TOURS, ETC.\Small-ship Glacier Bay cruises offered.Byline: Daily News Glacier Bay Glacier Bay Narrow inlet of the Pacific Ocean, southeastern Alaska coast, U.S. About 60 mi (97 km) long, it contains 16 active glaciers that descend from the St. Elias Mountains to the east and Fairweather Range to the west. Tours & Cruises offers seven-day cruise of Alaska's Inside Passage aboard the M/V M/V Motor Vehicles M/V Motor Vessel M/V Merchant Vessel Executive Explorer. The cruise includes an excursion to Wrangell, a waterfront community near the mouth of the Stikine River Stikine River River, northwestern British Columbia, Canada, and southeastern Alaska, U.S. The river rises in the Stikine Ranges of British Columbia and flows in a wide arc west and southwest before emptying into the Pacific Ocean after a course of 335 mi (540 km). , whale-watching through Frederick Sound Frederick Sound (also called Prince Frederick Sound or Prince Frederick's Sound) is a passage of water in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska that separates Kupreanof Island to the south from Admiralty Island in the north. , and visits to Misty Fjords, Wrangell Narrows, Glacier Bay, Tracy Arm Fjord fjord or fiord (fyôrd), steep-sided inlet of the sea characteristic of glaciated regions. Fjords probably resulted from the scouring by glaciers of valleys formed by any of several processes, including faulting and erosion by and port calls in Sitka, Haines and Skagway. Cruises this year begin May 12 and end Sept. 16 with 22 departures from Ketchikan or Juneau. Cost ranges from $1,845 to $2,795 per person. Air fare to Alaska is not included. Information: (800) 451-5952. Whale-watching: Sealife Adventures offers three-day motorcoach tours to Baja California, where thousands of gray whales mate and give birth each spring. Two days of the tour will be spent aboard 22-foot-long skiffs in Scammons Lagoon. Tours depart Los Angeles Feb. 17 and 24 and March 2. Cost is $330 per person, double occupancy, and include motorcoach transportation, two days whale-watching, two nights' lodgings and services of a bilingual guide. Information: (310) 373-2949. Historic Hollywood: Pierce College Extension offers a "Hooray for Hollywood" tour with stops at spots where filmdom's pioneers and stars have left their imprint, plus a private tour of a luxury Hollywood chateau built as a replica of a 17th-century French castle. The tour runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 24. Cost is $42 and includes motorcoach transportation, admissions, tour guide and lunch at Farmers Market. Information: (818) 719-6425. Indian territory: Journeys Into American Indian Territory offers an April 12-18 horseback ride through northern Arizona's Navajo nation. The tour begins in Flagstaff Flagstaff, city (1990 pop. 45,857), seat of Coconino co., N Ariz., near the San Francisco Peaks; inc. 1894. Lumbering, ranching, and a lively tourist trade thrive in the region, where many ruined pueblos, numerous state parks, several lakes, and large pine forests , with travel on horseback and in wagons, camping in heated wall tents, portable showers and toilets. Tour participants will spend an evening with a Navajo family, meet with craftspeople crafts·people pl.n. People who practice a craft; artisans. , join Navajo sheepherders at work, learn horsemanship horsemanship: see equestrianism. horsemanship Art of training, riding, and handling horses. Good horsemanship requires that a rider control the animal's direction, gait, and speed with maximum effectiveness and minimum effort. and attend campfire history talks. Cost is $1,170 per person, including ground transportation, lodging, instruction and most meals. Air fare to Arizona is not included. Information: (800) 458-2632. Single travel: The nonprofit Single Persons Travel Club will lead a April 19-22 singles tour to Baja California aboard the Carnival ship Holiday. Rates start at $299 per person, double occupancy. Rommmate matching is available. Information: (800) 621-8911. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Glacier Bay cruises feature spectacular, up-close views of glaciers. |
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