National Geographic Sea Lion Review

4.0 / 5.0
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Fantastic For What It Is

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grnzbra
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Jun 2016

This is not your big boat cruise. I've been on those and the whole reason for the choice of this ship rather than the 2800 passenger ship that was also in those waters with us is to become intimate with the flora and fauna, make photographs. We sailed into all the nooks and crannies along the route, stopping for zodiac trips to shore with NatGeo photographers who were also naturalists, so we learned not only how to make great photographs, but also details about what we were photographing. Many times, one would hear the engine die followed by an announcement that wildlife had been spotted on shore and the captain would nose the boat very close to shore so everyone could get a good look and great pix.

Don't know about other cabins, but no problems with smells in my cabin and the overall appearance of the ship was clean and tidy. The cabins are small - a place to crash after a busy day experiencing all there was. The shower/head was really tiny - to take a shower, throw some liquid soap against the walls, step in and turn around a few times. Don't forget to draw the curtain between the shower and the head or you will be trying to dry off with wet towels. But then again, I had one of the small cabins. There are a few larger ones. If you want a luxurious stateroom, take the 2800 passenger ship. You'll sort of get the experience. But if you want to get the pix of the black bear whom you could see had recently been in a fight, you are looking for something like this.

PIX at http://flikr.com/photos/clind/albums.

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Cabin Small

Small. A place to crash, not to hang out.

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Juneau

Juneau was only the start. Cruise ended in Sitka. On way to boat from airport, we stopped at Mendenhall Glacier. On way from boat to airport in Sitka we stopped at Sitka Raptor Center.

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