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We offer Alaska raft trips that offer scenic views, wildlife viewing, fishing, and whitewater.
Custom group Alaska rafting adventures are available on request. If have interested in something special or participating in an exploratory expedition, please contact us with your ideals or to see what plans are being made.
Kongakut River - 10 day Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Rafting Safari. Explore Alaska's remote Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) by raft on the "river of caribou". Our trip coincides with the annual migration of the 130,000-strong Porcupine caribou herd and passes through some of the world's most pristine wilderness.
Lake Creek - 7 day Whitewater Rafting and Fishing Adventure. Our favorite fly-in wilderness adventure river, great combination exciting whitewater and great Alaska fishing. Lake Creek offers almost continuous Class II/III whitewater with a few Class IV rapids, five species of salmon, rainbow trout and arctic grayling.
Chulitna River - 4 day Denali Raft Adventure. An excellent family adventure and sampling of Alaska's best wilderness and geography at a casual pace. We travel through Denali State Park, upper Susitna Valley and take out near Trapper Creek, a historic gold mining town. |
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Seward, Alaska - Kenai Fjords National Park - Bear Glacier
Multi-Day Seward, Alaska Sea Kayaking Adventures
Backcountry Safaris' multi-day sea kayaking tours offer an active Alaska adventure to incredible sea kayaking destinations. Kenai Fjords' Aialik Bay known as one of Alaska wildlife hotspots and for its calving tidewater glaciers and Bear Glacier, a sea kayaking paradise, and is one of the most unique and scenic sea kayaking destinations in Kenai Fjords National Park.
Other destinations are available on custom sea kayaking trips; if you can imagine it, Backcountry Safaris can make it happen. We offer customized sea kayaking trips that cater to the special interests and desires of your group or family. Just call and let us know what you have in mind.
No prior sea kayaking experience is required, sea kayaking instruction is included.
Our Most Popular Multi-Day Sea Kayaking Base Camp
Bear Glacier Wilderness Retreat All-Inclusive Sea Kayaking Haven
Bear Glacier is a sea kayaking mecca, and one of the most unique and scenic sea kayaking destinations in Kenai Fjords National Park. Take a minute to look at our Bear Glacier Photo Album and just imagine seeing this awesome place in person. A maze of giant icebergs awaits your arrival. Sea kayaking around the icebergs is so amazing that when you get here you're going to want to stay longer.
Enjoy comfortable lodging in our modern custom made 12' X 12' WeatherPORT, a fabric tension shelters featuring wood floors and 2 single beds and heated for your comfort. |
Our Most Popular Multi-Day Sea Kayak Camping Trip
7 Day Kenai Fjords Sea Kayaking Package Departing From Anchorage
Scheduled departure dates. This is our most popular multi-day sea kayaking adventure. Our 7 day Seward sea kayaking package departs from Anchorage and simplifies your travel planning. With other Alaska sea kayaking adventures you're left on your own to figure out how to get to the sea kayaking trip departure locations. Our Aialik Bay Kenai Fjords National Park 7 day sea kayaking adventure provides a complete tour package; transportation, lodging in Seward and an Alaska sea kayaking wilderness camping experience with enough time to gain an intimate understanding of this magical place. We think this is the single best overall sea kayaking adventure we offer. Take a look at our Aialik Bay Photo Album and see how incredible it is. |
3 to 7 Day Kenai Fjords Sea Kayaking Trip Departing From Seward
Private Trips. 3 to 7 day custom private Aialik Bay sea kayaking adventures. Aialik Bay is a spectacular Alaska sea kayaking paradise, with an abundance of wildlife and with 3 tidewater glaciers flowing into its bays. A wide variety of wildlife and marine birds call Aialik Bay home. We often see pods of killer whales, humpback whales, harbor seals, sea otters, black bears, mountain goats, bald eagles, the endangered Steller sea lion, and a variety of marine birds, including puffins. |
5 Day Kenai Fjords Sea Kayaking Departing From Seward
Scheduled departure dates. Departing from Seward our 5 day Seward sea kayaking camping adventure includes sea kayaking in Kenai Fjords National Park's Aialik Bay, one of Alaska's most diverse sea kayaking destinations and well know as one of Alaska's top wildlife viewing hotspots. We'll sea kayak through rock arches while we explore the rugged coast of this fjord. Three immense glaciers flow into the ocean and we explore them all. You'll witness the awesome power of calving glaciers, see lots of waterfalls cascading down sheer granite walls. You can even sea kayak under waterfalls, if you're bold. |
7 Day Bear Viewing and Giant Icebergs Departing From Anchorage
An incredible Alaska tour combination that you won't soon forget. Bear Viewing and Giant Icebergs is a combination of our 3 day bear viewing trip in Lake Clark National Park and our 3 Day Bear Glacier Wilderness Retreat Sea Kayaking adventure in Kenai Fjords National Park.
This adventure starts with an scenic Alaska bush plane flight to a private wilderness fly-in bear viewing camp. After 3 days watching and photographing Alaska brown bears your off to Seward then Bear Glacier land of giant icebergs and glaciers.
Bear Glacier is one of the most unique and scenic sea kayaking destinations in Kenai Fjords National Park. Take a minute to look at our Bear Glacier Photo Album and just imagine how amazing it would be seeing this awesome place in person. A maze of giant icebergs awaits your arrival. Sea kayaking around the icebergs is so amazing that when you get here you're going to want to stay longer. |
7 Day Denali Park and Giant Icebergs Departing From Anchorage
This tour combines Alaska's two most popular national parks. This 7 day itinerary is a combination of our 3 day Denali National Park Adventure and our 3 day Bear Glacier Wilderness Retreat Sea Kayaking adventure in Kenai Fjords National Park.
Bear Glacier is an incredible glacial lagoon where you'll paddle in a protected sea kayaking paradise with giant icebergs, stretch your legs on naturalist-led hikes, outdoor photography, or try some birding. Bear Glacier is also a great location to just relax and enjoy the scenery from camp while others paddle or hike. Snow-capped mountain peaks loom over the lagoon and rise to dramatic heights. Bear Glacier Photo Album
Denali National Park is famous for wildlife viewing, the scenery and the highest mountain in North America, Mt. Denali (Mt McKinley). |
The Backcountry Safaris Difference
Compare the differences and see why you should choose Backcountry Safaris for your Alaska sea kayaking adventure.
- Dry Suits - We provide dry suits to keep you warm, dry, and help protect you from hypothermia in Alaska's cold waters. Other Seward, Alaska sea kayaking outfitters provide or you have to rent at extra cost rain gear and rubber boots that offer little protection.
- Single kayaks - Option to paddle your own single sea kayak on multi-day trips. Most sea kayaking outfitters provide no choice; you have to paddle a double sea kayak.
- Specialty Gear - We provide the specialty gear you need. Compare what we provide, no hidden or added gear costs having to rent or buy needed gear. We supply dry suits, pogies (kayaking gloves), rain gear, rubber boots, sleeping pad, sleeping bags, tents, and dry bags.
- Complete Tour Packages - Sea Kayaking tours that include pre-trip Alaska transportation and Alaska lodging. In Seward only Backcountry Safaris offers pre-trip lodging and transportation packages that simplify your travel planning.
- Environmental Commitment - All of our Alaska sea kakaying tours are run in a matter to minimize environmental impact. We practice Leave No Trace camping techniques.
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Backcountry Safaris
P.O. Box 1397 Seward, Alaska USA 99664
1-907-205-5900 • Fax 1-907-205-5902
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**Tour Itineraries: Backcountry Safaris and other tour operators that we work with strive to give you a high quality Alaska experience. The tour itinerary shown on our web page is an example tour itinerary. The actual tour itinerary may vary some due to weather, safety, guest abilities and other conditions. Backcountry Safaris and other independent tour contractors reserve the right to change the tour itinerary and/or make substitutions at any time and without prior notice or to cancel all or part of any tour in its reasonable discretion, for the safety of its participants or due to insufficient number of participants signing up for a tour, because of weather, for the comfort and well being of our guests, for any other conditions that might affect the quality of tour, or as deemed necessary by the tour operator or trip leader.
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. |
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