Photo Credit: Glacier Wind Charters Whale Watching

Hoonah / Icy Strait Day Tours

The Hoonah and Icy Strait region, known for its wildlife tours, is home to one of Alaska’s largest summer populations of humpback whales. On a small group charter, you can set out to look for them, as well as eagles, sea lions, seals, and otters, and more.

Day Tours & Attractions

Season: May - Sept $200+ per person 3 hrs

You’ll be sur­round­ed in one of the largest sum­mer pop­u­la­tions of hump­back whales found in Alas­ka with Glac­i­er Wind Char­ter’s small group tours. Keep an eye out for oth­er wildlife, like eagles, sea lions, seals, sea otters. You may even see coastal brown bears, eat­ing plants along the shore.

Season: April-October $125+ 2-3 hrs

Join Wilder­ness Island Tours for an immer­sive jour­ney through Chichagof Island’s rugged beau­ty. Led by Native Alaskan guides, this adven­ture offers stun­ning land­scapes, cul­tur­al sto­ry­telling, and the chance to wit­ness brown bears in their nat­ur­al envi­ron­ment — all while sup­port­ing the local community.

Season: Early-May to Mid-Sept $999 5.5 - 6.5 hrs

Wild Coast Excur­sions, Juneau’s bear view­ing spe­cial­ists, guide small-group and pri­vate trips to remote brown bear habi­tats across the Ton­gass Nation­al For­est. Trips focus on renowned loca­tions such as Pack Creek on Admi­ral­ty Island and Water­fall Creek on Chichagof Island, where guests observe coastal brown bears along­side expe­ri­enced guides com­mit­ted to respon­si­ble wildlife view­ing. Pri­vate tours may also explore oth­er remote wilder­ness areas,  ...more

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