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Alaska Whale Watching Tour with a convenient Anchorage departure. This tour combines Anchorage to Seward transportation with Alaska's most popular wildlife, whale watching and glacier cruise.

Choose from 3 transportation options to Seward. Choose an Alaska Railroad experience that takes you past two glaciers and through five tunnels in the Grandview Valley. Or relax in a motorcoach bus as your driver narrates along the scenic Seward Highway traveling along Turnagain Arm and through Turnagain Pass. You can even choose the trains firstclass Gold Star Dome seats for the best views that also include breakfast, lunch, dinner and complimentary drinks on the train.

This whale watching, wildlife, and glacier tours provide an in-depth experience and are fully narrated by accredited wildlife interpreter. You will visit both the pristine Kenai Fjords National Park and the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Also includes a visit to a calving tidewater glacier. Cruise Map

Kenai Fjords is teeming with wildlife. Humpback whales, orca whales are often seen. Other whales species that might be seen are the Fin whales and minke whale. Other wildlife Seller sea lions, sea otters, Dall's porpoises, bears, eagles, seals, mountain goats, seabirds, including the famous puffin all call Kenai Fjords National Park home. There's also incredible scenery and massive tidewater glaciers, towering walls of ice from the last ice age that calve into the fjords that is sure to make this an unforgettable adventure.

World-class whale watching tour vessel has been customized for the maximum comfort and offer multi-level walk-around viewing decks as well as warm, spacious inside seating with oversized fog-free windows. All vessels are non-smoking, restroom equipped and accessible to guests with limited mobility. The millennium 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.

Whales are seen on most days and while we can't guarantee whale sightings there is plenty of other Alaska wildlife to be seen and the scenery and calving tidewater glacier make this tour a not to be missed.

• Train or bus transportation from Anchorage
• Whales watching and wildlife viewing.
• Calving Tidewater Glacier
• Fully narrated tour presented by accredited interpreters
• Chicken Caesar wrap lunch

Tour Dates And Rates
Choose from 3 different Anchorage to Seward transportation options.
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May 15 - September 15
Departs Anchorage, Alaska 6:45am

Child rates apply to persons 11 years old and younger.

Roundtrip Motorcoach Bus
Adult: $289.00 each plus tax and fees
Child: $112.00 each plus tax and fees

Roundtrip Alaska Railroad Adventure Seats (standard seats)
Adult: $327.00 each plus tax and fees
Child: $163.50 seach plus tax and fees

Roundtrip Alaska Railroad Gold Star Seats (firstclass dome car seats )
Includes breakfast, lunch, dinner and complimentary drinks on the train.
Adult: $503.00 each plus tax and fees
Child: $278.50 each plus tax and fees

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