore Excursion: Full-Day Tour of the Yukon - Lake stops that set the tone: Tutshi Lake, Tagish Lake, and the Yukon sign
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Skagway Shore Excursion: Full-Day Tour of the Yukon

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1.Skagway Shore Excursion: Full-Day Tour of the Yukon

Skagway to Yukon by minibus: Klondike Highway views, Carcross Desert, Wild Adventure Yukon museum, BBQ lunch, border photo stops.

Most Popular★ 5.0

“Would highly recommend this tour into the Yukon. Our guide, Connor, was very informative and knew the best spots to stop for photo opps. We were very impressed with the poem he said to us, from memory. My favorite family photo from our vacation was taken by Connor with the most breathtaking background. What an…”

799 reviews6 hours 30 minutes (approx.)From $173.39by Frontier Excursions & Adventures

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Skagway Shore Excursion: Half-Day Tour to the Yukon Border and Suspension Bridge - Price and what you’re paying for (and what you’re not)
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Skagway Shore Excursion: Half-Day Tour to the Yukon Border and Suspension Bridge

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Skagway Shore Excursion Chilkoot Trail Hike and Float Tour - Getting There From Your Cruise Ship: Pickup and Meeting Points
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Skagway Shore Excursion Chilkoot Trail Hike and Float Tour

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3.Skagway Shore Excursion Chilkoot Trail Hike and Float Tour

Small-group Chilkoot Trail hike and Taiya River float from Skagway. Pickup, guide, snacks, wildlife spotting in about 4 hours.

★ 5.0

“Great hosts! Getting Bob as our guide was truly a once in a lifetime experience! So knowledgeable. You realize you are being guided by a legend, only a few times, if ever, in one’s life you are in the presence of someone as experienced and “life lived” as we were with Bob. Such a beautiful…”

513 reviews4 hours (approx.)From $145.39by Skagway Float Tours

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Skagway Shore Excursion: White Pass Summit and Skagway City Tour - The Gold Rush Cemetery: where the guide makes history stick
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Skagway Shore Excursion: White Pass Summit and Skagway City Tour

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4.Skagway Shore Excursion: White Pass Summit and Skagway City Tour

Skagway mini-bus tour to White Pass Summit and Tormented Valley: waterfalls, Gold Rush cemetery stories, and big photo stops.

★ 4.5

“The weather was bad and it was difficult to see the scenery through the fog/clouds. Didn't pull over at some of the points of interest but just drove past the bridge and railway tracks.”

417 reviewsFrom $72.16by Frontier Excursions & Adventures

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Skagway Shore Excursion: Yukon Discovery Tour - Stop 1: White Pass photo breaks into Canada and Yukon Territory
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Skagway Shore Excursion: Yukon Discovery Tour

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5.Skagway Shore Excursion: Yukon Discovery Tour

Skagway to Yukon Discovery Tour: White Pass views, lunch at a dog mushing camp, petting farm and wildlife museum. Cruise-timed day.

★ 4.5

“Raymond our tour guide was amazing, stopped at all the right places and explained every step of the way. The most amazing views. Highly recommend is you are going to Alaska. 6 hours that went way to quickly”

256 reviews6 hours (approx.)From $185.00by Tru North Enterprises, LLC DBA Southeast Tours

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Skagway Shore Excursion: Scenic River Float Tour - The Taiya River Raft Float: Quiet Water, No Guesswork, and a Small-Raft Feel
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Skagway Shore Excursion: Scenic River Float Tour

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6.Skagway Shore Excursion: Scenic River Float Tour

Scenic Taiya River float from Skagway with port pickup, a small-raft ride, wildlife spotting chances, and a Dyea Gold Rush drive.

★ 5.0

“This was a great way to see the town from the water. Erin was super safe, knowledgeable, and fun. She was clearly very well experienced. What a beautiful tour.”

240 reviews2 hours 15 minutes to 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)From $102.32by Skagway Float Tours

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City and Mountain Summit Shore Excursion in Skagway - Price and Value: Why $79 Feels Fair Here
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City and Mountain Summit Shore Excursion in Skagway

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Ketchikan: Alaska Native Cultural and Scenic Shore Excursion - Price and what you get for $89 (2.5 hours)
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Ketchikan: Alaska Native Cultural and Scenic Shore Excursion

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Best Whale Watching and Wildlife Shore Excursion in Sitka - Stop 1: Sitka Sound and the outer Baranof Islands wildlife circuit
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Best Whale Watching and Wildlife Shore Excursion in Sitka

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9.Best Whale Watching and Wildlife Shore Excursion in Sitka

Intimate Sitka Sound whale watching in a small six-person boat. Heated cabin, local guide spotting skills, and a safe return to port.

★ 5.0

“Very knowledgable local young man who really knew how to find the humpbacks. He only takes 6 on a boat that could easily handle 10. Inside or outside seating and the ability to move around easily. When out amongst the whales he would shut down the engine which was better for the whales and enhanced…”

103 reviews2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)From $205.00by Sitka Sound Tours

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Skagway Shore Excursion: Yukon Dog Sledding and Sightseeing Tour - Meeting in Skagway: where you start (and how to avoid passport stress)
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Skagway Shore Excursion: Yukon Dog Sledding and Sightseeing Tour

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10.Skagway Shore Excursion: Yukon Dog Sledding and Sightseeing Tour

Skagway’s Yukon dog-sledding day trip mixes border scenery, a wildlife museum, petting puppies, and a short mushing session with lunch included.

★ 4.0

“We left our passports thinking we won’t need them but once we got to the meeting pls e/ office of excitation company, the guy was so short tempered and even used cuss words when I got upset about having missed super expensive activity. We got put on another one which was fair.”

99 reviews6 hours (approx.)From $229.00by Tru North Enterprises, LLC DBA Southeast Tours

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Skagway Shore Excursion: Liarsville Gold Rush Camp, Gold Panning and Salmon Bake Combo - Liarsville History Shows: Hippodrome, Bordello, and Tall Tales
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Skagway Shore Excursion: Liarsville Gold Rush Camp, Gold Panning and Salmon Bake Combo

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11.Skagway Shore Excursion: Liarsville Gold Rush Camp, Gold Panning and Salmon Bake Combo

See Liarsville Gold Rush Camp in Skagway for a salmon bake, gold panning practice, and live corny-hilarious show, with pickup and return.

★ 3.5

“Salmon bake was good although the salmon was full of bones. Transportation was an old school bus. Liersville was better last time I was there. Very little to see. I guess since we were close to end of season most of the people were already gone.”

72 reviews2 hours (approx.)From $119.00by Alaska Travel Adventures Inc.

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Sitka Shore Excursion: Bears, Raptor Center, & Totem Park Tour (Small Group) - Fortress of the Bears: brown bears up close, covered viewing included
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Sitka Shore Excursion: Bears, Raptor Center, & Totem Park Tour (Small Group)

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12.Sitka Shore Excursion: Bears, Raptor Center, & Totem Park Tour (Small Group)

Small-group Sitka shore tour with bears at Fortress of the Bears, the Raptor Center, and totem parks in Sitka National Historic Park.

★ 4.0

“Make sure when you book do not use My Holiday Online. We booked with them, confirmed our cruise ship and location to meet and they never showed up. There were 3 groups at dock that provided same tour and they did not have our booking. Worked with a great guy named Sitka Wildlife tours to…”

67 reviews2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)From $212.30by My Holidays Online

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Seward Shore Excursion: Pre- or Post-Cruise Kenai Fjords National Park Tour - The Route Through Resurrection Bay: Where Wildlife Usually Gets Loud
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Seward Shore Excursion: Pre- or Post-Cruise Kenai Fjords National Park Tour

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Private luxury shore excursion Skagway, AK to Emerald Lake, Yukon. - Pickup timing that actually works (and why passports matter)
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Private luxury shore excursion Skagway, AK to Emerald Lake, Yukon.

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14.Private luxury shore excursion Skagway, AK to Emerald Lake, Yukon.

Private luxury shore excursion from Skagway to Emerald Lake and Carcross with a pro driver, scenic Yukon Highway views, and flexible photo stops.

★ 5.0

“We had a great time this private tour leaving from Skagway and heading into the Yukon in Canada. The whole experience was seamless from booking to pick up to drop off. The views were beautiful and our guide Emilio was so knowledgeable and personable. Can’t recommend this tour enough!”

42 reviews5 hours (approx.)From $1,200.00by Skagway Luxury Tours

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Ketchikan: Alaska Native Cultural and Scenic Shore Excursion - Price and what you get for $89 (2.5 hours)
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Ketchikan: Alaska Native Cultural and Scenic Shore Excursion

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15.Ketchikan: Alaska Native Cultural and Scenic Shore Excursion

Haida and Tlingit stories in Ketchikan, plus totem poles, rainforest plant lessons, and wildlife stops on an easy 2.5-hour shore tour.

★ 4.2

“our tour was great. However it was not with who we originally scheduled with. unfortunately they were short a driver and couldn't take us. BUT they made sure we got on another tour and kept in good communication with us about the change. very friendly. we toured with Johnny and he's very passionate about his…”

40 reviewsFrom $89by Clan House Tours

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