Seabourn, the chief in ultra-luxury cruising and expedition journey, is setting course for a rare 2025 Alaska season as Seabourn Quest makes her maiden arrival to “The Last Frontier.” From May to September 2025, the ultra-luxury ship will sail on 18 seven-day itineraries between Vancouver, British Columbia and Juneau, Alaska, providing visitors unparalleled entry to the area’s breathtaking landscapes and wealthy cultures. Seabourn’s unique Ventures by Seabourn program supplies extra experiential and interactive alternatives to discover Alaska’s hidden gems.
“Alaska is a destination that evokes awe and wonder, and our 2025 season is designed to immerse our guests in its unparalleled beauty and cultural heritage in a way that only Seabourn can provide,” stated Mark Tamis, president of Seabourn. “With our Ventures by Seabourn expedition experiences, we’re offering guests an exclusive opportunity to connect deeply with Alaska and British Columbia’s natural wonders when they sail with Seabourn.”
Ventures by Seabourn In-depth Experiences Led by World-Class Expedition Team
Seabourn Quest’s 2025 Alaska season will characteristic Ventures by Seabourn, a rare assortment of non-compulsory excursions, providing visitors expedition-style adventures by mountaineering, kayaking, and Zodiac cruises. Available on all Alaska sailings, Ventures by Seabourn will embrace explorations of Hubbard Glacier, Tracy/Endicott Arm, Inian Islands, Rudyerd Bay (Misty Fjords), Alert Bay in British Columbia and extra. Ventures by Seabourn excursions are led by the ship’s elite, world-class expedition crew of naturalists, science, wildlife and historic consultants who often work together with visitors all through every crusing, sharing insights and in-depth data on the historical past, ecology and tradition of respective areas. Featured excursions embrace:
- Kayak Hubbard Glacier – Guided by an expedition crew member, visitors can paddle a kayak amidst the grandeur of North America’s largest and most spectacular tidewater glacier, Hubbard Glacier. Towering icy cliffs rise as much as 400 ft, creating a panoramic backdrop.
- Rainbow Falls Trail Adventure Hike | Wrangell, Alaska – Guest can be a part of the Expedition crew to hike the Rainbow Trail in Alaska’s temperate rain forest, the place the information will share the pure historical past and the human historical past of the area. The complete hike is alongside a artifical boardwalk that winds by unbelievable forest surroundings, together with a phenomenal creek and the magnificent Rainbow Falls.
- Zodiac North/South Sawyer Glacier or Endicott Arm – Legendary surroundings, considerable wildlife and boundless magnificence await visitors as they journey by Zodiac by Tracy Arm to Sawyer Glacier, or to Dawes Glacier on Endicott Arm. Guests can look ahead to waterfalls and wildlife, together with a wide range of birdlife, mountain goats, sea lions and harbor seals. Operated by a talented expedition crew member, the Zodiac tour gives visitors a panoramic water-level perspective of the glacier and surrounding ice formations (ice circumstances allowing), with the possibility to witness icebergs calving from a perfect vantage level.
Seabourn’s Unique Alaska Experiences
Carrying solely 458 visitors, Seabourn Quest’s intimate measurement supplies visitors with unparalleled entry to Alaska’s smaller, lesser-visited ports, providing visitors extra intimate and significant connections to every vacation spot. Each itinerary options scenic cruising by jaw-dropping settings similar to Seymour Narrows, Stikine Strait, Snow Pass and the Behm Canal, interspersed with visits at culturally important cities from Ketchikan to Sitka to Wrangell, Alaska, and Prince Rupert and Alert Bay in British Columbia. Each crusing will embrace at the very least one scenic cruise of glaciers like Tracy or Endicott Arm or Glacier Bay National Park. The northbound and southbound voyages characteristic distinctive ports and might also be mixed to create an extended, extra immersive 14-day round-trip Vancouver expertise, that includes hardly any repeated ports.
To additional improve the journey, visitors will obtain a complimentary Helly Hansen waterproof jacket. Guests booked in Penthouse and Premium Suites can even take pleasure in complimentary use of Swarovski Optik binoculars for a more in-depth take a look at the area’s wildlife and surroundings.
Celebrating a Seabourn Legend
Alaska’s 2025 season additionally marks the ultimate cruise season of beloved cruise director, Jan Stearman, earlier than her retirement. Since becoming a member of Seabourn Pride in 1995, Jan rapidly grew to become the center and soul of each voyage and has spent a number of seasons making Alaska voyages unforgettable for visitors on board. Guests are invited to have fun her exceptional profession throughout her final season in Alaska and her last voyage on Seabourn Quest’s 7-Day Alaska Fjords & Canadian Inside Passage embarking on August 1, 2025.
New Seattle Connector Package
Seabourn is making it simpler than ever for visitors to embark on their Alaska adventures with the brand new Seattle Connector Package. Guests can fly into Seattle the day earlier than their cruise to discover the town and revel in an opulent keep on the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. The package deal contains:
- Private automobile switch from Seattle airport to the resort
- One-night keep on the Fairmont Olympic Hotel with breakfast
- Shared transfers from the resort to Seattle airport and from the Juneau airport to the ship
- Flights from Seattle to Juneau
Sail of the Year Event
Select Alaska voyages on Seabourn Quest qualify for Seabourn’s newest promotion, “The Sail of the Year Event,” providing financial savings of as much as 15 % on choose Seabourn ultra-luxury ocean and expedition voyages and as much as $1,000USD shipboard credit score per suite. The promotion is accessible by February 18, 2025. Applicable voyages embrace:
- May 16-23, 2025, 7-Day Alaska Inside Passage & Glacier Bay, Vancouver to Juneau
- May 23-30, 2025, 7-Day Glacier Bay & Canadian Inside Passage, Juneau to Vancouver
- June 6-13, 2025, 7-Day Alaska Fjords & Canadian Inside Passage, Juneau to Vancouver
- June 27 – Jul 11, 2025, 14-Day Alaska Glaciers, Fjords & Inside Passage, Roundtrip Vancouver
- Sept. 5-19, 2025, 14-Day Glacier Bay, Fjords & Inside Passage, Roundtrip Vancouver
For extra particulars about Seabourn, or to discover the worldwide collection of Seabourn cruising choices, name Seabourn at 1-800-929-9391, go to www.seabourn.com or contact knowledgeable journey advisor.
About Seabourn:
Seabourn represents the top of ultra-luxury ocean and expedition journey and operates a collection of six trendy ships. The all-inclusive, boutique ships provide all-suite lodging with oceanfront views; award-winning eating; complimentary premium spirits and effective wines out there always; famend service supplied by an industry-leading crew; a relaxed, sociable environment that makes visitors really feel at house; a pedigree in expedition journey by the Ventures by Seabourn program and two new ultra-luxury purpose-built expedition ships, together with Seabourn Venture that launched in 2022 and Seabourn Pursuit in 2023. Seabourn takes vacationers to each continent on the globe, visiting greater than 400 ports together with marquee cities and lesser-known ports and hideaways. Guests of Seabourn expertise extraordinary choices and applications, together with partnerships with main entertainers, eating, private well being and wellbeing, and fascinating audio system.
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Seabourn is constantly ranked among the many world’s prime journey decisions by skilled critics and the discerning readers of prestigious journey publications similar to Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast Traveler. Its fashionable, distinctive cruising holidays are famend for:
- Intimate ships with a non-public yacht-like environment masterfully designed by iconic hospitality atelier Tihany Design*
- All ocean-front suites luxuriously appointed, most with a non-public veranda
- Intuitive, personalised service supplied by a crew enthusiastic about exceeding visitors expectations
- Complimentary premium spirits and effective wines out there on board always
- Complimentary caviar, an additional indulgence provided all through your voyage
- World-class eating and culinary experiences that rival the best eating places wherever
- All eating venues are complimentary, dine the place, when and with whom you want
- Welcome Champagne and complimentary in-suite bar stocked together with your preferences
- Tipping is neither required, nor anticipated
- Seabourn Conversations, connecting with visionary consultants
- Curated voyages to all seven continents delivering award-winning genuine experiences
- Ventures by Seabourn®, non-compulsory shore excursions, improve and lengthen your expertise in choose locations**^
- Complimentary leisure experiences, providing a wide range of reveals and reside music
- Complimentary Wi-Fi packages with limitless minutes powered by SpaceX’s Starlink
- Complimentary Signature Events: Marina Day, Caviar within the Surf®, Evening at Ephesus, Shopping with the Chef, Caviar on the Ice, Polar Plunge, and extra
- Committed to environmental stewardship and sustainability
*Seabourn Encore, Seabourn Ovation, Seabourn Venture, Seabourn Pursuit
**Optional applications, for added cost
^Available on Seabourn Sojourn, Seabourn Quest, Seabourn Encore, Seabourn Ovation