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Cruising is a wonderful experience unto itself, sailing on a cruise ship to beautiful ports worldwide, while being served fine cuisine and enjoying top-rate entertainment and much more! Adding to this experience, is the wide selection of shore excursions that are now offered when in port.

Most of these shore excursions are reserved and paid for in advance. To better assist you with your choice, almost all of the cruise lines offer shore excursion lectures to let you know what each entails as well as how much walking is entailed in some cases.

And what a choice! You will be offered a diverse selection, sure to please every taste. Just a sampling follows. As you would expect, many water sports are offered, including diving, snorkeling, para-sailing and more in the Caribbean. You can go kayaking in Juneau, or take a helicopter ride over Prince William Sound and Columbia Glacier when in Alaska. Did you ever dream about whitewater rafting in Fiji or hot air ballooning in Kenya? How about visiting the beautiful Hilo Volcano National Park in Hawaii? Or touring the Holy Land? Some of the most famous artwork in the world awaits you at L'Hermitage in St. Petersburg. All these and countless other shore excursions are available to you through cruising.

Holland America Line and Princess Cruises even offer shore excursions just for kids! HAL offers them in Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka and Skagway. Float plane rides, hikes and treasure hunts are offered on these special excursions. One of Princess Cruises' "kids shore excursions," is an environmental program called "Save Our Seas" which allows kids to enjoy activities designed to teach them about ocean and marine life.

So whatever you are looking for, whether it is history, sports or just plain old fun, you will find it during your exciting shore excursion.