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Full Day Tours

There’s no better way to see Resurrection Bay and Kenai Fjords National Park than from a kayak! You don’t need any experience to join us, as your professional guide will go over paddling equipment and basics. Choose from our full day trips out of Seward, Alaska, to find the one that best fits your adventure goals – whether that’s wildlife, solitude, or calving glaciers.

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Full Day Tour Options

Adult Tours

Adult Tours are our standard and most popular option. We cap mixed groups at 6 guests to maximize safety, education, and your experience.

Moving in small groups minimizes our impacts on the wildlife & landscape, allows our guides to customize tours based on guests’ adventure goals & interests, and offers a more intimate and memorable experience.

We believe a special camaraderie blossoms in small groups, as guests travel and explore with others who have a desire to connect with and protect Alaska’s wilderness.

If you are traveling with more than 6 adults, we will privatize your group, at no extra cost.

Guests must be 14 years or older to join our Adult Tours. (families with kids under 14, see Family Tour option).

 

Family Tours

Family Tours are for families traveling with children ages 6-13.  For our Family Tours we’ll make any of our tours private with your own guide. All Family Tours have the same timing, prices, and visit the same locations as our other tours.

With your own guide, move at your family’s pace and let your kids explore what they are excited about. Children have different needs, abilities, and interests than adult guests, and our goal is to provide a positive experience for young paddlers.

Because we have offer private Family Tours, we take an incredible number of families paddling every summer. Our guides are passionate about, and experienced with, introducing children to the natural world and sea kayaking. You’re in great hands!

Minimum payment of 4 guests required. If you have fewer than 4, give us a call. We must consider the adult to child ratio, as we use all double kayaks (this can include your guide, who will be paired with a guest if the group has an odd number).

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Our most popular full day trip is our Aialik Glacier Day Trip which offers the greatest wildlife viewing opportunities (whales, puffins, sea otters, and more!) in the areas we pass through on the wildlife boat tour. It’s also the only day trip that visits a tidewater glacier, which actively calves large chunks of ice into the sea.

The Fox Island Day Trip offers a shorter and often calmer boat ride from Seward (45 minutes each way), and provides an off-the-beaten-path vibe, as we access the southeastern reaches of Resurrection Bay. We’ll explore the dramatic geology of the Resurrection Peninsula, teeming intertidal zone, and keep an eye out for wildlife. This is a guide favorite!

Our Caines Head Day Trip allows the most flexibility and the most activity, where we can pair paddling with  short hikes and many intriguing beaches to stop along the way. If conditions allow, we will hike to the ruins of a WWII fort to stretch our legs and get a birds-eye view of the bay. This is by far our most active trip!

Trip Planning

We will supply you with a detailed packing list at the time of booking. We ask that you avoid wearing cotton items (including jeans). If your cotton clothes get wet, it will be a cold and unpleasant day on the water. Several layers of synthetic or wool clothing, as well as a rain coat and rain pants, are a great combination. Our extensive packing list will help make sure you have everything you need. If you don’t have your own, you can always borrow a rain jacket, rain boots, or rain pants from us (although we recommend bringing them on your Alaska vacation!).

All of our full day trips must be booked ahead of time to ensure that we have a guide available for you. If you are traveling with a large group, a family, or you’re not flexible on your trip dates, we recommend booking the trip well in advance. This is especially true for trips that use a water taxi (Aialik Glacier & Fox Island), since we also have to make sure they have space on the day you’d like to go. Water taxi seats are very limited and often sell out in peak season.