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Alaska Cruises From Los Angeles


Joanne Thomas, Leaf Group Updated March 15, 2018 Gateway to Adventure (Photo: port image by Byron Moore from Fotolia.com )


As you cruise northward and parallel to the West Coast of the North American continent, the landscape from the decks of a ship change dramatically from the sun-drenched, palm-lined beaches of Southern California to the frigid fjords and forested islands of the Inside Passage in southeast Alaska. Pods of orcas, bald eagles overhead and grizzlies foraging on rocky bays, along with excursions focusing on more wildlife, Alaska’ s Native American heritage, Gold Rush history, fishing, hiking and more – all make an Alaskan cruise vacation an unrivaled adventure. At the time of publication, two major lines offer cruises to Alaska departing from Los Angeles: Princess Cruises, which has several itineraries departing from the port of San Pedro; and Carnival, with a two-week cruise departing from Long Beach.

Princess: 12-Day Round Trip Alaska Cruise

Princess Cruises offers 12-day round trip cruises to Alaska that depart from the Los Angeles-area port of San Pedro, taking you through the Inside Passage and into Glacier Bay. The itinerary features three ports of call in Alaska – Juneau, Ketchikan and Skagway – along with Glacier Bay National Park and the port of Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. A full day is dedicated to scenic cruising in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Glacier Bay, where giant glaciers and icebergs often calve building-size hunks of ice into the otherwise still waters, vying for your attention along with humpback whales, sea otters and colonies of seabirds. Passengers can choose from comprehensive menus of shore excursions in scenic Ketchikan and its nearby Misty Fjords National Monument, the Alaskan capital Juneau, whose icefield marks one edge of the Mendenhall Glacier, and historic Skagway, where you might hop on the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad.

Carnival: 14-Day Round Trip Alaska Cruise

Carnival’ s 14-day round trip cruise from the port of Long Beach begins with two full days at sea, followed by a day in Vancouver, Canada, a coastal city whose urban treasured are rivaled by an abundance of natural beauty. It takes another full day of cruising to reach the first port of call in Alaska, the historic city of Sitka on the western edge of Baranof Island. Passengers spend the following days at Icy Strait Point, which is close to Alaska’ s largest Tlingit village, Hoonah, and boasts one of the largest concentrations of brown bears in the world, and admiring the natural treasures of Glacier Bay. The return leg of the voyage features stops in Juneau, Skagway and Ketchikan and three full days at sea on the way back to Los Angeles.

Princess: Circle North Pacific Cruises

In addition to its 12-day Alaskan cruises, Princess offers a couple of longer voyages that take you to Alaska. Its epic, 60-day Circle North Pacific is a round trip from Los Angeles that begins with the same itinerary as its shorter Alaskan cruises, then adds Icy Strait Point and Kodiak Island. Leaving Alaska, the ship ventures west to Kushiro, Japan, a journey that takes five days at sea and crosses the international date line. Tokyo (Yokohama), Osaka and Hiroshima in Japan are also featured, followed by the ports of Incheon in Korea, Beijing (Tianjin) and Shanghai in China; three ports in Vietnam, including Ho Chi Minh City, and Manila in the Philippines. On the way back across the Pacific to California, you’ll call at Guam, then the Hawaiian ports of Honolulu and Kauai. A shorter cruise, the Circle North Pacific Segment, follows the same itinerary for 28 nights before ending in Shanghai.









Thomas, Joanne. "Alaska Cruises From Los Angeles." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/alaska-cruises-los-angeles-30132.html. 15 March 2018.
Thomas, Joanne. (2018, March 15). Alaska Cruises From Los Angeles. Travel Tips - USA Today. Retrieved from https://traveltips.usatoday.com/alaska-cruises-los-angeles-30132.html
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