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Kenai Fjords National Park Whale Watching Glacier Tour Departing From Anchorage Small Boat Whale Watching Cruise • Kenai Fjords Whale Watching Cruise • Northwestern Fjord Cruise • Resurrection Bay Cruise • Fox Island Dinner Cruise  Kenai Fjords Whale Watching Cruise with a convenient Anchorage departure. This tour combines Anchorage to Seward transportation with Alaska's most popular wildlife, whale watching and glacier cruise.Choose an Alaska Railroad experience that takes you past two glaciers and through five tunnels in the Grandview Valley. Or relax in a motorcoach as your driver narrates along the scenic Seward Highway traveling along Turnagain Arm and through Turnagain Pass. Our transportation options mean you can arrive by train and depart by bus, arrive by train and depart by train, arrive by bus and depart by bus, or by any combination of train or bus. You can even choose the Gold Star Dome Car train, first class seats for the best views. Let us know and we'll get you to and from Anchorage for this cruise. This one-day Kenai Fjord cruises departing from Anchorage, Alaska will provide an in-depth experience within the pristine Kenai Fjords National Park. Tours are fully narrated by an accredited wildlife interpreter and also include a visit to the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Kenai Fjords is teeming with wildlife. Whales, sea lions, sea otters, porpoises, orcas, bears, eagles, seals, seabirds, and mountain goats all call Kenai Fjords National Park home. There's incredible scenery and massive tidewater glaciers, towering walls of ice from the last ice age that calve into the fjords.
OVERVIEW
Tour Type: Whale Watching, Wildlife Viewing, Day Cruise, Resurrection Bay Tour Difficulty: Easy Comfort: Indoor Seating Prior Experience: None  This tour combines your choice of bus and or Alaska Railroad transportation between Anchorage and Seward with Alaska's most popular wildlife, whale watching and glacier cruise.Kenai Fjords Tours Boats Kenai Fjords Tours operates the largest day cruise fleet in Southcentral Alaska. The millennium class vessels are 95 feet long and Coast Guard licensed for 150 passengers. The boats offer a fast cruising speed, allowing for extra time to photograph and view wildlife and glaciers. Each vessel has been customized for the maximum comfort of our guests. We offer multi-level walk-around viewing decks as well as warm, spacious inside seating with large picture windows. All vessels are non-smoking, restroom equipped and accessible to guests with limited mobility.
ITINERARY
Anchorage departure. Train departs at 6:45 AM. Bus departs at 7:00 AM, Arriving in Seward by train you'll be met at the Seward Train Depot by one of Kenai Fjords Tours buses for the short shuttle to the Small Boat Harbor. If you arrive in Seward by bus, the bus will drop you off at the Small Boat Harbor.
A healthy chicken Caesar wrap for lunch will be served on the cruise. Your cruise includes whale watching and wildlife viewing on our way to Aialik Bay to see a calving tidewater glacier. The endangered Steller Sea lions, sea otters, porpoises, eagles, seals, seabirds, mountain goats, killer whale, humpback whale, gray whale, fin whale, and the Minke whale all call Kenai Fjords National Park home. Returning to Anchorage. The train arrives back in Anchorage at 10:15 PM. The bus arrives back in Anchorage at 9:30 PM
MAPS
Aialik Bay Map Kenai Fjords National Park Map See All The Kenai Fjords Maps Available RELATED LINKS AND NATURAL HISTORY Aialik Bay Photo Album Kenai Fjords Wildlife Kenai Fjords National Park Cultural Resources Kenai Fjords Glaciers - Glacial Features Harding Icefield The Retreat of Exit Glacier A Tour of the Life of a Glacier Iceberg Sizes, Shapes And Classifications Hypothermia, Cold Water Immersion Wildlife Whale Watching Glacier Cruise SUGGESTED ALASKA READING LIST Kenai Fjords Historic Resource Study (online book) by Linda Cook and Frank Norris Exploring Alaska's Kenai Fjords  by David MillerKenai Fjords Park - Trails Illustrated Map  Alaska: A Novel  by James A. MichenerAlaska: A History of the 49th State  by Claus-M Naske and Herman E. SlotnickGuide to the Birds of Alaska  by Robert H. ArmstrongWild Flowers of the Yukon, Alaska  by John G. S. TrelawnyComing into the Country by John McPhee Travels in Alaska by John Muir  Did You Know? The Dall's Porpoise may be the fastest small cetacean on the planet? It has been reported to reach speeds of 30 knots. These creatures delight in riding the bow waves of tour boats in the Kenai Fjords. riding the bow waves of tour boats in the Kenai Fjords.
Limitations of liability: Although every precaution is taken to safeguard you and your belongings, our adventure trips involve inherent risks and dangers which are beyond our control and Backcountry Safaris shall assume no responsibility for personal injuries or deaths and loss of personal property. Due to the nature of the activities, a condition of your participation is that you will read and sign the acknowledgment and Release of Liability before the tour begins. A copy of the text is available on request. |
At the Small Boat Harbor you'll check in at the tour office and board the whale watching glacier cruise boat. Whale Watching Cruise departs the Small Boat Harbor at 11:30 AM. This six hour cruise arrives back in Seward at 5:30 PM.