10-night On Your Own Cruisetour #ABX

Arrive in Anchorage and get settled in the Hotel Captain Cook for an overnight stay. You might enjoy getting out to see the shops, restaurants and cultural attractions of this surprisingly metropolitan city.

Princess Rail service takes you deep into the wilderness. Arriving at Talkeetna, you'll enjoy a scenic transfer to the Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge, where a magnificent view of Denali await you. Sit and gaze at the majesty of "The Great One" from the lodge's treehouse designed and built by Pete Nelson of Animal Planet's Treehouse Masters. Hear stories about climbing Denali in the Hudson Theater or roast a marshmallow at the fireside patio.

Board a comfortable motorcoach for a scenic ride that takes you to the Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge, located a short shuttle ride away from spectacular Denali National Park. Get settled, and perhaps do an optional excursion. Or you may enjoy the spectacular main lodge, river view deck, and Princess Village with the popular Christmas cottage and sugar shack. Be sure to check out Fannie Q's Saloon, named after a famed local homesteader.

Travel by motorcoach to Whittier and your awaiting ship. Embark and sail this evening.

Seventy-five miles long and covering over 1,350 square miles in area, the Hubbard Glacier is the largest tidewater glacier in North America. It is also one of the most impressive, a 300-foot wall of ice rising sheer and jagged from the ocean. You may hear the rumble and see the monumental splash as the glacier breaks off in great ice chunks, known as "calves."