Chichagof Island Tour: Brown Bear Search

Overview

Embark on a small-group, 3-hour land based tour of Chichagof Island. The community of Hoonah, with a year round population of approximately 850, is located in the northern part of Chichagof Island. The vast majority of the island is pure, uninhabited, Alaskan wilderness teeming with wildlife! Chichagof Island has the highest population of bears per square mile of any place on Earth.

City: Hoonah

Sat 21 Jun

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Starting at $163.63

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Sat 21 Jun

Starting at $163.63

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What's Included

Picks Up & Drops Off at Icy Strait Point

National Park fees $5.40

Local Native guide

Small Group Tour - Max of 10

All individual seating in van, no bench seating

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Tour Time is Departure time. Please meet 15 minutes prior at the Icy Strait Point Excursions Hub
Each Child on tour must be accompanied by an adult
No Smoking
At time of booking, cruise ship passengers must provide ship name
Children Under the age of 8 are not permitted on this tour
While we endeavor to find bears on this tour we cannot gurantee sightings

What To Expect

The Shops By HTA

Shop at Hoonah's #1 Gift Store! Gifts, Snacks, Drinks!

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (142)

Meander291748

Sep 2024

This borders on a rip off. We started our tour at 11. The first thing the driver says is the berries are gone, the bears only eat at the river early in the morning or late. She might have said you just threw your $166 a person in the mud. Then she had us standing in the rain on a bridge for a half hour, looking for nothing. The whale tours promise your money back if you don,t see a whale. No way that this outfit could do that, look at the other reviews. And this island has the most dense concentration of bears in the world

Response from Host

Sep 2024

Thank you for taking the time to review us. We do guarantee whales or we give $100 back. The bears are a little harder to find sometimes and we do have days where they just don’t come out. Mother Nature just doesn’t cooperate sometimes. If you come back to Alaska we will definitely get you back out and make it up to you by putting you on bears!!

Richard_K

Aug 2024

“Long and lonely road” but no bears, should have read reviews, better seeing them in mating season.Which I believe is Apr/Mar which is a little cool for the cruise crowd. Sitting in back of van I could not hear the drivers tour story . Somehow her headset was not adjusted even asking once to turn up the volume .

Everett_L

Aug 2024

Gary was a great guide. We saw bears at the first stop. Wonderful views. Learned so much from Gary about Tlinguit culture as well as the nature of bears and the island. One of our best excursions ever.