Queen Elizabeth : Alaskan Cruise

Cunard's Queen Elizabeth

Alaskan Cruise

After completing our cross-country journey on the Trans Canada Trail, from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Arctic, it felt like something within us had shifted. We had reached the end, yet some part of the journey still lingered. There was a quiet pull, a voice we couldn’t ignore: come north again. Answering that call, we boarded the Queen Elizabeth in Vancouver for a 12-day, 11-night slow voyage along the Inside Passage and deep into the Alaskan wilderness.

This would be a different kind of journey, not a walk, not a rail crossing, and not a transatlantic ocean crossing like aboard the Queen Mary 2. This was a return to the wild edges, a rekindling of our love for the North, and a new chapter in our story of connecting with landscapes shaped by time, ice, tide, and silence. We weren’t sure what to expect from a cruise with so many port days and excursions, but nature soon became our guide. From fog-shrouded harbours and glacier-fed fjords to bald eagles overhead and whales beside the hull, the voyage reminded us of why we walk, why we travel, and why we return.

Below are the stages of our journey aboard the Queen Elizabeth, each a day spent reconnecting with wild coastlines, ancient cultures, and the slow rhythms of the sea.

Itinerary for Alaskan Voyage on Queen Elizabeth:

Queen Elizabeth, Alaska, and the Call of the North

Day 1: Embarkation onto Queen Elizabeth : Vancouver BC

Day 2: Day At Sea : Exploring the Inside Passage

Ship's Tour of Cunard's Queen Elizabeth

Day 3: Welcome to Alaska : Ketchikan, AK

Day 4: Exploring the North : Endicott Arm Scenic Cruising

Day 5: Port Excursion : Skagway and the White Pass Route

Day 6: Visiting the State Capital : Juneau and Mendenhall Glacier

Day 7: Pacific Storms : Hubbard Glacier Deferred

Day 8: Totem Poles, Eagles and Touch Tanks : Sitka, AK

Day 9: Day at Sea : Pacific Coast Birding and Whale Watching

Day 10: Connections, Trails and Final Night on Board : Victoria BC

Day 11: Final Port of Call : Return to Vancouver, BC

Reflecting on Queen Elizabeth’s Alaskan Cruise

Nature Cannot be Scheduled 

Continuing the Journey, Continuing to Explore

This Alaskan voyage wasn’t just another destination - it was a return. A return to northern latitudes, to the sense of wonder that sustained us through thousands of kilometres on the Trans Canada Trail, and to the belief that slow travel reveals what fast travel overlooks.

Our time aboard the Queen Elizabeth joins a growing archive of adventures:

• Long-distance trails like the Bruce Trail, Via Augusta, and Camino Francés
• Coast-to-coast Canadian rail journeys like The Canadian and The Ocean
• Both East and Westbound transatlantic ocean crossings on the Queen Mary 2 
• A lifetime of birding, hiking, and storytelling 

Whether you find yourself on a forest path, a windswept rail platform, or gazing out from a ship’s deck into fog and ice, we invite you to Come Walk With Us. Every journey connects and continues to show us each the world from a different perspective.  

If you have an interest in our other adventures, whether by Sail, Rail or Trail, check out here. 

See you on board!