Alaskan Dream Cruises, a Native-owned small-ship cruise line based in Sitka, Alaska, this year is offering three cruises aimed at families with kids. Two nine-day family cruises on the 58-passenger Baranof Dream will depart on June 15 and Aug. 16 round-trip from Sitka.

A 10-day cruise on July 16 travels from Sitka to Ketchikan. The voyages will include daily excursions and activities including cultural classes teaching traditional arts and crafts, geocaching expeditions in the rain forest, nature hikes and geology lessons. Both itineraries include the Sitka Sound Science Center and the Sea Otter and Wildlife Quest in Sitka, Mendenhall Glacier and the Alaska State Museum in Juneau, and the glaciers of Tracy Arm Fjord.

Alaskan Dream Cruises was launched in 2011 by the Allen family, members of the Tlingit Kaagwaantaan clan. The Allen family also founded Allen Marine Inc., a boat-building company, in 1967; Allen Marine Tours, which offers day cruises in the Inside Passage; and Windham Bay Lodge, a wilderness retreat in Southeast Alaska.