Historic Gold Panning Adventure & Salmon Bake

Overview

Spend your day in Juneau port panning for gold and indulging in a fresh Alaskan salmon bake. After a brief city tour of Juneau, make your way with a guide up to Gold Creek and Last Chance Basin for an adventure in gold panning. When you’ve built up an appetite, head to a traditional all-you-can-eat salmon bake. Take a short stroll along a natural salmon-spawning creek to the entrance of the Wagner Mine at beautiful Salmon Creek Falls where you can pan for gold, see mining relics, and look for salmon. Have fun roasting marshmallows over a campfire and feel free to take photos at our interactive, gold rush mural. You’re also encouraged to visit the Trading Post to purchase a souvenir and other mementos.

City: Juneau

Thu 05 Feb

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Starting at $145.00

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Thu 05 Feb

Starting at $145.00

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What's Included

Buffet and Hot & Cold Beverages

All necessary equipment

Transportation

Guide

Additional Info

Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers MUST provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
Children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Children 13-17 must have a signed parental consent form to participate in the absence of a parent or guardian

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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Reviews (54)

KAGDEVON

Aug 2023

This wasn’t our first choice excursion in Juneau but as the whale watching was fully booked, we thought we’d give it a try. Garrett was our guide and he’s very knowledgable for a non-local, with a deadpan delivery. He explained how to do the gold panning and showed us the best technique, but we didn’t get very long to do it ourselves (only about half an hour) which was a real shame and an hour would have been much better. We stood in the actual gold creek to wash the dirt but you don’t need wellies (we wore our hiking boots), and were very proud of our resulting gold flecks! Garrett then drove us to the outdoors salmon bake, further down the same river. The river was full of spawning chum salmon whilst we were there (end of July’23) either about to spawn or recently dead after completing their spawning, it was an amazing sight. There’s also a pretty waterfall and you can try your hands at more gold panning if you want (but no pipettes or vials to store any gold finds). The food was great, beautiful red sockeye salmon that was grilled in front of you, as well as salads, potatoes, and a delicious chowder. The best bit was when a member of the local team asked us if we wanted to see something, then took us back to the river a few metres away to see a Mama black bear eating chum salmon with her 3 cubs! Wow!! It was a top trip and we’re not so sad we missed the whale watching now ;-)

Jamie_M

Aug 2023

The falls and spawning salmon were the besy. The travel guide was great too. Missed the gold panning because of the cruise ship, but the salmon bake was nice

jennifergC8079OO

Jul 2023

Garrett was a great guide had a lot of fun. Very knowledgeable on history and how to pan for gold...