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Alaska Wildlife Tour

Alaska Wildlife Tour

By Planet Earth Adventures, LLC
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Overview

Experience the highlights of Turnagain Arm on the scenic Seward Parkway! This road is often considered as one of America's most scenic drives, and this 4-hour tour helps bring you to the gorgeous natural scenery. Stop at lookouts like Beluga Point for to snap a couple of photos, and keep an eye out for dall sheep, eagles, moose, and other wildlife. Learn about animal rehabilitation at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, and enjoy the stunning natural beauty on this small group Alaska wildlife tour.

Activity Level: EASY

Guests should be able to walk short distances on uneven ground. Trails surfaces vary from paved to uneven natural terrain. Tour participants must be able to walk a short distance and be able to get in/out of the tour vehicle with minimal assistance.

Activity location

  • Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
    • Mile 79 Seward Highway,
    • 99587, Girdwood, Alaska, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center
    • 555 West 5th Avenue
    • 99501, Anchorage, Alaska, United States

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Sorry this activity isn't available on Tue, Apr 30
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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional local guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedLight snacks and water
  • What's includedWhat's includedPickup and drop-off from designated meeting point
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional photographer guide (when available)
  • What's includedWhat's includedPickup and drop-off from the Anchorage area
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and drinks (please note the tour does not stop for lunch)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPickups from businesses, private homes, apartments or B&B's. If this is your case, please contact the supplier for the nearest pick up location.

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide (English and Spanish)
  • Activity level is easy. Guests should be able to walk short distances on uneven ground. Trails surfaces vary from paved to uneven natural terrain. Tour participants must be able to walk a short distance and be able to get in/out of the tour vehicle with minimal assistance.We strongly recommend that guests requiring assistance be accompanied by a companion who is capable of, and totally responsible for, providing assistance. Neither Planet Earth Adventures nor our suppliers may physically lift or assist guests onto transportation vehicles or otherwise.

Activity itinerary

Seward Highway (Pass by)
Experience the highlights of the Turnagain Arm! This day tour departs Anchorage for the scenic drive south along the edge of the Turnagain Arm on the Seward Parkway. This road is considered to be America’s most beautiful and scenic road, crossing mountain passes and majestic valleys. Along the way we will try to spot moose, eagles and other wildlife. On our way towards the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, we will make a couple of stops for photo opportunities at Beluga Point and Bird Point.
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
We will visit the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. The AWCC opened to the public in 1993. It is located on 140 acres at the southern edge of Turnagain Arm and the entrance to Portage Valley. The center’s mission is to provide care and rehabilitation for injured and orphaned wildlife and to provide wildlife education and awareness. Animals that are unable to be released or survive in the wild are given refuge in the center's spacious habitats. Here people can safely get close, observe and photograph some of Alaska's largest land animals, including moose, bison, elk, deer, caribou, bears muskox, small mammals and birds of prey. During spring and summer, visitors can often witness the rehabilitation of orphaned baby animals of various species.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESAlaska Wildlife Conservation Center
    • Mile 79 Seward Highway,
    • 99587, Girdwood, Alaska, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEWilliam A. Egan Civic & Convention Center
    • 555 West 5th Avenue
    • 99501, Anchorage, Alaska, United States

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