Alaska Cruise Ports

Alaska holds 44 cruise ports, 2.8% of the 1,572 we track. 3 of them are departure ports. The most visited cruise port in Alaska region is also its busiest departure port: Juneau, Alaska, appearing in 2,898 upcoming itineraries.

Ports here are grouped into 2 sub-regions: Alaska is the largest with 40 ports, Canada, New England & New York the smallest with 4. Its ports span 3 countries, most of them in United States, Canada and Canada–United States border.

Alaska sails on a short season, roughly May to September, and most itineraries take one of two shapes. Round trips from Seattle or Vancouver work the Inside Passage and call at Juneau, Ketchikan and Skagway. One way sailings between Vancouver and Whittier or Seward add the Gulf of Alaska, which is what makes a land tour toward Denali possible on the same trip. Several of the busiest entries here are not towns at all: Glacier Bay, Hubbard Glacier and Tracy Arm are scenic cruising days where the ship holds position rather than docking.