Wildlife Glacier Experience
Overview
The Big Outdoors and Portage Glacier Cruise offers an opportunity to see the amazing beauty that surrounds Anchorage. This special tour is flexible, not following a set route or timetable.
- 🌄 Navigate through the wilderness to see wildlife and view glaciers.
- 🚢 Summer only: option for a glacier cruise on an 80 ft. cruise ship (available 11am departure only and May 15 - Sep 15).
- 🌞 The itinerary follows the sun, wind, and conditions to reach the most scenic locations for your tour.
- 🦌 Entrance into the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center is included in the Wilderness Wildlife Glacier Experience.
- 📜 Learn about Alaska's rich history and see the Ring of Glaciers during this award-winning tour.
Opting for this adventure means creating unforgettable memories with highly trained guides dedicated to enhancing your experience.
The experience offers several options. This price includes:
Photography Lessons -- FREE
Duration: 6 hours: 11 am departure. This is the deluxe version to experience the wilderness that surrounds Alaska. Doesn’t include Glacier Boat
Wilderness Wildlife Glacier: WEEKDAY & WEEKEND: Sightseeing tour outside the city limits of Anchorage. hour day tour into the wilderness, see wildlife, view glaciers and walk on Alaskan Alpine Meadows.
- Stop to Purchase Food-Meal
- Live commentary on board
- Entertainment
- Confirmation by PicTours Alaska with all Add-On Selected will be emailed to valid purchase
- Driver/guide and scout
- Bottled water
- Meals are not included. A stop will be provided to purchase meals.
- Glacier Cruise ship upgrade may be added directly from PicTours Alaska's website. May-Sep Only
- Ptarmigan ship - price will be excluded from ticket if not specifically selected while booking.
Meeting point
Return details
- Anchorage City Tour as we exit into the wilderness/ (pass by)
- With a rich historic footprint in Anchorage the rail system is viewable during our tour (pass by)
- Above 3000 feet, a notable mountain peak viewable throughout Anchorage (pass by)
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Beluga PointScenic Viewpoint to Beluga whale watch Free photography lessons offered.
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Byron Glacier TrailSeasonal Self-Guided walk to the foot of Byron Glacier. Typically, later May to mid Sept.
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Chugach State ParkBird Point and selective Viewpoints to photograph soaring eagles, mountain goats, whales or walk upon alpine meadows. Free photography lessons offered.
- See amazing flying wildlife as well as the marsh areas that are home to moose, salmon and other migrating wildlife. (pass by)
- See the scenic valley views. Look for seasonal bears and eagles. (pass by)
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Alaska Wildlife Conservation CenterGuided Tour within conservation park to see brown bear, wolves and bison. Photography lessons offered.
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Portage GlacierAvailable only during summer, from June to August, optional-Upgrade. Glacier Cruise to be upclose to Portage Glacier. See up close the face of Portage Glacier on the Ptarmigan Cruise ship. See up to 14 glaciers embedded within rugged mountains of the Chugach National Forest, that form the Ring of Glaciers. This Cruise, can be upgraded for an additional fee this is not included in the regular tour cost. The Portage Glacier cruise is in conjunction with the U.S. Dept of Agriculture and hosted by a U.S. Park Ranger. This boat ride is NOT included in Wilderness Wildlife Glacier Experience basic tour. The regular tour, without cruise ship upgrade, still views glaciers within Glacier Valley. Free Photography Lessons offered.
- Walk on America's most northern rain forest (pass by)
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See the scenic glacial ponds of Explorer Glacier. When seasonally available we walk on the Blue Ice Trail.
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Chugach National ForestRing of Glaciers. A wonder of glaciers that surround a lake filled with pure glacial run off. As we return to Anchorage, live entertainment is offered.
If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met,
you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.