We took an 8 hrs tour with Alaska Tour & Travel from Anchorage. We moved by bus, train and boat. The excursion was well organized, we saw plenty of wildlife (sea lions, seals, birds) nature (forests, lakes) and glaciers. Better go by bus and return by Alaska Express, across the hole peninsula! The boat was moved very close to the –ice covered- land, so we could a lot of pictures. Got close up with several of large glaciers and we experienced to watch -live- an ice melting (sounds like earthquake)! Amazing experience, do not miss it! Make sure that you will wear warm clothes and have a raincoat!See more..
The highlight of the trip was exploring the Glacier Bay for 9 hours. Our Alaska cruise sails to the Inside Passage of a series of waterways formed by glaciers. It’s a beautiful day visiting the national park to see gigantic snow cap mountains and huge glaciers. It’s wonderful to see bright blue icebergs rising out of the water. I was surprised to see the Margerie Glacier’s signature crack and pieces fall off across the waves. I was amazed by this clean, natural preserved national park. The Glacier Bay Park Rangers went onboard early morning. They spend the day aboard to answer questions, explain the scenery as the ship explore the Glacier Bay to appreciate the wonders of the national park. At the same time, the Park Rangers enforce the laws to the safety, cleanliness of the national park and assist to prevent disaster for guests. The full day tour at the bay is well worth it. Both the glaciers and the surrounding scenery are spectacular. The entire place was stunningly gorgeous.See more..
4.0Hallo Bay Lodge Bear VIewing(87 reviews) - Disappointment with Hallo Bay tour company in Homer National Parks
We offer Half Day and Overnight Bear and Wildlife Viewing Trips out to Katmai National Park from May through September. We have been guiding trips to Katmai for 26 years, and we have a perfect safety record with our experience with the bears. Hallo Bay Bear Camp is a fully sustainable wilderness camp designed to be a trend setting model of responsibility and low impact to this environment. Our guests observe the bears in their natural habitat where there are no viewing platforms or man-made trails. We limit our groups in size because it is our experience that small groups are much less impacting than large groups of people on any wilderness outing. The smaller group size intimidates wildlife less and leaves a much less impacting footprint on the habitat.See more..
4.5Bartlett Cove(43 reviews) - Watch whales play! National Parks
Near the tiny village of Gustavus, this is the part of the bay where you will find the park headquarters.See more..
5.0Viking Travel, Inc.(35 reviews) - Took our dream and made it happen! Sunday: Multi-day Tours • National Parks • Ferries • Nature & Wildlife Tours • Day Trips
Viking Travel and agent Fini gave us a wonderful experience. We did not want to cruise Alaska's Inside Passage and found the Marine Highway ferry system very complicated to string together our destinations. We wanted to spend more time in the small towns and seeing wildlife instead of on the cruise boat. Fini took our destinations and created an efficient itineary to visit 5 stops. She came up with fanscinating side trips which we were not aware of within our itinery. We still had much time to explore on our own: parks, museums and hiking. The accommodations had local flavor and great location. Saw Juneau, Sitka, Glacier Bay, Skagway and Haines. No gliches! Well done.See more..
Getting to see the bear males and females and cubs at least 20 or more. Doing what bears do. Waiting on the salmon , eating clams and sedge(80lb) a day. We flew in on Rust Air Scott was our pilot and tony was our guide(bear mountain lodge). The flight was as amazing ( as the bear viewing)mountains rivers and glaciers. We saw Beluga whales on the trip.See more..
5.0Pack Creek(18 reviews) - FANTASTIC! Spent More than 3 hours National Parks • Nature & Wildlife Areas
Worth every penny even tho the initial price tag can be a bit jolting. Flew by seaplane to Admiralty Island - perfect weather conditions. Landed on the beach and 2 bears were already there clamming along the shore. In total we saw 5 bears and one whale swimming out in the distance. In total we were out for 6 hrs. Food was provided and our guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. The flight over was very enjoyable too with views unparalleled in beauty and splendour. We were very well looked after by the tour operators.See more..
5.0Katmai National Park And Preserve(8 reviews) - Experience of a lifetime National Parks When I was 8 years old I wrote a paper on visiting the bears. 63 years later I was able to do so. We were able to view the bears at Brooks Creek falls for over an hour, and downstream for several hours. It was so fun to see bears fishing in their habitat, without human interference. We also saw that each bear had his own fishing technique; diving for fish, waiting at the top of the falls and catching fish on the fly, or waiting for fish to miss the jump, and catching them before they recovered! I have been to numerous national parks. This is by far the best of any of them!See more..
The only way to get there is by Bush plane. There are probably no other humans within 50 to 100 miles. It is a wonder. Sitting on the dunes is a terrific experience.See more..
The road up to the Historic area is Ulatka Drive, off of Ballyhoo road just past Resolve Marine Salvage. It's the only steep road up the mountain. It's an amazing place with incredible views. It's easy to spend several hours wandering around. If you like to hike it provides easy access to hike up Ballyhoo. If hiking you want to grad a pass from the Ounalashka Corporation office behind the Grand Aleutian hotel. Most of the land is private property so you need a pass for access. There are old bunkers and gun emplacements and lots of old building remains. Wild flowers abound in the summer, ground squirrels, eagles and other birds. Sometimes to can see whales feeding all around the island. Super cool place and definitely a must visit if you have time.See more..
Used Golden Eagle Air Taxi to visit Cape Krusenstern National Monument on return from trip deep inside Kobuk National Park. The NM is just North of Kotzebue Alaska on the Church Sea. We landed and observed and took photos of a herd of Muskox about 1 mile from the shoreline. The Muskox were very wary and hard to approach. After 1/2 hour of watching them we returned to Kotzebue.See more..
5.0Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve(2 reviews) - Paddling the Yukon Dawson to Circle Bodies of Water • National Parks • Nature & Wildlife Areas • Parks
A 2.5-million-acre watershed with a gentle landscape.See more..
