Alaska Whale Watching with Drone

Experience Alaska’s unique drone-integrated whale watching tour with Captain Josh. Witness Humpback whales, Orcas, and more in Icy Strait’s pristine waters.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Icy Strait - You will travel out into Icy Strait with company owner Captain Josh in his small 14-passenger boat, and seek out wildlife, such as Humpback Whales, Orcas, Coastal Brown Bears, Sea lions, seals, and more! He has a 100% success rate with finding Humpback Whales on tours! His custom boat is also designed to give you excellent indoor and…
What's Included
  • Carbonated beverages
  • USB drive with Drone Shots of Whales! (one per group)
  • Snacks
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Whale watching in the wild and pristine waters of Icy Strait, where Humpback whales are abundant and sighted on every trip, with small business owner Captain Josh! Otter and Steller Sea Lions are also very common, with Orcas, Brown Bears, and other wildlife frequently sighted!
Owned and operated by our own Captain Josh, he will be your personal guide as…

Location
Excursions Hub
If you are meeting us in town, please head to The Shops by HTA at 335 Harbor Drive and check in inside at the tour desk. It's located right in front of the harbor with big signs and flags saying "tours and gifts." Again, please check in 15 minutes early.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Graydonb48
Sep 11, 2024
Great wildlife sightings on a small boat with excellent drone video to take home. - We were very impressed with all the wildlife we saw. A dozen hump back whales, 4 to 5 orcas very close to our boat, sea lions and otters! Granted it was a better than average day, but what a great captain & crew to enjoy our time with.
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Tripsfromnc
Sep 6, 2024
The best whale watching tour! - Our group loved the whale 🐳 watching tour and the drone footage was an added bonus! My sister wanted to see a bear and Josh brought us to a spot where a salmon stream emptied and found us a bear 🐻 😀! Big old bear sitting in a stream happily eating salmon. We had 4 whales swimming and breaching together then a few others. I was able to capture decent video of the whales and Alex provided Birds Eye view from the drone. Highly recommended! Ask him to show you his scuba diving videos - I would like to hire him as a dive guide too!
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Tamarasi8226cg
Sep 6, 2024
Best Whale Watching - We did the whale and drone tour with Capt. Josh. We were able to see whales, other wildlife and we even got to see orcas!!! The drone footage is super special to have because it gives a unique viewing perspective. So thankful this is the group we booked with!
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Norman_b
Sep 6, 2024
Highlight of our Cruise - On this trip we saw sea lions, sea otters, humpbacks, eagles, bears and orcas!! Amazing!! All captured on video with a drone. You also get a usb flash drive with drone footage. Look no further. If you want to see it all, book this trip!!! Highlight of our cruise!!!
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H1128acjeanettea
Sep 5, 2024
A whale of a good time! - This was the best tour!! A chance of a lifetime! Capt. Josh and his First Mate were very friendly, knowledgeable and accommodating to be sure we saw whales. They were very patient to give us time to take pictures. The drone footage USB is an added bonus!! We would highly recommend this tour!
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348bettyt
Sep 4, 2024
Amazing adventure - An extraordinary afternoon. Captain Josh was very knowledgeable. He knew where the best places to be to capture our photos. Comfortable boat with great visibility! We saw many whales and we were fortunate to see quite a few breeches. And we were given a thumb drive of the videos taken by a drone from our trip
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James
Sep 4, 2024
We only recommend this tour from Icy Straight Point! - This was a very professional and very enjoyable experience! The boat captain and his first mate were both outstanding!!! They exceeded all of our expectation. The drone was a perfect idea and really made the trip special!! We now have all the drone footage for memories and to show our friends.
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Julie_f
Sep 4, 2024
Highly recommend. - Even with all the fog and rain, it was a great day. We saw lots of whales and had a great day. Drone footage was a bonus. Boats all talk to each other and let us know there were bears so we saw those too!
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Rebecca_r
Sep 3, 2024
Highlight of our Cruise!! - Where do I begin.. Captain Josh is so informative, very attuned to the environment as well as just a nice guy with all kinds of stories. Always considering the whales and wildlife. One of the humpbacks was swimming not far from the boat and I attribute that to Captain Josh. Reason I feel this way, is in Juneau, not the same. Bigger boat, but not better. I counted 17 boats surrounding two sets of whales that spouted, but didn’t surface. I wouldn’t have surfaced either. I hope Cap’n Josh is there for years to come and teaches all these other boat excursions how to do it right!! Thank you Josh for the highlight of our trip!!
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Mary
Sep 2, 2024
Whale and orca’s August 2024. - Captain Josh was excellent! He was very knowledgable and had a great personality. I loved the pictures from the drone. We were able to see whales, orca’s and a sea lion.
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