As recently as 200 years ago, Glacier Bay was completely covered in ice. Due to changes in global climates and the recession of glaciers, there are now more than 200 smaller, individual glaciers in the area. Established as a national park in 1980, Glacier Bay is one of the most popular sea kayaking destinations on the planet. When exploring the East Arm, you’ll paddle 60 to 70 miles and get up close views of the famous Muir Inlet and the McBride and Riggs Glaciers. Paddlers hike and camp along the way and will see abundant bird and marine life, including humpback whales.
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West Chichagof of Alaska is a protected shoreline, known as a kayaker's dream because of its maze of barrier islands, reefs, passageways, and saltwater lakes. Kayakers can also check out the magnificent Lituya Bay along with other great routes along Glacier Bay National Park, all while having the beautiful Fairweather mountain range as a personal backdrop. This area is for intermediate-level to advanced kayakers.
A small, locally owned business located in Gustavus, Alaska, that has been helping experienced, independent campers plan their multi-day kayak trips in Glacier Bay since 1978. Glacier Glacier Bay Sea Kayaks is the concession in Glacier Bay National Park for guided one-day kayak tours, and for kayak rentals, instruction, and outfitting. Daily guided half-day and full-day tours are available in Bartlett Cove, headquarters of Glacier Bay National Park. For independent, multi-day, camping and kayaking trips, we rent both single and double fiberglass sea touring kayaks, provide daily camper/ kayaker orientation and instruction programs, and arrange for drop-offs and pick-ups in remote areas of the bay and in Icy Strait. GBSK staff are knowledgeable naturalist guides and great instructors with many years of experience. Rent both double and single fiberglass sea touring kayaks, provide daily kayak instruction programs, arrange for transportation with the daily tour boat into the backcountry, and make air taxi and lodging reservations.
Contact Glacier Bay Sea Kayaks
P.O. Box 26, Gustavus, Alaska 99826, USA
Telephone: (907) 697-2257
Fax: (907) 697-3002, (907) 697-2414
Email: info@glacierbayseakayaks.com
www.glacierbayseakayaks.com/
Spirit Walker Expeditions is a guide-owned and operated business with 23 years of experience leading sea kayaking trips to the humpback whale feeding grounds of Point Adolphus and Icy Strait. These 1-7 day trips are our most popular and we have been leading them longer than any other kayaking company in Southeast Alaska. All of expedition guides have a Wilderness First Responder Certification. Having pioneered this guided adventure, we take great pride in making sure we remain the leaders in offering the safest and most sustainable paddling trips to this unique habitat. Spirit Walker Expeditions also offers remote wilderness expeditions throughout Southeast Alaska, family trips, plus lodge-based adventures and packages. These include 5-7 day expeditions in the fjords of Glacier Bay National Park and the Ford’s Terror Wilderness, and trips to the wild Outer Coast of Chichagof Island. As kayakers exploring this newly made landscape, you’ll be privileged to experience the raw power and stunning beauty of this dynamic setting.
Duration: Six days and five nights
Paddle Distance: 5 to 15 miles per day.
Highlights: McBride Glacier, wilderness solitude, wildlife viewing, calving ice and icebergs, world-class sea kayaking
Schedule and Prices: May 26-31, 2010. $2,990 per person
Contact Spirit Walker Expeditions
P.O. Box 240 - Gustavus Alaska 99826
Phone: (907) 697-2266, 1-800-KAYAKER
Fax: (907) 697-2701
Email: info@seakayakalaska.com
Website: http://www.seakayakalaska.com/
Serving Gustavus, Juneau, Hoonah, Elfin Cove, Pelican, Glacier Bay, and surrounding areas. Cross Sound Express is an authorized Concessionaire in Glacier Bay National Park. Cross Sound Express LLC offers dependable water taxi service, in a sturdy, fast, vessel designed to carry kayaks and camping equipment. For standard dropoffs, you and your gear can be dropped off from the swimstep. for charter dropoffs, we would bring the Zodiac for a beach transfer. We can also schedule a time and place for your pick up, in the same manner. Whether base camping, or doing a longer paddle, check with Cross Sound Express LLC about your needs. Tod Sebens can share his extensive knowledge about camp sites, and what to expect with winds, tides, and currents. Operate "The TAZ" - a high-speed passenger vessel that is ideal for whale-watching. The MV TAZ offers two daily tours, seven days a week.
Contact Cross Sound Express, LLC
P.O. Box 1247, Haines, Alaska 99827
toll-free: 1-888-698-2726
cell: 907-321-2302
Fax- (907) 766- 2728
Email: csetaz@aptalaska.net
Website: http://www.taz.gustavus.com/
John Muir came to Glacier Bay in 1879 and was so stunned by its epic beauty that immediately upon his return he began to secure wilderness protection for this spectacular region he called "unspeakably pure and sublime". Kayak guides are simply some of the most experienced kayak instructors/ guides in the state. They hold certifications from both the American Canoe Association and the British Canoe Union. Sea Kayak team has experience paddling from Maine to Alaska, from Croatia to Baja. On this trip you'll enjoy a relaxed exploration of Glacier Bay National Park's scenic West Arm, including the pristine wilderness of John Hopkins Inlet. You'll start with a charter boat trip across the lower bay, then after a drop-off on a remote glacial beach, spend the next few days kayaking and camping amidst awesome mountain scenery and stunning tidewater glaciers, and taking short hikes to observe some of the interesting geological and biological processes so evident in Glacier Bay. Alaska Mountain Guides and Climbing School Inc operates under permit by: Glacier Bay National Park, Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Klondike Historic National Park, BLM, State of Alaska Division of Lands, The Tongass National Forest, and Department of Natural Resources. Alaska Mountain Guides & Climbing School Inc is also registered and permitted to operate in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory in Canada. Alaska Mountain Guides and Climbing School Inc. (AMG) was listed as one of the "Best Outfitters on Earth" in 2007 by National Geographic Adventure Magazine, and offers the highest quality guided sea kayaking trips in Glacier Bay National Park and with the whales at Point Adolphus.
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Contact Alaska Mountain Guides & Climbing School Inc.
P.O. Box 1081, Haines AK 99827
Toll Free: 800-766-3396
Gustavus: 907-697-2411
Haines, Alaska: 907-766-3366
E-Mail & Reservations: info@alaskamountainguides.com
Website: http://alaskakayakguides.com/
If you only have one shot at visiting Alaska, this is the trip for you! It’s the “triple crown” of sea kayaking, with the most diverse and rewarding experiences in Alaska you’ll ever find. On Admiralty Island, which boasts the highest concentration of brown bears in the world, you’ll watch bears fish for salmon at the Stan Price/Pack Creek Brown Bear Sanctuary, one of the few areas in the world where you can view bears in the wild this close. You’ll also paddle sea kayaks at Point Adolphus in the Inside Passage, a famous feeding ground attracting countless marine mammals (humpback whales, sea lions, and seals among others), then head to Glacier Bay National Park for an overnight kayaking expedition amidst a panorama of sprawling tidewater glaciers, icebergs, and stunning mountain peaks.
Options for every adventurer! Get up close and personal with the bears of Admiralty Island. Skim the water with the whales of Point Adolphus. Experience Alaska’s diverse wildlife and BIG ice from a kayak in the remote waters of Glacier Bay. Or venture farther afield to explore the wilds of the Tatshenshini/Alsek UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Arctic Wildlife Refuge, Denali National Park, Kenai Fjords National Park, and beyond!
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Naturalist guided sea kayaking and sailing adventures exclusively in Prinve William Sound. Glacier day trips, wilderness camping, mothrship, remote lodge based and kayak rentals. Located in Valdez since 1989. Anadyr Adventures offers four types of trips: day trips for those with limited time in Valdez, multi-day camping trips, Mothership trips for those desiring the amenities of a support vessel, and lodge based trips offering Prince William Sound day excursions from the comfort of a remote Alaskan wilderness lodge. Anadyr Adventures is a proud member of the Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau, Valdez Convention and Visitors Bureau, Valdez Chamber of Commerce, Tok Chamber of Commrs, Valdez Trails Associations, Alaska State Parks Advisory Board and Alaska's Wilderness Recreation & Tourism Association. Anadyr Adventures offers mother ship supported two to ten day kayaking tours to remote and spectacular parts of Prince William Sound. You have the choice of staying on board one of our comfortable sailing or motor yachts. Two sailing vessels are available for mothership based kayaking tours.
Contact Anadyr Adventure
Toll free: 1.800.TO.KAYAK, 1.800.865.2925
Tel: 907.835.2814
Email: anadyr@anadyradventures.com
Website: http://www.anadyradventures.com/
The 12 PASSENGER HISTORIC YACHT the M/V SEA WOLF maintains a flexible cruise itinerary that explores Glacier Bay, Alaska and British Columbia waters where larger ships cannot venture-that is the beauty of small ship cruises. They only cruise during the day and spend our evenings in secluded inlets. Your days will be spent cruising, kayaking and hiking in the glacier carved wilderness of the inside passage. For those that take paddle in hand, the use of our very stable sea kayaks allows a more intimate, seals eye view of the tidewater glaciers, fjords,islets and estuary streams that make up this coastal wilderness. Paddle through one of the most beautiful and biologically diverse area's in North America.
Contact Sea Wolf Adventures, Inc
P.O Box 312, Gustavus, AK 99826
Phone: 907/957-1438
Website: http://www.seawolfadventures.net/