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Key Info for Visitors
- Currency: USD
- Languages: English, Alaska Native languages, Russian (historically), Spanish
- Climate: Subarctic
- Timezone: America/Anchorage
- Population: Approximately 730,000
- Best Time to Visit: best time to visit is summer for mild weather and outdoor activities.
- Visa Requirements Alaska is part of the United States, so U.S. visa policies apply. Citizens of visa-exempt countries such as those in the EU, UK, Canada, Australia, and Japan can enter the U.S. visa-free for tourism under the Visa Waiver Program for up to 90 days. Other travelers may require a visa or an ESTA authorization. No separate visa is needed specifically for Alaska.
About Alaska
Alaska is a vast and rugged wilderness destination known for its breathtaking natural beauty, including towering mountains, expansive glaciers, and pristine forests. It offers a unique blend of outdoor adventure and cultural heritage, with opportunities to witness the Northern Lights, explore national parks like Denali, and experience indigenous traditions. Tourists are drawn to Alaska for its unparalleled wildlife viewing, including bears, whales, and bald eagles, as well as activities such as fishing, hiking, and dog sledding. The state’s remote and wild character makes it a perfect escape for nature lovers and adventure seekers. Visitors can enjoy long summer days with nearly 24 hours of daylight or experience the magical winter with snow sports and the aurora borealis. Alaska’s blend of natural wonders, outdoor activities, and rich native culture makes it a compelling destination for travelers seeking something extraordinary.
Top Attractions
1. Denali National Park – Home to North America’s highest peak, Mount Denali, this park offers stunning landscapes, wildlife viewing, and hiking trails. 2. Glacier Bay National Park – Famous for its tidewater glaciers and marine wildlife, it is a UNESCO World Heritage site. 3. Kenai Fjords National Park – Known for its dramatic fjords, glaciers, and abundant marine life including whales and sea otters. 4. Anchorage – The largest city in Alaska, offering museums, cultural sites, and access to nearby wilderness. 5. Mendenhall Glacier – A spectacular glacier near Juneau, accessible by trails and visitor centers.
Popular Activities
Alaska offers a wide range of activities including hiking, fishing, kayaking, whale watching, dog sledding, and glacier trekking. Visitors can experience cultural tours with native communities, wildlife safaris, and scenic train rides. Winter activities include snowmobiling, skiing, and viewing the Northern Lights. Adventure seekers can also try flightseeing tours over glaciers and mountains or take boat trips through fjords.
Alaska Tours & Experiences
- Top Attractions: Highlights of USA
- Duration Range: Alaska offers a wide range of activities including hiking, fishing, kayaking, whale watching, dog sledding, and glacier trekking. Visitors can experience cultural tours with native communities, wildlife safaris, and scenic train rides. Winter activities include snowmobiling, skiing, and viewing the Northern Lights. Adventure seekers can also try flightseeing tours over glaciers and mountains or take boat trips through fjords.
- Group Size: Small groups (up to 15 people)
- Difficulty Level: All Comfort Levels
- Recommended For: The best time to visit is summer for mild weather and outdoor activities. Pack layered clothing, waterproof gear, and sturdy shoes. Respect local wildlife and maintain safe distances. Use cash and credit cards; ATMs are available but limited in remote areas. Be prepared for limited cell service in wilderness areas. Learn basic cultural etiquette and be mindful of native lands. Safety tips include being bear-aware and prepared for changing weather.
Average Tour Price: $80
Lowest Price Tour: $45
Highest Price Tour: $200
945 Available Tour Excursions in Alaska
Explore Icy Strait in style aboard our custom built 6 passenger whale watching catamaran with an enclosed heated cabin, restroom, indoor seating, outdoor seating, & 360 degree walk around viewing deck. We limit our vessel to 6 passengers max (whether private or mixed) to provide our guests with an uncrowded, relaxed, and intimate wildlife experience. On the day of your tour, we will pick you up from your cruise ship port and return you via van. Our excursion is 3 hours and 45 minutes from pick up to drop off (includes meeting, transit, & loading time). We designed this excursion to be one of the longest whale watching tours offered in Icy Strait. This extra time on the water allows us the opportunity to fully experience Icy Strait's rich diversity of marine wildlife. We guarantee whale sightings or you will receive a full refund. We designed our calendar to accommodate as many ships as possible. A calendar listing specific ships can be found on our Vivid Endeavors website.
Price: $258.00
Duration: 3 hours
Embark on an unforgettable dog sledding adventure down the historic Yukon Quest 1,000-mile trail! This slow paced (yet action packed!) private experience is for everyone. Whether this is a bucket list item for a mature explorer or a first-time adventure for a tiny human, we guarantee a fulfilling experience for people of all ages. We provide high quality cold weather gear for our guests, including parkas, snow pants, boots, hats and mittens. We also offer an enclosed sled bag equipped with cushions, pillows & fur blankets to ensure you are comfortable throughout your entire riding experience. Our tour is catered to small groups to provide an immersive & leisurely experience.
Price: $200.00
Duration: 1 hours
Explore Ketchikan with a private tour, suitable for all ages, ensuring your family and friends are the only guests in the tour van! Offering ease, comfort, flexibility, and a relaxed pace! Explore at your own pace, without rigid time constraints at each stop! Your group can choose to spend as much or little time at each location, allowing you to focus on areas of greater interest! Destinations for Wildlife, Waterfalls, Rainforest, Coastal inner passage for marine life, Totem Poles, and friendly tour guides! Why be another number on a large tourist bus, with us you are the star of the show, and all our attention is on your group, and the groups interests throughout the journey! With extra care and attention from your guide on this private tour, can be especially helpful with those traveling with young children, elderly relatives, those with medical conditions, special needs or mobility challenges! Our goal is an experience that is fun, friendly, authentic, and not scripted!
Price: $850.00
Duration: 3 hours
Ketchikan, Alaska, is truly the beginning of the last frontier. Set at the southernmost entrance to Alaska’s famed Inside Passage, a network of waterways snakes through some of the most jaw-droppingly beautiful wilderness in the world. Ketchikan is best known for three things: feisty salmon, idyllic scenery, and an incredibly rich Alaska Native culture. We are Native Americans, proud of our culture, and can't wait to share it all with you. This tour is completely flexible and can be tailored to your group's interests. Some options include visiting totem parks, beaches, waterfalls, or going on a hike. While you explore, we will teach you about our Alaskan Native culture and traditions.
Price: $575.00
Duration: 3 hours
Do you like jaw-dropping views? A good workout? Learning about Denali? If you answered “no” to any of those questions, this tour isn’t for you. But if you answered yes… Ready? Leave the buses and boardwalks behind. Hike high into the Alaska Range. Feel the wind in your hair. As the views unfold, you can’t peel your eyes away. The rugged mountains rise around you like castles. The wide valleys stretch into the distance. The greens, reds, and blues of the tundra create a patchwork quilt unlike any other. Now pick your jaw back up! There’s more to see, and higher to go! Toil further up the steep ridge. Scramble over jagged rocks. Stroll through dips full of delicate wildflowers. Later in the season, enjoy the bounty of wild blueberries, lingonberries, currants, and more. So tell me - will you settle for the buses and boardwalks most people in Denali see? Or will you come with us and adventure into the Alaska Range, seeing views normally reserved for the Dall sheep? The choice is yours.
Price: $199.00
Duration: 5 hours
The modified Hummer will take you across our working ranch where you will see hay fields and maybe horses. Once on the first tower you don’t touch the ground till your land at our private pond. You will zip over 900 foot canyon, over salmon creeks. The views are incredible from the moment you arrive. There are 6 tandem zip and 3 elevated walking bridges with floating stairs. You guides will give you all the safety information needed to have an enjoyable adventure. All gear is provided.
Price: $159.00
Duration: 2 hours
Why choose Kenai Drift Anglers? With over 200 guides you have a lot of options on the Kenai Peninsula. We specialize in customized fishing charters to exceed your Alaskan Fishing Experience. Our boat is completely unique with heated seats and the layout is custom to support the most "dance floor" for fighting that Kenai River Salmon & Trout. We also use the highest rated gear for our clients. Kenai Drift Anglers doesn't have a lodge with staff and many guides, we prefer to be small so we can meet your needs. When you fish with us, you actually fish with us. Many outfits will contract trips out because we get extremely busy. Kenai Drift Anglers caps the amount of trips so we can guarantee the best fishing experience for you.
Price: $375.00
Duration: 5 hours
Last Frontier Mushing Co-op is a collection of adventurous humans and their lovable canine counterparts. Together we strive to offer a product that resonates with Alaska and captures our shared passion for the outdoors. Through authenticity, curiosity and respect we explore the wilderness and offer our guests a safe and in-depth Alaskan experience.
Price: $135.00
Duration: 1-1 hours
Looking for one of the most unique things to do in Sitka? Step inside Sitka’s natural world through the lens of Award–winning filmmaker Ben Hamilton. Sitka’s Hidden Wonders is a 40-minute wildlife documentary filmed entirely in and around Sitka — capturing whales, bears, puffins, plankton, and other natural marvels that even locals rarely see. Presented in our downtown Coliseum Movie Theatre, this all-weather experience is designed to fit perfectly between tours, meals, or shopping. Before or after the screening, guests can explore a collection of Ben’s wildlife prints and local artwork — and when he’s available, you’ll also have the chance to meet him in person for a quick chat or Q&A about the film and the wild places that inspired it. Whether you’re arriving from a cruise ship or just exploring downtown, this is a rare chance to see Sitka in a way few ever do: up close, untamed, and unforgettable.
Price: $18.00
Duration: 0 hours
The Salty Sitkan offers visitors Sitka’s most unique fish experience in Alaska. Visit the only metal art workshop along the inside passage open for classes to visitors. Mike is a 3rd generation high school shop teacher with a decade of experience making students and teachers alike successful in all types of creations. Mike will start this fast paced class by making the sparks fly on a state of the art CNC Plasma cutter to supply you with a flat metal animal blank in the shape of a variety of alaska creatures such as Sockeye, Coho or King Salmon, halibut, grizzly bears, dungeness crabs, bald eagles, pacific octopus and more! You will get a unique chance to see inside a working cnc workshop and learn some of the tricks of the trade for turning dull, crusty steel into spectacular one-of-a-kind Alaskan keepsakes.
Price: $235.00
Duration: 2 hours
Your Gateway to Sitka's Unforgettable Adventure! Beyond the crowds, beyond the expected, lies Sitka's magic. Skip the lines at the dock and be whisked into the wilderness within minutes, starting your Sitka adventure in style! Our passionate local guides are Sitka's storytellers, eager to share their love for this captivating place. We specialize in crafting custom adventures for private groups. Whether you want to explore Sitka's iconic highlights or uncover its hidden treasures, we will cater the tour to your pace and interests. Please note that tour prices exclude entrance fees for the Fortress of the Bear and the Alaska Raptor Center. We've made this decision to maximize flexibility and allow for spontaneous exploration or extended visits to sites that interest you most. These top attractions offer affordable entry, and advance booking isn't required. Craft your perfect, private unforgettable Sitka excursion with Beyond the Dock Tours!
Price: $386.10
Duration: 3 hours
Come join us on a lovely 3.6-mile roundtrip hike through an Alaska State Park into the Tongass National Forest. Enjoy a small group of up to 7 guests! First relax on the 40-minute scenic drive to the end of the road. Then hike an improved gravel trail alongside a river with glimpses of waterfalls. Walk through a magical old-growth rainforest displaying impressive specimens of Sitka spruce and western red cedar fencing in the trail. Besides some stairs at the beginning of the hike, the trail flattens out and winds along the river valley below a ridge. 1 mile down the trail, our destination is a stone bench beside a serene bow in the river, where we can pause and enjoy one another and the peace and quiet. This tour is led by owner and operator, Tongass Teague. Enjoy connecting with him, each other, and the wilderness of Southeast Alaska. Ask about practicing mindfulness! Ask about our endangered old-growth forests and how to protect them!
Price: $185.00
Duration: 3 hours
Howdy! My name is Tim. I love to take new people exploring on the ocean to share what I love about where I live. My tour is designed to see the wilds of Alaska from the water and not from the window of a van. Think salt spray, not gift shops. With 3 full hours on the water you will see a range of marine and inter-tidal life. Unlike a dock launched kayak tour I don’t have a firmly set route. The Huckleberry (the cabined vessel in the photos) allows us the mobility to find the best water, wind, and wildlife of the day. After leaving Ketchikan, I will get you geared and lower the tandem kayaks off the boat and into the water. Then we will paddle some beautiful uninhabited, Alaskan coastline together! I strive to make sure that the tour stays accessible regardless of your experience level. After the paddle we will return to the Huckleberry for a snack. The cruise back into town is fast, comfortable, and guaranteed to get you there in plenty of time to catch your cruise ship!
Price: $190.80
Duration: 3 hours
Experience the beauty of Resurrection Bay, its abundant marine life and beautiful glacial vistas on this Seward kayaking excursion from Lowell Point. On this trip we paddle the shoreline of Resurrection Bay, where encounters with sea otters, sea birds, bald eagles and leaping salmon are common. Our day will include a paddle along the coastline and walking through a temperate rain forest. We’ll explore Tonsina Point with its ghost forest, late season salmon stream and beautiful mountain views from its beach. Enjoy a picnic lunch and possibly a visit to a waterfall.
Price: $220.00
Duration: 7 hours
19 years of drift boat fishing on the Kenai River. Guides are experienced and personable. We are rated one of the best for a reason. Full day trips include Kenai canyon stretch, wonderful Alaskan scenery with great fishing.
Price: $325.00
Duration: 8 hours
Explore Ketchikan in our '67 Volkswagen van. You can enjoy learning about Ketchikan's colorful past, rich Native history, and the flora and fauna that make Southeast Alaska such a wonderful place. Our stops include but are not limited to a local Alaskan beach for intertidal exploration (tidal dependent), photo stops along Nichols Passage, a dazzling waterfall, and a stop at scenic Herring Cove for the possibility to spot wildlife (not guaranteed). Substituting the Saxman Totem Park or a short hike for any of the options above is also available. This tour can be completely customized to fit your itinerary. Just let our guide know; he will use his local knowledge to create an adventure you won't soon forget! This tour is an excellent option for all ages and guests who enjoy exploring with local guides! *Please keep in mind that each tour is different and tour stops may be changed by our guides due to tides, traffic, road construction, and weather.
Price: $500.00
Duration: 2 hours
If you’ve always wanted to try snowshoeing but didn't know where to begin, look no further, you've found the right spot. If you are unfamiliar, snowshoeing is an activity which allows you to travel easily through snow-packed terrain. Experience a compelling introduction into the art of snowshoeing starting right here! We'll take you to the Chugach State Park's Glen Alps just to the east of Anchorage, a place everyone needs to visit at least once while in Alaska. • Experience an intro to snowshoeing at the Anchorage's Glen Alps with an experienced guide! • Perfect for solo travelers, couples, and families with older children. • Enjoy breathtaking views of the Anchorage Bowl and Cook Inlet • Learn about Alaska's alpine spruce forests narrated by skilled naturalists. • Opportunity for wildlife sightings, including moose, hares, lynx, and birds! • Provisions include a prepacked snack, courtesy of Elevated Oats. Try it with us today!
Price: $129.00
Duration: 3 hours
Fish in one of the most beautiful settings on earth with us! Rare permits give us the ability to share this entire stretch of river with you. Experience the upper Kenai river on an 8 hour full-day guided fishing trip in 20 foot custom drift boats sometimes stopping in the best places to do some Kenai River wade fishing from shore. Fly fishing and spin fishing in small groups provides a personalized experience with your seasoned local guide/instructor Mike Adams. Enjoy the Chugach National Forest and/or the upper Kenai National Wildlife Refuge with the chance of seeing the local wildlife that abounds here. Fishing on the upper Kenai River is an unparalleled experience. Fishing for native Kenai River rainbow trout and dolly varden char is an excellent choice. Cooper Landing salmon fishing is also fantastic during our two Kenai River sockeye salmon runs and our two silver salmon runs.
Price: $335.00
Duration: 8 hours
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Frequently Asked Questions
Local Food & Cuisine
Alaska’s cuisine is heavily influenced by its natural resources, featuring fresh seafood such as salmon, halibut, crab, and king crab legs. Traditional native foods include seal, moose, and berries. Popular dishes include smoked salmon, reindeer sausage, and halibut tacos. Dining customs emphasize fresh, local ingredients. Noteworthy restaurants include The Salmon Spot in Anchorage and The Crow’s Nest in Juneau, known for their fresh seafood and Alaskan specialties.
Getting Around
Visitors typically arrive in Alaska via air, with major airports in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau. Local transportation includes rental cars, buses, ferries, and small regional airlines. The Alaska Marine Highway ferry system connects coastal communities. Renting a car is common for exploring remote areas. Costs vary, but transportation can be more expensive than in the continental U.S. due to Alaska’s size and remoteness.
Travel Tips
The best time to visit is summer for mild weather and outdoor activities. Pack layered clothing, waterproof gear, and sturdy shoes. Respect local wildlife and maintain safe distances. Use cash and credit cards; ATMs are available but limited in remote areas. Be prepared for limited cell service in wilderness areas. Learn basic cultural etiquette and be mindful of native lands. Safety tips include being bear-aware and prepared for changing weather.
Culture & Customs
Alaska has a rich indigenous heritage with many native groups such as the Inuit, Tlingit, and Aleut. Social customs emphasize respect for nature and community. Important festivals include the Alaska Native Heritage Month and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Visitors should be respectful of native traditions and private lands. Casual dress is common, but punctuality and politeness are appreciated. Sharing stories and learning about local culture is encouraged.
