Alaska Small boat glacier and whale watching cruises to Kenai Fjords National Park in Seward, Alaska. Wildlife viewing, photography and calving tidewater glaciers. Spring Gray Whale watching tours, summer Humpback whale watching, and Orca whale watching trips. See Kenai Fjords calving tidewater glaciers. Day whale watching tours depart from Seward, AK small group tour.

Kenai Fjords Whale Watching Cruise with a convenient Anchorage departure. This tour combines Anchorage to Seward transportation with Alaska's most popular wildlife, whale watching and glacier cruise.

Choose an Alaska Railroad experience that takes you past two glaciers and through five tunnels in the Grandview Valley. Or relax in a motorcoach as your driver narrates along the scenic Seward Highway traveling along Turnagain Arm and through Turnagain Pass. Our transportation options mean you can arrive by train and depart by bus, arrive by train and depart by train, arrive by bus and depart by bus, or by any combination of train or bus. You can even choose the Gold Star Dome Car train, first class seats for the best views. Let us know and we'll get you to and from Anchorage for this cruise.

This one-day Kenai Fjord cruises departing from Anchorage, Alaska will provide an in-depth experience within the pristine Kenai Fjords National Park. Tours are fully narrated by an accredited wildlife interpreter and also include a visit to the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.

Kenai Fjords is teeming with wildlife. Whales, sea lions, sea otters, porpoises, orcas, bears, eagles, seals, seabirds, and mountain goats all call Kenai Fjords National Park home. There's incredible scenery and massive tidewater glaciers, towering walls of ice from the last ice age that calve into the fjords.

• Healthy chicken Caesar wrap for lunch.
• Whales and wildlife viewing.
• View Bear Glacier, a piedmont glacier, en-route.
• Fully-narrated tour presented by accredited interpreters.

ITINERARY **
Anchorage departure. Train departs at 6:45 AM. Bus departs at 7:00 AM,

Arriving in Seward by train you'll be met at the Seward Train Depot by one of Kenai Fjords Tours buses for the short shuttle to the Small Boat Harbor. If you arrive in Seward by bus, the bus will drop you off at the Small Boat Harbor.

At the Small Boat Harbor you'll check in at the tour office and board the whale watching glacier cruise boat. Whale Watching Cruise departs the Small Boat Harbor at 11:30 AM. This 6:00 hour cruise arrives back in Seward at 5:30 PM.

A healthy chicken Caesar wrap for lunch will be served on the cruise.

On our way to Aialik Bay to see a calving tidewater glacier, your cruise includes whale watching and wildlife viewing. The endangered Steller Sea lions, sea otters, porpoises, eagles, seals, seabirds, mountain goats, killer whale, humpback whale, gray whale, fin whale, and the Minke Whale all call Kenai Fjords National Park home.

Returning to Anchorage. The train arrives back in Anchorage at 10:15 PM. The bus arrives back in Anchorage at 9:30 PM

What To Wear On Your Trip
Dress in layers. A stocking cap and gloves are nice to have if you're not used to cooler temperatures. Kenai Fjords National Park is a temperate rain forest and rain gear, pants and jacket are highly recommended if you want to be outside for the best views of the wildlife, whales and the glaciers.

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.