Alaska Cruise & Hawaii

You will stay in hotels such as the Best Western Downtown Hotel in Vancouver and the Ohana East Hotel in Hawaii. Hotel facilities include restaurant and bar. All rooms feature private facilities, TV, telephone and air-conditioning. Hotels will be confirmed in your final documents.

Holland America Line’s Volendam is modern, elegant and has an on-board ambience that is timeless and refined. Volendam offers a wonderful choice of dining experiences, entertainment, and so much more. Your accommodation is based on comfortable inside cabins with two lower beds, shower and toilet. Facilities on board include three restaurants, a wide range of bars, three swimming pools and a fitness centre.

Day 1: Vancouver

Depart on your scheduled flight to Vancouver. On arrival transfer to your hotel for an overnight stay.

Day 2: Vancouver/MS Volendam

Depart 17:00

Today we have included a morning sightseeing tour of Vancouver. It has one of the most beautiful settings of any city in the world, surrounded by mountains, forests and beautiful islands. Your tour will visit Chinatown, ‘Gastown’, the remarkable 1,000 acre Stanley Park with its famous totem poles, and the magnificent harbour. Transfer to Holland America Line’s magnificent MS Volendam. Depart at 5.00pm for the cruise though the Inside Passage.

Meals: Dinner

Day 3: Cruising the Inside Passage

Cruising the Inside Passage. As the spectacular coast slips by, watch for breaching whales, playful seals, soaring eagles and shoreline grizzlies.

Meals: Breakfast / lunch / dinner

Day 4: Juneau

Arrive 13:00 – Depart 22:30

Scenic cruising of Tracy Arm and Sawyer Glacier during the morning (weather permitting), followed by an early afternoon arrival in the capital of Alaska, Juneau. You are free to explore, or perhaps visit the mighty Mendenhall Glacier.

Meals: Breakfast / lunch / dinner

Day 5: Skagway

Arrive 07:00 – Depart 21:00

Morning arrival in Skagway, a lively relic of the famous Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Wooden sidewalks and turn of the century buildings depict the riotous living of those days. Optional excursions will be available.

Meals: Breakfast / lunch / dinner

Day 6: Glacier Bay

Glacier Bay will be the scenic highlight of your cruise. Great ice castles float serenely in radiant blue-green water. And as a glacier ‘calves’ and thousands of tons of ice crash into the mirror-calm water, so a thunderous sound echoes across the bay. A holiday experience like no other.

Meals: Breakfast / lunch / dinner

Day 7: Ketchikan

Arrive 10:00 – Depart 18:00

Morning arrival in Ketchikan, a quaint weathered town clinging to the mountainside. You may wish to take a seaplane flight over the spectacular Misty Fjords, explore the Totem Poles park or simply enjoy a lunch of fresh Alaskan salmon.

Meals: Breakfast / lunch / dinner

Day 8: Cruising the Inside Passage

As you cruise the Inside Passage back towards Vancouver, the scenic splendours continue to unroll before you, a wonderland of ice and rock, forest and river, which will remain in your memory - and photo album, for a long time to come.

Meals: Breakfast / lunch / dinner

Day 9: Vancouver/Honolulu

Arrive 07:00

Morning arrival in Vancouver. Transfer to the airport for your flight to Honolulu, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. On arrival you will receive a traditional lei greeting and transfer to the Ohana East Hotel for a six-night stay.

Oahu is perhaps the most famous island because it contains Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii, and fabulous Waikiki, an international resort with hotels, shops, restaurants and 24-hour nightlife. It is nevertheless a remarkably compact resort, and easily escaped if you fancy a quiet relaxing time in the Hawaiian sunshine.

Days 10 - 14: Waikiki

Free to enjoy the delights of Waikiki. As an introduction to your island paradise for the next five days, we have an included half-day sightseeing tour of Honolulu and Pearl Harbor, where you can view the memorial to the battleship USS Arizona. There is so much to see and do, apart from simply lazing on the golden sands and bathing in the warm waters. You can take a scenic tour of the island visiting Diamond Head, Waimea Falls Park, and the famous surfing beaches in the north; enjoy a display of native village life at the Polynesian Cultural Centre; and visit Sea Life Park. You can even take an exciting optional scenic flight to the neighbouring main island of Hawaii to view an active volcano. Everywhere you will find an exotic mix of Polynesian charm, American sophistication and a generous lifestyle - ideal ingredients for a memorable holiday.

Day 15: Honolulu

Transfer to the airport for your return flight to the UK.

Day 16: UK

Arrival in the UK.