I am taking a cruise through Alaska this August. This will be my first time up there and I would appreciate if anyone has any must do/see/eats in any of the following towns.

Sitka
Juneau
Icy Strait Point
Ketchikan

Thanks for any help.

Do you get to do much while on the Cruise? My assumption was that they always give a few excursion/activity options when you dock in town for the day.

Hike in Juneau. Pick some salmon berries.
Read about Russian settlements.

Kwight20 said:

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I am taking a cruise through Alaska this August. This will be my first time up there and I would appreciate if anyone has any must do/see/eats in any of the following towns.

Sitka
Juneau
Icy Strait Point
Ketchikan

Thanks for any help.

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which cruise line? NCL has built its own docks outside of some cities so the transportation time between ship and port cuts down the amount of time you'll have.

I took the ferry system when I visited the inside passage. Can you still do that?

Juneau - helicopter tour w glacier landing.
Ketch - hired a local float plane to tour the fjords and landed on a lake to catch mountain trout

We are not cruisers, but will be in AK in August, with one day in Juneau and plan to stay a couple of hours at the Red Dog Saloon as soon as it opens. If you can get in, it is worth it.

94chem said:

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I took the ferry system when I visited the inside passage. Can you still do that?

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Yup. Wrangell Straights are pretty fantastic.

Icy Strait Point-book a whale watch tour with Glacier Wind Charters.

http://g-wind.com/

Do people really order whole trays of duck fart shots at that place?

Mustang1 said:

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Do people really order whole trays of duck fart shots at that place?

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no idea. just s cool that pace to have a few beers.

Here are some ideas for Juneau and Ketchikan. I've never stopped at Icy Strait Point and the only excursion I've done in Sitka wasn't that great. The Bayview Pub in Sitka is good. I make it a point to eat fish and chips in every Alaska town I visit. Leaving Sitka is cool. I've seen a lot of whales in Sitka Sound near Mt. Edgecumbe/Kruzof Island.

Ketchikan

Alaska Fish House (Fish & chips)
https://exclusivealaska.com/fish-house
https://goo.gl/maps/yWonjDhA3mM6wW278

Creek Street (walking area with shops, salmon in the creek, etc)
https://www.experienceketchikan.com/creek-street-ketchikan.html

Jellyfish Donuts
https://goo.gl/maps/tciXDoqjJsPf4Srx5

Burger Queen
https://goo.gl/maps/HV3f1djJcfr1dzfb7

Most cruise lines offer a pub crawl excursion and here is where they go.

Arctic Bar
https://goo.gl/maps/UUMZuaezMJjv4k1w7

Sourdough Bar
https://goo.gl/maps/hJZ1bw2BSjBH74eZ8

Bar Harbor Ale House
https://goo.gl/maps/TZW5binAv3MJk1UZA

108 Taphouse & Burger Bar
https://goo.gl/maps/MQ3Xzc7xQK2hau8BA1

Potlatch Bar (where the fishermen go)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/T1SDMRorTF5JS4KA6

Juneau

Hangar On The Wharf (fish & chips, crab)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/iWJp76DNYBrs2a3N9

Deckhand Dave's (Fish tacos/fish & chips)
https://goo.gl/maps/uDA6kBfrkjtjVmQNA

Red Dog Saloon
https://goo.gl/maps/gnyrH8kBiS96zE4JA.

Tracy's King Crab Shack
https://goo.gl/maps/8NsSpQPu1HDVp3PT8

Sandpiper Cafe (all day breakfast)
https://goo.gl/maps/L7G9jS4eg6WPXf3o6

Alaska Brewing Public House
https://goo.gl/maps/PJAk6kU4tNefbbpd6

Alaska State Museum
https://goo.gl/maps/vGdQL3RWZmz8xu5g6