Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

24-Night Tokyo to Vancouver Cruise Adventure

Explora Journeys · EXPLORA III · from Tokyo

$14,770 per person · next sails May 6, 2028 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Tokyo (HND)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into HND, home from YVR · $2,222 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Tokyo

Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.

6 mi from Tokyo

Senso-ji Temple

0 mi from Tokyo

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Your voyage · 24 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there and the operator who runs it — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Tokyo Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Day 2
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 3
★ Hirosaki Castle, Nebuta Floats & Gardens — how to make it yours →
Day 4
Private Full-Day Kushiro Marshland & Tancho Crane… · $147 for two with Japan Awaits – Kushiro Custom Full Day Tourhow to make it yours → ·
Days 5–8
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 9
Dutch Harborport guide →
Private Aleutian WWII Immersion · $300 for two with The Extra Mile Tours (Bobbie Lekanoff)how to make it yours → ·
Day 10
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 11
Kenai Fjords Full-Day Glacier & Wildlife Cruise wi… · $478 for two with Major Marine Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 12
Columbia Glacier Helicopter Adventure with Landing · $750 for two with Valdez Heli-Camps / Era Alaska (local Valdez heliport operator)how to make it yours → ·
Day 13
Yakutat Bayport guide →
Hubbard Glacier by Private Boat Charter · $1,400 for two with Yakutat Charter Boat Company (Alaska Charter & Guide)how to make it yours → ·
Day 14
Sitka Premier Whale Watching & Marine Wildlife Tour · $398 for two with Alaska Shore Excursions (Sitka Whale Watching)how to make it yours → ·
Day 15
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 16
Galavant Private Victoria Highlights Tour in a Lux… · $402 for two with Galavant Private Sightseeing Tourshow to make it yours → ·
Day 17
★ Capilano Suspension Bridge Park — how to make it yours →
Day 18
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 19
★ Anan Creek Bear Observatory — how to make it yours →
Day 20
★ Helicopter Glacier Landing & Guided Ice Walk on th… — how to make it yours →
Day 21
Lynn Canalport guide →
Lynn Canal Waterfalls & Wildlife Boat Tour · $438 for two with Alaska Shore Excursions (official local operator, Skagway)how to make it yours →
Day 22
Sailing The Tracy Arm Fjord
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 22
Endicott Arm (dawes Glacier)
⛰ A scenic-cruising day — savor it from the ship. The view is the experience, and it’s included.
Day 23
Port of Kingstownport guide →
La Soufrière Volcano Summit Hike · $190 for two with Sailor's Wilderness Tours SVGhow to make it yours → ·
Day 24
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 25
Vancouver Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near Vancouver

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

58 mi from Vancouver

Private Whale Watching and Wildlife Tour (Capt. Jim's Whale Watching)

Board a comfortable vessel for expert-guided marine wildlife viewing, targeting orca, gray whales, sea otters, and bald eagles with naturalist narrati…

45 mi from Vancouver

Westcott Bay Sea Farms & Oyster Shack

Visit a working oyster farm where you can watch oyster cultivation in the bay, then shuck and eat fresh oysters at a waterfront shack with only raw ba…

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Tokyo

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

39 mi from Tokyo · fly NRT

Tokyo's Secret Layers: Samurai Houses, Sunrise Crossings & Sake

Urban Culture & Living History

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266 mi from Tokyo · fly KIX

Kyoto After Dark: Firelight, Forest Paths & Ancient Craft

Cultural Immersion & Night Adventures

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After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from Vancouver

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

44 mi from Vancouver · fly YYJ

Victoria's Wild Coast: Falconry, Gold Mines, and the Pacific

Coastal Wilderness Luxury

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130 mi from Vancouver · fly SEA

Tacoma's Wild Side: Puget Sound, Quarries & a Volcano

Pacific Northwest Adventure Base

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Home

Fly home from Vancouver (YVR)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into HND, home from YVR · 2 travelers $2,222 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Tokyo · Luxury~$388
Cruise fare24 nights · Explora Journeys · 2 guests$29,540
Shore excursions9 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$4,503
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$36,833
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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