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The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.
Step into Steve Kroschel's legendary wildlife sanctuary for an intimate, hands-on encounter with wolves, wolverines, lynx, moose, and more. This world-famous private center in the Chilkat Valley is unlike anywhere else on earth — a true bucket-list moment.
Float through the world-renowned Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve on a guided small-group raft, drifting silently past the greatest concentration of bald eagles on the planet. An awe-inspiring, bucket-list wildlife spectacle set against glacier-carved peaks.
Paddle a sea kayak into the pristine wilderness of Chilkoot Lake State Recreation Area, where brown bears fish the river mouth, bald eagles circle overhead, and the silence is broken only by your paddle stroke. Alaska at its most raw and undisturbed.
Blast deep into the Chilkat Valley aboard a powerful jet boat, reaching remote river bends inaccessible to any other craft. Eagles, bears, moose, and mountain goats — Alaska's mega-fauna on full display in one thrilling, scenery-saturated ride.
Soar above the Coast Mountains in a small charter aircraft, banking over icefield-draped peaks, calving glaciers, and the silver ribbons of rivers feeding into Lynn Canal. Southeast Alaska from the air is a perspective that resets your sense of scale forever.
Explore the only privately owned former U.S. Army fort in Alaska — the handsome Fort William H. Seward — then dive into Southeast Alaska's gold-rush and Tlingit heritage at the Sheldon Museum. History, architecture, and Indigenous culture woven into one walkable masterpiece.
You know what to do on the day. Here is the trip it belongs to — each one opens as a whole plan, not a list: where to fly in, every port, what it runs.
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