Portage Glacier Cruise & Wildlife Tour From Anchorage
Cruise Portage Lake and visit the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
Duration
5.5 hours
Includes
Wildlife center, Glacier cruise
Highlights
Depart downtown Anchorage for a scenic drive along the Seward Highway and Turnagain Arm, then combine wildlife viewing with a narrated glacier cruise. Explore the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center and board the M/V Ptarmigan on Portage Lake for close-up views of Portage Glacier.
- Travel Along the Seward Highway and Turnagain Arm from downtown Anchorage
- Visit The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, a 200-acre sanctuary
- Spot Rescued Alaskan animals like brown bears, muskox, bison, wolves, and moose
- Board The M/V Ptarmigan for a narrated, hour-long cruise on Portage Lake
- View Portage Glacier from within a few hundred feet
- Buy Food and beverages sold separately onboard the M/V Ptarmigan
What's Included
- Transportation by van from downtown Anchorage
- Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center visit
- Portage Glacier Cruises cruise on the M/V Ptarmigan
- Narrated hour-long cruise
Things to know
The Wildlife Conservation Center is mainly outside, and the M/V Ptarmigan has an outdoor viewing deck. Weather can differ from Anchorage, and rain gear is recommended.
Cancellation Policy
If unsafe weather cancels the cruise and you booked through their website, they will work to provide a partial refund and still bring you to the Wildlife Conservation Center. If a mechanical failure cancels the cruise, they will provide a refund for the cruise portion.
FAQs
Arrive 10–15 minutes before the 1:30pm departure. Your driver-guide will pull up in a marked van; confirm your booking when you get in.
Dress for the day’s weather and plan for conditions to differ from Anchorage. Bring rain gear; the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center is mainly outside, and the M/V Ptarmigan has an outdoor viewing deck.
No. Food and beverages are sold separately onboard the M/V Ptarmigan.
Related locations
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
Admission includedDriving the Seward Highway south of Anchorage, you will spot the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center before you fully expect it, a broad sanctuary tucked between spruce forest and tidewater. Brown bears wade through meadow grass, wood bison graze in open pastures, and bald eagles perch at eye level. The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center gives every visitor a rare, unhurried look at animals that define the Alaskan wilderness.