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Please feel free to use this general information in planning your trip. However, before making flight or other arrangements, please contact us to ensure availability on the trip you want, and to ensure that specific details, such as boarding time and location, for your trip are confirmed. Changes may occur from year to year.

Upon booking you will receive a comprehensive trip planning guide from us.

Port of Departure:

Prince Rupert, B.C. (Trip 1) OR Petersburg, Alaska (Trip 2)

Port of Return:

Petersburg, Alaska (Trip 1) OR Prince Rupert, B.C. (Trip 2).

How to Get to the Ship:

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By Air

By Air
Note that this is a one-way trip. To fly to/from Prince Rupert, you will connect through the hub of Vancouver International Airport (B.C.). To get to/from Petersburg, you will connect through the hub of Seattle International Airport (WA). Although this means you take 2 1-way flights, instead of a return flight, there is very little price difference between these flights and a return flight.

How to get to and from Prince Rupert

Air Canada
www.aircanada.com 1-888-247-2262
Daily flights from Vancouver International Airport to Prince Rupert.

Note: Our contact at Tourism Prince Rupert recommends that you make your seat selection on Air Canada when you book your flight, rather than at the airport.

Hawkair
http://hawkair.net 1-800-487-1216
Hawkair offers flights to Prince Rupert from Vancouver International Airport.

Important Note About Prince Rupert Airport Prince Rupert Airport is located on Digby Island. Included in the price of your flight is a trip on the shuttle bus and ferry between the airport and the downtown Prince Rupert.

Upon arrival in Prince Rupert, this shuttle will drop you off at the Highliner Inn, in Prince Rupert, where taxis await.
When departing, the shuttle will pick you up at the Highliner Inn at least two hours before your flight time and take you to the airport. If you are returning home from Prince Rupert airport, you should visit www.ypr.ca and click Passenger Information to review the shuttle schedule. You may also call the shuttle info line at 250-622-2222.

How to Get to and from Petersburg
Alaska Airlines
www.alaskaair.com 1-800-252-7522

Where to Stay:

In Prince Rupert
Guests have stayed at and recommend the:
Crest Hotel - www.cresthotel.bc.ca   1-800-663-8150
(right on the water)
   and
The Eagle Bluff bed and breakfast - http://www.citytel.net/eaglebluff/   1-800-833-1550

In Petersburg
Information to Come

In Vancouver
Coast Vancouver Airport Hotel - Visit website

Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel - http://www.deltahotels.com/hotels/hotels.php?hotelId=9

Travel Agent

We are happy to recommend the services of our travel agent. She books travel for us and has assisted Maple Leaf guests for many years.

Trip / Medical Insurance

Due to the remoteness of the areas we travel in we highly recommend travel/medical trip insurance that covers possible emergency medical evacuation.
We highly recommend trip cancellation insurance. This protects you in case you have to cancel for a variety of reasons (including illness). This must be purchased at the time your booking is confirmed.

Travel Documentation

You must have a valid passport.
If the US or Canada require that citizens from your country have other documentation such as a visa in order to enter either country, you are responsible for having it with you. To find out what you need, ask your nearest consulate.

Suggested Reading - Alaska Adventure Small Ship Cruise

Title	Author, ISBN	Subject Area

Coming Into the Country	John McPhee. 0374522871	History, Natural History

Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska	by Corey Ford. Alaska Northwest Books. ISBN 0-882-40-394-x	History, Natural History

Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings	Jonathan Raban. ISBN 0679776141	Memoir

Travels in Alaska	John Muir. ISBN 0395901480	Natural History, History

Raven Steals the Light	By Bill Reid and Robert Bringhurst. ISBN 0295975245	First Nations Stories

Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form	By Bill Holm. ISBN 0295951028	First Nations Art

These and many other books on the natural and cultural history of the Pacific Coast are on board in our library. Some are available for purchase through our office. Ask About or Book a Trip