{"id":4609,"date":"2008-03-06T21:28:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-06T21:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=4609"},"modified":"2008-03-06T21:28:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-06T21:28:00","slug":"latest-alaska-cruise-ship-also-the-smallest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/03\/latest-alaska-cruise-ship-also-the-smallest\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Alaska cruise ship also the smallest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amsafari.com\/images\/explorer-yacht-marina.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amsafari.com\/images\/explorer-yacht-marina.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>There are a variety of cruise ships this summer in Alaska but the newest may also be the smallest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amsafari.com\/index.html\">American Safari Cruises<\/a>&#8216; new luxury yacht, the 36-guest, 145-foot Safari Explorer, will make its first Alaska port call 30 May in Juneau. That will mark the start of its eight-day, seven-night roundtrip cruises from the Alaska capital.<\/p>\n<p>Now undergoing a multi-million-dollar renovation in Seattle, the Safari Explorer is the cruise line&#8217;s fourth luxury yacht. It offers an active spa environment with a licensed masseuse for complimentary massages, yoga classes, a dedicated fitness area, on-deck hot tub and sauna.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The &#8216;real&#8217; spa is the natural one, of course, the great Alaska narrow waterways and islands for kayaking and guided hiking,&#8221; said Tim Jacox, vice president of sales and marketing.<\/p>\n<p>In common with other American Safari Cruises vessels, the new yacht carries double sea kayaks and motorized shore boats for close-up exploration of the Alaska wilderness.<\/p>\n<p>The Safari Explorer will cruise from Juneau through 5 Sept. The itinerary focuses on wildlife \u2013 whales, sea lions, bears \u2013 and glaciers, including up to two days in Glacier Bay National Park and a full day hugging the fjord walls of Endicott Arm to view the rarely visited Dawes Glacier.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Alaska season, the yacht will debut in Hawaii with inter-island itineraries.<\/p>\n<p><em>Report by David Wilkening <\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a variety of cruise ships this summer in Alaska but the newest may also be the smallest. American Safari Cruises&#8216; new luxury yacht, the 36-guest, 145-foot Safari Explorer, will make its first Alaska port call 30 May in Juneau. That will mark the start of its eight-day, seven-night roundtrip cruises from the Alaska [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[339],"class_list":["post-4609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-american-safari-cruises"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}