Holland America Line has introduced the cruisetours that will likely be accessible throughout its 2026 Alaska cruise season. These permit company to mix a cruise with a journey into Denali National Park and Canada’s Yukon Territory.
There will likely be 18 Alaska cruisetours accessible to ebook in the course of the 2026 season, every together with a go to to Denali National Park. Cruise ships that will likely be offering the cruise portion of the cruisetours are Koningsdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Westerdam, and Zaandam. Travelers will be capable to select whether or not they begin their trip with the cruise or the land tour. Those who need to lengthen their travels even additional can select an itinerary that takes them into Canada’s Yukon Territory, together with stops in Whitehorse and Dawson City.
Holland America owns motorcoaches, railcars, and resorts, offering preferential schedules for company on cruisetours. Each itinerary features a trip on the scenic glass-domed McKinley Explorer prepare, and choose itineraries add on the historic White Pass & Yukon Route railroad from Skagway.
Other itineraries provide Direct-to-Denali service, taking company from the ship to their Denali resort room on the identical day. Additionally, all Yukon itineraries embrace a Tour Director who makes time on land handy and insightful.
Glacier Bay (Photo courtesy of Holland America Line)
Holland America Denali Lodge
With its lodge location located on the fringe of Denali National Park, Holland America has renamed McKinley Chalet to Holland America Denali Lodge. There, guests can take pleasure in views of the nationwide park and wildlife. In altering the lodge’s title, the model displays the importance of its location and the immersion within the Denali expertise company will take pleasure in throughout their cruisetour.
2026 Denali Cruisetour Highlights
Nieuw Amsterdam and Westerdam will provide Denali Cruisetours starting from 9 to 14 days between Vancouver, Canada, and Anchorage or Fairbanks, Alaska.
All Denali Cruisetours embrace a seven-day Glacier Discovery cruise that includes Glacier Bay and the Alaskan ports of Juneau, Ketchikan, and Skagway, plus both College Fjord or Hubbard Glacier (relying on the route) and Inside Passage. The land portion consists of as much as three nights at Holland America Denali Lodge.
A 14-day Ultimate Denali tour consists of an in a single day at Homer, along with time in Fairbanks and Anchorage earlier than or after a seven-day cruise.
All single one-day Classic Alaska & Denali itineraries embrace a complimentary Denali Natural History Tour in Denali National Park so company can go looking for Alaska’s “Big 5” (bears, moose, Dall sheep, caribou, and grey wolves) of their pure habitat.
All two and three-night itineraries embrace the Tundra Wilderness Tour, which offers one of the best wildlife viewing as company journey 43 miles into Denali National Park.
Westerdam in Glacier Bay (Photo courtesy of Holland America Line)
2026 Yukon and Denali Cruisetour Highlights
Yukon & Denali cruisetours vary from 9 to 17 days and embrace both a 3 or four-day Inside Passage cruise on Koningsdam or Zaandam or a seven-day Glacier Discovery cruise on Nieuw Amsterdam or Westerdam with a two- or three-night keep at Denali and Dawson City. Yukon & Denali cruisetours additionally function overnights at Fairbanks, Anchorage, and Skagway, relying on the cruisetour.
New: A 13-day Alaska, Denali and Yukon cruisetour aboard Nieuw Amsterdam or Westerdam. This journey begins in Fairbanks; company will then fly to Dawson City earlier than heading to Denali for 3 days. Finally, company head to the ship in Holland America Line’s glass-domed rail vehicles earlier than embarking on a seven-day cruise to Vancouver. Guests reserving this cruisetour will expertise three complimentary excursions, together with Riverboat Discovery in Fairbanks, the Klondike Gold Tour in Dawson City, and Tundra Wilderness Tour in Denali National Park.
New: Emerging client insights led Holland America Line to supply extra of what company need. All Yukon & Denali itineraries now embrace the Klondike Gold Tour in Dawson City and the Tundra Wilderness Tour at Denali National Park. Guests can see the unique discovery declare that launched the Klondike Gold Rush and Gold Dredge 4 with a Parks Canada information offering narration.
Holland America cruisetour company will expertise one of many latest UNESCO World Heritage websites: Tr’ondëk-Klondike. Added in September 2023, the positioning incorporates Dawson City, which is wealthy with historical past and the cultural affect to Indigenous peoples from the Klondike Gold Rush.
Booking Cruisetours
For a restricted time, when vacationers ebook 2026 Alaska cruisetours with the Have It All premium package deal, the usual facilities of shore excursions, specialty eating, a Signature Beverage Package, and Surf wifi package deal are included — plus the addition of free pay as you go gratuities and free upgrades to the Elite Beverage Package and Premium wifi.
Cruisetour fares begin at $2,259 per particular person, primarily based on double occupancy.
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