Alaska Wildlife Tour
Anchorage, USA
Alaska Wildlife Tour
Recommended by 97% of travelers
Anchorage, USA
- 4 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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
Meeting and Pickup
Itinerary
Additional Info
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
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!!
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Great scenery! Quality family time! Met new friends! Plus our trip was a free upgrade! Great time had! Phllip our guide was friendly and knowledgeable.
Some inclines that were hard to walk up. Phil, our guide was excellent. Lots of info and fun facts. Did not see much wildlife (except at Wildlife Center). Very windy and light rain.
Definitely a good tour to book. We got a full 2hours at the conservation park which you really need to walk the whole place without rushing. We were lucky that a group had cancelled so we had Albert as our "private" tour guide. Such a nice guy & so interesting to talk to. Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Thanks Albert
Sarah & Alison (Italy & UK)
Response from Host, Aug 2026
Sarah and Alison, thank you for the wonderful review! It was truly a pleasure spending the day with you both. I’m glad you appreciated having a full two hours at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center—we intentionally allow plenty of time there so our guests can explore and enjoy the animals without feeling rushed.
As it turned out, the cancellation made for a nice bonus: your own private Alaska tour! I thoroughly enjoyed our conversations and sharing a bit of Alaska with you. Thank you for choosing Planet Earth Adventures, and I hope our paths cross again someday. Safe travels back to Italy and the UK!
Stopped along the way and driver gave and pointed a lot of facts about the area and animals. Saw Doll sheep on the rocks and an eagles nest with babies along the way and stopped to photograph. Once at conservation center they drove us through, then dropped us off to explore on our own. Loved seeing the animals up close.
Response from Host, Aug 2026
Thank you so much for sharing your experience! We’re thrilled to hear you enjoyed the journey and all the wildlife sightings along the way—Dall sheep on the rocks and an eagle’s nest with babies is truly something special.
It’s great to know your driver was able to share interesting facts about the area and animals, and that you appreciated the photo stops. We’re also glad you enjoyed your time at the conservation center and getting up close with the animals.
We really appreciate you choosing to travel with us, and hope to welcome you back for another adventure soon!
Very informative guide. Breathtaking scenic drive. Great first day activity. Bundle up if it’s cool outside.
Very scenic and informative. Nice small group. Wildlife conservation center windy and cold that detracted from experience but can’t help that. Not as many animals as I expected but wide variety. Had time to walk around on our own which was good. Made handful of stops on way to center. Snow capped mountains were beautiful.
Albert was very friendly and gave us a fun tour. He made multiple stops for pictures, and helped us get some great shots of the wildlife. He was very informative and told us a lot about the local area. Everyone had wonderful time on the excursion.
Albert is very informative and knowledgeable about Alaska. His personal experiences with photography and the Iditarod and telling about them were the icing on the cake. He has the perfect demeanor for doing these tours. Very enjoyable, would highly recommend!
Not as large as I thought , but very interesting. Animals pretty well visable. Sweet gift shop good prices
This was such a fantastic tour! Albert was super knowledgeable and the wildlife center was interesting and fun. The amount of time at the wildlife center was perfect and we got great information on other areas to check out in Alaska from Albert. Would highly recommend for any travelers or groups.
It was a great day learning about the wildlife of Alaska. We visited a local lake with a beautiful glacier in the background. It was such a scenic day.
Very informative drive along the Seward Highway. Landscape was amazing and loved the tour of the Wildlife Conservation Center. Our tour guide was awesome and looked for wildlife for photo opportunities. Heads up...bring bug spray.
Phil was a a wonderful tour guide. Very knowledgeable, friendly, and made the tour very comfortable.
Phillip was amazing. He has a lot of knowledge about the area and was very accommodating. He explained the bore tides and all about the animals. I would go again and highly recommend!
It is a great tour ending at an animal sanctuary. Saw a great variety of animals.
Our guide was Christina. She was very knowledgeable and personal. She made the experience even better
Phil was very knowledgeable. He went above and beyond to make this an enjoyable trip. The weather was cold and rainy but we were able to drive through the entire park and get off and on as often as we wanted.
Phil was an excellent guide! Stopped on the way and showed us a lot of extras. Rainy day but he rode us around and told us a lot of neat tidbits!
Phil was a great tour guide, we had a flught out in the evening and it was a great morning excursion to see wildlife!
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!
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.
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.
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.
Our wonderful guide Eli went above and beyond to make sure that we enjoyed our outing. Very knowledgeable and passionate about the landscape.
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
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.
Great experience! Everything was wonderful, including the ride to the AWCC and back. I learned a lot about the 49th state.
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!!
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!
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!
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.
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