An aerial view of Icy Strait Point, the first private cruise destination on Alaska’s Inside Passage. More than 20 years ago, when the Tlingit residents of Hoonah in coastal Alaska decided to build a ...

Q: What is the Icy Strait Point experience like right now? A: After 20 years, it has changed dramatically. We've got two cruise ship docks. We have gondolas that spread people out to get their own ...

As I stepped off Oceania Cruises’ ship Riviera in Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska, arguably the best cruise destination for scenery fanatics like myself, my eyes quickly locked onto the cable ...

Icy Strait Point is one of the newer destinations in Alaska, having first opened to cruise ships in 2004. The idea to make this a cruise port came about because logging and fishing, the community’s ...

Icy Strait Point in Alaska, a winner in Travel + Leisure's 2025 Global Vision Awards, offers both thoughtful programs and exciting excursions. Elaine Glusac is a writer and travel columnist for The ...