SHORE EXCURSIONS
The best days ashore.
The 10 most popular skagway tours for cruise passengers. The trips worth your hours ashore, what each one runs, who operates it and how to be back before all-aboard.
Skagway to Yukon by minibus: Klondike Highway views, Carcross Desert, Wild Adventure Yukon museum, BBQ lunch, border photo stops.
Most Popular“Connor our guide & driver was excellent. Very knowledgeable and helpful for all guest on trip. Tour views were awesome and lunch served was one of the best we've had on a shore excursion.”
Half-day Yukon border and Suspension Bridge tour from Skagway by mini-bus, with passport-freeing views, photo stops, and easy pickup.
“This was a great excursion. Our driver Conner was fantastic! Conner was friendly, fun but professional and extremely knowledgeable about the history of the Yukon and Skagway. I would recommend this tour to everyone.”
Small-group Chilkoot Trail hike and Taiya River float from Skagway. Pickup, guide, snacks, wildlife spotting in about 4 hours.
“We really enjoyed our hike and float with Skagway Float Tours and highly recommend for an excursion. The experience was exactly as described and Erin was a great guide and very knowledgeable. We learned a lot about the area, the trees, various fungi, lichen, and berries we encountered along the way. I thought the hike…”
Skagway mini-bus tour to White Pass Summit and Tormented Valley: waterfalls, Gold Rush cemetery stories, and big photo stops.
“Our tour guide, Beverly, was informative, friendly, and provided a really good experience. The tour was a good value with no wasted time. We saw the sights.”
Skagway to Yukon Discovery Tour: White Pass views, lunch at a dog mushing camp, petting farm and wildlife museum. Cruise-timed day.
“This was a 150 mile ride into the Yukon Territory. While the scenery was nice and the driver/tour guide, Clay, did a great job it wasn’t worth going on. The dog sled was misleading. There were 16 dogs chained up. They wanted $50 pp to ride them pulling a truck. Definitely not worth the money…”
Scenic Taiya River float from Skagway with port pickup, a small-raft ride, wildlife spotting chances, and a Dyea Gold Rush drive.
“Our Guide Danny was awesome. He was very pleasant and extremely knowledgeable about the entire area. He was also a very safe and professional guide. Highly recommend to all!”
A 2.5-hour Skagway city and White Pass summit tour with waterfall stops, Gold Rush stories, and free port pickup for $79.
“We just wanted to have a short excursion to the White Pass summit area and didn't have high expectations. However, the driver made this a fantastic experience that was well worth the price. He stopped at the best places and knew how to get the best pics. He also knew the route well enough that…”
Skagway’s Yukon dog-sledding day trip mixes border scenery, a wildlife museum, petting puppies, and a short mushing session with lunch included.
“Meeting the dogs and the sledding. The staff were so nice and answered questions. The tour was amazing. Only bad thing was , we didn't have enough time at the dog sledding camp.”
See Liarsville Gold Rush Camp in Skagway for a salmon bake, gold panning practice, and live corny-hilarious show, with pickup and return.
“This was by far the worse experience! There is no gold in Liarsville. They buy gold from Canada and put very very tiny little gold flakes in rocks and water for you to pan through and find. Pros: The people were very nice Cons: First, after getting off the cruise ship the representative was hard…”
Private luxury shore excursion from Skagway to Emerald Lake and Carcross with a pro driver, scenic Yukon Highway views, and flexible photo stops.
“This is a very customizable private tour. It was was a wonderful and stress free way to see as much as possible in a short time.”
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