Jay was our guide, and he was beyond good. He had given us a tour for 5 of us, and it was…read moreAMAZING!!! We booked with Kate by email, and she helped us adjust the tour so we didn't go to the suspension bridge since I am afraid of heights. He took us up to Canada, the same route the train takes. He stopped a few times for us to take pictures and wander around at the waterfalls and lake. On the way home, Jay found a bear along side the road eating the dandelions and turned around - the bear crossed the road, but it was so much fun to see him up close and just loved it!! He also took us up to see the sled dog mushing camp, which was wonderful. We pet the puppies and saw them pulling a sled. It is run by a sledder, and we learned a lot about it from a professional. We also saw mountain goats and eagles. AND it did take more than 4 hours, which should have cost more, but we were having so much fun and I think he enjoyed our group too, and he didn't ask for more money, but should have if we had known ahead. We were having so much fun that I didn't realize it had been 5 hours instead of 4 until it was nearly over - so we tipped him more to try to make up for it, - but it was amazing and fun, and we loved every minute!! I can't praise this company enough. They were wonderful and flexible, and so much fun!!

Amazing! Amazing! Amazing!! Anna our tour guide was such a…read moredelight to work with. She knew everything to do and guided us every step of the way. She stopped for bears took us to a beach plus I got to play with puppy's!! It was only me and my husband and we paid the price of having 5 people with us. But it was worth every penny!! We didn't have to wait for an entire bus to take a picture. We took as long as we wanted at each stop!! It was truly our best day in Alaska!!

Cara boo was very entertaining she told us history about alaskas past and made many funny jokes…read morethroughout the tour she made the tour very fun

I took the 6 hour tour which included a 2.5 hr train ride, panning for gold and sled dogs. What an…read moreamazing time w my mother who uses a rolling walker. As long as you can do a few steps you can do this tour. We had wild Jessie and he dresses the part. He's very knowledgeable about the history of Skagway. Since he lives in the town all year-round he gives great suggestions on places to eat and go. The sled dog demonstration was fun to watch. We got to meet the dogs and hold puppies. Plenty of dogs to go around. We then learned how to pan for gold. You get to keep it! They measure your gold and tell you what it's worth. Very fun. The water is warm so you don't freeze when panning for gold.

When even the cruise table servers say an excursion is worth it then listen up. We did not plan on…read moreany excursions for our trip to Alaska but this one was said to be a "do not skip" and we are extremely glad that we did not. Booking is easy from the cruise app. Check-in was super easy as well. Not too much waiting to board and water was provided for the trip. As we did just the White Pass and did not include the Yukon portion we did not need our passports. We also did not like the idea of a 7 hour train ride. This ride ended up being one of the highlights of the trip. We all huddled in the front of the same car and took turns out in the platform. The views were breathtaking. The narration provided gave a heads up for specifics to look out for. The miners crushed by a boulder. The hanging glacier we passed. The wooden bridge we would climb over. Very informative. Zero complaints. Zero regrets. One thing everyone in the ship would say is that Alaska in general is indescribable, after this journey through the White Pass, I most certainly agree.

The Journey was absolutely beautiful and, up until the end, one of the highlights of our Alaska…read moretrip. The scenery was incredible and we were having a great experience. Unfortunately, during our trip the train suddenly braked extremely hard. A number of passengers were thrown around and had minor injuries, including my young daughter, who got an abrasion on her chin. Two passengers ultimately needed to be transported by ambulance, including an older woman who had a significant facial injury. To their credit, I thought the company handled the aftermath very well. They stopped the trip at the nearest appropriate location rather than continuing, arranged buses to get everyone safely back to Skagway, gave us a full refund (which, amazing if you think about the money they had to fork out) and even gave everyone hats. The staff seemed genuinely concerned and did everything they reasonably could once the incident occurred. It's difficult for me to rate because the scenery and experience were fantastic and I was very impressed with how they responded. At the same time, after experiencing an incident like that with my family, I personally don't think I would take the train again. I wouldn't necessarily tell others not to go, but I do think our experience is something prospective passengers should know about when making that decision.

Seals, Bears, Eagles and a Whale ! Captain Robert and Indra…read morewere great guides and we really enjoyed the waterfalls and the wildlife.

This is just one of the tours you can do…read more We had a great time. The driver was very informative about the area. We learned a lot that we didn't know. This is a good tour company.

Visited Alaska Sled Dogs and Musher's Camp in May of 2025 during the 'shoulder season'. We decided…read moreto do this day excursion on our own and booked it through Alaska Shore Excursions for $598.47 for the 3 of us, saving $300 if we would have booked it through our cruise line (Norwegian). It was really nice because our group was really small, unlike going with the cruise ship excursion with a massive group. We got off at Skagway and the directions in the email said 'walk to the end of the pier' to meet an associate for Alaska Shore Excursions, not sure how we met up, I think we saw a van and headed for it. We were driven to another van, where Sarah took over as our guide and drove us to the middle of Skagway town so we could wait for another family, which showed up late. From there it was a 35 min drive to Musher's camp and we got some really great history from Sarah, who gave us the low-down on Skagway with fascinating facts such as: most of the wood used in Skagway came from a now-defunct town called Dyea that thrived over a 100 years ago, it was the size of SFO, but petered out for some reason. There are no MDs in Skagway, only 2 nurse practitioners. The high school graduating class only had 2 girls and 1 boy. Grocery shopping is limited to only 1x a week, on Wednesdays. The camp parking lot has a shop, but we didn't have much time to shop there. We had to get on a "unimog"; a monster truck Mercedes van outfitted with large wheels and low gears to take us up to a higher elevation (cooler temps for the dogs and less noise from yapping dogs for the Skagway residents). Once we got there we broke up into groups of 6 and we were led to our musher, Alex. We got onto a thing that looked like a super-large golf cart but it was pulled by Alaskan Husky dogs (fascinating history about them also). Alex's dogs had funny names like 'sushi' 'nori' 'wonton' 'fried rice' 'Charmander' 'Diglet' and 'Squirtle'. The dogs ages were 1.5 yrs old to 10 yrs old. The dogs did a great job pulling the 'sled', which was over 2,000 pounds. The ride lasted 10 mins and after we got to take photos with the dogs. We attended a talk at the end of the ride, led by a musher (too bad I forgot his name) about the Iditarod and how these dogs are training during the off-season and staying in shape pulling the land sleds. We saw a dog running in a giant "hamster wheel" and it was hard to concentrate on the lecture because the dog was stealing the show; the dog's name was Goodway. We got to pet Goodway soon after then go to the puppy pen and hold these baby dogs. It was a way to 'socialize' these puppies as well. I really enjoyed that. After our Musher's camp activities came to an end, we got back on the Unimog and back down to the lower parking lot area w/ the gift shop (again, not a lot of time to shop), and Sarah drove us back to the town of Skagway. I gave her a really nice tip because she contributed a lot to the total experience with her stories about Skagway and her expertly refined storytelling about a woman named Martha Black and Harriet Pullen, both influential women in Skagway/Alaska history. Would totally recommend you booking this tour directly with the dog camp or through Alaska Shore Excursions to save some money and also have a smaller, more intimate group.

This experience was amazing! All the staff at the camp, and the one getting us to the camp, were…read morevery helpful, knowledgeable and kind. It was a unique and great experience to meet people who actually have their own sled dogs and do races with them. I learned allot and had every question answered with happily :) A must do! The dogs, obviously, are amazing! You can see their want to work and run and how happy it makes them. It really shows how well taken care of and trained they are, the staff also loved all the dogs equally as well as they care for them. They helped get good pictures and we got to meet and pet all the dogs too! Best day ever really.

Horrible company to tour with. First off, they pushed us to another company because they didnt have…read moretheir shit together and we had to pay the price. We were quoted $110 and in the end we were told we had to pay $145. We were not contacted till the day before and defiantly not told the price would be more. The tour driver didnt know much of anything about the trip. The driver stated they were assigned the tour last minute.This company is a bait and switch company. Stay away from them.

Not at all what we expected. The guide we had was not very good to say the least. We were told we…read morewould be picked up at 8am and was not picked up until 9am. We did not stop at the stops we were told was part of the trip. I dont feel like we were treated fairly with time and stops. We booked this tour because of the great reviews about Mo, but we were told she is no longer with the company. Just beware your not going to be happy with this tour.

Tom and Michelle have great excursions. We did the Carcross Tour and could not have been more…read morepleased. Tom is a wealth of info and you can tell he truly loves taking people on these trips. Highly recommend this over the Whitehorse Train - as he can stop and let you get out and look whenever you wish. Great tour - great people.

My family of 8 had a fantastic time in Skagway with Tom as our guide. We considered taking the…read moretrain ride that is advertised on cruises, but we wanted something a little more personal and accommodating for a toddler and elderly (breaks for the potty, taking more time at certain places and sites, being able to stretch and walk around). Being driven around by Tom on his bus was a great way to see the area. The trip was personalized to our needs and desires and it was a comfortable time the whole way. We never felt pressured to do or buy anything and we never felt hurried to move along to something else. The trip was very informative, with many beautiful views along the way and back. It's one of our highlights of our Alaskan cruise and I'd highly recommend it to anyone interested.

Amazing knowlegeable tour guide Brian T. with his Luxury Dream Excursions! Skagway is so…read morepicturesque. Brian entwined history, personal stories and tales. 5+ stars. Thank you.

They recommended luxury Dream Excursion for a private tour with Brian. What a wonderful experience…read moreand very knowledgeable and friendly tour guide Brian was. Highly recommend him for large parties. I think this excursion will remain very memorable.