About this trip
Nine days along Alaska's Kenai coastline, mixing wildlife-watching, hiking and camping in a small group. You'll travel the Turnagain Arm, get out on the water in Kenai Fjords National Park, and hike beside Exit Glacier with the mountains as backdrop.
Most nights are spent in tents (provided, though you bring your own sleeping bag and pad), with two nights at a luxury camp on a remote beach near Homer and one in a hostel. There's an optional add-on for bear viewing in Katmai or Lake Clark.
This is a hands-on camping trip rather than a soft-adventure holiday — you help set up camp and cover some ground on foot, so it suits people who want the Kenai Peninsula's highlights packed into a short, active trip.
What you'll do
- Watch for Beluga whales along Turnagain Arm
- Join a wildlife cruise through Kenai Fjords National Park
- Hike the trail alongside Exit Glacier
- Stay at a remote beach camp near Homer
- Optional bear-viewing trip to Katmai or Lake Clark
- You need to be physically fit — getting in and out of tents, walking on uneven ground, and climbing on and off the bus are all part of daily life
- You're expected to help set up and break down camp
- Group size ranges from 4 to 16 people
Worth it if you're genuinely up for camping, pit toilets, and unpredictable weather. Think twice if you need creature comforts or can't handle early starts and tight group living.
- Guides Dave and Carolina are exceptionally knowledgeable, skilled at spotting wildlife, and actively build group camaraderie from day one.
- Wildlife sightings are genuinely impressive: orcas, humpbacks, bears, bald eagles, moose, sea otters, puffins across multiple Alaskan locations.
- You're camping in tents with pit toilets and no itinerary flexibility for mere inconvenience like cold or rain—genuine roughing it.
- August weather can be unreliable; August trip took several days to improve, though group appreciated the trade-off for authenticity.
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Where to stay
A night before your tour in Anchorage · 31 Jul – 1 Aug
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