Gastineau Guiding Company

At the core of our Juneau excursions and tours is a passionate guide who opens a doorway to the wild places that will stir your soul. Step into Alaska with one of these dedicated and knowledgeable local guides. Your experience will be in-depth, authentic, genuine and personalized. We specialize in Juneau’s finest shore excursions and can arrange custom trips by land and sea for families or groups seeking private wilderness experiences. We are committed to our community, the environment, and of course to you, our guests.

Gondwana Ecotours

WINTER

Embark on an unforgettable journey to see Alaska’s mesmerizing Northern Lights! During the day, immerse yourself in Alaska’s culture and natural beauty with our local, expert guides. Experience activities such as dog sledding through picturesque vistas, walking with reindeer in a birch forest, soaking in an outdoor geothermal hot spring, and learning to curl from Fairbanks’ resident players.

By night, enjoy wake-up calls from an Aurora guide who watches the skies to ensure you don’t miss nature’s most bedazzling show. Our Aurora guide shares their expertise and dedication, offering you the best chances to see this breathtaking phenomenon and helping you capture photos once the Northern Lights appear. 

Join us to watch the greatest light show on Earth and discover the wonders of Alaska’s interior!

SUMMER

Experience the quintessential Alaskan summer experience! On our Glaciers & Grizzlies Adventure, join expert guides and witness bears in their natural habitat from a remote National Park. You’ll have the unique opportunity to see these impressive animals up close in Katmai National Park, observing them as they forage for food, interact with one another, and roam the wilderness. 

Other highlights of this adventure include a scenic float plane to Lake Clark National Park and helicopter ride with a glacier landing, glacier dog mushing, fjord and glacier exploration, and more. We’ll search for majestic wildlife, including puffins, otters, sea lions, moose, bald eagles, orcas, and humpback whales against some of Alaska’s most breathtaking landscape views. 

Our Denali Discovery Adventure offers an immersive experience of Alaska’s best-known summer sceneries as you explore the scenic route between Fairbanks and Anchorage. Throughout the tour, you’ll spend time venturing through Denali National Park and beyond, spotting wildlife like moose, Dall sheep, bears, caribou, and more. 

View magnificent sights like snowcapped peaks, glaciers, and mountain ranges during plane and helicopter flights. Admire picturesque vistas during a train ride along the famed Alaska railroad, which offers panoramic views of the rugged landscapes. Enjoy a beautiful float down the Nenana River, admiring the tranquility of the surrounding nature and spotting wildlife along the way. 

During both journeys, you’ll see and experience the pinnacle of Alaska’s natural beauty and discover hidden gems off the beaten path for an unforgettable summer in Alaska!

John Hall’s Alaska

Family owned and operated for 34 years, John Hall’s Alaska provides guests with fully guided tour itineraries featuring all 5 regions of Alaska, the Yukon and the Canadian Rockies. Our land tours are all-inclusive in nature with in-depth explorations of Alaska’s greatest wilderness destinations. Limited to small groups, we are able to bring guests hands-on and educational wildlife and cultural experiences, revealing the history and ecological wonders that Alaska has to offer.

Kenai Fjords Wilderness Lodge

Kenai Fjords Wilderness Lodge is located on the beautiful and remote Fox Island, just a short boat ride from Seward, Alaska. Your adventure begins in Seward when you step aboard a Kenai Fjords Tours cruise. Enjoy Alaska’s remote wilderness and unplug from all electronics in your private waterfront cabin. Cruise with Kenai Fjords Tours to Fox Island in Resurrection Bay and explore the ultimate island escape. Indulge in gourmet, plated meals prepared by your island chef. Awake to morning coffee or tea delivered to your door and watch Kenai Fjords National Park come alive from the comfort of your cabin. Capture the natural beauty of your surroundings with your camera or sketchbook. Treat yourself to walking/hiking and various evening programs offered by our resident naturalist. Expand your time at sea by adding one of our various wildlife and glacier day cruises, or guided sea kayaking to any stay. Your time is yours on the island! As part of our commitment to preserving this pristine wilderness getaway, Kenai Fjords Wilderness Lodge and the Fox Island Day Lodge derive the majority of their electrical power from generators powered by the sun. Guests are requested to turn off lights when not in use.

Kodiak Brown Bear Center

The Kodiak Brown Bear Center (KBBC) offers a true Alaskan Bear Viewing Experience for the legendary Kodiak Brown Bear without boardwalks or large group of tourists. The Kodiak Bears are considered the largest bears in the world, tipping the scale at 1,500 pounds. Deluxe lodge based guided Kodiak Brown Bear viewing experience in the heart of the 1.9 million acre Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge on Karluk Lake. KBBC’s small group size of 6 have exclusive access to over 112,000 privately owned acres within the Refuge. Unparalleled opportunities to photograph, observe & study the legendary Kodiak Brown Bear in their natural habitat. Each guest cabin incorporates all the luxuries of a 5-Star Resort and has it’s own private deck overlooking Karluk Lake. Gourmet meals to fuel your days & evenings are prepared by our Executive Chef, Natasha Panamarioff. Everyone on our staff at the KBBC was either born or raised in Kodiak or has decades of experience in the Kodiak Archipelago. All have an intimate knowledge and passion for the island, its plants, animals, history and its unique Native Alutiiq Culture.

Rainbow Glacier Adventures

Rainbow Glacier Adventures, founded in 1992, is an eco-tour company based in Haines, Alaska. We offer tours in Haines and Skagway. Our most popular tours include rafting, kayaking, photography and wildlife viewing. All our tours are small-group with high-quality guides. Awarded the Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence, Rainbow Glacier Adventures is currently rated number one out of 22 tour companies in Haines, Alaska. Additionally, we offer custom and exclusive tours and rental cabins in the heart of the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. Joe Ordonez, founder of Rainbow Glacier Adventures, actively steers the company. He is author of the award-winning book, Where Eagles Gather, the Story of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.

Steamboat Bay Fishing Club

Steamboat Bay Fishing Club is an exclusive venue for spectacular angling adventures with family and friends, the nearest lodging to Southeast Alaska’s best fishing spots. The Club hosts groups of up to 24 on remote Noyes Island, 31 square miles of privacy perfectly suited for an idyllic getaway. Guests choose from two stunning guesthouses—The Lodge or The Residence—both appointed with regional decor and Alaska Native artwork, and each offering a dedicated crew, a private chef, and a wealth of comforts and amenities on the last frontier: gourmet dining, open bars, saunas, hot tubs, Club rooms…. Fish for king and silver salmon, halibut, lingcod, and more than 20 other species, while enjoying high-performance cabin cruisers, top guide service, professional fish processing, kayaking, nature trails, and wildlife watching.

Sunny Cove Kayaking

Sea kayaking along the coastline of pebbled beaches, sculpted cliffs and hanging glaciers where the wildlife is abundant and the forests untamed makes us realize we all share in the role of preserving the natural beauty of our area. Sunny Cove Sea Kayaking provides a wilderness experience with a variety of tours from 3-hours to multi-day kayak/camping trips in Resurrection Bay, Fox Island and the Kenai Fjords National Park. We choose areas that are best able to absorb our footprint and practice a Leave No Trace philosophy — we leave behind only our respect for the wilderness and its inhabitants. Sunny Cove takes an active role in advocating for wild lands to be left wild and supports local and statewide conservation efforts with donations and volunteer work. We provide our guide staff with training in natural history, local marine wildlife and the impact of our presence on vegetation, wildlife, and climate change — they in turn pass this information along to our kayakers. It is our hope that through our efforts in operating in a sustainable fashion, we will ensure that all of us and our grand kids can enjoy this beautiful place we call home.