We booked the 6 hour day cruise to the Kenai National Park. A small bus picked us up from the train station at 11am & transferred us to the dock where The Aialik Voyager was waiting to take us on the tour. I was a little apprehensive of the 6 hours on the boat knowing it would be cold & very windy but this turned out to be one of the highlights of our trip to Alaska. It was a bright beautiful sunny day,turquoise waters, cold & windy but we had such a great time.....spent a lot of time on the deck,saw lots of orca whales,few humpbacks,sea lions basking in the sun posing for us amidst some incredible scenery, millions of puffins, bald headed eagles. The glacier calving was fantastic....one of the staff fished out a huge chunk on board & we took turns trying to lift it. The colour of the sea changed from a deep turquoise to a lighter greenish blue with all the ice floating in it....just amazing to see.
They served us a boxed lunch which was adequate, also hot/cold drinks & some snacks are available on board. The boat was clean & comfortable. When the wind got too much we would go inside for a little bit to get warm & then step out again to take more pictures. The warm choclate chip cookies at the end of the trip was a nice touch.
Lots of beautiful pictures & wonderful memories of the many things we did in Alaska,this tour was most certainly one of our favourites.