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Winter-Summer Wilderness Wildlife Glacier Experience. Add Summer Glacier Cruise

Winter-Summer Wilderness Wildlife Glacier Experience. Add Summer Glacier Cruise

Overview

Experience the Big Outdoors and Portage Glacier Cruise!
See the amazing beauty that surrounds Anchorage.

This special tour does not follow any set route. Nor does it follow a time table.

Use your time wisely by going into the wilderness to see wildlife and view glaciers. Summer only: an option, on a 80 ft cruise ship. (available 11am departure only and May 20 - Sep 15.)

We follow the sun, the wind and our hearts to navigate your vacation towards the most scenic locations capable for the day of your tour.

The Wilderness Wildlife Glacier Experience includes entrance into the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. During summer you'll have an option to include a glacier cruise on the mv Ptarmigan.

Learn about our rich history and see the Ring of Glaciers. This award winning tour can not be replicated by any other service or shuttle.

The Wilderness Wildlife Glacier Experience offers highly trained Adventure Guides who's sole purpose is making your vacation memories last a lifetime.

City: Anchorage

Tue 24 Dec

Other dates

You can choose the date already on the booking website

Starting at $197.00

Make a reservation

Tue 24 Dec

Starting at $197.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Bottled water

Driver/guide

Snacks

Live Entertainment

Professional local guide & scout

Live commentary on board

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Glacier Cruise Upgrade Available Summer months Only
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
all individual personal seating areas are completely sanitized including air conditioning system..

What To Expect

Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center

Guided Tour within conservation park to see brown bear, wolves and bison. Photography lessons offered.

Chugach National Forest

Ring of Glaciers. A wonder of glaciers that surround a lake filled with pure glacial run off. As we return to Anchorage, live entertainment is offered.

Beluga Point

Scenic Viewpoint to Beluga whale watch Free photography lessons offered.

Portage Glacier

Available only during summer, from June to August, optional-Upgrade. Glacier Cruise to be upclose to Portage Glacier. See up close the face of Portage Glacier on the Ptarmigan Cruise ship. See up to 14 glaciers embedded within rugged mountains of the Chugach National Forest, that form the Ring of Glaciers. This Cruise, can be upgraded for an additional $45--this is not included in the regular tour cost. The Portage Glacier cruise is in conjunction with the U.S. Dept of Agriculture and hosted by a U.S. Park Ranger. This boat ride is NOT included in Wilderness Wildlife Glacier Experience basic tour. The regular tour, without cruise ship upgrade, still views glaciers within Glacier Valley. Free Photography Lessons offered.

Chugach State Park

Bird Point and selective Viewpoints to photograph soaring eagles, mountain goats, whales or walk upon alpine meadows. Free photography lessons offered.

Cook Inlet

Our tour will view the Cook Inlet. We will discuss the history of the Inlet as well as, Captain Cook who the Cook Inlet is named from.

Girdwood

Girdwood, Alaska will be featured during this tour. With a rich gold mining history, Girdwood, Alaska is a milestone during this trip.

Portage Glacier

Summer Only. Go on board mv Ptarmigan, a 80 ft ship that goes upclose Portage Glacier. This is available for an additional $45. Traveler Must Select this Option for 11 am departure only.

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Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (1000)

Kittykat2012

Nov 2022

Our guide, Josh, is so knowledgeable and just simply awesome. I learned more about Alaska’s history, wildlife, climate, and culture on this tour than I could have ever anticipated. Although it was snowy, and the landscape wasn’t very visible, this trip was worth every penny. We lucked out and got close up to two eagles in the wild, and the animals at the wildlife conservation area were fairly active. Josh knew many of the animals by name. He also knew the brown bears’ personalities and how they interact with one another. Josh went above and beyond to personalize the experience. Our last stop was the grand finale: Virgin Creek Falls Trail. The short trek up the trail led us to a majestic waterfall with snow and lush vegetation. Incredibly beautiful. Lastly, the tour organizers were especially accommodating. I had to change plans twice due to availability of another tour, and they were super flexible. I appreciate their personal touches, texts to confirm and email reminders. Well done!!!

732kyndallh

Nov 2022

Josh was an amazing tour guide and was so helpful answering all the questions I had. I was nervous about my solo trip to Alaska, but this tour got me acclimated to the city fairly quick and the journey seemed very thought out. Josh also took awesome pictures of us on the tour, and pays amazing attention to detail and always pointed out even the smallest things that we would have never noticed ourself, like bald eagles, birds nests, etc. It just made for a great overall experience. To top it all off, Josh is just a nice human, which made it such a fun time. I can't wait to come back to Alaska and I'll always recommend this tour to my friends and family. Ask for Josh as your guide if you can, you won't be disappointed:)

Paula W

Nov 2022

What a perfect day. Josh was fantastic- try and get him if you do this. he spotted dall sheep and an eagle, for us to get pics. All the stops allowed for great picture taking. Beautiful scenery and the stop to the animal conservation was great- and we were lucky the bears had not yet gone into hibernation. Josh was very knowlegable on history and general info. I will never forgot the 5 salmon!