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Whale Watching Cruises in Homer, Alaska: A Guide
Homer, Alaska is a small town on the coast of the Kenai Peninsula. The town overlooks Kachemak Bay, which is teaming with wildlife, including a few different kinds of whales. The whale watching opportunities are limited, and in fact there really isn’t a specific whale watching cruise you can book, but there are wildlife tours and charter boat companies, so there are ways to see whales while visiting Homer. Since the options are limited, we explored the topic in some depth and compiled our findings in a concise guide to whale watching in Homer, Alaska. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in Sitka, Alaska: A Guide
Sitka, like so many other places in Alaska, is a small town with a relatively large tourism industry that is centered on wildlife sightseeing and nature tours, or some variant thereof, like whale watching cruises. There are a few different whale watching opportunities in Sitka, and we have researched the details of the whale watching cruises to compile the following guide, which will help you find and book the right cruise. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in Petersburg, Alaska: A Guide
As is the case with so many of the other towns and cities scattered throughout southeast Alaska, there are a number whale watching cruises in Petersburg. None of the companies that offer them are dedicated solely to whale watching, but there are still plenty of options to choose from, and in fact the whale watching opportunities out of Petersburg seem especially diverse. To give you a better understanding of what’s available, we’ve compiled the following concise guide to whale watching cruises in Petersburg. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in Ketchikan, Alaska: A Guide
The whale watching cruises in Ketchikan, Alaska are limited. As far as we can tell, there are only two companies that specifically market their boat tours as a way to see whales, and for these companies, whale watching isn’t even their main focus. It is therefore somewhat difficult to find information about whale watching in Ketchikan, but we’ve done the work for you. Below we compile our findings about whale watching cruises in Ketchikan into one guide. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in Juneau, Alaska: A Guide
The whale watching opportunities in Juneau are vast. This makes sense, given that Juneau is the largest city in southeast Alaska, and given that southeast Alaska is one of the best places in the world to whale watch. Humpback whales are the main focus of whale watching cruises in Juneau because they feed in great numbers in the waters surrounding the city, but it is also possible to see killer whales, along with a wide variety of other forms of marine life. Since there are so many different options to sift through, we composed the following guide to whale watching in Juneau, Alaska. By looking through our overview, you should be able to quickly determine the type of whale watching cruise you want to take, which will largely depend on the circumstances that bring you to Juneau. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in Glacier Bay, Alaska: A Guide
We had quite a bit of difficulty coming up with the name of this article – “Whale Watching Cruises in Glacier Bay, Alaska” – because it is hard to define the precise region in which these whale watching cruises take place. The whale watching cruises we are referring to are offered in what is roughly the Glacier Bay National Park area, but the real focus of the cruises is Point Adolphus, one of the best places in the world to see Humpback whales. However, the whale watching also takes place near the Icy Strait Point, which is to the southeast of Point Adolphus. Most whale watching outfits in this area can’t really be said to be based “in” or “at” any of these locations, though; instead, they primarily operate out of Gustavus, Alaska, an extremely small town with an airport. Moreover, the whale watching cruises in the Glacier Bay area take totally different forms, and there is really only one company that offers standard whale watching cruises. In short, the situation is complex, so below we sort out the whale watching scene in and around Glacier Bay. Read more […]
