Friday Harbor WA San Juan Island Washington
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American Cruise Lines (438 Cruises)
American Constellation
110 Cruises
| 30 March | 9 days | Round-trip from Tacoma WA, USA |
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| 31 March | 7 days | Round-trip 8 Night Puget Sound and San Juan Islands Cruise and Land Tour |
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| 30 August | 16 days | One-way from Juneau to Tacoma WA |
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| 31 August | 13 days | One-way from Juneau to Tacoma WA |
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| 28 March | 9 days | Round-trip from Tacoma WA, USA |
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| 29 March | 7 days | Round-trip 8 Night Puget Sound and San Juan Islands Cruise and Land Tour |
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| 27 March | 9 days | Round-trip from Tacoma WA, USA |
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| 28 March | 7 days | Round-trip 8 Night Puget Sound and San Juan Islands Cruise and Land Tour |
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American Constitution
126 Cruises
| 28 March | 9 days | Round-trip from Tacoma WA, USA |
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| 29 March | 7 days | Round-trip 8 Night Puget Sound and San Juan Islands Cruise and Land Tour |
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| 30 March | 9 days | Round-trip from Tacoma WA, USA |
450-628-6241
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| 31 March | 7 days | Round-trip 8 Night Puget Sound and San Juan Islands Cruise and Land Tour |
450-628-6241
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| 29 August | 16 days | One-way from Juneau to Tacoma WA |
450-628-6241
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| 30 August | 13 days | One-way from Juneau to Tacoma WA |
450-628-6241
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| 29 March | 9 days | Round-trip from Tacoma WA, USA |
450-628-6241
Call us
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| 30 March | 7 days | Round-trip 8 Night Puget Sound and San Juan Islands Cruise and Land Tour |
450-628-6241
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| 28 August | 16 days | One-way from Juneau to Tacoma WA |
450-628-6241
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| 29 August | 13 days | One-way from Juneau to Tacoma WA |
450-628-6241
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American Pioneer
152 Cruises
| 30 March | 9 days | Round-trip from Tacoma WA, USA |
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| 31 March | 7 days | Round-trip 8 Night Puget Sound and San Juan Islands Cruise and Land Tour |
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American Spirit
50 Cruises
Frequently Asked Questions
At Friday Harbor, the main village on San Juan Island. Only small expedition ships thread their way in, and you arrive amid a constant ballet of ferries, sailboats and floatplanes settling into the channel.
Yes, everything happens on foot. The streets climb gently past art galleries, bookshops, cafés and ice cream counters set in 19th-century timber buildings. Only the rest of the island calls for a shuttle or taxi.
A whale watching trip from the harbour docks takes up most of the day. Otherwise, allow for the Whale Museum, a wander through the village and a bench facing the channel: here, waiting counts as an activity.
Yes, this is the region that made them famous. Trips of a few hours encounter, depending on the season, orcas, minke whales, porpoises and seals, with the snow-covered Cascade volcanoes as a backdrop on a clear day. Nothing is guaranteed: these are wild animals.
A pioneer of its kind, founded in 1979: the first museum in the country devoted to a species living in the wild. Suspended skeletons, recordings of whale song and displays on the southern resident orcas, identified one by one by researchers. It is three blocks from the landing.
The inland waters sheltered from Pacific swell by Vancouver Island: cold nutrient-rich currents, kelp forests, migrating salmon and, at the top of the chain, the orcas. The San Juan archipelago scatters more than one hundred and seventy-five fir-covered islands across it.
Country roads lined with farms, pebble coves and lonely lighthouses facing the strait. Shuttles and taxis serve the west-side viewpoints, known for watching marine mammals from shore.
Yes, in the sheltered coves, where the silence is broken only by the rush of the currents and the call of bald eagles perched in the firs. It is one of the best ways to feel the scale of the archipelago.
The US dollar and English, even though the Canadian maritime border runs close by. Credit cards are accepted everywhere and restaurant tipping runs 15 to 20 percent.
Late spring to early autumn, which lines up with the cruise season and the best marine mammal sightings. Bring a windproof layer all the same: the water stays cold and the breeze comes up quickly.
