Turnagain Arm and Portage Valley

Highlights

• Fully private tour with hotel pickup and drop-off
• Outstanding opportunities to view and photograph wildlife and scenic vistas
• Visit the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center to view and photograph Alaska’s iconic Native animals
• Enjoy an optional one-hour cruise across the stunning scenery of iceberg-dotted Portage Lake
• Enjoy a narrated Anchorage city tour, including all the best dining places

Itinerary

Seward Highway, Portage & the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center

From Anchorage, we travel along the scenic Seward Highway, one of only 13 highways in the US with the distinction of All American Road. Our first stop will be at the beautiful Hotel Alyeska and the ski town of Girdwood. Take an optional scenic tram to the top of Mt Alyeska for lunch with a view.

Next stop, Portage. Grab some photos of the beautiful valley carved by glaciers and straddled by mountain peaks alongside the iceberg-dotted Portage Lake. Step inside the Begich Boggs Visitor Center to view exhibits and learn more about the Chugach National Forest. From the visitor center, take an optional cruise aboard the MV Ptarmigan to get up close to the glacier and watch the ice calve, crashing into the water below.

After the cruise, make an optional stop at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Alaska’ s wildlife. The AWCC takes in injured and orphaned animals year-round, providing spacious enclosures and quality animal care. Here you can view and photograph up close Alaska’s iconic animals that are unable to be released into the wild. Afterward, head back to Anchorage and enjoy a narrated city tour including all the best dining places.