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USD $118.00
Resurrection Bay Cruise with Fox Island
Anchorage, United States of America
Soak up the serene beauty of the Alaskan wilderness on this 4.5-hour cruise across Resurrection Bay. Glide past majestic mountains, craggy cliffs and mammoth glaciers as your cruise boat cuts through the open waters. With the help of an expert wildlife guide, look out for whales, sea lions and other native wildlife. Then, indulge in Alaskan salmon, prime rib and other treats at an all-you-can-eat buffet lunch on Fox Island. End your tour with free time at a pebble beach, where you can skip stones and revel in the out-of-this-world scenery.
Meet your expert wildlife guide at Seward Small Boat Harbor in the early afternoon, then hop aboard your cruise boat and find yourself a comfortable spot inside or on the open-air top deck.
As your boat cuts through the cool waters of Resurrection Bay, soak up sweeping panoramas of snowcapped mountains, jagged cliffs and alpine glaciers, including the immense Bear Glacier, one of the Alaskan coast’s premier sights.
Learn about the area’s native wildlife then, with the help of your guide, try to spot otters, whales, sea lions, puffins and falcons. Should you wish, sip on a glass of beer or wine from the onboard bar (own expense) as you take in the sights.
When your boat arrives at Fox Island, follow your guide to a picturesque lodge, where you’ll sit down to an all-you-can-eat buffet lunch of wild Alaskan salmon and prime rib paired with vegetables, salad and bread rolls.
During your meal, watch a presentation by a National Park Ranger. Then, round off your visit with free time at ‘skipping stone’ beach. Try your hand at bouncing pebbles across the water, or simply lap up the peace and pristine scenery.
Back on your boat, take in your final views of Resurrection Bay before alighting at Seward harbor, where your 50-mile (80-km) cruise comes to an end.
We thoroughly enjoyed our bay cruise. The info was informative and the employees were friendly, helpful and very nice.
Review by: Samuel E, July 2018
The tour company had declared a
Review by: Mark R, August 2017
ok but nothing to write home about
Review by: Lynden D, August 2016
Value for money, saw lots of wildlife and captain was very good at giving details about what we saw including background info.
Review by: Laura A, July 2016
Great day in the bay. We saw lots of wildlife,but the greatest was the whales.
Review by: Lee B, June 2016
Probably the prettiest place in Alaska and that is saying a lot considering how pretty Alaska is. The crew of this boat tour was awesome,thanks guys!
Review by: Travis M, August 2015
As a travel agent and former resident of AK, I was really excited to learn this was operated by Kenai Fjords, a company known for these tours. Unfortunately, our experience was one of disappointment. It started with a rude check-in person who, after running through the names of my party quickly informed me that she was missing a name. When I asked her to repeat, she rolled her eyes and rudely asked me Weren't you listening?. We were assigned to the Kenai Explorer and got to the dock early to get a good viewing position on the boat. We got a great spot and my kids were having a wonderful time and totally engaged. We stopped at Fox Island for lunch and skipping stones great rocks for skipping! but as lunch was ending we were asked to quickly proceed to the dock for a passenger count. Our boat was apparently experiencing engine trouble and we were asked to immediately collect our belongings from the Explorer and move them to a smaller boat that had arrived earlier to Fox Island. As you might imagine, the good viewing spots were already taken and my party of seven was split in different spots in the boat. Worst of all, my kids engagement dissipated as they had to jockey for position with overzealous adults. Being in the travel business for 20 years I get that issues happen but my suspicion that this was a cost-reduction exercise by consolidating two less-than-full boats was confirmed when I overhead a crew member on the new boat say we haven't gotten in trouble for this yet but passengers are getting mad. And it wasn't just my party that was inconvenienced, those on the boat prior to our arrival went from positive to several wondering whether these interlopers were going to make them late for their train back to Anchorage. Sorry KFT, yield management means managing your available seats and passenger counts PRIOR to the voyage NOT mid-trip at your customer's expense. You took a great experience and tanked it chasing a few extra .
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