Reservations for sight seeing tours??
I am planning on going to Alaska in late May via the ferry system. A couple questions. 1) is there any problem with moving things up so as to arrive in Skagway mid May. 2) Ive read somewhere that...
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We didn't take our RV on our ferry trip. We rented a Class C in Skagway and re-rented in Anchorage where it was cheaper. We have also driven the whole route. Each way gives you a different perspective. Our ferry trip left from Bellingham on May 15. We were gone a month and a RV park in Birch Bay let us store our RV there while gone. We were shuttled to Bellingham. We flew back to Bellingham from Anchorage after the month. The Alaskan Ferry route included all that you mentioned except Sitka. We enjoyed Ketchikan the best. We weren't in Wrangell or St. Petersburg long enough but from what we saw we wouldn't pay extra for stopping there. I understand Sitka is very nice.
Not sure what tours out of Ketchikan you are planning but to do the little town you don't need a tour. It's very walkable. There were tour vans waiting at the ferry in Juneau which took us to Mendenhall Glacier. We didn't need reservations at that time. No cruises there. When we got off in Skagway there were no cruise ships there for two wonderfully quiet days. Then they arrived.... :( We left.
Of course, every day is different but we had awesome weather mid-May. We got a room but if we did it again we would not. There were plenty of nice lounge chairs inside for sleeping and it was quiet at night. Young workers going up had their tents outside and we enjoyed their antics and guitar-playing during the day. They lived on peanut butter and jelly. :)
Mid-May you will see a lot of waterfalls along the trip. Bears were at the water's edge fishing and whales were plentiful. It was beautiful with sun every day. Hope your weather will be just as nice.
Another year we drove up and spent the whole summer. It was absolutely fantastic! Again, we lucked out with the warmest, driest summer they had, as stated in the newspapers. No mosquitoes either!
Not sure what tours out of Ketchikan you are planning but to do the little town you don't need a tour. It's very walkable. There were tour vans waiting at the ferry in Juneau which took us to Mendenhall Glacier. We didn't need reservations at that time. No cruises there. When we got off in Skagway there were no cruise ships there for two wonderfully quiet days. Then they arrived.... :( We left.
Of course, every day is different but we had awesome weather mid-May. We got a room but if we did it again we would not. There were plenty of nice lounge chairs inside for sleeping and it was quiet at night. Young workers going up had their tents outside and we enjoyed their antics and guitar-playing during the day. They lived on peanut butter and jelly. :)
Mid-May you will see a lot of waterfalls along the trip. Bears were at the water's edge fishing and whales were plentiful. It was beautiful with sun every day. Hope your weather will be just as nice.
Another year we drove up and spent the whole summer. It was absolutely fantastic! Again, we lucked out with the warmest, driest summer they had, as stated in the newspapers. No mosquitoes either!
