Les meilleurs événements de la ville Juneau. Aventure en canoë sur le lac Mendenhall commander (réserver en ligne) tickets.afisha.life. Paddle across Mendenhall Lake, navigating past icebergs, surrounded by Alaskan wildlife on an exceptionally stable, 28-foot, traditional Tlingit-style canoe, with all modern safety gear supplied

Aventure en canoë sur le lac Mendenhall

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Paddle across Mendenhall Lake, navigating past icebergs, surrounded by Alaskan wildlife on an exceptionally stable, 28-foot, traditional Tlingit-style canoe, with all modern safety gear supplied. Venture within a safe distance of the awe-inspiring face of the Mendenhall Glacier and the beautiful Nugget Falls where you will hit the beach and refuel for the return paddle with an Alaskan-style snack. Due to the close approach to the glacier face, the Forest Service tightly controls the number of participants. Be one of the lucky few to experience this one-of-a-kind adventure!

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Necessary Equipment (rain gear, life jackets, boots)

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Necessary Equipment (rain gear, life jackets, boots)

Snacks

Information additionnelle

Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Children 12 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian
Children 13 to 17 must have a signed parental consent form to participate without a parent or guardian
Minimum weight: 40lbs
Maximum weight: approx 350lbs.
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

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cindi m

Jul 2018

We booked this 8:30 am tour 5+ months in advance. Imagine our surprise when, about 2pm THE DAY BEFORE THE TOUR, literally as our cruise ship was pulling out of the Ketchican port and I was about to lose cell service, I received a text from Alaska Travel Adventure advising me that our 8:30 tour had been cancelled and I could rebook on the 11:00 am tour if I chose. This was most disconcerting because of the VERY short notice -- less than 16 hours -- and the fact that I had to make in instantaneous decision because, in less than 5 minutes, I would not be able to communicate with them again until the day of the tour, and because I had other plans for the day based around our 8:30 am tour time. Had this text come 5 minutes later, I wouldn't have gotten it and we wouldn't have even known of the change until the morning, and we would have planned our evening and our early morning on the ship assuming we had to be off the boat at 8 am for our tour. I said yes to the text (we had little other choice) and then talked to the woman in the office the next morning when we were in port in Juneau. She said they only had a few people for the 8:30 and the paddling would be too hard. However, when I later mentioned that my husband has had shoulder surgery and wouldn’t be able to pitch in to paddle much, she laughed and said, “Oh, don’t worry. The guide really does almost all of the work [wink, wink]” So I think it is fair to assume that this cancellation and rebooking was strictly for their financial convenience in not wanting to run a small tour. It may seem like this was a minor change, but smacking the tour in the middle of the day meant we could do little else. My plan had been to take this tour early in the day, and then take the town shuttle back to the Mendenhall Visitor Center and do the hike(s) at the top of Nugget Falls that are so highly rated. But we didn’t have time to do this before the 11 am tour, and by the time we would get back from the later paddle tour, even though it’s light late here and our ship is in port until 8 pm, for some unknown reason the shuttles to and from the Visitor Center stop around 3 pm. In the frantic 1.5 hours after I got off the ship in the morning, I could find no other tours operated after about 2 pm. By the time I actually met them for pick up at 10:50, I was borderline furious for creating a pretty messed up schedule for our day in Juneau. To top it off, the bus departed for our paddle tour late because the organizing person on the street was dealing with 2 people whose kayak tour through Alaska Travel Adventures had also been cancelled. My understanding was that they hadn’t even been informed and showed up thinking they were going on a tour. The good thing was that the rest of the Mendenhall Lake Canoe Paddle tour was fine and quite good. Our tour driver was helpful and very informative. He knew about my displeasure; I don’t know if the ride out to the glacier is usually such a narrated tour, but our driver did a great job, pointing out eagles, and the fish hatchery, and talking about the local scene. On the way back, he gave us an abbreviated tour of some of the outlying areas of Juneau while he talked about the area. The canoe paddling experience on Mendenhall Lake was very good. They offer raincoats and rubber boots, and stored back packs and shoes. The paddling was easy with our excellent guide (sorry I can’t remember his name) doing most of the work and talking and commenting all the way. We paddled by icebergs in the water and got pretty close to the glacier. It doesn’t look anywhere near as blue as the Photo-shopped picture on the TripAdvisor page, but is it quite stupendous and seeing the blue in the crevices was beautiful. Our guide said that the blue was more visible on a cloudy day, so we were lucky. I'm not sure if that is true of not, but it was lovely and a great experience. We paddled to the base of Nugget Falls and walked near the falls and had snacks. The canoe paddle on Mendenhall Lake was quite memorable and I must say I would probably go through the hassle of dealing with this operator again in order to do this trip (hence the 3 stars instead of lower). This is not an excursion offered through the ship, and several other passengers were surprised that we’d done such an unusual thing. Things have a way of working out, as the weather was rainier at our 8:30 time than it was at 11:00, although I don’t believe this is why they changed the tour time. As mentioned, our tour driver (may have been named Mike) went out of his way to fix the bad feelings we started with. Overall, he succeeded and this was a good experience. On the way back to town he dropped us at the Alaska Museum, which was recommended by someone else on our tour, so we were able to fill our afternoon with something other than wondering to tourist gift shops and restaurants. In summary the actual canoe experience was very good, but if you are going to deal with Alaska Travel Adventure, I strongly suggest that you have Plan B mapped out that you can implement quickly to save the stress of losing very valuable vacation hours in port, in case they unilaterally make changes to your paid-in-full tour at the last minute.

Réponse de l'hôte

Jul 2018

I am so sorry your original time had been canceled and caused you a disruption in your day. Yes, in fact, we have guest minimums on all of our tours. With the Native canoe, the minimum is the number of paddlers it takes to safely push a 750 - 1000 pound, 30 feet long canoe in the 33-degree water. Safety is always our first concern on any tour we operate. Some of our water-related tours can be interrupted by weather and minimums not being met. Again I am sorry for the disruption in your schedule. Thanks for sharing, Dale E Smith Director of Sales and Marketing

Lonnie M

Jul 2018

On Saturday June 30th, my group’s adventure to Mendenhall Glacier began at 8:00AM as we disembarked our massive floating hotel called the Island Princess. Once we exited the cruise ship it was just a short walk to reach the van that drove us to Mendenhall Lake. Our 25-30 minute drive through Juneau, it harbor and it’s wetlands was pleasurably relaxing as our driver was a knowledgeable local who took great pleasure, and pride, in his job informing his tourist guests of the history of Juneau and the natural wonders surrounding his home. We arrive at the park and after a quick bathroom break, our tour guide ushered us to the side of the lake where we put on our rubber boots and stored our backpacks. We completed a very brief safety session and clamored into the old fashioned wooden canoe with 7 other adventure seekers and our guide. Our guide, Ariel, a recent college graduate from the University of Florida, is best described as young, positive, energetic, passionate and truly happy to be working outdoors in nature. We learned Arielle took this summer job to experience nature in a way she never could in Florida and her passion really shined through! As we rowed out it quickly became apparent that this is truly a glacier lake. The serene azure color looked inviting and we learned that the 35-degree lake is one of the purest waters on earth. No engines allowed here! The lake’s serene Azure color is a direct result of super fine glacial silt deposited into the lake as the glacier slowly scrubs the granite rocks below as it melts, and recedes, into the mountains behind it. After a rather uneventful 30-minute paddling session on the glassy lake, we arrived at Mendenhall Glacier a towering mountain of white with tinges of deep blue at its base. It was fascinating to learn that the deep blue color of the glacier’s bottom ice was due to that part of the glacier being super compacted having had its oxygen squeezed out of the ice turning it into a super hard, granite-like “Super ice” to me reminiscent of Superman’s fortress of solitude. We parked our canoe about 400-600 yards from the glacier in case it “calved” breaking off a massive chunk of ice and sending 12-foot waves in our direction. The towering size of Mendenhall Glacier is almost indescribable. After another 15-20 rowing session, we arrived at Nugget Falls. A massive gorgeous natural waterfall dumping thousand of gallon of water per second into the lake. We exited our canoe for a photo session next to the easily accessible falls for a photo session and to sip a cup of warm apple cider our guide brought for us. After a 15-minute break, we jumped back into the canoe and after 20 more minutes of rowing we arrived back at base camp where we were greeted with salmon dip, Reindeer sausage, crackers cheese and beverages. All of us agreed that this shore excursion was not only truly memorable, pleasurable, exciting and informative it was more than worth the price considering our day’s adventure was made even more enjoyable by having our fantastic guide who was an encyclopedia of knowledge and patience for our group. Ariel even recommend a “local’s” restaurant to us for lunch where we had one of the best fish and chips and oatmeal stout we’ve ever had. Thank you Ariel and Mitch for your expertise and for making our excursion a truly memorable experience! I HIGHLY recommend that if you are in Juneau you reach out to Alaska Travel Adventures and book a tour. You won’t regret it!

Réponse de l'hôte

Jul 2018

Wow! What a fantastic review, thank you so much! I have been on this adventure many times and your detail and writing skills made me feel like I was on it as I read through your review! Thank you again and I will make sure and inform Ariel of your kind words! Dale E Smith Director of Sales and Marketing

Willamci

Jun 2018

A quick bus ride away we arrived at Mendenhall lake, Arielle and Clayton our guides gave us protective gear and a safety briefing. I’ve kayaked a lot and I always get wet but with the boots and waders they have us I was dry the whole time, bring a rain jacket to put over though. After a quick kayak across the lake learning about the lake and surrounding area we rounded a beautiful point to fully view the glacier, the day before he glacier had calved, so there were two point the glacier was deep blue, a few minutes after rounding the point it calved again and we saw and heard a huge portion of the glacier fall into the lake. We took photos and took in the glacier for 20-30 minutes before kayaking across the mouth of nugget falls and then back across the lake to where snacks and our bus was waiting. Clayton and Arielle were amazing the whole time and we’re super informative and up beet the whole time. Even though it rained they told us it’s usually better for kayaking with light drizzle as the views and wind are much calmer. The experience was amazing and getting so close to the glacier is so worth it.

Réponse de l'hôte

Jun 2018

Fantastic experience! Wow, getting to witness a calving, what a great trip. Thanks for sharing that! Dale E Smith Director of Sales and Marketing

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