Travel Links
Nearby cities:
- Gustavus is a small community situated 50 miles from Juneau and is the gateway to Glacier National Park.
- Hoonah is a small, family-oriented community where many of our charters depart from and travel to.
- Icy Straight Point is home of the longest and highest ZipRider Zip-line in the world. Come explore and enjoy the Real Alaska experience!
Air and Sea Transportation:
- Air Excursion
- Alaska Air
- Alaska Marine Highway System
- Alaska Seaplane Service
- Fly Alaska Seaplanes
- Sitka Air
- Ward Air
- Wings of Alaska
Car Rentals:
- Gustavus Bud’s rent a car: (907) 697-2403
- Juneau Rent-a-wreck: (907) 789-4111
- Juneau Budget Rent-a-Car: (907) 790-1045
800-527-0700, (local air port) 907-790-1086 - Ketchikan Rent Rite: (907) 225-5124
- North Star: (907) 966-2552
- Petersberg Scandia House: (907) 772-4281
- Sitka Baron of Motors: (907) 747-8228
- Skagway P B Cruisers car rental: (907) 983-3385
Lodging:
- Juneau:
- Extended Stay Hotel: (907) 790-6435
- Best Western Grandma’s Feather Bed: 888-781-5006 or 907-789-5566 info@grandmasfeatherbed.com
- Breakwater Inn: (907) 586-6303
- Driftwood Lodge: 1-800-544-2239
- Hostel Juneau International: (907) 586-9559
- Sally’s Bed and Breakfast: (907) 586-2415
- Super 8: (907) 586-4858 / 1-800-800-8000 (less $$)
- Travelodge: (907) 789-9700 (close to airport)
- Waterfront Inn (907) 586-2050
- Hoonah:
- Fishes Bed & Breakfast: fishes@hoonah.net (907) 945-3327
- Petersburg:
- Nordic House: nordicbb@gci.net (907) 772-3682
- Scandia House: scandia@alaska.net (907) 772-4281 / 1-800-722-5006 (also has car rentals)
- Tides Inn: tidesinn@alaska.net (907) 772-4285 / 1-800-665-8433
- Waterfront Bed & Breakfast: (907) 772-9300 / 1-866-772-9301 PO Box 1613, Petersberg, AK 99833
- Gustavus:
- Gustavus Inn at Glacier Bay: (907) 697-2254
- Kake:
- Keex. Kwaan Lodge/restaurant (907) 785-3434
Extra Activities:
- Pack Creek brown bear preserve Admiralty National Monument/Juneau Ranger District 907-586-8751 907-586-8800 you may also contact Ward Air 907-789-9150
- White Pass & Yukon Route Railway narrow gauge Skagway to Whitehorse 1-800-343-7373 867-633-5710 CN 907-983-2854 U.S.
- Tracy Arm – fiord and tidewater glacier day boat trip out of Juneau Adventure Bound Alaska advboundak@aol.com 1-800-228-3875 907-463-2509
- For those traveling north to Denali and other areas of Alaska, check out-
The Farm Lodge: Incredible bear, caribou, wildlife experiences with this longtime family run business! West of Anchorage. Contact Glenn Alsworth, 1-888-440-2281
Reading List
- Alaska & Pacific Northwest History fiction & non-fiction:
- The Sea Runners by Ivan Doig
- Where the Sea Breaks Its Back by Corey Ford & Lois Darling
- The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch (Puget sound natural history story)
- Lord Of Alaska by Hector Chevigny (Story of Lord Baronof and Russian Alaska)
- The Islands Within by Richard Nelson (real life outside coast)
- Natural History:
- Living on the Wind by Scott Weidensaul (informative book about bird migration)
- The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of North America
- Communicating with the Orcas by Mary Getten (interspecies communication)
- Whales Dolphins and Porpoises by Mark Cowardine (DK Handbook)
- The Nature of Southeast Alaska by Rita M O.Clair, et al
- Mind in the Waters by Joan McIntyre (out of print)
- Blue Bear by Lynn Schuler (Looking for Southeast Alaska’s rare Glacier Bear)
I have an extensive collection of nature guide books and interesting reading onboard. However, you may wish to have your own bird guide. I suggest Sibley’s Field Guide to birds of Western North America.
