Chichagof Island Tour: Explore Alaskan Wilderness
3.9
147 Ratings
Hoonah

Join a small-group, 3-hour land tour of Chichagof Island. Hoonah, a community with a year-round population of about 850, is situated in the northern region of Chichagof Island. Most of the island is untouched Alaskan wilderness, rich with wildlife! Chichagof Island boasts the highest density of bears per square mile in the world.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Shops By HTA - Shop at Hoonah’s #1 Gift Store! Gifts, Snacks, Drinks!
What's Included
  • Pick-up & drop-off at Icy Strait Point
  • National Park fees included
  • Local Native guide
  • Small group tour (max 10 people)
  • Individual seating in van
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities (Never expected always appreciated)
Additional Information
  • Tour Time is Departure time. Please meet 15 minutes prior at the Icy Strait Point Excursions Hub
  • Each Child on tour must be accompanied by an adult
  • No Smoking
  • At time of booking, cruise ship passengers must provide ship name
  • Children Under the age of 8 are not permitted on this tour
  • While we endeavor to find bears on this tour we cannot gurantee sightings
Location
Excursions Hub
DO NOT USE THE 108 CANNERY ROAD ADDRESS ON GOOGLE TO FIND THE PICK UP POINT. IT IS NOT CORRECT IN GOOGLE AND WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT!! We meet guests at the Icy Strait Point Excursions Hub. the Excursions Hub is a short 5 minute walk from where the ships dock or tender in to.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
3.9
(147 Ratings)
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Kyendley
Oct 9, 2024
Bear Search Excursion - Our bear search excursion was really, really good! Our guide was super knowledgeable, as well as entertaining. The scenery is STUNNING! And it was a bonus that we saw a mama and 3 cubs at the very end of our experience. I felt safe the whole time but I also knew that I was definitely in grizzly bear country!!
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Michael_l
Sep 9, 2024
Awesome - Kora and her stories were amazing. The nature views were beyond beautiful. You should add “nature experience” to the excursion title
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Everett_l
Aug 30, 2024
Saw Three Bears - Gary was a great guide. We saw bears at the first stop. Wonderful views. Learned so much from Gary about Tlinguit culture as well as the nature of bears and the island. One of our best excursions ever.
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Vincent_t
Aug 25, 2024
Found 3 bears - Had a wonderful time with Cora!! We had a small group and Cora searched and searched for us-we found three coastal brown bears-we enjoyed every minute of this tour-and Cora is fabulous!!
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Passport31150787281
Aug 19, 2024
Great bear experience - We did this tour with Braidon as our guide. He had very expansive knowledge of the floors and fauna of the area ands as good sense of humour. He gave a great insight to the local Hoonah community. We were able to watch five bears in the river hunting for salmon which was amazing to see. We would highly recommend this tour.
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Cindyjo
Aug 12, 2024
A great day in the wilderness! - Cora was an amazing guide. All the tour vehicles seem to go to the same four bridges. Cora was the bear whisperer, we saw six bears! Unfortunately, we could not find a seventh to create a new personal best bear count.
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Martyn_p
Sep 12, 2024
Dissapointing Experience - Met at meeting point and as a small group trip good to see only 6 of us in mini bus. Guide knowledgeable and tried to keep interest. Travelled for miles to stop at 2 small creeks and 2 rivers the first already had numerous people on Bridge we stayed a while but no activity. Second bridge only people there but again nothing to see. I appreciate sightings are not guaranteed but comments such as vegetation is lush and difficult to see through and it's a warm afternoon which bears tend to rest didn't exactly help. Perhaps we should have been given an option before we left ? A very expensive trip and we all thought not good value for money. Overall very dissapointing
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Michael_h
Aug 12, 2024
Good guide, but just a drive - Guide was very good... but the tour was just a drive. We slowed down, we stopped but that was it. We did see a couple of bears and I know it was early season, but we did not go (stop and get out) at any locations where bears have been seen at at a distance... close up is not what I was asking for, just a distant look would have been great.
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Richard_k
Aug 31, 2024
Pass up this tour! - “Long and lonely road” but no bears, should have read reviews, better seeing them in mating season.Which I believe is Apr/Mar which is a little cool for the cruise crowd. Sitting in back of van I could not hear the drivers tour story . Somehow her headset was not adjusted even asking once to turn up the volume .
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Meander291748
Sep 4, 2024
Terrible experience. - This borders on a rip off. We started our tour at 11. The first thing the driver says is the berries are gone, the bears only eat at the river early in the morning or late. She might have said you just threw your $166 a person in the mud. Then she had us standing in the rain on a bridge for a half hour, looking for nothing. The whale tours promise your money back if you don,t see a whale. No way that this outfit could do that, look at the other reviews. And this island has the most dense concentration of bears in the world
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