Hoonah cruise port guide

About Hoonah

Icy Strait Point is the only privately owned cruise destination in Alaska, located on Chichagof Island in Hoonah—Alaska's largest Native Tlingit village—and operated by the Alaska Native Huna Totem Corporation since 2004. Two floating docks (the first completed 2016, a megaship-capable second completed 2022) replaced earlier tendering operations, with all site profits directed to the Hoonah community. In 2024, approximately 240 cruise ship calls brought around 500,000 passengers to the terminal.

The port's flagship excursion is the ZipRider zip-line—one of the longest and highest in North America, opened May 2007 and rated a statewide 'must do' by the Anchorage Daily News. Wildlife options include coastal brown bear viewing on the Spasski River and humpback whale watching near the Point Adolphus feeding area. At the dock, the restored 1930s Hoonah Packing Company cannery houses a museum, restaurant, and Alaska-owned shops, complemented by traditionally garbed Huna Tlingit cultural presenters and an indoor theatrical production. Alaska's Wildest Kitchen offers hands-on salmon and halibut preparation by local residents. Kléet Plaza (dedicated June 2021) features a life-sized bronze orca by Wyland, donated by Norwegian Cruise Line.