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VIP Tour from Anchorage to Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center

Recommended by 96% of travelers
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Anchorage, USA
  • 3 to 4 hours (approx.)
  • Pickup offered
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Why travelers loved this

4.8
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· Richard_B ·
Sep 2025
The Wildlife Center is a great place to visit and our guide Martin really made it a special experience. He is knowledgeable and fun to spend the day with. He tells you about more than just the Center but also what you are seeing around you. Easy to talk with and enjoy your time.
· Robert_D ·
Aug 2025
My wife and I did the VIP tour of the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (AWCC) with Martin, and we had a great time. Martin taught us a lot about Alaska, the Anchorage area, Turnagain Arm and the AWCC. The tour was educational and entertaining, we certainly would recommend Martin and the tour.

Overview

    What's Included

    • Air-conditioned vehicle
    • All Fees and Taxes
    • Bottled water
    • Breakfast
      Must eat breakfast or lunch before departure

    Meeting and Pickup

    You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

    Pickup points

    Select a pickup point

    Pickup details

    Please be at least 15 to 20 minutes before 9 am or before 2 pm

    or

    Meeting point

    • 800 E Dimond Blvd, Anchorage, AK 99515, USA

      Please be near the door next to best buy at least 15 to 20 minutes before 9 am or before 2 pm

    End point

    This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    Itinerary

    1

    Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center

    2 hours Admission Ticket Included

    Chugach State Park (Pass By)

    2

    Bird Creek

    15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

    Additional Info

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Most travelers can participate
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 5 travelers

    Cancellation Policy

    You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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    Featured review

    Richard_B
    The Wildlife Center is a great place to visit and our guide Martin really made it a special experience. He is knowledgeable and fun to spend the day with. He tells you about more than just the Center but also what you are seeing around you. Easy to talk with and enjoy your time.

    Reviews

    4.8
    based on 28 reviews
    Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

    Martin B is an awesome guide

    Richard_B, Sep 2025
    The Wildlife Center is a great place to visit and our guide Martin really made it a special experience. He is knowledgeable and fun to spend the day with. He tells you about more than just the Center but also what you are seeing around you. Easy to talk with and enjoy your time.

    My wife and I did the VIP...

    Robert_D, Aug 2025
    My wife and I did the VIP tour of the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (AWCC) with Martin, and we had a great time. Martin taught us a lot about Alaska, the Anchorage area, Turnagain Arm and the AWCC. The tour was educational and entertaining, we certainly would recommend Martin and the tour.

    Good experience.

    James_T, Aug 2025
    East, fun trip. Martin is an excellent, personable and knowledgeable. Took good care of us throughout

    Cheers for the AWCC efforts brought to you by Martin….

    Susan_M, Aug 2025
    Martin picked us up on time at our hotel. That’s a great start! The van is a clean and comfortable vehicle. Martin was professional, friendly, and shares plenty of good history and stories during the scenic drive. He gave us water and snacks for the day which was great when its a half day. We had a couple stops that were interesting and having a driver to navigate the AWCC made the visit a breeze. We enjoyed some hotdogs after and shared a meal. Overall, a wonderful time and the AWCC is worth the visit and some donations!

    Great guide called Martin

    Susan_D, Jul 2025
    Very personal, informative tour. Martin was very friendly and had an excellent knowledge of all aspects of Alaskan life and environment. Thoroughly enjoyed the morning and would definitely recommend

    Amazing, Awesome Experience

    Lisa_R, Jul 2025
    What a delightful experience! Our guide Martin deserves a 5 star +++ review. He was courteous, kind, extremely knowledgable and most of all we could tell he loves his job! The AWCC will always be a highlight of our trip to Alaska. The beauty we experienced and the information we received there made the trip most worthwhile. Thank you, Martin!

    Don’t waste your money

    Victoria_P, Jul 2025
    Don’t spend the money!!! The Wildlife Conservation Center is doing helpful things to promote growth of species which I appreciate . The property is horrible, the animals & their space isn’t well kept. Overgrowth kept viewing areas to a MINIMUM. Our host, Martine was wonderful. Very informative, safe driver, fun and kind. If it wasn’t for him I would I told him to take me back.

    Response from Host, Jul 2025

    Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. Unfortunately you've rated us a 1 star for a wonderful service. The AWCC is a separate business and it's out of our control. You may want to reach out to the them to help them improve, however in the meantime we will forward your comments to them.

    Special Option for a Memorable Afternoon

    Margaret_P, Jul 2025
    We spent a delightful afternoon with Martin going to the Alaska Conservation Center, with several well timed and interesting short stops between Anchorage and our visit with a large number of animals native to the area. We were happy to hear of the successful rescue effort results from the Center, and would never have been able to leave Alaska with the insights we garnered without Martin as our guide for our special experience.

    Excellent

    Richard_T, Jul 2025
    Very interesting and informative guide. Martin stopped and showed the local sights and advised us as we traveled

    Good Time

    Priscilka_A, Jul 2025
    Good close-up view of animals that you may not get to see in the wild.. our guide Martin was very good

    Nice Overview of Alaska & Wildlife

    Melode_S, Aug 2024
    Very nice tour of the beauty of Alaska. The 35 mile drive to the WIldlife Conservation Park had amazing views. Martin was very knowledgeable about a wide-variety of aspects of Alaska. The Wildlife Park gave you an opportunity to get close to bears, bison, elk, moose & other wildlife.

    Great Day!

    Dawn_L, Aug 2024
    Martin was so knowledgeable and went above and beyond with stops and history. He took us around the conservation making sure we saw everything:) he was a pleasure to hang out with all day. Highly recommended this tour!

    Great tour

    Peter_M, Aug 2024
    It was one of Our best personal tour experience ever. Martin is fantastic person. He has a great knowledge of the Alaskan life, wildlife and plants. He gave us lot of information during the tour.

    See what Alaska is doing for local wildlife

    Charles_A, Jul 2024
    Martin was great! He’s knowledgeable, professional and polite. This tour was well planned. Martin knows the conservation center well.

    Great tour

    Summer_B, Jul 2024
    Tour guide was friendly, safe, informative and excellent. Could possibly be more fairly priced but was worth it to experience a little of Alaska in the short amount of time we had available.

    Must do VIP tour.

    JOHN_W, Jul 2024
    Martin was the fantastic. His knowledge and love of Alaska was incredible. One of the best guides I’ve had of many. Even though it was windy, rainy and cold, it did not matter.

    The Wildlife Conservation Center is amazing

    Carol_W, Jul 2024
    The Wildlife Conservation Center is amazing - the entire center, including all of the staff are 100% focused on caring for the animals. The grounds are well maintained and easy to walk or drive through. There is a wide variety of animals to visit and learn about. There are several educational sessions you can attend. The gift shop is great and the restrooms are very nice. This is a great tour for families, very kid friendly. Our tour guide Martin was fantastic. On the drive to and from he gave us a wonderful history of Alaska lesson, and while at the conservation center he was an excellent guide.

    Amazing experience

    Kyal_M, Jun 2024
    What an amazing tour with Martin! He was such a great guide - friendly and full of information! The wildlife conservation center was such a special place - all the animals were showing off for us and we had plenty of time to enjoy it all! Highly recommend!

    The Best of Viator : Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center

    lcurtis, Aug 2023
    Martin Escabedo gave our group of 4 a wonderful humorous and insightful tour of as we drove to the Conservation Center. His knowledge of Alaska history was woven into information about camping, fishing, nature,flowers, animals, seasons of Alaska weather and his personal profound love of this vast state.

    awesome

    Twilia_T, Jul 2023
    we enjoyed attending the conservation. being able to see the animals up close and learning about each of them, but the porcupine stole the show. Our guide Martin was an excellent tour guide and was very knowledgeable about many things from the flowers along the roadside to the animals and what they ate. We would definitely recommend this tour.

    Best vip tour, Martin is...

    Abhishek_D, Jul 2023
    Best vip tour, Martin is great guide! He has great knowledge of the area and seamless movement across the AWCC to make everything happen in timely manner.

    Easy and informative

    Karissa_H, Jul 2023
    Martin was amazing and so knowledgeable! We had someone on the tour who can’t walk very far and Martin made sure to make the experience as simple for him as possible. Definitely recommend!

    Sehr schönes Erlebnis....

    Stefanie_S, Aug 2024
    Sehr schönes Erlebnis. Individuellen! Unsere Guide war toll. Immer wieder gerne. Hat sich gelohnt 👏🏻

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