Due to the increasing numbers of families and active passengers on Alaska cruises, cruise lines are increasingly offering more adventuresome shore excursions. Norwegian Cruise Lines has announced a roster of 2008 exclusive shore excursions ranging from touring by chauffer-driveen Hummer to sightseeing by small boat for a closer look at Mother Nature.

In Juneau, passengers can take an expedition-style catamaran to explore ice-hewn fjords and the rugged coast or go off the beaten path aboard a Hummer. In Ketchikan, NCL offers touring by skiff, SUV and floatplane. The “Alaskan Chef’s Table” excursion is a five-course tasting menu of local seafood prepared by a local chef. In Ketchikan, passengers may join a commercial fishing boat in the Bering Sea or visit Clover Pass and Naha Bay by high speed, enclosed jet boat. My favorite tour is grizzley bear viewing in Prince Rupert, British Columbia which has a high concentration of the mamouth animals.

Do these tours tempt you to visit Alaska? 

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