1-day Bear Glacier sea kayaking and Kenai Fjords National Park experience departing from Seward, Alaska. Imagine sea kayaking in a maze of giant icebergs, we offers an affordable option to see Bear Glacier the most amazing, photogenic, and unique Alaska sea kayaking location available in Alaska.

Bear Glacier is the largest glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park. This remote Alaska wilderness area is about 30 roadless miles south of Seward and on the west side of Resurrection Bay. This trip departs from Seward, Alaska and we have 2 options to get you out to our Bear Glacier Wilderness Retreat where this incredible sea kayaking adventure starts. You can go out by water taxi, this is a scenic boat ride along Resurrection Bay's coastline and the least costly way for you to experience sea kayaking paradise at Bear Glaciers. The other option is a scenic flight seeing trip to Bear Glacier by helicopter and if your budget allows this combination helicopter flight seeing and sea kayaking makes for a great day of adventure in Alaska.

Also available a complete custom tour package that includes round trip transportation from Anchorage and overnight lodging in in Seward. Call for more information.

Itinerary

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• Dry Suit - We provide you with a dry suit. We are the only Seward kayaking company to provide you with a dry suit to keep you warm, dry, and help protect you from hypothermia in Alaska's cold waters. Other Seward sea kayaking outfitters provide (or rent at extra cost) rain gear and rubber boots that offer little protection.
• Specialty Equipment- No hidden or added costs to rent gear such as rain gear or rubber boots. We supply the specialized outdoor gear you need. Other outfitters may require you to have or pay extrato rent gear. We supply our guests with dry suits, pogies (kayaking gloves) to keep your hands warm, rain hat to keep your head dry, and dry bags to pack your gear in.
• Transportation - We provide local hotel pickup.
• Refreshments - We serve hot drinks and snacks during the trip.
• High Quality Experience Since 1986 - Recognized by the National Geographic as one of the best adventure travel companies in the world.

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Trip Planning - Seward, Alaska is just 125 miles south of Anchorage. You can reach Seward by road or on the Alaska Railroad's Coastal Classic Train. If you need help with transportation Backcountry Safaris would be happy to package bus or Alaska Railroad transportation to Seward as well as overnight lodging in Seward if needed.

Departure times depends on what option you choose, water taxi or helicopter. Water taxi times depend on Resurrection Bay's tides; call or email for departure times on the day you have interest in. Helicopter access is the most flexible and you can choose a departure that fits your schedule.

Our guides will pick you at your hotel, then we meet our water taxi or helicopter for transportation out to Bear Glacier Wilderness Retreat. After landing, we get dressed in dry suits to help protect us from cold glacier water and head out to explore the maze of icebergs in front of Bear Glacier.

We'll stop on the scenic glacier moraine next to Bear Glacier. You're free to take some close-up photos of the glacier and explore the moraine as our guides prepares lunch. Deli lunch, hot drinks, and snacks are included. After getting our bellies full we head out again by kayaks to see the front of the glacier and maybe get to see a glacier calving to see how the giant icebergs are formed. While continuing our exploration we keep a look out for harbor seals lying on icebergs. Harbor seals come into the lake seeking protection from the Orca whales that cruise the narrow glacier moraine beach on the ocean side of Bear Glacier Lake. We'll also keep an eye out for other wildlife in the area that area includes black bears, mountain goats, coyotes, wolverines and a variety of birds that nest in the area.

In the afternoon we meet our water taxi or the helicopter the for return to Seward and your hotel. where we say our goodbyes.

Related Bear Glacier Natural History Links
Bear Glacier Changes With Global Warming
FatPaddler.com at Bear Glacier
Iceberg Sizes, Shapes And Classifications
Kenai Fjords Glaciers - Glacial Features
Harding Icefield
A Tour of the Life of a Glacier

Backcountry Safaris P.O. Box 1397 Seward, Alaska USA 99664 1-907-222-1632 or toll-free 1-877-812-2159

**Tour Itineraries: Backcountry Safaris and other tour operators that we work with strive to give you a high quality Alaska experience. The tour itinerary shown on our web page is an example tour itinerary. The actual tour itinerary may vary some due to weather, safety, guest abilities and other conditions. Backcountry Safaris and other independent tour contractors reserve the right to change the tour itinerary and/or make substitutions at any time and without prior notice or to cancel all or part of any tour in its reasonable discretion, for the safety of its participants or due to insufficient number of participants signing up for a tour, because of weather, for the comfort and well being of our guests, for any other conditions that might affect the quality of tour, or as deemed necessary by the tour operator or trip leader.

Limitations of liability: Although every precaution is taken to safeguard you and your belongings, our adventure trips involve inherent risks and dangers which are beyond our control and Backcountry Safaris shall assume no responsibility for personal injuries or deaths and loss of personal property. Due to the nature of the activities, a condition of your participation is that you will read and sign the acknowledgment and Release of Liability before the tour begins. A copy of the text is available on request.