A large passenger ferry named "FINNCANOPUS" sits docked next to a snowy pier on a foggy day. The vessel has a prominent blue lower hull, a white superstructure with multiple tiers of windows, and a large bridge at the top. Metal railings run alongside the slushy concrete dock.

Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic

Alaska's Inside Passage (Eastbound)

Alaska

Photo: AleWi · CC BY-SA 4.0 (share-alike) · Re-encoded to WebP.

Speak With A Specialist

Ready to Book?

Our travel experts are standing by to help plan the perfect getaway. Call us, or send a note and we will come back to you.

Your Ship

National Geographic Venture

The second Quest-class hull, and the one that spends her winters in the Gulf of California

Aboard

  • Second and final ship of the Quest class, launched at Nichols Brothers in 2018
  • U.S.-flagged and U.S.-crewed, like her sister
  • The fleet's Baja ship, a large share of her year works out of Loreto
  • Same shallow draft as Quest, for inner passages and desert island anchorages
  • 50 cabins and 100 guests, with 52 staff and crew

Ashore

Where You Stop

Sitka

Juneau

A state capital with no road to the rest of the state, wedged between a mountain and a tidewater glacier.

Alaska

Alaska

Tidewater glaciers calving into the sea, humpbacks feeding in the Inside Passage, and gold-rush towns you can only reach by water, on a ship that carries you to all of it while you sleep.

Best Time to Go
Late May through early September; the season simply does not run outside it
Typical Length
7 nights round-trip, or 7 to 14 one-way with a land tour
Read the Full Guide
A majestic cruise ship (Norwegian Bliss) sailing through clear waters with snowy mountains as a backdrop.
Scenic view of snowy mountains from a cruise ship in Alaska, highlighting nature's beauty.
MS Radiance of the Seas docked in Juneau, Alaska. Owned by Royal Caribbean.
The Radiance of the Seas in Juneau, Alaska

Photo: Fletcher6 · CC BY-SA 3.0 (share-alike) · Re-encoded to WebP.

Compare Dates

The Same Trip, Other Weeks

The identical itinerary on this ship, priced by departure. Fares move week to week, and the difference is often larger than anything else on this page.

DepartsFrom
May 13, 2028
May 27, 2028
June 10, 2028
June 24, 2028
July 8, 2028
July 22, 2028
August 5, 2028
August 19, 2028
September 2, 2028This sailing
September 16, 2028