Southeast Alaska - Island Odyssey (trip)

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Southeast Alaska - Island Odyssey

  • Petersburg Airport, AK, United States
  • Boats, Barges & Small Ship Cruises
Alaska, United States

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Period offered: June-August. The provider (view their profile) can provide you with specific departure dates, final prices, and other information.


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from $4,595* per person9 DaysJune-August
Comfort accommodations Exertion level: 3
Operator: Bluewater Adventures 12 people max
See Southeast Alaska! One-fifth the size of the continental United States, Alaska has the highest coastal mountain range in the world. Over one-half of the world’s glaciers cover these mountains and Alaska is one of only three places in the world where tidewater glaciers exist. Wildlife abounds with whales, bears, moose, and eagles. Heavily forested, with over three million lakes, Alaska is a vast, beautiful and truly wild place. Southeast Alaska (the “Panhandle”) is the jewel in Alaska’s coastal crown. Sail Southeast Alaska and enjoy Its warm climate and abundant wildlife.

Most of Southeast Alaska is part of the Tongass National Forest – the largest National Forest in America – and managed by the US Forest Service. A National Forest, by definition, is managed for mixed-use – recreation, forestry, wildlife and ecological values. Historically, Forest Service management of the “Tongass” has been surrounded by controversy. Large scale forestry and clear-cut logging (visible from miles away) conflict with the wilderness values that bring visitors from around the world. Bluewater Adventures in an equal opportunity provider and holds a permit for the US Forest Service to clients in the Tongass National Forest

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Special information

  • Family oriented trip.

Itinerary

Days 1-7: Following a brief safety and orientation briefing and cabin assignment, we will be underway. Early in thetrip, we have the possibility of hiking to the base of Baird Glacier, which has receded back from the sea and into astunning rocky canyon. Form there, we will head Northwest in search of humpback whales, sea lions, porpoise and other marine mammals in their summer feeding grounds of Frederick Sound. We will spend hours floating, watching and listening to the sights and sounds of the animals that call Frederick Sound home  great opportunities for that perfect photo. We hope to see bears as we explore the shores of Admiralty Island – which supports the densest population of brown bears and nesting bald eagles anywhere in North America.
We hope to visit the ancient T’lingit village of Kake located on the Island of Kupreanof where hope to see black
bears foraging along the shorelines and for salmon in streams. By foot, kayak and from the decks of the Snow
Goose, we will explore the shores of Tongass National Forest, which is the largest temperate rainforest in North America. Evenings will bring us to isolated anchorages with time to relax as we drop kayaks, fishing lines and crab pots!
From Frederick Sound we will continue north into Stephens Passage to the steep mainland fiords, we will visit atidewater glacier amidst blue icebergs. Take in this amazing scenery as we journey towards Holkam Bay – up the icy fjords of Endicott and Tracy Arm. Imagine sheer granite cliffs extending a thousand feet, vertically, from the sea into the sky! Here, we will wind our way through ice to the face of a tidewater glacier where we can kayak among icebergs and watch the massive glacier calve into the sea. Fords Terror, described by John Muir as the “Yosemite of Alaska”, will highlight this journey.

Day 8: - 9:00 am - We will then continue north to Juneau, the Capital of Alaska, where guests will disembark with opportunities to explore a multitude of hiking trails and experience a true Alaska City.

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