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.
In port at Seward, the bucket-list move is Kenai Fjords Full-Day Glacier & Wildlife Cruise with BBQ. Kenai Fjords National Park runs it. Below: 4 bucket-list things to do on a Seward port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Sail deep into Kenai Fjords National Park past calving tidewater glaciers, humpback whales, orcas, and puffin colonies — then feast on a salmon & steak BBQ on a remote island. This is Alaska at its most primal and spectacular.
Book itKenai Fjords National Park Glacier & Wildlife Cruise$265 per person
Run by Kenai Fjords National Park · 4.90 from 1,800 reviews
Lift off by helicopter over Resurrection Bay, land on a remote glacier, and mush a team of Iditarod-bred huskies across ancient blue ice. One of the most visceral, once-in-a-lifetime experiences Alaska offers.
Book itHelicopter Glacier & Dog Sledding Adventure Tour$679 per person
Run by Seward Helicopter Tours Glacier Dog Sledding Camp · 5.00 from 5 reviews
A boutique 7-hour cruise into Kenai Fjords with an intimate group of no more than a handful of guests, guided by lifelong Alaskan captains who know exactly where the wildlife hides. The private-charter feel, without the private-charter price.
Book itKenai Fjords National Park Glacier & Wildlife Cruise$265 per person
Paddle among cathedral-blue icebergs calved from Bear Glacier, the longest glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park, in a landscape so raw it barely feels like Earth. This is the kayaking experience serious adventurers come to Alaska specifically for.
We have not yet verified a bookable operator and price for
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Lace up crampons and walk on a living glacier inside Kenai Fjords National Park, tracing the ice's retreat through landscapes shaped over 10,000 years. Intimate, expert-led, and humbling in scale.
Book itKenai Fjords National Park Glacier & Wildlife Cruise$265 per person
Run by Exit Glacier Guides · 4.80 from 166 reviews
Go behind the scenes at Alaska's only public aquarium and ocean wildlife rescue centre, coming face-to-face with Steller sea lions, harbour seals, and seabirds in private keeper-led encounters unavailable to general visitors.
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Your day in SewardNothing picked yet — tick what you fancy
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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.
