Seward, AK Ididaride Dog Mushing Tour Chosen as one of Alaska's top 20 attractions, a must do for all Alaska visitors.
Your Seward Dog Sled adventure begins with a two-mile dog sled ride. Feel the power, excitement, and energy of sled dogs as they are harnessed to the comfortable wheeled dog sled. Upon returning to the kennel you'll tour the Seavey's family kennel facilities, laugh as a guest is dressed up as an Iditarod musher, and cuddle adorable husky puppies. Your guides are all Iditarod racers, and offer a delightfully humorous, behind-the-scenes look at the Seavey family's training for the most demanding dog mushing race on earth, the Iditarod.
The Real Alaska Tour
Seward, Alaska
This Seward tour package features all the attractions that truly make Alaska the Greatland. First, your guide shows you the sights of Seward. Learn why Seward was known as "the Gateway to Alaska" and "Mile 0" of the Iditarod Trail. See first-hand the effects of the 1964 Earthquake. Then, head out to Exit Glacier and enjoy a short walk along the nature trail that takes you to the face of the glacial ice. Watch for mountain goats, moose and bears. A hearty lunch will be served before you travel to the Seavey homestead and experience IdidaRide's Sled Dog tour. At the end your driver will return you to your hotel, cruise ship or the Alaska Railroad depot. All local transportation and lunch are included in this package.
Alaska's most popular wildlife, whale watching and glacier cruise. Kenai Fjords National Park boasts abundant wildlife, alpine and tidewater glaciers. Cruise Route Map.
One-day Kenai Fjord cruises departing from Seward, Alaska provide in-depth experiences within pristine Kenai Fjords National Park. Tours are fully narrated by an accredited wildlife interpreter and also included a visit to the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
This land and sea teem with life. Whales, sea lions, sea otters, porpoises, orcas, bears, eagles, seals, seabirds, and mountain goats all call Kenai Fjords National Park home. There's the incredible scenery and massive tidewater glaciers, towering walls of ice from the last ice age calve into the fjords.
**For a one-day Anchorage departure trip choose the 11:30 AM cruise. If you're needing transportation to Seward let us know, we'll add a Seward transportation package to your cruise.
Kenai Fjords Tours Boats
Kenai Fjords Tours operates the largest day cruise fleet in Southcentral Alaska. The millineum class vessels are 95 feet long and Coast Guard licensed for 150 passengers. The boats offer a fast cruising speed, allowing for extra time to photograph and view wildlife and glaciers.
Each vessel has been customized for guest comfort and offer multi-level walk-around viewing decks as well as warm, spacious inside seating with large picture windows. All vessels are restroom equipped and accessible to guests with limited mobility.
8:00 AM DEPARTURE - 6 HOURS
Be the first into the National Park on our early bird cruise - and enjoy the awakening wilderness!
May 30 through Sept. 7, 2009
6-hour cruise (8 a.m. - 2 p.m.)
FREE healthy chicken caesar wrap for lunch
FREE wildlife guide
FREE parking/shuttle
Adults $139.00 / Children (2-11) $69.50
(plus tax and fees)
10:00 AM DEPARTURE (Fox Island) - 8.5 HOURS
Cruise Kenai Fjords National Park with a one-of-a-kind stop at Fox Island for grilled wild Alaska salmon and a National Park Ranger presentation.
May 23 thru Sept. 8, 2009
8.5-hour cruise (10 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.)
FREE healthy chicken caesar wrap for lunch
EXCLUSIVE Step ashore at our private Fox Island Lodge
FREE wild Alaska salmon and prime rib for dinner
FREE national park ranger presentation
FREE wildlife guide
FREE parking/shuttle
Adults $159 / Children (2-11) $79.50
(plus tax and fees)
11:30 AM DEPARTURE - 6 HOURS
Alaska's #1 Wildlife & Glacier Cruise. Enjoy our most popular tour cruising the vast beauty of Kenai Fjords National Park!
Add Seward transportation. If you're wanting a one-day trip departing from Anchorage this is the tour for you. Transportation options, you can arrive by train and depart by bus, arrive by train and depart by train, arrive by bus and depart by bus, or any combination of train or bus. Let us know and we'll get you to and from Anchorage for this cruise.
May 16 thru Oct. 4, 2009
6-hour cruise (11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.)
FREE healthy chicken caesar wrap for lunch
FREE wildlife guide
FREE parking/shuttle
Adults $139 / Children (2-11) $69.50
(plus tax and fees)
3:00 PM DEPARTURE - 6 HOURS
Enjoy your morning on shore before heading out for the National Park on our afternoon cruise! As you cruise to the face of a tidewater glacier, dine on wild Alaska salmon and delicious prime rib.
WHEN YOU'RE READY TO GO!Fill out the secure on-line reservation form or call our office at (907) 222-1632 or toll-free (877) 812-2159. Reservation requires a 50% deposit. We accept payment by VISA/MasterCard. You will receive a pre-trip packet detailing the itinerary of the tour you have chosen and an equipment list.
Last minute reservations may be available so don't hesitate to contact us. If a trip has space, we can get you on it.
We highly recommend that you purchase travel insurance. Travel insurance coverage can help with expenses for the unforeseeable such as lost baggage, trip delays, emergency evacuation, and cancellation due to illness. Also “cancel for any reason options” are available. Travel Insurance is available through Backcountry Safaris / TravelSafe Vacation.
**Tour Itineraries:
Backcountry Safaris and other tour operators that we work with strive to give you a high quality Alaska experience. The tour itinerary shown on our web page is an example tour itinerary. The actual tour itinerary may vary some due to weather, safety, guest abilities and other conditions. Backcountry Safaris and other independent tour contractors reserve the right to change the tour itinerary and/or make substitutions at any time and without prior notice or to cancel all or part of any tour in its reasonable discretion, for the safety of its participants or due to insufficient number of participants signing up for a tour, because of weather, for the comfort and well being of our guests, for any other conditions that might affect the quality of tour, or as deemed necessary by the tour operator or trip leader.
Limitations of liability:
Although every precaution is taken to safeguard you and your belongings, our adventure trips involve inherent risks and dangers which are beyond our control and Backcountry Safaris shall assume no responsibility for personal injuries or deaths and loss of personal property. Due to the nature of the activities, a condition of your participation is that you will read and sign the acknowledgment and Release of Liability before the tour begins. A copy of the text is available on request.
We use independent contractors to supply Backcountry Safaris with various services on many of our adventures. Some trips require us to use independent tour guides, drivers, lodges and hotels, air and water taxis, and other suppliers. Because we do not own, operate, manage, control, or supervise these suppliers, we cannot be liable for any acts or omissions on their part, including any negligence, gross negligence, or reckless or willful acts. Backcountry Safaris assumes no responsibility for any injury, loss, damage, delay, or death to person or property arising from the negligent or willful act or failure to act of any person who is to or does provide goods or services for this trip or for the action or inaction of any other third party. Without limitation, Backcountry Safaris is not responsible for acts of God, equipment failures, vehicle or vessel accidents, illness from food or otherwise, annoyance, delays, failure of any means of conveyance to arrive or depart as scheduled, and changes in transit or hotel and lodge services over which it has no control.
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Kongakut River – 10-day Arctic National Wildlife Refuge rafting safari.
One-day Kenai Fjord cruises departing from Seward, Alaska provide in-depth experiences within pristine Kenai Fjords National Park. Tours are fully narrated by an accredited wildlife interpreter and also included a visit to the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
Each vessel has been customized for guest comfort and offer multi-level walk-around viewing decks as well as warm, spacious inside seating with large picture windows. All vessels are restroom equipped and accessible to guests with limited mobility.
