Mackinac Island Michigan, Lake Huron
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Viking Ocean Cruises (139 Cruises)
Viking Octantis
65 Cruises
| 2 March | 69 days | One-way from Buenos Aires to Milwaukee WI |
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| 3 March | 66 days | One-way from Buenos Aires to Milwaukee WI |
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| 15 March | 63 days | One-way from Buenos Aires to Milwaukee WI |
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| 16 March | 60 days | One-way from Buenos Aires to Milwaukee WI |
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| 19 March | 63 days | One-way from Buenos Aires to Milwaukee WI |
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| 20 March | 60 days | One-way from Buenos Aires to Milwaukee WI |
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Viking Polaris
74 Cruises
| 14 March | 63 days | One-way from Buenos Aires to Milwaukee WI |
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| 15 March | 60 days | One-way from Buenos Aires to Milwaukee WI |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Since 2026, most ships anchor offshore or dock on the mainland shore, with a private ferry running across to the island. The approach lets you admire the white silhouette of the Grand Hotel well before landing.
None. Automobiles have been banned since 1898. You get around by bicycle, on foot or by horse-drawn carriage, to the sound of hooves on pavement. What strikes you first on landing is a missing sound: engines.
The signature activity is cycling around the island: coastal route M-185 circles it in a little over 13 kilometres, flat and entirely along the water, about an hour and a half with stops. Add Main Street and its fudge shops, then Fort Mackinac or Arch Rock.
The only US state highway closed to automobiles. It circles the island in a little over 13 kilometres, flat and entirely waterside, with limestone formations along the shoreline and sailboats offshore.
A natural limestone arch spanning about 15 metres, perched some 45 metres above Lake Huron on the island's east side. The Anishinaabe regarded it as a sacred place. You climb to it by stairs from the coastal road, or reach it by carriage from the interior.
Yes, for an admission fee. Non-guests may walk the lounges and take tea in this 1887 wooden palace, whose colonnaded porch — about 200 metres, the longest in the world — overlooks terraced gardens.
The island's signature confection, made in view on marble tables. Main Street has about a dozen fudge shops, and the smell of hot sugar tells you before the signs do.
Very much so. The absence of cars makes the shore road safe by bicycle, the carriages delight younger children, the fudge does the rest and Fort Mackinac offers cannon and barracks. Rental bikes go quickly on busy days: get yours as soon as you step off the ferry.
An eighteenth-century British work, whitewashed, overlooking the village: cannon, barracks and a commanding view over the strait linking Lake Huron to Lake Michigan.
The Great Lakes cruise season runs from late spring to early autumn, when the island smells of lilac and later of turning leaves. A light sweater stays useful: the wind off the water cools even fine days. Payment in US dollars, cards accepted even in the carriages.
