Experience the Small Ship Difference

About Us

Alaska Bound is a family run travel companyhelping Australian travelers explore Alaska & Canada up-close since 1999. We specialise in Small Ship & Expedition Cruising in Alaska & Canada and offer detailed itineraries, explore places not see by larger cruise tours. Our knowledge of Alaska & Canada will help you gain an intriguing insight into these great lands of history and an abundance of nature. Adventure loving travelers can be guaranteed of a truly memorable holiday, perhaps even life changing!

Alaska Bound is Australia’s only company dedicated solely to small ship cruising as we believe this is the only way to really experience this great land. Small Ship cruising offers experienced crew and naturalists onboard, flexible itineraries, maximum wildlife viewing, fine cuisine, soft adventure activities with an intimate number of fellow passengers.We look forward to helping you create a small ship adventure of a lifetime aboard one of the spectacular cruise companies we have on offer read on!

Our Small Ship Cruise Line-Up

American Safari Cruises - Founded in 1997 to offer a unique luxury small ship cruising experience. Onboard elegant cruising yachts with only 12, 24 or 36 guests, experience a truly handcrafted cruise combining the perfect balance of spectacular scenery, abundant & up-close wildlife, time to really relax, fine dining, excellent customer service and engaging opportunities to learn from experts and locals alike. All shore excursions, transfers and baggage handling from the airport to the yacht are included. American Safari Cruises offer flexible itineraries allowing the guests to dictate if they want to spend more time in a certain area to watch whales or spend extra time kayaking.

InnerSea Discoveries – Parent company of luxury yacht cruise line American Safari Cruises, offer moderately priced small-group wilderness adventure voyages in wildlife-rich Southeast Alaska. The inaugural sailings will be in May 2011 aboard the 49-guest Wilderness Explorer and 49-guest Wilderness Discoverer, these vessels offer creature comforts that many other expedition vessels do not. Innersea Discoveries offer an intensive active exploration of Alaska’s inside passage, with three different itineraries.

Alaska Dream Cruises - Alaska Dream Cruises is a new small ship overnight cruise operator, owned and run by well known Alaska day cruise operator Allen Marine Tours.
For over 40 years, Allen Marine Tours have showcased the best of Southeast Alaska on custom built jet boat day tours. Now they are sharing their insider’s knowledge of Alaska’s Inside Passage offering 3, 6, 8, & 11-day cruises with a focus on scenic beauty, amazing wildlife and intriguing native culture. Step away from the crowds of the larger cruise tours and Linger in the midst of a pod of foraging, spouting, breaching whales for a truly memorable and unique travel experience.

Island Spirit Cruises Offer a unique insight cruising Alaska & Canadian waters. Captain Jeff Behrens is the owner of Island Spirit Cruises and is personally involved in your cruise from beginning to end. He has been cruising northwestern waters for the last 12 years, northeastern waters before that, and has transited the Panama Canal. If your idea of a great holiday includes spending absolutely quiet evenings anchored in peaceful coves, getting up-close and personal with the native wildlife, and sight-seeing and shopping throughout Southeast Alaska's most popular destinations, then we have the perfect cruise for you.

Mothership Adventures - This small family run business operates from the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. Mothership offers personal, eco friendly, small ship adventure cruising experiences. Each cruise or tour has a maximum of 8 – 10 people onboard and with 4 crew members. Explore the spectacular nature and wildlife that British Columbia has to offer. Activities include Kayak, Zodiac and hiking tours and more. All tours are onboard the beautifully restored classic Columbia III. The Columbia III has a history on the BC coast, as one of the fleet of the Columbia Coast Mission that provided medical services to remote communities from 1905 – 1969.

We look forward to helping you create an adventure of a lifetime to the Last Frontier that will inspire & excite you.

Maryann Anderson & Suzannah Cowley

Alaska Bound Directors