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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.

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.
Kenai Fjords Full-Day Glacier & Wildlife Cruise with BBQ
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Kenai Fjords Full-Day Glacier & Wildlife Cruise with BBQ

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 it Kenai Fjords National Park Glacier & Wildlife Cruise $287 per person
Run by Kenai Fjords National Park · 4.90 from 1,800 reviews
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Helicopter Glacier Dog-Sledding: Fly, Mush & Walk the Ice
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Helicopter Glacier Dog-Sledding: Fly, Mush & Walk the Ice

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 it Helicopter Glacier & Dog Sledding Adventure Tour $679 per person
Run by Seward Helicopter Tours Glacier Dog Sledding Camp · 5.00 from 5 reviews
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Small-Group Wildlife & Glacier Day Cruise — Seacor Tours
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Small-Group Wildlife & Glacier Day Cruise — Seacor Tours

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 it Kenai Fjords National Park Glacier & Wildlife Cruise $287 per person
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Bear Glacier Kayaking Expedition — Half or Full Day
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Bear Glacier Kayaking Expedition — Half or Full Day

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.

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Exit Glacier Ice Hike & Kenai Fjords National Park Walk
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Exit Glacier Ice Hike & Kenai Fjords National Park Walk

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 it Kenai Fjords National Park Glacier & Wildlife Cruise $287 per person
Run by Exit Glacier Guides · 4.80 from 166 reviews
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Alaska SeaLife Center: Behind-the-Scenes Private Encounter
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Alaska SeaLife Center: Behind-the-Scenes Private Encounter

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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Cruises from Seward

Royal Caribbean · Anthem of the Seas 7 nights · May 21, 2027 · 18 dates from $718 pp See the whole trip → Silversea · Silver Moon 7 nights · Jun 3, 2027 · 14 dates from $5,650 pp See the whole trip → Viking Ocean · Viking Venus 10 nights · Jun 9, 2027 · 12 dates from $5,999 pp See the whole trip → Viking Ocean · Viking Orion 10 nights · Jun 3, 2027 · 11 dates from $5,999 pp See the whole trip → Celebrity · Celebrity Equinox 7 nights · May 12, 2028 · 10 dates from $1,177 pp See the whole trip → Celebrity · Celebrity Solstice 7 nights · May 14, 2027 · 9 dates from $783 pp See the whole trip →
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Cruises that call at Seward

Viking Ocean · Viking Orion 22 nights · May 3, 2027 · from Tokyo, Japan from $7,599 pp See the whole trip → Celebrity · Celebrity Solstice 7 nights · May 7, 2027 · from Vancouver, British Columbia from $740 pp See the whole trip → Viking Ocean · Viking Venus 22 nights · May 9, 2027 · from Tokyo, Japan from $7,799 pp See the whole trip →
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