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Hiking in Denali National Park Big-ship Alaska cruises are looking unlikely this summer but Holland America Line and Princess Cruises are making it possible for travelers to visit on land programs.
These will be available via Gray Line Alaska, Princess Alaska Lodges and Holland America Line’s Westmark Hotels, giving a combination of tours, lodging and sightseeing options. We’re committed to helping locals and visitors alike experience all the best parts of Alaska in a safe way, said Dave McGlothlin, VP tour operations. For the last year, many people stayed close to home so, this summer, as we’re able to reopen some of these land offerings, we are more ready than ever to welcome visitors back through our doors.
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The Kenai Princess Wilderness Lodge in Alaska. Princess Cruises and Holland America Line are moving ahead with land-only programs in Alaska.
With cruise ship travel to Alaska still in question this summer, Holland America Line and Princess Cruises said they will offer land-only tours of the state using their network of lodging and tour assets.
Both cruise lines have been offering Alaska land tours for decades utilizing the Princess Alaska Lodges, Holland America Line Westmark Hotels and Gray Line Alaska tours. Their Alaska cruisetours have long combined a cruise with either a pre- or post-cruise tour.
Among this summer s options will be 6- and 7-night escorted tours with a tour director, and 5- and 6-night explorer tours with staff but no director, in Kenai, Anchorage, Denali and Fairbanks with service on Alaska Railroad rail cars. Denali Rail tours, from Anchorage or Fairbanks, of 1 to 6 nights, include up to four nights at Denali National Park and travel by rail or a combina