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Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Rafting - Skagway Departure

Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Rafting - Skagway Departure

Overview

This is a small group rafting and scenic driving tour through the famous Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve with a scenic float trip (no whitewater) through the home of the largest bald eagle congregation in the world. Thousands of bald eagles travel here to feed on salmon in the fall and winter. In spring and summer watch for eagles nesting and raising their young.

City: Skagway

Mon 23 Dec

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Starting at $235.00

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Mon 23 Dec

Starting at $235.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

High Speed Catamaran transfer between Skagway and Haines, Alaska

Local guide

Bottled water

Driver/guide

Lunch

Port pickup

Additional Info

Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Minimum age 7 years
Maximum weight 250 lbs.
A minimum of 2 people is required to open the tour
Cruise Ship Passengers, please provide ship name for meeting location. Hotel guests, please provide name of hotel for pick-up.
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (16)

Rickjax

Jul 2022

Wonderful 2 hour raft trip down beautiful river. We saw 7 eagles along the way. I’m told in fall there are hundreds of eagles. Very safe. Great way to see real forests and wetlands.

Response from Host

Jul 2022

I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed our float. The Chilkat truly is a beautiful river and the scenery is spectacular. Yes in the fall the eagle numbers increases to a crescendo of hundreds of bald eagles feeding on salmon along the river in November. Perhaps you would like to return to Haines some day for our Bald Eagle Festival the second week of November!

LSseetheworld

Sep 2019

Had a great time with our guide Liz. We saw over 20 Bald Eagles on a very relaxing river float. Highly recommend!

adflanagan13

Aug 2019

In general we had nice weather but we saw only a dozen or so eagles. the scenery was beautiful. The raft guide, Liz, was an enthusiastic and competent naturalist who made the raft trip itself enjoyable. It is necessary to walk in water and Rainbow tours provided Rubber boots, but mine leaked and my feet were therefore cold for the entire trip. The excursion involved a 20 minute van ride which was cramped and the van wasnt very clean. Rainbow provided a van transfer in Skagway from our cruise dock to the ferry dock, and told us they would meet us at the end. They did not, and we were forced to walk 30 minutes back from the ferry to the cruise ship.

Response from Host

Aug 2019

Thanks for your review. I'm glad you mentioned that the scenery was beautiful and that Liz is a qualified naturalist. We are very fortunate to have her on our team. As far as the number of eagles, a dozen is actually a pretty good number. The Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve boats thousands of bald eagles in November. But in the summer, eagles are on the nest and are territorial, so you don't find large concentrations of bald eagles until they are off the nest beginning in September. The great thing about the trip is to see the eagles on and near their nests; the area where we float has a high concentration of nesting bald eagles because it is a rich and pristine environment. Another great aspect of our rafting trip is that it gets you completely away from the road and out in the wilderness where it is quiet and the air smells fresh and clean. I am sorry to hear that your boots leaked. Hopefully, you told our guide Liz about them. Our protocol is to replace or repair any and all leaky boots right away. Fortunately, most tours do not involve walking in the water- the boots are mainly to keep your feet dry in case there is some splashing water that gets into the raft. The nature of glacial rivers are that they are shallow, and occasionally a raft gets stuck on the gravel. If the guide can't get the raft floating again, participants may need to get out in the shallow water while the guide moves the raft from shallow to deeper water. This rarely happens but does happen now and again. As far as the transfer in Skagway, I am sorry if you misunderstood what we provide. At the beginning of the tour, we meet you in Skagway at the cruise ship dock just past security. We provide a meet and greet service and transfer to the Fast Ferry dock. At that time, our Skagway rep tells all guests about the return protocol. When you return to Skagway, there is a bus service that provides regular transport from the Fast Ferry back to the ship. My Skagway guides explain to all guests that this service is paid for by Rainbow Glacier Adventures- all you have to do is inform the bus driver that you are with our company and they do not charge you-they bill us. So our guests are never forced to walk back one half hour from the Fast Ferry back to their ship.I apologize if that was not make clear to you.