Oh hi! That’s me in Skagway!👆
Skagway is the amazing cruise port where you can do a helicopter tour with a glacier landing (for a glacier walk or to do dog sledding on a glacier), take a train through the mountains, and explore the Klondike Gold Rush history!
I have been to Skagway 6 times by cruise ship.
Here is what to know about Skagway cruise port for your Alaska cruise! 👇
All things Skagway on the blog!
- Best things to do in Skagway
- Top 10 things to do in Skagway
- Easy walks in Skagway
- Best Skagway excursions
- Skagway cruise port map + where do cruise ships dock + cruise ship shuttle
- Best hikes in Alaska cruise ports (including Skagway)
- Best Skagway excursions you must consider
- Individual Skagway activities
- Lower Reid Falls (and Gold Rush Cemetery)
- Lower Dewey Lake Trail
- What to pack
- Alaska cruise ports (including Skagway!)
- Skagway by season
Check the homepage on the blog for the beginner’s guide to Alaska cruises!
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Skagway | Juneau | Ketchikan | Icy Strait Point | Sitka | Victoria | Seattle | Vancouver | Anchorage
Read the reviews at travel partner websites!
Uniquely Skagway and/or very-Alaska experiences you must consider!
- Skagway is best known for being a former gateway town of the Klondike Gold Rush! (It was a gateway town for the Yukon of Canada, specifically.) The free way to experience this is by going to the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park visitor center in town.
- One of the most popular ways to learn more about the Klondike Gold Rush (and have a classic Alaska experience!) is through the White Pass train. (Look for this through your cruise line.) Another one of the most popular ways is through a drive from town on the Klondike Highway to the Yukon of Canada! You need to read the reviews for the Yukon suspension bridge tour and the full day Yukon tour! Or keep it simple and cheap by doing just a part of the Klondike Highway through the Skagway city and summit tour. (Still very memorable, but one of the cheapest Skagway tours since it's shorter.)
- Among the most epic things to do in Alaska is to walk on a glacier, and you can do that in Skagway! You must consider the glacier helicopter tour that includes walking on the glacier! (I did this in Skagway!) You are flying to the glacier (epic Alaska flightseeing experience!), that's why it's expensive. If you choose this as your ONE splurge excursion, I really think it will be a highlight of your cruise. You will remember it forever. See more about the best excursions in Skagway.
- Go waterfall chasing in Alaska through the waterfalls tour!
- Skagway on the cheap: Easy walking in Skagway cruise port
Skagway | Juneau | Ketchikan | Icy Strait Point | Sitka | Victoria | Seattle | Vancouver | Anchorage
Read the reviews at travel partner websites!
Uniquely Skagway and/or very-Alaska experiences you must consider!
- Skagway is best known for being a former gateway town of the Klondike Gold Rush! (It was a gateway town for the Yukon of Canada, specifically.) The free way to experience this is by going to the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park visitor center in town.
- One of the most popular ways to learn more about the Klondike Gold Rush (and have a classic Alaska experience!) is through the White Pass train. (Look for this through your cruise line.) Another one of the most popular ways is through a drive from town on the Klondike Highway to the Yukon of Canada! You need to read the reviews for the Yukon suspension bridge tour and the full day Yukon tour! Or keep it simple and cheap by doing just a part of the Klondike Highway through the Skagway city and summit tour. (Still very memorable, but one of the cheapest Skagway tours since it's shorter.)
- Among the most epic things to do in Alaska is to walk on a glacier, and you can do that in Skagway! You must consider the glacier helicopter tour that includes walking on the glacier! (I did this in Skagway!) You are flying to the glacier (epic Alaska flightseeing experience!), that's why it's expensive. If you choose this as your ONE splurge excursion, I really think it will be a highlight of your cruise. You will remember it forever. See more about the best excursions in Skagway.
- Go waterfall chasing in Alaska through the waterfalls tour!
- Skagway on the cheap: Easy walking in Skagway cruise port
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More Alaska cruise travel planning tips you need to know!
Juneau | Ketchikan | Skagway | Icy Strait Point | Sitka | Victoria
Seattle | Vancouver
Whittier | Seward | Anchorage
👉 Best of Alaska
👉 Before you book
👉 PACKING LIST: waterproof shoes | rain jacket or poncho | puffer jacket
Ketchikan broke a record for daily rainfall in May 2025! Juneau and Sitka had above average rainfall in April. So, if you plan to be outside a lot, you really might want to be prepared for the rain so you won't be miserable!
Things you might need for a day in Alaska on land or at sea!
Read the reviews on Amazon! I'm an Amazon Associate.*
For more ideas, do a search for Alaska cruise clothes!
*I may earn a commission.
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Pinterest tip: Share the travel ideas you find on pinterest with your travel partners! Go to your Alaska cruise travel board, and look for the little + person icon! Or, you can go to "edit board" and "invite" your travel partners as a "collaborator"! This way you can all add pins to one shared board and you can all easily see what ideas others have found!
More Alaska cruise travel planning tips you need to know!
Juneau | Ketchikan | Skagway | Icy Strait Point | Sitka | Victoria
Seattle | Vancouver
Whittier | Seward | Anchorage
👉 Best of Alaska
👉 Before you book
👉 PACKING LIST: waterproof shoes | rain jacket or poncho | puffer jacket
Ketchikan broke a record for daily rainfall in May 2025! Juneau and Sitka had above average rainfall in April. So, if you plan to be outside a lot, you really might want to be prepared for the rain so you won't be miserable!
Things you might need for a day in Alaska on land or at sea!
Read the reviews on Amazon! I'm an Amazon Associate.*
- Rain poncho for a day out and about
- Review from cruise ship passenger: "Absolutely loved having these for our Alaska excursions from the cruise ship! Nice, lightweight, easily packable... easy to put on over our backpacks... Also, highly breathable vs the disposable plastic ones. Ours held up to the windy conditions too!..."
- Read the full review.
- merrell waterproof shoes for women (one of the best shoe brands for the outdoors)
- merrell shoes for men
- travel binoculars for wildlife viewing from the cruise ship!
- Packable lightweight puffer jacket (aka travel-friendly)
- For women: puffer jacket | for men: puffer jacket
- Water resistant hiking clothes for Alaska
- for women: hiking pants | for men: hiking pants
For more ideas, do a search for Alaska cruise clothes!
*I may earn a commission.
📌 Save this post for later! Save on Pinterest! 👈📌
Pinterest tip: Share the travel ideas you find on pinterest with your travel partners! Go to your Alaska cruise travel board, and look for the little + person icon! Or, you can go to "edit board" and "invite" your travel partners as a "collaborator"! This way you can all add pins to one shared board and you can all easily see what ideas others have found!