Booked via Norwegian Encore for May 6, 2026, departure 12:00pm, as a solo and had the fare…read morediscounted by $50 because of my package excursion credit. The day was dry, clear, but blustery and our ship was the only cruise ship scheduled in port that day, normally 3 to 4 cruise ships are docked each morning for the day. The train accessed a rail spur allowing boarding near the ship, but the terminal in town is not a long distance if lacking mobility issues. Each car has outside viewing areas, and clean bathrooms, but unlike the staff, guests are not allowed to move between cars. If you spy an issue with your fellow rail car guests upon boarding like small screaming children I would change cars quickly after boarding. Even though water was provided with my fare I would suggest packing water jugs or bottles, and some nibbles ( I packed some yummy freshly baked cookies from a lounge on my ship) for the 3 hour ride, inexpensive snack boxes were sold on the return trip from the summit as were White Pass & Yukon Route ball caps for $15. Windows are large, but if you want the river view as you ascend the 20 mile climb to the summit then sit on the left side, when returning the right side faces the chasm. Ascending and Descending you should pass several White Pass Rail Trains so wave at your fellow tourists. Overall a nice experience for me, with great views. This is a seasonal experience that mirrors the Alaska cruise season, and it takes weeks to prepare the rail for each season.

Beautiful and Historic Ride, Worth the Experience! I have to…read moreadmit, I started this experience feeling a little stressed. We were sailing on the Star Princess and needed to be back on the ship by 4:30 PM, but our White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad train was supposed to arrive at 1:00 and didn't actually arrive until 1:25. Since it's about a three-hour ride, I was worried we might not make it back in time for sail away. Thankfully, we did make it back on time! As soon as we got on the train, though, I was able to relax and really enjoy the experience. It truly felt like stepping back in time. The narration throughout the ride was fantastic and filled with fascinating historical facts. I had no idea how many people once hiked that route or how grateful everyone was when the railroad was finally built. The scenery was absolutely beautiful and the whole experience was unforgettable. One funny note: I've flown on planes and cruised on ships without ever getting motion sickness, but somehow I ended up getting train sick! The constant back-and-forth movement got to me, even though everyone else seemed completely fine. That was just me and definitely not the railroad's fault. Overall, this was such a unique and amazing experience, and I'm really glad we did it. If you're visiting Skagway, I would absolutely recommend the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad!

This was the highlight of our cruise as we had an amazing tour guide who also entertained with his…read moreguitar. He stopped to let us see both brown and black bears and picked us up from ship and dropped us back again. Had a great lunch, loved all the sights. Couldn't recommend more- best value for money of all the excursions done. Thanks for an amazing day.

Outstanding service! Brook, our driver, was knowledgeable, friendly and fun. She went over and…read moreabove to ensure our safety and our fun. The business is family owned and they treated with kindness throughout the booking process, the pick up and the delivery back to our ship. I highly recommend their service.

We toured with the bus up and the rail down, all with unfavored weather that didn't matter because…read moreJenny made sure she still stopped at all the scenic points, which were still visible enough to appreciate the beauty! Along the way we were fortunate to see black and brown bears that Jenny went out of her way to turn the shuttle bus around after a shout out, "bear"! We had a delicious lunch and opportunity to explore various aspects of the Yukon! It's a well organized tour with great communication, clean small bus with big windows to take great pictures. They allow you to step off the bus for all scenic points. The only time you will not be allowed to step off is if there is wildlife for safety purposes, but there is plenty of window space for all to take pictures and video. Jenny is quite informative with a great sense of humor, a professional and courteous guide!

We booked our White Pass & Yukon Train from Skagway directly through the train company (instead of…read morethrough the cruise line). Not only did we save money by doing so, but our return trip was aboard a smaller shuttle bus with less than 10 versus a large charter bus with dozens of others. Our return trip was, dare I say, better than the train ride itself. Samira was our driver and tour guide and she was fantastic. Told great stories, pointed out awesome points of interest and stopped at several photo stops along the return trek to Skagway. She was great and made the entire experience worth every penny. Thank you Samira for an unforgettable trip! Photo from one of the stops she took us to!

This is just one of the tours you can do…read more We had a great time. The driver was very informative about the area. We learned a lot that we didn't know. This is a good tour company.

We did the Sled Dog Adventure in Skagway and had a great time. The dogs and puppies were super…read morecute. The dogs seemed to be in good condition, but there was some concern about their well-being in our group. Our guide was a bit avoidant with some of her answers about the dogs, such as how many puppies they have a year, what the owners do with the puppies that don't make it as sled dogs, and what happens to the sled dogs when they retire. If we had received solid answers to some of these questions, we would've felt a little better. We also drove past the living quarters of the dogs and they appeared to be chained up to individual dog houses. I know these dogs aren't "sleep on the couch at home" type of dogs, but it still made me a little curious. Some of the dogs also seemed pretty skinny. I could easily see the ribs and hip bones of some of the dogs. They did seem genuinely excited to run, so I'm hoping that they are well taken care of and I am just being extremely cautious. We also didn't have to wash our hands before handling the puppies after touching all of the other sled dogs. We weren't allowed to set the puppies on the ground because they weren't up to date on their shots (makes sense), but we were able to handle them without washing our hands first? Seemed odd. They also gave no guidance on how to hold the puppies and I saw some other guests handling them in less-than-desired ways. Our puppy was also shaking violently and crying after we held her for a few min. I understand wanting to socialize the puppies, but the younger puppies we interacted with (pictured) seemed like they were too young.

Visited Alaska Sled Dogs and Musher's Camp in May of 2025 during the 'shoulder season'. We decided…read moreto do this day excursion on our own and booked it through Alaska Shore Excursions for $598.47 for the 3 of us, saving $300 if we would have booked it through our cruise line (Norwegian). It was really nice because our group was really small, unlike going with the cruise ship excursion with a massive group. We got off at Skagway and the directions in the email said 'walk to the end of the pier' to meet an associate for Alaska Shore Excursions, not sure how we met up, I think we saw a van and headed for it. We were driven to another van, where Sarah took over as our guide and drove us to the middle of Skagway town so we could wait for another family, which showed up late. From there it was a 35 min drive to Musher's camp and we got some really great history from Sarah, who gave us the low-down on Skagway with fascinating facts such as: most of the wood used in Skagway came from a now-defunct town called Dyea that thrived over a 100 years ago, it was the size of SFO, but petered out for some reason. There are no MDs in Skagway, only 2 nurse practitioners. The high school graduating class only had 2 girls and 1 boy. Grocery shopping is limited to only 1x a week, on Wednesdays. The camp parking lot has a shop, but we didn't have much time to shop there. We had to get on a "unimog"; a monster truck Mercedes van outfitted with large wheels and low gears to take us up to a higher elevation (cooler temps for the dogs and less noise from yapping dogs for the Skagway residents). Once we got there we broke up into groups of 6 and we were led to our musher, Alex. We got onto a thing that looked like a super-large golf cart but it was pulled by Alaskan Husky dogs (fascinating history about them also). Alex's dogs had funny names like 'sushi' 'nori' 'wonton' 'fried rice' 'Charmander' 'Diglet' and 'Squirtle'. The dogs ages were 1.5 yrs old to 10 yrs old. The dogs did a great job pulling the 'sled', which was over 2,000 pounds. The ride lasted 10 mins and after we got to take photos with the dogs. We attended a talk at the end of the ride, led by a musher (too bad I forgot his name) about the Iditarod and how these dogs are training during the off-season and staying in shape pulling the land sleds. We saw a dog running in a giant "hamster wheel" and it was hard to concentrate on the lecture because the dog was stealing the show; the dog's name was Goodway. We got to pet Goodway soon after then go to the puppy pen and hold these baby dogs. It was a way to 'socialize' these puppies as well. I really enjoyed that. After our Musher's camp activities came to an end, we got back on the Unimog and back down to the lower parking lot area w/ the gift shop (again, not a lot of time to shop), and Sarah drove us back to the town of Skagway. I gave her a really nice tip because she contributed a lot to the total experience with her stories about Skagway and her expertly refined storytelling about a woman named Martha Black and Harriet Pullen, both influential women in Skagway/Alaska history. Would totally recommend you booking this tour directly with the dog camp or through Alaska Shore Excursions to save some money and also have a smaller, more intimate group.

This experience was amazing! All the staff at the camp, and the one getting us to the camp, were…read morevery helpful, knowledgeable and kind. It was a unique and great experience to meet people who actually have their own sled dogs and do races with them. I learned allot and had every question answered with happily :) A must do! The dogs, obviously, are amazing! You can see their want to work and run and how happy it makes them. It really shows how well taken care of and trained they are, the staff also loved all the dogs equally as well as they care for them. They helped get good pictures and we got to meet and pet all the dogs too! Best day ever really.

You could tell our tour guide Noah was a local. He was hilarious, extroverted and very friendly. We…read moreenjoyed his commentary on the whole drive out to Yukon. He was quick and efficient in taking photos for everyone on the bus at each of the stops. We were a bit cautious of his driving. I understand he is quite familiar with this drive, but given the weather and often poor visibility we had on the drive, and the size of the bus, he seemed to be driving a bit fast, even passing other buses on the drive. Our tour stopped at the Yukon sign where we actually had some clear skies we could see the mountains in the background. On our return, we stopped at a rural dog sled training camp. We visited the puppies and got to play with them. We were here for almost 2 hours. It felt like our time here was never ending. It would've been nice if the owner came over to say "hi" and talk a bit about dog sledding and the competitions she competes in. Some in our tour group paid extra to take a dog sled ride which was basically the dogs hooked up to a large golf cart with everyone piled into the cart. Not impressive, glad we didn't do it. But we had to wait around for those that did pay for that extra feature to get their ride so we were there for almost 2 hours. It felt like our time here was never ending. To sum up our tour, we spent 4 hours in a bus driving through the Yukon range and seeing the puppies. Not sure if we would do this again if we return.

Did the bus tour with Maria Beyond excellent…read moreWould do it again / recommend to anyone looking for a great way to see some incredible country and have a guide that can provide entertaining info and stories Thx Maria!!

Amazing! Amazing! Amazing!! Anna our tour guide was such a…read moredelight to work with. She knew everything to do and guided us every step of the way. She stopped for bears took us to a beach plus I got to play with puppy's!! It was only me and my husband and we paid the price of having 5 people with us. But it was worth every penny!! We didn't have to wait for an entire bus to take a picture. We took as long as we wanted at each stop!! It was truly our best day in Alaska!!

This was easy to book and a great excursion for our group. They do not do onsies and twosies, you…read morehave to rent the entire van. We had 14 in our group and were able to customize what we wanted to see/do in advance and then day of she shared her thoughts and off we went. She assisted us in celebrating a birthday too, even brought glasses for our champagne and a cupcake! She has the insiders scoop. We went to a summer dog camp which was awesome, up into the Yukon, Emerald Lake and so much more. She is a great story teller. She is equipped with a headset that amplifies her voice so that everyone in the van can hear her. Well worth it!

Our tour included the scenic White Pass Railway, Dredge Town gold panning experience, and slep dog…read moreexperience. Klondike Mike was our tour guide and really made the railway experience over the top. Incredibly informative, personable, and fun tour guide. Enjoyed how he interacted with the group individuals, especially when he spoke engaging our 8 year old daughter when talking how these experiences will last a life time, the importance of memories, etc. Dredge Town gold panning was corny, but fun fun. The only downside was how the actors let you know multiple times before you ever start panning to expect miniscule amounts which really breaks the illusion of the gold rush and panning. The sled talk was great and the dogs were fun to watch. They dogs only ran one lap around the track, it would have been nice to see them go a bit more since there is not a lot of space to view them run the view is likely to be obstructed for many in the group. Lots of cuddle time with the puppies and a lot of interaction with the adult dogs.

We did the panning for gold and sled dog excursion with Earl E Bird as our guide . It was amazing !…read moreHe was so much fun and very knowledgeable. Absolutely a highlight of our cruise .

Raymond our tour guide was super friendly. We were debating on going on the Skagway Train ride, but…read morethis was so much less! Unless you want that train experience, this was so much more cost effective. Great views of the mountains and you get glimpse of the Gold Rush historic places. TIP: bring your passport, and ensure you use the restroom prior to your tour. There's only remote outhouses on the stops.

We booked this tour through shore excursion group and had a fantastic time! This tour really takes…read moreyou around to all the gorgeous spots in Skagway. We even got to visit the cemetery to see soapy! Many picture opportunities and our tour guide Jodie was extremely friendly and knowledgeable. We would recommend this tour to anyone coming into town, 100% worth it. BRING YOUR PASSPORT, it's required!

An amazing experience. Mish was an awesome musher and she made everyone feel incredibly…read morecomfortable. Even though the experience had to end slightly early due to weather, she made sure everyone had the opportunity to have the full experience. Could not recommend more! 10/10!

This experience was incredible and truly once in a lifetime for the two of us and our 4-year-old!…read moreYou could tell all the dogs were well cared for and excited about any additional loving they got. The staff on hand were all exceptionally kind and informative. Of course, meeting the puppies was great too! They also did everything they could with the time alloted to put the trip way above the bar! SIDE NOTE: They take an optional photo during the ride that you can buy for $30. The white balance on ours was a little off, but I was still more than willing to pay the $30 to this wonderful organization.