Alaska Adventure Tours
From wildlife viewing, to kayaking, dog sledding, seaplane flightseeing and glacier trekking, Juneau is the jumping off point for some of Alaska’s most amazing adventures. Here is just a sample of the possibilities for Juneau-based excursions, and if you are interested in other cities and regions in Alaska, we have all the connections to get you there.
Most Popular Juneau-Based Excursions:
We offer tours and excursions in Juneau, Alaska. Perfect for cruiseship passengers and independent travelers.
Taku Lodge Feast and 5-Glacier Seaplane Discovery
Whale Watching and Mendenhall Glacier
Tracy Arm Fjord Glacier Cruise
Helicopter and Mendenhall Glacier Dog Mushing
Helicopter and Glacier Trekking
Choose from 1, 2 or 3-hour glacier trekking on this thrilling once in a lifetime adventure!
Board a helicopter and fly over the Juneau Icefield, massive glaciers, towering mountain peaks and lush rainforests to one of our local glaciers for an active adventure of glacier trekking!
Southeast Alaska
Between the steep mountains of British Columbia and the stormy waters of the Pacific is a region known for its jagged coastline, mountainous landscape, lush rainforests, varieties of wildlife, routinely moody weather and culturally rich island communities. Although the region’s most populated cities Juneau, Ketchikan and Sitka provide easy access for visitors seeking a comfortable and relaxing vacation, there is no shortage of remote villages and terrain for the adventure oriented traveler to explore.
We have lived and worked in Southeast for 15 years, with time spent in Sitka, Ketchikan and now Juneau. Whether you are traveling throughout Southeast independently by hopping from town to town, or embarking on a week-long cruise through the Inside Passage, we can plan and book your dream Southeast Alaska vacation.
Juneau
Alaska’s state capital is also one of its most beautiful cities and one of the most visited communities in the state. With so much to see and do, there’s certain to be something for you in Juneau.
Downtown Juneau sits snugly between Mount Juneau, Mount Roberts, and Gastineau Channel, and is a maze of narrow streets running past a mix of new structures, old storefronts, and quaint houses featuring early 19th-century architecture from the town’s gold-mining days. The waterfront bustles with cruise ships, fishing boats, and floatplanes zipping in and out. With no road access to Juneau, it is the only state capital in the United States that can only be reached by airplane or boat.
Ketchikan
Ketchikan is known as Alaska’s “first city” due to its location at the southern tip of the Inside Passage —it is the first city you reach as you cruise north, and for many visitors, their first introduction to the beauty and majesty of Alaska.
Just 90 miles north of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Ketchikan hugs the bluffs that form the shoreline along the southwest corner of Revillagigedo Island. Stretching 31 miles long but never more than 10 blocks wide, Ketchikan is centered on Tongass Avenue. On one side of the avenue, many businesses and homes are built on stilts out over the water, while on the other side they cling to the steep slopes and often have winding wooden staircases leading to their doors.
Skagway
A colorful gold rush history, beautiful setting, and a lot of cruise ships makes Skagway one of the most interesting and popular towns to visit in the Inside Passage. Location on traditional Tlingit land, Shgag̱wéi means “bunched up or roughed up water” and refers to the whitecaps that form from strong winds.
Beginning in 1897, Skagway and the nearby valley of Dyea were the starting place for more than 40,000 gold-rush stampeders who headed to the Yukon primarily by way of the Chilkoot Trail during the Klondike Gold Rush. Today, visitors are transported back in time to the gold rush days along the seven-block corridor on Broadway that features historic false-front shops and restaurants, wooden sidewalks, locals in period costumes, and restored buildings, many of which are part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
Sitka
Sitka is the only Inside Passage community that fronts the Pacific Ocean, hugging Baranof Island’s west shore in the shadow of the impressive Mount Edgecumbe. Located on Sitka Sound, the city of about 8,500 residents is known for its Tlingit culture and picturesque remnants of its Russian heritage, including the onion-shaped domes and gold-colored crosses of the beloved Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral. The city and borough limits include most of Baranof Island, where the city of Sitka is located, along with south Chichagof Island and many other small, forested islands along the coast.
Interior Alaska
Anchorage
Alaska’s largest city lies between the Chugach Mountains and Cook Inlet. Anchorage is more urban that any other place in Alaska, but it’s also just as wild. Among the northernmost cities on Earth, Anchorage is a place with big-city amenities: fine restaurants, museums, shops, theaters, and an excellent music scene. It is also home to Alaska’s largest college, the University of Alaska Anchorage. Creating the backdrop to the city are the salmon-rich waters of Cook Inlet and the 5,000-foot-plus peaks of Chugach State Park.
Within a short drive from downtown are dozens of wilderness adventures, and a quick plane ride opens up the possibility of almost any type of outdoor activity, including hiking, backpacking, camping, glacier trekking, and wildlife viewing. This is one of the many reasons why Anchorage’s Lake Hood is the world’s busiest floatplane base. Anchorage’s more than 290,000 residents embrace both the urban amenities and the surrounding wilderness.
Anchorage enjoys a relatively mild climate by Alaska standards, with summer temperatures in the mid-60s to low-70s, and winter temperatures in the 10s and 20s. Like the rest of Alaska, summer days are long in Anchorage, with 22 hours of sunlight on the Summer Solstice on June 21. The shortest day of the year is the Winter Solstice on December 21, with 5.5 hours of daylight. It’s best to bring plenty of layers as weather conditions can change in Anchorage very quickly.
Denali Park
The community known as Denali Park is a collection of mostly seasonal businesses and accommodations providing services for visitors to Denali National Park, located next to the park’s entrance and stretching along the George Parks Highway.
Denali National Park itself is nestled in the heart of Alaska and is home to the towering peaks of the Alaska Range, stunning glaciers, and diverse wildlife. Denali is the highest mountain peak in North America, standing at a breathtaking 20,310 feet. With hiking trails and backcountry exploration, opportunities for rafting and flightseeing, educational opportunities near the park’s entrance, and so much more, Denali offers visitors much more than an impressive peak. Opportunities to spot grizzly bears and caribou and marvel at the vast tundra landscape make Denali a must-see destination for nature lovers and adventure seekers.
Talkeetna
The tiny, funky hamlet of Talkeetna is straight out of many visitors’ mental picture of life in small-town Alaska. Located 115 miles north of Anchorage in the Mat-Su Valley, it’s a not-to-be-missed stop in Southcentral Alaska.
Said to be the inspiration for the fictional community of Cicely in the TV show “Northern Exposure,” it’s no surprise Talkeetna rings so true with visitors. Its artistic, outdoorsy, and creative residents cling proudly to the character of their community and their mountaineering history as the jumping-off point for climbers hoping to summit North America’s tallest peak – Denali. A turn-of-the-20th-century gold-mining center, Talkeetna has retained much of its early Alaska flavor. Log cabins, a roadhouse, and clapboard storefronts line the streets.
Fairbanks
At 65 degrees north latitude, Fairbanks is renowned for the northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, the midnight sun, and sunsets and sunrises that last forever. Basecamp to Denali National Park & Preserve, the Interior, and the Arctic — Fairbanks is the Golden Heart of Alaska. Home to just over 100,000 hearty souls, the Fairbanks region is the second largest population center in Alaska.
Locals embrace the natural world and have created a vibrant river city in the far north. Where else can you travel to such a remote locale and still enjoy all the amenities of a charming downtown, a thriving arts community, rich Alaska Native culture , authentic Alaska activities and attractions, and endless opportunities for exploration.
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