Discover Skagway – Where the Past Has Been Preserved For You to See - Right Now

Your cruise ship (Cruise Shore Excursions) on the Inside Passage passes through some pretty amazing landscape. Yes, it is breathtakingly beautiful. Yes, it is remote and uninhabited, but did you ever stop to wonder how people in the past coped with those harsh conditions? Skagway is a settlement that keeps its stories of the past alive. It is a town that has survived long after the people who came searching for gold took their chances - the historic graveyard can attest to the fact for many; the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush was the end of the road.

You can witness for yourself the secrets and scandals of the deep distant past as they are brought back to life, or you can see the evidence of the passing parade from the 1890’s with : -

· Historic Skagway (Skagway Excursion): In Skagway, they like to hang out their “dirty laundry” in public every day! All is revealed during the ‘Days of ‘98’show. This colorful depiction of the Scoundrels, Scallywags and Saints of the past will illustrate to you exactly how Skagway got its name as “The Rowdiest and Roughest Frontier Town” back in the gold rush days.

· Gold Rush Cemetery: Pause and reflect a while at the harsh conditions that the people who mined gold around Skagway had to endure at times. Each cemetery has its tales of hardship, loss and tragedy, and Skagway’s Gold Rush Cemetery has more than its fair share of evidence that its occupants did not make it to “Four Score Years and Ten”.

We are true locals, and we know every story there is to tell from those days. We are happy to share them with anyone who wants to know because we love to keep Skagway’s history alive, and how better than to tell the stories to those who will take them on to the rest of the world.

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Discover Skagway (Skagway Alaska tours) – The Thrill Seeker’s Paradise!

Discover Skagway (Skagway Alaska tours) – The Thrill Seeker’s Paradise!

You are on the cruise on the Inside Passage - you’ve done lots of relaxing, eating, gazing out to sea, more relaxing and perhaps a little side trip or two traipsing around the sights…. Then you get to Skagway! Now you can really step up the pace because in this plucky little ex-gold mining town there are people who want you to have a day you will remember forever. In fact they want to make it the pinnacle of your Inside Passage journey – literally. If you’re not worried by heights, then we can show you how to turn a giant cruise ship into a bathtub toy! We have a number of ways to do this:-

· White Pass (Tour White Pass Summit): You go from sea level to 3292 ft in just 14 miles – and there it is, your bathtub toy way down below you while you are surrounded by glaciers, waterfalls, the majestic Coastal Mountains, and a view right into Canada.

· The Overlook: Way up alongside of AB Mountain is the Overlook. There you get a panoramic view of the whole of Skagway, its harbor and the magnificent surrounds – and of course your bathtub toy sized cruise ship anchored down below you.

· Flight seeing: What if you wanted a view that even the best lookouts can’t give you? Then catch a small plane to get superlative view of Mount Fair-weather, the whole of Glacier Bay with all its rivers of ice. After guessing where your cabin is, in the now bathtub toy size cruise ship below, the master pilot will take you to visit the sorts of wild places you could never see any other way. Flight seeing is an adrenaline rush you really should experience at least once in your life and where better than in one of the world’s last wilderness areas.

Some of the other Bucket-List thrills that you can have in Skagway and wild Alaska are:-

Whale Watching (Skagway ship tours) on the Taiya Inlet A 30 foot marine trawler transports you into a world you would never otherwise get to see. We take you as close as possible to passing whales, watch the sea otters having fun, keep a lookout for soaring American bald eagles, and you may even be lucky enough to catch a view of a mountain goat or brown bear. It all seems like a National Geographic nature documentary – except it is REAL and you are in it!

Wild Salmon Fishing is an even more personal experience. You have the choice to take your chances catching your first wild Sockeye, King, Pink or Silver Salmon. An experienced crew takes you to secret fishing spots to ensure you have the very best chance of making this dream come true. Don’t forget your camera so that you can capture that moment when the one that didn’t get away is on the end of your line.

So your Inside Passage cruise stop at Skagway can take you to new heights. You can be sure that you will be delivered back your full-size cruise ship in time to go relax and cruise again.

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