SEA WOLF ADVENTURES
ACTIVE SMALL SHIP ADVENTURE CRUISING IN ALASKA & BRITISH COLUMBIA
ALASKA TRAVEL INFO
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GENERAL TRAVEL INFO
JUNEAU - GUSTAVUS - SEA WOLF : Once you arrive in Juneau, Alaska you can travel to Gustavus via jet on Alaska Air or on Air Excursions. Flying in a small plane is a terrific way to first see Alaska and you can extend your normal flight to include flight seeing. Because this is a rain forest, flights are sometimes delayed or cancelled due to weather so we recommend arriving in Gustavus the day before your trip and taking in some of the local natural history. Our recommended inns and lodges provide excellent food, facilities and hospitality. You can call a taxi, rent a car or some lodges provide transportation. The lodges will help you arrange your transportation from your lodging to the boat. On the last day of your trip, we usually get back to the dock around 2 pm. We arrange for TLC Taxi to provide transportation to the airport or lodging. You can make your flight back to Juneau anytime after 3 pm. Back to top
Juneau has several walking trails. Mendenhall Glacier is a must see walk, museum and exhibit. The State Museum downtown is an incredible natural history museum, from ancient history to the work of our current native artists. Lodging ranges from B&Bs to the Best Western and Prospector. Most inns offer free shuttle service around town.
Prospector Hotel: www.prospectorhotel.com
Travelodge Inn: www.travelodge.com
Westmark Baranof Hotel: http://www.westmarkhotels.com/juneau.php
Juneau Travel Bureau: www.traveljuneau.com Complete Travel Info
Alaska State Museum : Fantastic Museum
Mount Roberts: A tram takes you to the top and you can hike all the way up for an even more terrific view.
The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center http://www.fs.fed.us/r10/ro/naturewatch/southeast/mtgoatsmgvc/mgvc.htm: “The beautiful Mendenhall Glacier has a boardwalk and you can get a great view of the glacier. There are accessible trails throughout the center.
Kaxdegoowu Heen Dei "Brotherhood Bridge" Trail: “The Brotherhood Bridge trail is a flat 2-3 mile trail that winds along the river. Access off the parking lot on the main road. Great Trail but can get crowded in peak summer season. Back to Top
GUSTAVUS Travel Info
Gustavus Forelands in the winter
Gustavus is a fun place to tour by bicycle and most lodges provide bikes for your use. We have 13 miles of road from Glacier Bay National Park to the Gustavus dock. It is safe to wheel along the roads. There a a few stores, galleries and gift shops, and a great 9-hole golf course with incredible vistas on the beach and you can rent clubs. There is a museum and a gift shop at the park lodge as well as several hikes. Hikes are anywhere from a few hundred yards to an all-day hike along Bartlett River Trail. Don't forget your cameras as everywhere you turn there is a photo opportunity.
Gustavus Visitors Association: http://www.gustavusak.org
Gustavus Inn:http://www.gustavusinn.com
Annie Mae Lodge: http://www.anniemae.com/
Homestead B&B: http://www.homesteadbedbreakfast.com/
Aimee's Guest House: http://gustavus.com/guesthouse/index.html
GLACIER BAY MONTH by MONTH
Glacier Bay is a rainforest and rain is the main reason it is so beautiful! Plan for wet cool weather but you will be so enthralled with your surroundings that it will not affect you as long as your rain gear is adequate!
May's long days mean a lot of time to explore and fewer people in the Bay! Some of the best weather of the season. Mountain Goats are grazing low and wildlife is usually easy to spot. Bears feed on grasses along the shore. Migratory birds are flying through on their way north. Spring on the average has less rain than mid-summer. Sometimes there is even a bit of snow on the ground.
June has long days for exploring southeast Alaska. The weather is usually clear with less rain than later in summer and the flowers in full bloom. Throughout the area, Bears are easily spotted on shore eating sweet rye grass shoots to regain the fat they lost in winter. By the first week of June most of the the whales have returned to Glacier Bay.
July and August are the most popular months so there are more boats and people. The whales are all here, breaching and playing and feeding. Wild berries are ripening in August and the summer flowers are in full bloom. July & August the salmon are running so we see bears along the streams. August-September is superb lighting for photography!
September has fewer people around and more bears by the streams fishing for salmon! Great for glaciers! The best time of the year for a possible view of the Northern Lights. Birds are migrating south for good bird watching. August-September is superb lighting for photography!
Gustavus/Glacier Bay Weather
http://cms.gustavus-ak.gov/community/gustavus-weather GUSTAVUS HISTORICAL WEATHER