PRIVATE TOURS                                 DURATION            RATE (1-6 people)                                

North Pass Whale Watch Adventure         2.5 Hrs                         $985

You’ll see whales & sea lions swimming and resting on the buoys that dot the area.

Deluxe Adventure                                         3.5 Hrs                      $1,185 
(North Pass & Benjamin Island)

The sights include whales in North Pass, Sea lions at their Benjamin Island haulout, resting on buoys, and swimming in the area, and local lighthouses: the Point Retreat Lighthouse and the Sentinel Lighthouse           

Tracy Arm                                                        8 Hrs*                      $2850 
(8:00 am departure, weather permitting)

You’ll have all day to view whales, the sea lions that are out and about as well as tons of them (literally) at their Benjamin Island haulout, the unforgettable beauty of Tracy Arm, and with your safety in mind, close-up-ish views of the icebergs shed by local glaciers.

*This tour includes sandwiches, snacks, and nonalcoholic beverages.                    

We are proud to offer active-duty U.S. military, U.S. military veterans, and first responders a 10% discount on any of our tours. Please let us know if you’re eligible for this discount when you’re ready to book.

Here’s what you may see…

The Humpback whales you’ll see migrated all the way to their summer feeding grounds in Alaska, where you’re likely to see them lunge feeding and bubble net feeding. Their swim to Juneau begins in Hawaii, where they give birth after a 12-month gestation period. With only 10% of their original known population left, humpback whales are among the most endangered.

While they’re seen less often than their much larger counterpart, you may encounter Orcas, a.k.a. killer whales, the largest members of the dolphin family, and in Juneau, they consist of two genetically distinct groups: residents and transients. Resident killer whales dine on fish, mostly salmon. Transient killer whales stick to eating marine mammals.

We can also take you to see a gathering of gigantic Steller sea lions, the largest species of sea lion, whether on the base of one of the large buoys that dot the waters here or up to hundreds of them where they come ashore at their haulout on Benjamin Island. The island is one of the best spots to see a mix of males, females, and their young and hear the loud, deep bellows of these XL pinnipeds. Seriously. They’re HUGE, with males growing up to a massive 12 feet long and weighing up to 2,500 pounds!

The race car fast, Dall’s Porpoise, are the fastest swimmers of all small cetaceans, can reach speeds of nearly 35 mph and dive up to 1,640 for food. There are two subspecies of Dall’s porpoise, the P. d. dalli covers ranges across the northern North Pacific and what you’ll see while in Juneau. They love to speed along with fast-moving vessels. You may see them speeding along the water’s surface alongside or slightly in front of our boat, creating a water spray uniquely associated with this species, commonly known as a “rooster tail.”

Without a doubt, you’ll see any number of the approximately 32,000 majestic bald eagles that make Juneau, Alaska, their home, giving Alaska’s capital city the distinction of having one of the highest concentrations of bald eagles in North America and nearly as many eagles as the city’s 35,000 human residents. And keep your ears open for a concert of their high-pitched gull-like cries and their more well-known chatter calls over the bounty of fish at the tips of their talons.

And all the while, you’ll be mesmerized by our seemingly prehistoric local landscape and the trees, plants, and flowers that decorate it. With any luck, you may even catch a glimpse of some of our land-based wildlife, like bears, Sitka blacktail deer, mountain goats, and maybe even a moose… or a wolf?!