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Rail & Cruise Tours

Featuring Alaska's Inside Passage, the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys, New England,
Canada's Maritimes, the West Indies, and more.

Tour Name and Description Days From Cruise To Dates
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A Journey to Colonial America
Explore French Canada and America’s Atlantic coastline on this exciting rail-cruise vacation. Highlights include historic cities that speak to both America’s colonial heritage as well as popular east coast favorites
19 $1,995 Quebec, New England, Maryland, South Carolina, Florida Oct
American Legends
Travel by private rail car from Chicago to St. Louis, where you’ll board the steamboat American Queen for the 6-night cruise along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers to Louisville.
10 $2,495 Cave-in-Rock, Henderson, Brandenburg, Louisville July
Canada's Rockies & Alaska Cruise
Combine two lifelong travel dreams when you stay in magnificent hotels specifically built for the adventurer staying in the Canadian Rockies and then travel overnight by train from Jasper to Vancouver, in the comfort of VIA Rail’s Canadian in Silver and Blue class in a private bedroom. Experience Vancouver before departing on a 7 nights round trip Alaska inside passage cruise aboard Holland America’s ms Volendam.
15 $3,241 Alaska's Inside Passage, Glacier Bay May, June, July
Canadian Rockies At Leisure & Cruise
With this tour the name says it all. You will get to expierience the beauty of the Canadian Rockies at a slower pace, taking time to enjoy and absorb all you experience. The Leisure Tour includes a relaxing two-night stay in mountain resorts as well as two full days to be spent at your leisure.
19 $4,610 Alaska's Inside Passage May, June, Aug, Sep
Coast Starlight & Glacier Bay Alaska Cruise
Travel from Los Angeles and experience over 100 miles of magnificent Pacific Coastline as you journey north on the Coast Starlight to join your 7 day Alaska cruise in Seattle. This 10 day tour combines some of the most scenery spectacular on the west coast of the United States with a relaxed and well-paced itinerary.
10 $2,555 Alaska's Glacier Bay Jul, Aug
Eastern Canada Rail & Cruise
Beginning in Boston, cruise to Atlantic Canada's most popular seaside cities before journeying by train from Montreal to Ottawa and Toronto for spectacular city stays.
15 $2,549 Canada's Maritimes & New England May, June, July, Sep, Oct
Alaska Cruise Empire Builder with Glacier Bay Alaska Cruise
Travel the 2,206 mile historic journey from Chicago to Seattle on the acclaimed Empire Builder to meet your cruise to the glaciers and mountains of Alaska. This 11 day tour showcases some of the most spectacular scenery the United States has to offer.
11 $2,699 Glacier Bay Jul, Aug
Alaska Cruise Fall Colors on the Mississippi River
Travel aboard the Texas Eagle from Chicago to St. Louis, where you will join the legendary American Queen for a relaxing 7-night steamboat cruise on the Mississippi River through the Midwest’s vibrant fall scenery.
11 $2,695 Hannibal, Dubuque, LaCrosse, Red Wing, St. Paul Sep, Oct
New England & Maritimes Rail-Sail Adventure
See brilliant fall colors in both the U.S. and Canada with this exciting rail-cruise adventure that takes travelers along the East Coast from Boston north to Portland and Bar Harbor and into Atlantic Canada with visits to the Bay of Fundy and Halifax before returning to Boston.
11 $2,495 Canada’s Maritimes & New England Sep
New Orleans/Western Caribbean Rail-Cruise
This warm weather getaway is the perfect rail-cruise combination tour. Enjoy travel aboard Amtrak’s City of New Orleans for the journey from Chicago to New Orleans, where you will board your 7-night cruise to Costa Maya, Belize City, Roatan and Cozumel.
11 $2,195 Mexico, Belize, Honduras Jan
North By Northwest
Beginning in Los Angeles, travel by ship along the West Coast to Vancouver and return to the Pacific Northwest by train, exploring Seattle and Portland along the way.
14 $2,395 Pacific Coast to Vancouver Apr
Pacific Coastal Odyssey
Travel from Southern California to southern British Columbia on a relaxing 7-night cruise. Return to the States by way of Seattle, where you will board the iconic Empire Builder for your trip across the Northern Plains to Chicago.
13 $3,195 Pacific Coast to Vancouver May
Passage to British Honduras
Travel by train from Chicago to New Orleans, where you will meet your cruise ship for your 7-night sailing to Costa Maya, Belize City, Roatan and Cozumel.
12 $1,995 Mexico, Belize, Guatemala Apr, Dec
Quebec Rail-Sail Gaspé
Explore French Canada by train and ship. Highlights include visits to Quebec City, the Gaspé Peninsula and Montreal.
9 $2,249 Percé to Montreal along the St. Lawrence River Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
Southern Comfort
Celebrate the holidays with a special rail-river cruise package that pairs train travel aboard the City of New Orleans with a Mississippi River cruise from Memphis to New Orleans.
11 $2,995 Vicksburg, Natchez, St. Francisville, New Orleans Nov, Dec
Springtime in the Canadian Rockies
Combine a cruise along the Pacific Coast with a week traveling through the Canadian Rockies by rail and coach and the result is one incredible spring vacation.
12 $2,895 Pacific Coast to Vancouver Apr
Trans Canada By Rail & Alaska By Sea
Combine a trans-Canadian train adventure between two of the country’s most cosmopolitan cities and a Holland America Alaska cruise, and the result is nothing short of amazing. The pleasures of train travel, the beauty of the ever-changing Canadian landscape, and the elegance of sailing Alaska’s Inside Passage create one memorable 15-day dual-country vacation.
15 $3,570 Alaska's Inside Passage May, June, July
West Coast Swing
This fall holiday features superb train travel, time in Seattle 'The Emerald City', two full nights in lovely Vancouver sightseeing including a visit to Queen Elizabeth Park and Afternoon Tea in the Rose Garden, two nights in the alpine mountain resort of Whistler and a visit to Victoria, BC. Nicest of all, our guests will travel from Vancouver to Whistler over the British Columbia Railway aboard the Whistler Mountaineer, enjoying a journey of stunning beauty past Howe Sound and Britannia Falls in comfort with big-window coaches, an open-air observation platform and much more, a stylish way to arrive in Whistler.
11 $1,995 Pacific Coastal Cruise Sep
Yosemite National Park To Denali National Park
A visual feast with San Francisco, Yosemite National Park, the Cascade Mountains, Seattle, Vancouver, the Inside Passage with Tracy Arm and Sawyer Glaciers, Juneau, Skagway and the White Pass & Yukon Railway, the Yukon, Fairbanks, Denali and Anchorage, all in one exquisite holiday.
18 $3,995 Inside Passage Cruise from Vancouver to Skagway June, July, Aug
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