How about rethinking your summer holiday this year or in 2024 with an escape into the dazzling wilds of icy Alaska courtesy of Oceania, founded in 2002 and now the world’s largest upper premium cruise line – one known for its fleet of small luxury vessels.
These include the beautifully re-inspired Regatta, the perfect ship for revelling in the natural wonders of this ‘Last Frontier’, immersing you in the best of the USA’s 49th state with its calving glaciers, breath-taking fjords, fascinating wildlife encounters and lively historic gold-mining towns such as Juneau and Skagway.
And as well as witnessing the beauty of the Hubbard Glacier, crabbing in the Bering Sea, helicopter flight-seeing, glacier trekking and other adventures, you’ll be treated to outstanding, multi-award-winning cuisine inspired by French chef Jacques Pépin and prepared by talented chefs in spacious state-of-the-art galleys akin to those in Michelin-starred restaurants, including plant-based menus.
We also love Oceania’s Aquamar Spa + Vitality Center with its rejuvenating treatments, healing therapies and complimentary fitness classes; among them are couples’ massages in an exclusive suite, marine-based wraps and scrubs, traditional Chinese medicine, medi-spa aesthetic treatments, HIIT, yoga and Pilates.
All of Oceania’s suites and staterooms are luxurious, generously proportioned and decorated in relaxing earthy tones, with designer furnishings, fine fabrics, plush draperies and chic lighting. The Owner’s and Vista Suites, Oceania Suites and Penthouse Suites come with VIP services including in-suite dinners courtesy of your butler, Bulgari amenities and private teak verandas. Or upgrade further still to an exclusive Concierge Level Veranda Stateroom for further exclusive benefits.
We’ve highlighted two of our favourite itineraries, both part of the 20th-anniversary sale embracing complimentary airfare and airport transfers, up to USD$800 shipboard credit, plus one complimentary OLife Choice amenity (up to USD$800 further shipboard credit, eight shore excursions or a drinks package).
Seattle | Cruising the Inside Passage | Ketchikan | Juneau | Skagway | Cruising Hubbard Glacier | Icy Strait Point (Hoonah) | Sitka | Cruising the Outside Passage | Victoria | Vancouver
Seattle | Cruising the Inside Passage | Ketchikan | Juneau | Skagway | Cruising Hubbard Glacier | Icy Strait Point (Hoonah) | Sitka | Cruising the Outside Passage | Victoria | Seattle
Both of these trips you the chance to marvel at the natural beauty of Alaska while cruising the Inside Passage and Hubbard Glacier, as well as discovering the unique culture of quaint coastal towns. One is a Seattle round-trip and one ends in Vancouver instead.
Among the array of excursions to choose between are a visit to Saxman Native Village with a lumberjack show during your stop in Ketchikan with its famous totem poles, lake kayaking followed by a salmon bake while anchored at Juneau, and a Klondike rock climbing and rappelling adventure from the well-preserved gold rush town of Skagway.
From Icy Strait Point you can head out on a Spasski River Valley wildlife and bear search, while Sitak has a full 24 attractions listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Changing the pace in Victoria, Western Canada's oldest city, you can let yourself be tempted by high tea at the Empress Hotel or head for Vancouver Island for a tour of wineries and cider farms.
To explore Alaska with Oceania, benefitting from the aforementioned 20th-anniversary savings and from full financial protection, contact your Travel Counsellor today.
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