Cruise West Cruises

Guests on board Cruise West Cruises are not only visitors but also participants. Small ship cruises promise an enriching experience. Cruise West Cruises started sailing about 60 years ago. Its main focus was to provide up close travel that focuses on the destination – scenery, wildlife, natural history and culture. The company is currently in a growth mode and presently acquiring ships. Cruise West is American owned and fluffed on 8 of their 10 vessels.

Cruise West Cruises has packages to destinations like Alaska where you get to explore the narrow channels and shallow channels with experienced captains. Or sail to the South Atlantic Coast and relish the experience of the Antebellum South and visit sites that lead you to discover history. Or simply sail to the North East Coast in small ships to New York City, Boston and Bangor . Discover sparkling water on the majestic St Lawrence River on the Great lakes and St Lawrence Seaway Cruise. Also, visit some of Canada's greatest cities.

Enjoy the Caribbean Islands or visit Costa Rica and Panama with Cruise West Cruises. Sail to Mexico's Sea of Cortes or visit the Grand Asia and Japan on a cruise. There are South Pacific cruise packages or packages to the California Wine Country. Laze on the waters of the Columbia and Snake rivers on Columbia and Snake Cruise or visit British Columbia, the yachters paradise on the Pacific Northwest.

Cruise West tour packages are so designed that passengers cruise on small ships so that the entertainment is provided by nature and its surroundings rather than artificial entertainment.

Cruise West Cruises has a fleet of 10 small ships; Spirit of Oceanus, Yorktown Clipper, Spirit of Endeavour, Nantucket Clipper, Spirit of '98, Spirit of Columbia, Pacific Explorer, Spirit of Alaska, Spirit of Discovery and Sheltered Seas. The ships are designed to suit casual and personal style of cruising. The advantages of cruising in small ships are that they get to go to destinations which large ships cannot access.

On board Cruise West Cruises you will spend most of your time in the spacious public areas. Guests have access to the bow areas giving you the best views unlike in other ships. All dining rooms and lounges have large windows so that one can have acess to nature all the time. Staterooms are equipped with two twin beds or king/queen size beds, depending which ones you choose. There are economical cabins to spacious suits with balconies, depending on which ship you choose.