We went to the Anchorage visitor's center and they recommended doing this tour. We booked on a…read morebeautiful sunny day for the Glacier and Wildlife tour package. We made sure to bring a sweater just in case and we were glad we did because the glacier sights were very windy and cold. Ben was our wonderful driver and tour guide. My husband and I had the best experience seeing all the wonderful sites. I recommend checking out the weather before booking because we booked on the best day. We saw wild Dall sheep and visited the Wildlife Conservation center. Along the ride, there was interesting and humorous stories about Alaska told by Ben. We enjoyed learning the history of Alaska and seeing the view of Nature. I recommend anyone visiting Alaska to take this tour and enjoy the beauty of this state.

Nate was our guide. He was knowledgeable about the site was visited as well as other Anchorage…read morefact. He was pleasant and funny. He story of Earthquake Park and the events that came with it was so emotional and heartfelt.

I highly recommend the Gold Star service on the Alaskan dome train! This was an incredible…read moreexperience. Seats were spacious and comfortable. The commentator was great and present in the car with us, available for questions, and super friendly and professional. The food was far better than expected. Meals included had options and felt more like an actual dinning experience at a restaurant than a meal on a train. Obviously the views were also incredible. Booking the trip was simple to figure out and reasonably priced for the experience. Overall, very happy we went with this experience, would recommend, and would do it again if I return.

While visiting Alaska, we rode the Alaska Railroad several times. The hype was over following the…read morefirst ride. We rode as gold star ticket holders. This allowed us, as tourists, to sit in the 2-story forward car with the scenic panoramic windows. Along the entire route, each time, we had a hostess that incessantly repeated herself! While this may be her job, eventually passengers began to hear, 'whah whah whah whah whah whah (imagine Charlie Brown!) So tired of hearing 'chug chug chug or chuck your adult beverage' each time we stopped to load/unload people or 'the train doesn't leave people, people leave the train (to stretch their legs or take a smoke break!' Breakfast was provided for our first ride! Half of our car's passengers were directed to a separate dining car down stairs of our 2-story car. We were given a choice of 4 options for breakfast (as well as 4 different choices for lunch when lunch was served.) None of the choices received overwhelming applause from the passengers. It seems as though we all just muddled through in order to have SOMETHING in our bellies! Our first two rides were part of tours in which we were to see several types of wild animals. Between the two rides, we saw a plethora of beluga whales, several trumpet swans, dahl sheep, 2 osprey, several juvenile eagles, a few salmon, and a single moose. We've heard about the earthquake of 1964 and the pickled trees it left behind too many times to count! While the railroad is a unique way to get around, I feel once is definitely enough to experience the landscapes of inland Alaska. The mountains, rivers, and other terrain covered by the Alaskan railway really aren't different enough from one another to warrant additional trips. The train station & gift shop was more interesting than my successive excursions on the actual train. The cautionary safety speech followed by the 'ALL ABOARD' call was entertaining. The children's toys & books, postcards, ornaments, and other knick knacks/collectables in the gift shop drew large crowds before the train left the station, as well!

I found a flyer to do the Segway tour around Lake Hood and thought it would be fun to give it a…read moretry. The group all seemed to know each other and the tour guide, so I felt like the odd one out. The training for the Segway was good and I felt I picked it up pretty well. We were doing fine for the first half, speeding down the road, watching seaplanes land, hearing stories of small craft aviation in Alaska. It was actually quite enjoyable and I was having a good time. Until we crossed the road to go over a grassy dip. The guide told us to power through it, but it was like going down the black diamond slope on your first time skiing. I tried to power through but didn't handle it correctly coming up the other side of the dip and ended up falling off hard. I recovered and got back on it, but a little while later, more grass to go over, I overcompensated and fell off. Then, a lip on an incline and I overcompensated and fell off. That's when I was done. My confidence was shot. What they don't tell you about Segways: your feet will hurt, a lot, from the vibrations and you can't exactly keep shifting them. You're at the mercy of the guide stopping to give you a break. Your feet and legs may also go numb after long periods of standing on the vibrating machine. These both make it harder to engage your upper leg and glute muscles to make fine adjustments to your balance. All this combined with unfamiliarity with how to navigate uneven surfaces makes it very hazardous for first-time users. And of course, after three falls, I was in more pain and feeling like a massive embarrassment in front of this group I felt I intruded on. It started as a fun adventure, but far too advanced for someone new. I wish we could have stayed on a flatter path and taken more frequent breaks. As an FYI for new folks: there's no easy way to bail off a Segway if you feel you're going to fall. If you fall, you'll fall hard. It's not like just falling over in snow. Segway Tours were very nice and their tour guide was very knowledgable, but this type of Segway riding may not be for everyone.

We had a wonderful 2 hour guided tour with Nick. He made several stops to allow us our 'picture…read moremoments' and allowed us to stop at a shop we really wanted to visit. He was very knowledgeable about Anchorage and it's history. Overall, a very enjoyable afternoon. We also pestered him for dinner recommendations ( and he delivered what turned out to be excellent suggestions). Well worth the money we spent.

Lake Clark is a very reliable regional carrier. Their office and crews are courteous and…read moreprofessional. Highly recommend.

This charter saved my tail on 5/15/26. Great service from King Cove to ANC. Bad weather was…read morecoming into area and was able to get on their flight. Service was excellent.

This was...an experience to say the least…read more 1) The Wilderness, Wildlife, and Glacier tour was insanely overpriced. Get a rental car and do it yourself, you'll save a ton of money. We did the add on glacier cruise, could have booked it cheaper on our own. Again. Just do these things on your own. Trip started in Anchorage, drove us to the wildlife conservation center. We had about an hour there, so basically only time to watch the bears. We never even looked at the other animals just due to lack of time. Then we drove to the Portage Glacier Lodge for lunch that you pay for yourself, on our way we stopped at two spots to take pics, again places you could just stop at. Food was insanely overpriced. Then to the cruise, the cruise itself is an hour long and seeing the glacier is cool, but the ship and crew were the most rinky dink operation I've ever seen. 2) our tour guide locked the keys to the van inside the van. She did not even call to get help until over an hour after discovering the keys were locked inside. We had to wait at the lodge for almost 2 hours before someone came to bring her the spare keys. During this time no one communicated with us regarding a plan and we were just sitting there waiting. Tour guide "Captain C" was nowhere to be found. She then drove us quite erratically back to Anchorage, I presume out of stress. The pics she took aren't great, not like the ones on other reviews and are mostly blurry. 3) Book with a better group. This was a waste of money.

Best tour we could have hoped for on our first day in Alaska! (did the Wilderness, Wildlife,…read moreGlacier Experience from Anchorage tour) First of all, Grace, our tour guide, was beyond amazing. Not only was she very knowledgeable, pleasant, a good driver, but she also treated us all amazing: she remembered all our names, took photos of each of us on our phones with the views in the background, did a little trivia game at the end of the tour, and took wilderness photos on her camera and shared them with us within 2 hours from the end of tour. And they were great! Secondly, the stops were really fun. We spotted a moose mom with her baby in the wild, saw a few bald eagles, some sheep too. We also had a tasty lunch at Portage Glacier Lodge on one of the stops. Thirdly, the rainy weather didn't affect our experience as all because of Grace's non ending good mood & cool headed nature. Even though the glacier cruise at the end got canceled due to awfully strong winds, we did other stops and had fun. Be flexible and have fun! (the last photos of the animals up close are by Grace, all credits to her!)

I am an airline pilot and was staying at the Hilton right across the street from Anchorage Downtown…read moreTours. I walked in and asked about a 3 to 4 hour day tour of Anchorage. The owner, Russ, was very accommodating and set me up for a tour starting only two hours later. Eventually the group grew to three people and Russ picked us up at the Hilton promptly at 11. This was exactly what I was looking for. I spent a very enjoyable four hours with Russ, who grew up in Alaska and who knows the state backwards and forwards. Russ has a great deal of civic pride as well! Russ gave us a comprehensive look at the after-effects of the big earthquake during the 60s, where entire homes were moved up to two or three city blocks! The ground shifted so much it made a once perfectly flat neighborhood into a neighborhood with lots of hills! Russ has a sharp eye for wildlife, and besides mountain goats and sheep, we actually got to see a moose! Ross absolutely loves his home state, and you will learn a lot driving around with him. And have a pretty good time doing it, as well!

So TODAY's Alaskan Adventure... Hiking the Matanuska Glacier…read more My First hike in Alaska & WHAT a Breathtaking 3 mile hike it was! Thank You to Anchorage Downtown TourGroup http://downtowntourgroup.com & Paul for getting me to the glacier safe and sound & for the yummy lunch! On today's tour I learned that 99 million gallons of water flow under Matanuska Glacier each day; Glacial water comes out of her at 28 degrees & can freeze at 29 degrees; she is moving 12-16 inches a day(normal is 10 inches)and that a loud Popcorn sound IS never a good sound! Kimberlee at Travel with Kimberlee on FB.

Great tour guide…read more She was very informative and enjoyed joking with customers. We really enjoyed traveling in the bus. It was full with 14 passengers but did not seem crowded. We had plenty of time at each stop to see everything. I would book with them again.

Can't say enough for our driver, DAN ! This guy is amazing! Very punctual, was on-time, & did…read moreeverything we asked ! He went above & beyond his expectations. He took us from Anchorage to Seward, then picked us up the next morning on his Birthday, & dropped us off at the Kenai Fjords tour before debarking to a cruise ship for his next group. He stopped at every (knife)shop & (chocolate)store we needed to go to before leaving for Seward. Then we stopped in Girdwood for lunch, per Dan at Chair 5 ! Great choice ! Dan is very friendly and knowledgeable about everything he does ! He knows the areas well, & is informative! I would definitely recommend him & the company for any tour or trip you do in his area. Thank you again, Dan !

This was a convenient way to get from one place to another, but it wasn't as exciting as I…read moreexpected. On our trip the bus was very crowded and not great for scenic viewing. I would use this for short connections getting from point A to point B, but not as an experience or activity during a trip. Staff was friendly. If you're looking for an experience or scenic views, I'd recommend the train or other means of transportation. But overall, this got us where we needed, was on time, and was easy and convenient.

Took the bus from Denali park back to Anchorage after our stay at Denali. Bus was on time, in good…read morecondition, and smooth riding. It was a bit expensive, but was super convenient. They even gave us a snack to eat on the trip.