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Alaska's Point of View Reservation Service for Seward, Alaska907-224-2323 A free service to help find and make lodging reservations, PLUS discounts on tours to the Kenai Fjords National Park & the Alaska Sealife Center for those making reservations. |
Kenai Fjords National Park - TOUR CRUISES
One of the more popular experiences Seward offers is that it is the gateway to one of the most spectacular national parks in the country. Kenai Fjords National park is located approximately 4 miles west of Seward. The park's spectacular scenery and wildlife may be viewed by daily private tour and charter boats. Tours range from 2 ½ hours to 10 hours. The shorter tours will take you around Resurrection Bay. You will have an opportunity to view Bear Glacier, Eagles, Whales, Puffins, Sea Otters, Piedmont Glaciers & Alpine Glaciers. The longer tours take you out into open ocean and then into Ailak Bay. Here you will find many larger tidewater glaciers with scenic mountains surrounding them, along with more wildlife. People regularly ask my opinion on what tour to take. This is my standard answer. Go on an all day tours, not a half day tour. A half day tour takes you around the bay. You will have a good chance of seeing wildlife, but not the majestic tidewater glaciers that calve into the ocean. All the tour companies pretty much go to the same places and do a great job, so next consider what size and kind of boat you want to go out on and if you would like a full buffet on the boat, a deli meal or a salmon bake at an island. Any tour that is 6 to 8 1/2 hours go to the same area and offer the samethings to see. The longer ones 7 3/4 to 8 1/2 are only longer because of the time it takes for the meal. The 9 hour tours actually go further into the fjords. Attached is a list of times and costs of the tours that will take you to the spectacular Kenai Fjords National Park. Discounts are offered if lodging reservations are booked through Alaska's Point of View Reservation Service. Whenever possible, please make tour resevation at least a week in advance so there will be no last second problems . Check the boxes next to the Charter and Tour items you're most interested in. Click the Reservations button to the left when you're done making your selections in all areas of interest to you. Remember you may want to bookmark this page so you do not loose it and you can return to take advantage of my discounts. Debra. Prices do not include 7% sales tax, $3.50 head tax. Plus Kenai Fjord Tours charges a $5.00 fuel tax. (Only KFT charges a fuel tax.) SPECIALS
Major Marine Tours: At this time Major Marine Tours is allowing me to offer an additional 10% off on the 2008 tours. That means the prices that I have quoted on this website that are 10% off, will be an additional 10% less when you book them through Alaska's Point of View. Making it 20% off. The black out dates are 6/15-8/17 for the additional 10% discount.Prices do not include 7% sales tax, $3.50 head tax. Also it does not include KFT's additional $5.00 per person gas tax. Ididaride Dog Sled Rides
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Alaska's top winter attraction, comes to life in Seward, Alaska, every summer at IdidaRide Sled Dog Tours. Owned and operated by the Seavey Family, who have been involved with the Iditarod since its beginnings. IdidaRide offers guests a comprehensive look inside an actual Iditarod racing kennel. Also, IdidaRide allows guests to experience the excitement of the dogs by offering two-mile dogsled rides on comfortable wheeled sleds every day during the summer season. The one and a half hour Wilderness Sled Dog Ride and Tour is the perfect way to learn about and experience the amazing canine athletes who race across Alaska. The Iditarod is the common theme throughout the tour. Your tour guide and sled driver are experienced mushers who know what it's like to run from Anchorage to Nome by dog team. The dogs are world-class Iditarod athletes. May to September the price for adults is $59.00, through Alaska's Point of View it is $55.50. The price for children is $29.00, through Alaska's Point of View it is $27.00. For more detailed information on The Ididaride Sled Dog Tours go to: http://www.ididaride.com/ (Reservations must be made through Alaska's Point of View Reservation Service to receive this discount.) Godwin Glacier Dog Sled Tours
The Alaska SeaLife Center
The Alaska SeaLife Center offers an unrivaled up-close and personal experience with Gulf of Alaska marine wildlife. Witness 1000 pound Steller sea lions gliding past underwater viewing windows, puffins diving in a carefully crafted naturalistic habitat, and harbor seals hauled out on rocky beaches. Alaskan king crab, sea stars, and Pacific octopus also await you, as well as a whole variety of intertidal creatures and deep sea fishes. Admission to the Alaska SeaLife Center is $20.00 for adults. For students 12 to 17 years of age it is $15.00. Children 4 to 11 are $10.00. Children under 3 are free. For more detailed information about the Alaska Sealife Center go to: http://www.alaskasealife.org/ Fishing
Halibut You'll have a great time fishing for halibut and rockfish in some of America's most beautiful waterways, Montague Island, Prince William Sound, Resurrection Bay Alaska. Sport-caught halibut are typically in the 20-40 pound weight range. However, fish over 100 pounds are frequently caught. The current Alaska State Record for a sport-caught halibut is 450 pounds. Salmon Adult Coho generally weigh 8 to 12 pounds and are 24 to 30 inches long, although some larger than 30 pounds have been landed. They are described as spectacular fighters and as the most acrobatic of the Pacific salmon. Here are a couple of links to fishing charters that I feel do a great job. http://www.puffincharters.com/index.html http://www.innandoutcharters.com/For fishing the backcountry, check out this link. http://www.chugachbackcountryfishing.com/ FlightseeingScenic flights and air taxi services are available at Seward's airport, just two miles north of town. See the Harding Icefield and all the nearby glaciers and fjords plus a wide variety of wildlife in a safe and comfortable small airplane. You haven't seen Alaska until you see it close up from the air. http://www.sewardair.com/, http://www.bearlakeair.com/ |
