Alaskan Tour: Explore Wildlife, Glaciers, and Rainforest from Anchorage

Embark on an Alaskan tour from Anchorage to explore wildlife, glaciers, and a rainforest. Get up close with brown bears, wolves, caribou, and more at the Wildlife Conservation Center. Marvel at the beauty of Portage Valley’s glaciers, lakes, rivers, and rainforest.

Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center - View Alaska’s most famous animals up close in a natural setting. During this visit, you’ll get great pictures of real live bears, moose, musk-ox, caribou, bison, and more! The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (AWCC) is a sanctuary dedicated to preserving Alaska’s wildlife through conservation, research,…
What's Included
  • Entry to Wildlife Conservation Center
  • Guidance from a professional
  • Convenient pickup at Anchorage Downtown Visitor Center
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Lunch
  • Snacks
Additional Information

Embark on an incredible half-day journey through Alaska’s natural beauty, featuring wildlife, glaciers and a rainforest. Your tour starts with a pick-up from downtown Anchorage, followed by a drive along the scenic Turnagain Arm, with its plentiful views and accessible Alaskan wildlife. As you travel, your knowledgeable guide will share fascinating…

Location
546 W 4th Ave
West 4th Avenue
- We will pick you up at the downtown Anchorage Visitors Center behind log cabin. We normally park right behind the red trolley. It is an active loading and unloading zone so please be ready on time as the driver will have be asked by parking enforcement to move after 10 minutes.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Jravnsbo
Oct 6, 2024
Alaska Wildlife galore - A nice drive, great wildlife and a nice rainforest experience. This tour was great as I originalyl booked with another company who no-showed, so I ended up finding this one on the fly, it turned out that Melissa from my first day was the host for this one also. She did a great job, tried to even accomidate other tour members by seeing some extras and telling great stories. You see a lot of wildlife at the reserve and she knows many stories about the animals also. Take an umbrella as the galcier /rainforest can be wet.
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Gonnymalek
Oct 4, 2024
Book it, a great excursion! - Our small group had a wonderful experience on 10/03! Matthew was a wonderful and knowledgeable guide, and made this excursion perfect! All the galciers we’ve seen are stunning, had the opportunity to see bears, wolves and moose up close and personal and Matthew made a great photographer! Thank you very much for this unforgettable experience!
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Khalil_rob
Sep 28, 2024
Worth the trip! - Our guide Gary was amazing! Great narration with a bit of humor. I learned so much about Anchorage history during this tour and incredible to experience wildlife up close. Would definitely recommend.
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Cathleen_c
Sep 25, 2024
Great way to see the local wildlife! - Exactly what we where looking for, we only had a short time in Anchorage but wanted to see a glacier and some wildlife. The guide was great and the group was the perfect size. We had a great time and I will be highly recommending this tour to folks visiting Anchorage.
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Edward_r
Sep 22, 2024
This tour was fun, entertaining and educational. - Matthew was our tour guide. He was great. This tour was fun and the scenery was beautiful. I would highly recommend this tour if you are in Anchorage.
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Diana_m
Sep 21, 2024
Beautiful trip - Matt was AMAZING!! He was easily to hest tour guide I've ever had. It was truly an amazing day for my wife and I
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Cubeman1
Sep 18, 2024
Excellent - Our guide Matt was very knowledgeable and friendly he answered all our questions. Explained the history of Alaska and events hat happened
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Demetra_k
Sep 17, 2024
Beautiful - Got to see a lot of beauty and guide Melissa was amazing. Definitely recommend for short stay in ANC.
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Markandml
Oct 1, 2024
Educational and Enjoyable - This was a very enjoyable way to spend one of our days in Anchorage. The van is comfortable and Matthew, our guide, was knowledgeable and interesting. He has a dry sense of humor and you had to listen to him to catch the funny bits! The weather wasn't fantastic so there was no walk in the rainforest, but we saw salmon spawning and some spectacular views. Matthew shared a lot of information with us when we explored the wildlife sanctuary. I would recommend this trip.
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Peterws9294lh
Sep 20, 2024
Excellent tour, shame about the guide. - This was one of the best trips we have taken in our cruising history. The itinerary was spectacular, the minibus comfortable, the level of commentary was just right and the timing perfect. It was also very reasonably priced. The only reason I did not rate this as 5 star was due to our guide, Matthew. He was excellent for the first half of the tour but a lady pushed herself to sit alongside him and tried to dominate his time. Initially he gave all the group equal attention but after about half the trip he became too familiar with his “co-pilot” and her party of 4. They were loud and domineering and it almost became a private party with him ignoring questions from other travellers to the point of embarrassment. Although this did not completely spoil our enjoyment of an amazing tour, it did take the edge off.
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