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Lupin wildflowers, Alaska                                                   WINDSTAR’S
                                                                                FAVORITE FIVE:



                                                                               •  Sitka, Alaska
                                                                               •  Wrangell, Alaska
                                                                               •  Tracy Arm, Alaska
                                                                               •  Haines, Alaska
                                                                               •  Prince Rupert,
                                                                                  British Columbia
































                                                        HEART OF THE







       WHY WINDSTAR’S ALASKA:
      •  Enjoy close-up views of   •  Visit small and less-visited   •  Launch a kayak or Zodiac   •  In Alaska, travel with eight
        emerald coastlines, glaciers,   ports of call like Wrangell    straight from the yacht in   Expedition Guides with
        and waterfalls in the       and Haines                   remote places like Misty   expertise in various
        Canadian Inside Passage,   •  Get closer to the twin     Fjords and Kenai Fjords   disciplines, who lead guided
        Kenai Fjords, Misty Fjords,   Sawyer Glaciers on our yacht,   where excursions aren’t   tours and are available all
        and either Tracy Arm or     which can navigate further   usually offered           your cruise to answer any
        Endicott Arm                up the narrow fjord                                    questions you may have


      FEATURED PORTS:
      Kenai Fjords, Alaska – Alaska’s smallest national park holds some   Wrangell, Alaska – With only about 2,000 residents, Wrangell
      of Alaska’s biggest natural wonders. Very few cruise lines go here   is one of Alaska’s smaller communities. You won’t find big
      but on Windstar’s Star Breeze you’ll enjoy a full day of scenic   ships or fancy gift shops here, but you will find bald eagles in
      cruising. The towering walls of rock and lush forests that line the   the cottonwoods, a colorful history, and a rare and authentic
      fjords are breathtaking, but the ice face itself is even more so,   frontier charm. Spend the day discovering totem poles and
      regularly calving icebergs the size of small houses. Wildlife along   Tlingit history at Chief Shakes Island, or wander Petroglyph
      the way might range from brown bears and mountain goats to   Beach pondering the meaning of the 8,000-year-old rock art.
      sea lions and whales, and with Windstar’s exclusive Signature   Or, if you’re feeling adventurous, watch wild bears fish the river
      Expeditions, you can see it all up close by kayak or Zodiac.  for spawning salmon.



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