Exclusive Reindeer Encounter with Airport or Downtown Transfer
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Port
Whittier, Alaska, US
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Activity Level
Moderate
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Excursion Type
All
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Wheelchair Accessible
No
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Starting At
$159.95
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Minimum Age
Information Not Currently Available
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Duration
4 Hours
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Meals Included
Meals not included
Your destination is the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, a non-profit sanctuary dedicated to preserving Alaska’s wildlife through conservation, education, research and quality animal care. AWCC takes in orphaned and injured animals and provides them with a forever home. Resident animals are encouraged to display natural wild behavior and to be ambassadors for their species.
Your coach is your transportation through the facility. A step-on specialist guide introduces you to the wildlife. You’ll stop at the bear enclosures -- a great opportunity to ask questions as your guide shares stories of how the animals came to the Center and how they are cared for.
Enter the reindeer habitat for an exclusive Reindeer Encounter experience. How do these animals, known as caribou in the wild, adapt to domestication? Your guide has history and interesting facts to share. There’s time for photos of you and your reindeer friend and you can handfeed the reindeer as well.
Enjoy a brief time on your own to explore some more before you head to Anchorage along the National Scenic Byway of the Seward Highway. It’s a 60-minute drive to the airport and/or the downtown hospitality center.
Notes:
This tour is available only to guests whose cruise ends in Whittier with an overnight stay in Anchorage or to guests transferring to the airport with flights departing after 3:45pm. Cruisetour guests spending the first night of their land package in Anchorage can also participate. The tour ends at Anchorage airport at 1:30pm and at the downtown hospitality center at 2pm. If you have already purchased an airport transfer with your cruise booking, a refund for the transfer will be processed on board the ship, as this excursion automatically includes a transfer. Terrain includes a few steps, Terrain includes a packed dirt trail/road that can be uneven, muddy, and slippery. Guests feeding the reindeer are required to wear a mask (provided).