Skagway Shore Excursion: White Pass Summit and Skagway City Tour
Description
When your cruise ship docks in Skagway, enjoy a shore excursion to see the best sights of the city and take in the views from the majestic White Pass Summit area. Following the Klondike Highway by mini-bus, you'll have the opportunity to photograph the Gold Rush Cemetery, Skagway Scenic Overlook and the "Welcome to Alaska" sign as well as other scenic stops along the highway portion. Our mini-buses are smaller than other similar tour options with average size of 24 passengers with a full tour. This allows greater interaction with your guide as well as number of photo stops we make. Our guides will take great photos of your groups for lasting memories! All passengers must have a valid passport.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Narrated mini-bus tour with Frontier Excursions & Adventures
Driving through historic city center of Skagway that is part of the National Historical Park.
View of Waterfall
Overlook north of the Bridge to see views of mountain peaks and historic Captain William Moore Bridge.
Views of Summit Lake and "Tormented Valley"
Scenic view at White Pass Summit 3292 Feet elevation with photo opportunity with the Welcome to Alaska sign.
View roadside Waterfall
Scenic Skagway Overlook with views of town and harbor
Historic Gold Rush Cemetery with tales of Skagway's founders. Short hike to beautiful Lower Reid Falls optional.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We meet you at YOUR cruise ship pier tour meeting area. DO NOT GO TO A DIFFERENT SHIP PIER THAN YOUR OWN. DO NOT FOLLOW ANY MAP LINKS. Look for representative with FRONTIER EXCURSIONS sign. Be at least 15 minutes early. We pickup at all ship piers and will find you at your specific ship pier. PLEASE BRING YOUR PASSPORTS. Bring all documents needed for border crossing-Passports (and USA Visas if required for your citizenship). No copies of documents accepted. Alternatively, you may meet at our office downtown at 3rd and Broadway in the Golden North Hotel Lobby. Look for the Large Golden Dome on the top of the building. Please check in with the office staff so we know you are meeting there instead of your ship pier.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Original valid passport is required to bring on the day of travel (no copies).
- For non-US/Canadian citizens USA Visa may be required (no copies).
- Children 15 or younger must bring a Passport (or if USA or Canadian citizen can bring an original/certified birth certificate-no copies). Children 16 and older and all adults must have a valid Passport.
- Not scooter accessible. No battery operated equipment can be loaded onto buses. Collapsible wheelchairs or Walkers can be accommodated providing the passenger is accompanied by someone who can assist them to board and disembark. Passenger must be able to walk some and boarding bus requires a few steps. YOU MUST INFORM OPERATOR IF ARE BRINGING A COLLAPSIBLE WHEELCHAIR OR WALKER.
- Pick up location: Look for a representative holding a FRONTIER EXCURSIONS sign. Please be 15 minutes early. Please bring your Passports. For Broadway and Ore dock, meet off the pier where the dock meets land just outside the security gate next to a large parking area. For the Railroad dock, there are two docking positions. For ships tendering to the small boat harbor, walk up the ramp after disembarking the tender and look to your left for Zone B meeting area. If you are taking a shuttle bus off the pier from your ship, once you get off the shuttle bus look to your right for Zone B. Zone B is near Skagway Fish Co.
- At the time of booking, traveler must provide their cruise ship name. If not on a cruise ship please contact operator for meeting instructions.
Reviews(507)
Andrew is a superb guide… full of historical facts, with a beautiful singing voice and recited poetry like a superstar! Kind, knowledgeable, funny, informative Couldnt have a better guide
A wonderful excursion made better with our tour guide "gold rush " Andrew His poetry was a highlight!
What a great experience driving through town, up the highway to the summit, and finally stopped at an old cemetery with a short walk up to another beautiful waterfall. When I say another waterfall, I'm referring to the many waterfalls to stopped at and saw along our trip up to the summit and back. Our tour guide (sorry, I forgot his name) was wonderful, fun, and very knowledgeable. He recited a couple of historical based poems written about the people who came in search of gold and he even sang to us. Overall a great tour! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Our family group of 10 booked this tour and we thoroughly enjoyed our time. While visiting a few cities in Alaska, our Skagway tourguide, Andrew, was the highlight our whole trip. He is charismatic, considerate, energetic, and all around a blast to have showing us through the wonderful Swagway scenery. We were lucky to be the only group booked for this tour but it looked to seat a total seems of about 12 so plan according. The fee was reasonably priced compared to other options in the city and we were only in Swagway for 4-5 hours so this was perfect as it left time to explore shops. We want to give an extra special shout-out to Andrew who made our tour experience exponentially better. Our grandmother had a cane and needed extra assistance. Andrew made her experience much more comfortable by providing a stepping stool getting off the bus. If you're interested, ask him to recite some of his poetry (though he may offer to do it himself). One of the best highlight of many members of our group was Andrew reciting poems as we drive through the valleys of Swagway. 10/10 experience, we would absolutely book again!
This was the perfect tour for my mom (age 82) and me. Our guide was fabulous and extremely knowledgeable about the area. We chose this instead of the train because we were able to get out of the bus to look around and take photos.
You get to see so much more on this bus tour. She even went a little further into the Canada side and there was such a big contrast. We got to stop at a lot of awesome Overlooks, just stunning. Don't forget your passport and she will check. She was an excellent driver and tour guide.
This was a 5 star excursion, it was a small group, Beverly the guide and driver was excellent, her knowledge of the area was 10/10. At each stop we had time to take lots of photos and she would point out things of interest that you may miss.
Andrew with red hair was fabulous. Very informative and funny. Haven’t above and beyond to accommodate us. I highly recommend this tour.
Gold rush Andrew was outstanding! So informative and entertaining! We thoroughly enjoyed our excursion! Highly recommended
A handful of friends and family got the tour to ourselves with our fantastic guide Andrew. Up along the White Pass and to the summit, Andrew regaled with anecdotes, history, songs and poems, personal stories, and possibly some fabrications of truth. He was one of the best tour guides ive ever had and clearly loves and has a passion for the topic of Skagway, the history, the drama, the scandals, the hardships, the sorrows, life in SE Alaska, local entertainment, the local economy, and so much more. We were continuously educated and entertained, and in awe of the vistas. If Andrew is available, book it. We'll never forget the tales of Soapy Smith and that the way of transgressors is hard.
