Alaska Cruises from Vancouver

Get closer to awe-inspiring wildlife, charming coastal towns and magnificent glaciers on Alaska cruises from Vancouver. Find one-way and roundtrip cruises with convenient weekend departures that depart Vancouver’s dazzling waterfront. Explore Glacier Bay National Park or Hubbard Glacier on our Inside Passage cruises. Take a Glacier Discovery voyage to glide several of Alaska’s most dramatic icescapes. Or go to the seldom-visited Kodiak Island on our Great Alaskan Explorer where massive brown bears play and fish in their home turf. Continue the exploration on ship with our exclusive onboard programming, Alaska Up Close™. Read on to plan your cruise from Vancouver.
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Featured Cruises from Vancouver

Alaskan Inside Passage

Alaskan Inside Passage

Cruise 7 days from Vancouver.

Great Alaskan Explorer

Great Alaskan Explorer

A 14-day Alaska cruise from Vancouver to Kodiak, Valdez and other remote destinations.

Alaska Cruisetours

Alaska Cruisetours

Cruise Alaska and then go into Denali or Denali and the Yukon.

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Ships Perfectly Mid-Sized for Alaska

Koningsdam

Koningsdam

Koningsdam takes you to Alaska in blissful elegance. Winner of Best Mid-Sized Ship, Koningsdam features light-filled public areas, dazzling décor and a retractable glass-roof pool deck that invites a swim even on blustery days.

Nieuw Amsterdam

Nieuw Amsterdam

Nieuw Amsterdam won Best Cruise Ship Overall for its ambitious design and amazing onboard experience. When you’re not spying on whales or gazing at Alaska’s scenery, unwind at the spa or learn to cook Alaskan fare.

Noordam

Noordam

Noordam has it all: intimate spaces for relaxing, stunning art, and BBC Earth In Concert experiences where a live concert is played to dramatic footage of Alaska’s wonders. A ship perfectly sized to see it all.

Zuiderdam

Zuiderdam

Cruise from Vancouver to Alaska in elegant style on Zuiderdam. Experience Alaska’s wonders while on board with BBC Earth Experiences, regional cooking demonstrations and EXC® Port to Table.

Volendam

Volendam

Elegant and spacious, Volendam is all decked out in florals. Attend Explorations Central™ talks to connect deeply to the Great Land or relax with a massage at the Greenhouse® Spa & Salon.

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Things To Do In Vancouver

Gastown

The Gastown neighborhood dates back to the Victorian era when "Gassy Jack" Deighton opened a saloon in a burgeoning sawmilling settlement. Now its grand heritage buildings and brick-paved streets are home to art galleries, design shops and stylish eateries.

Stanley Park

Vancouver’s most famous urban space, the thousand-acre Stanley Park, epitomizes everything that locals here love about the outdoors. Hiking trails weave around totem poles and hemlock trees, while at the beaches, you can swim, people-watch and picnic.

Vancouver Aquarium

The largest aquarium in Canada hosts fascinating exhibits on the marine habitats of the Canadian Arctic, and British Columbian coasts, plus an area with African penguins. Tanks teem with sea life such as blacktip reef sharks, Pacific fish, sea otters and white-sided dolphins, some of which you’ll get a chance to encounter up close.

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Flight Ease

Flight Ease

Holland America Line Flight Ease® offers specially negotiated low prices, a convenient and worry-free way to book air travel, late-arrival protection, and the freedom to change your flights with no change fees.

Pre/Post Cruise

Pre/Post Cruise

Find exceptional City Stays & Pre/Post Overland Packages, which offer a seamless experience ashore to add to your cruise.

Celebrations on Board

Celebrations on Board

Life should be celebrated! What better way than with a Holland America Line cruise? Let us create the perfect event while you relax and have the time of your life.

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