Alaska Wildlife Tour
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Anchorage, USA
- 4 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Meet the animals of Alaska on a half-day tour from Anchorage. Travel down the gorgeous Seward Parkway along the Turnagain Arm waterway to viewpoints including Bird Point and Beluga Point. Take in the breathtaking scenery, then continue to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. Go inside the sprawling nature preserve for injured animals to view large land animals, such as fox, lynx, grizzly bear, caribou, wood bison and more up close.
- Half-day tour of the Turnagain Arm and Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
- Includes entrance fee to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
- Learn about native Alaskan wildlife from local, informative guides
- Relax with hassle-free hotel pickup and drop-off in Anchorage
What's Included
- Pickup and drop-off from the Anchorage area
- Pickup and drop-off from designated meeting point
- Professional local guide
- Professional photographer guide (when available)
- Light snacks and water
- Food and drinks (please note the tour does not stop for lunch)
- Pickups from businesses, private homes, apartments or B&B's. If this is your case, please contact the supplier for the nearest pick up location.
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center555 W 5th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA
Please look for our silver Mercedes Sprinter van parked by the front curb of the Egan Center.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Operating hours.9:00 am
Itinerary
After morning pickup at your Anchorage hotel, travel along the Seward Parkway with a small group towards Portage Valley.
Your knowledgeable guide shares fascinating commentary about the wildlife of Turnagain Arm and the Chugach National Forest area. Stop at Beluga Point and Bird Point to get different vantage points on the Turnagain Arm, and look for wildlife such as moose, caribou and eagles. The Turnagain Arm is a narrow branch of the Cook Inlet, which connects to the Gulf of Alaska.
Visit the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, a wildlife reserve located at the edge of Portage Valley. On the sprawling refuge, injured and orphaned wild animals are rehabilitated, including large Alaskan land animals like grizzly bears, wood bison, caribou, moose, musk ox and deer. View the animals up close and learn about their backstory as you walk around the large wildlife center.
Your half-day tour ends with return to your Anchorage hotel.
Your knowledgeable guide shares fascinating commentary about the wildlife of Turnagain Arm and the Chugach National Forest area. Stop at Beluga Point and Bird Point to get different vantage points on the Turnagain Arm, and look for wildlife such as moose, caribou and eagles. The Turnagain Arm is a narrow branch of the Cook Inlet, which connects to the Gulf of Alaska.
Visit the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, a wildlife reserve located at the edge of Portage Valley. On the sprawling refuge, injured and orphaned wild animals are rehabilitated, including large Alaskan land animals like grizzly bears, wood bison, caribou, moose, musk ox and deer. View the animals up close and learn about their backstory as you walk around the large wildlife center.
Your half-day tour ends with return to your Anchorage hotel.
1
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
2 hours • Admission Ticket Included
2
Beluga Point
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Turnagain Arm
50 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide (English and Spanish)
- Activity level is easy. Guests should be able to walk short distances on uneven ground. Trails surfaces vary from paved to uneven natural terrain. Tour participants must be able to walk a short distance and be able to get in/out of the tour vehicle with minimal assistance.We strongly recommend that guests requiring assistance be accompanied by a companion who is capable of, and totally responsible for, providing assistance. Neither Planet Earth Adventures nor our suppliers may physically lift or assist guests onto transportation vehicles or otherwise.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 11 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
Jeanette_W
Excellent tour and guide! Very knowledgeable, informative and friendly. Highly recommend taking this tour with these folks. They do a great job and make you feel like family. AWESOME!!
Reviews
4.9
based on 151 reviews
Patrick_H, Sep 2025
It was an awesome tour!! Loved the Alaskan Wildlife Conservation Center! Our driver Christine was full of energy and really did all she could to help us see what we set out to see! This experience it worth it and then some!
Maurizio_P, Sep 2025
I booked an excursion to the AWCC to have an opportunity to see Alaska’s wildlife up close — all cared for with great respect and dedication.
2 hours are more than perfect!
Our guide was amazing: knowledgeable, passionate, and always happy to answer questions. Thanks to his enthusiasm and detailed explanations, the whole experience was even more engaging and memorable.
I highly recommend this excursion to anyone wanting to connect with nature and learn more about Alaska’s native animals.
Cathy_H, Sep 2025
We had a great tour with Eli. He was extremely knowledgeable and friendly. His enthusiasm was contagious. We saw many beluga whales at Beluga Point and one even showed his tail which Eli said he hadn’t seen in the four years he’d been doing the trip. We all felt very blessed to witness it.
Jan_J, Aug 2025
Eli did a wonderful job providing information about Alaska and its wildlife. He stopped twice to allow and assist us in viewing beluga whales, and he pointed out eagles along the way. We saw numerous wildlife species at the center.
Jo_D, Aug 2025
Our wonderful guide Eli went above and beyond to make sure that we enjoyed our outing. Very knowledgeable and passionate about the landscape.
Leslie_R, Aug 2025
It was amazing, the nature preserve was unbelievable, we saw bears elks bison link's wolf's carabos and many others i never see before
Lisa_S, Aug 2025
Great as described including a bit bespoke to make sure we got all of our bucket list items checked. Christina was great—and full of energy and knowledge.
CourtneyS, Aug 2025
Great experience! Everything was wonderful, including the ride to the AWCC and back. I learned a lot about the 49th state.
Jeanette_W, Aug 2025
Excellent tour and guide! Very knowledgeable, informative and friendly. Highly recommend taking this tour with these folks. They do a great job and make you feel like family. AWESOME!!
LouiseA_K, Aug 2025
Our tour guide was amazing! Eli was very knowledgeable and super friendly. He made an effort to talk to everyone on the tour and made all feel welcome. He gave us all sorts of facts throughout the trip. We spotted dahl sheep on the mountain, looked for whales, walked the trails of the Alaska Widlife Conservation Center, identified salmon, and saw the Middle Glacier! Something for everyone!
Allison_F, Aug 2025
Our guide, Elii was excellent. He was so knowledgeable and personable. He answered all our questions and narrarated all along our journey about the area, including about the wildlife. I loved the small tour size. It was so much more than a trip to the wildlife conservation center. We.made a few stops along the way as well. I highly recommend Planet Earth Adventures and Eli!
Zaynab_M, Jul 2025
This was the cutest tour we’ve done throughout our vacation. Eli was our guide and he was very interactive, excited, and filled with knowledge on various animals, mountains, and lakes. On our way to the Animal Conservation Center we made a stop at a lake where we were able to see Dall sheep with the help of Elis binoculars. When we arrived to the Center, Eli allowed us to walk around on our own and explore for a little before we continued the adventure together. This adventure was so fun and relaxing especially because of Eli and if you’re going to book, make sure you book with him for a well rounded, wholesome experience.
Dana_B, Jul 2025
Love the small group intimate style. Guide was very personable. Didn’t see any wildlife in their natural habitat though
Chris_T, Jul 2025
Nice half day adventure. Learned a lot of the history of the area. Our guide Eli was great! Funny, knowledgeable and personable.
Deb_R, Jul 2025
Spectacular scenery! The conservation center was a lot larger than I expected. It was great to walk around and see the animals.
Christina was a knowledgeable and friendly fun tour guide!
Mary_H, Jul 2025
We expected a good tour but got a great tour. Lots of fun facts, jokes and experiences. The outstanding part was that there was a regional earthquake (7.2), tsunami warnings, and Eli did a calm and rapid workup to determine threat to us. He couldn’t initially get projected warnings for our specific area, so drove to higher ground until the warning was clearer. We then returned to the tour. Good job!!!
Angela_S, Jul 2025
Nice way to spend half a day on our last day in Anchorage. See all the wildlife you wish you had seen while traveling in Alaska.
Elizabeth_L, Jul 2025
eli was great!!! my family came to visit us in alaska for the first time and got to see the most amazing views and animals. 10/10 experience.
James_T, Jul 2025
They kindly offer water and chips to hold you over if needed between stops. Very accommodating throughout the entire tour
Barry_B, Jul 2025
Comfortable transportation, available restrooms and we had a very good tour guide. We saw one Dall sheep and liked the stop by the eagles nest. Ely, our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable.
Sharon_B, Jun 2025
Christina was a wonderful tour guide. She knew the history and was able to deliver great photo ops and wildlife activity. Definitely worth the money.
Larry_J, Jun 2025
Christine was a wonderful guide She was knowledgeable, friendly and made extra efforts to make the tour special.
Ed_S, Jun 2025
Very very awesome! Eli our guide was very knowledgeable of the area and the wildlife. He made our tour/trip enjoyable. Thank you for a great tour. I/we would recommend this tour.
Nicole_T, Jun 2025
an amazing deal for the value you get in this tour! Eli was the best guide and truly made the experience great for us. He pulled out all of the stops and was so informative and just fun to spend the day with! The wildlife center was so cool and all of the stops along the Turnagain arm were breathtaking! Eli really made sure we got to experience all of what Alaska and the area had to offer and we got exceptionally lucky for great weather. Even if it was rainy/cloudy we know Eli would have made the best of it! Thank you for such a great time!!!!
Todd_L, Jun 2025
Eli was awesome ! Loved the landscape and learning about the wildlife. Great tour!! Enjoyed the stops to take pics and look for beluga whales too.
Betsy_T, Jun 2025
I appreciated that the tour was not cancelled although it was only my husband and I that was in the tour. Our guide and driver Kristine was very knowledgable and shared pertinent and interesting facts. It is evident that she loves what she is doing- very much a nature and animal lover.
Michele_A, May 2025
We were the only two on the tour which surprised us but it also made the experience very special and enjoyable! The guide/ driver was very knowledgeable, easy to chat with and engaging and passionate about wildlife and Alaska. I really wish I could recall his name ( so sorry to him I can’t but we did the tour 28th May 2025 for reference so additional and appropriate recognition may be given) . It was great to see the native wildlife up close ( albeit behind safety fences, for obvious reasons ) and hear additional information from our guide. The weather was clear / perfect so plenty of good scenery and photo opportunities and on our return we also visited a lookout overlooking Anchorage and we could even see Denali, which was ‘icing on the cake’.I recommend you take bug spray as there were many mosquitoes at the rehabilitation centre! Thanks again!
Robert_S, May 2025
"Meet" lots of animals; courteous, knowledgeable, and engaging staff who left us with a feeling of being with long-time friends instead of mere tour guides; Eli and Kristina were excellent
Joanna_C, May 2025
Eli was a great tour guide, full of knowledge. We were the only people in the group that day and he went out of his way to show us the animals in the nature.
Jeff_G, Sep 2024
Christina Manfido was a fantastic guide. Very knowledgeable and friendly. She made the trip a memorable one for sure! Lots of Alaska facts.
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