City-Based Day Tours

From Two Hours to an Extra Day In & Around Alaska's Cities

Enhance your Alaska vacation with a city-based day tour, from active adventures to historical and cultural tours, sightseeing, and wildlife viewing.

Alaska is so big that sometimes the best way to get perspective on it is to get up in the air. Flightseeing tours are among the most popular type of day tours in the state and take visitors over ice fields, fjords, and mountaintops. Wildlife viewing is also extensive – as in grizzly bears, humpback whales, and moose. Glacier and wildlife viewing day cruises are found in most coastal communities and are a great way to see marine wildlife, glaciers, and gorgeous coastal scenery. City tours show off the local flavor, while rail tours offer a comfortable experience of Alaska’s magnificent scenery.

Active Adventure Day Tours

You don’t have to be an experienced outdoorsman to enjoy Alaska’s active lifestyle. Popular tours include sea kayaking, canoeing, or rafting; hiking in state and national parks; trekking atop a crystal-blue glacier; sport fishing for the world’s finest salmon and halibut; and dog sledding, or mushing with the state’s premier canine athletes. These tour types are offered at various levels and are accessible to almost everyone.

Historical and Cultural Day Trips

Alaska Native cultural centers and tours highlight the indigenous peoples unique to the area, including dance performances or demonstrations of traditional practices, like totem carving. Alaska historical tours take visitors back in time to experience significant events like the Klondike Gold Rush, the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, or life in a salmon cannery in the early 1900s. Many combine Alaska Native and non-Native cultures in informative tours that bring Alaska’s history to life.

Whatever Alaska city you are traveling to or flying in or out of, an Alaska day tour will round out your Alaska travel experience.

 

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Gates of the Arctic Air Adventure

This flightseeing trip from Fairbanks in the evening takes you to the Gates of the Arctic National Park and the Arctic Region.  You will first fly from Fairbanks to Coldfoot, 60 miles north of the Arctic Circle.  During... Browse itinerary

Gold Dredge No. 8 Gold Mining Tour

This tour from Fairbanks begins with an up-close view of the Trans Alaska pipeline and informational displays about the pipeline. Continue with a ride on a replica of the Tanana Valley Railroad through some of the gold fields... Browse itinerary

Denali Experience Flightseeing with Glacier Landing

This tour out of Talkeetna, Alaska, takes you on a magnificent bush plane flight within six miles of the 20,310-foot summit of Mt. Denali. As your flightseeing adventure departs Talkeetna, you begin to see firsthand how the last... Browse itinerary

Bear Viewing from Homer

Bear & Wildlife Viewing Flight Safari from Homer

Enjoy a scenic flightseeing and bear viewing tour out of Homer, Alaska. First you take an approx. 1 hour scenic flight by small wheeled plane which takes you over a volcano and glacier-rich scenery to either Lake Clark... Browse itinerary

Northern Lights Viewing Evening Tour from Fairbanks

Enjoy an evening looking for the northern lights in one of the best aurora-viewing locations near Fairbanks, Alaska. You will be transferred 30-45 minutes from your hotel to a prime northern lights viewing spot away from the city’s... Browse itinerary

Fairbanks Highlights Tour in Fall and Winter

This guided “Fairbanks Highlights” day tour during the fall and winter tour seasons in Alaska showcases all the best seasonal spotlights of Fairbanks.  You will stop at the Trans Alaska Pipeline, where your guide will explain the astonishing... Browse itinerary

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Chena Hot Springs Aurora Tour from Fairbanks

Enjoy a night tour from Fairbanks to see the northern lights, and Chena Hot Springs! You will be picked up from your hotel around 5:00 pm and transferred one and a half hours to Chena Hot Springs. After... Browse itinerary

Fairbanks Winter Dog Sledding Tour

This Fairbanks tour is full of dog sledding adventure and fun. Experienced guides showcase their Alaska sled dogs and share insights into Alaska’s unique dog mushing lifestyle and popular winter sport. Then spend 1-hour on the trails! Learn... Browse itinerary

Exit Glacier Ice Hike

During this guided glacier hiking tour from Seward, Alaska, you’ll follow a scenic hiking trail through an alpine valley to Exit Glacier which is a mixture of back-country and on-trail trekking (about 1.5 – 2 hours). The elevation... Browse itinerary

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Anchorage & Cook Inlet Sunset Photo Safari

This day tour from Anchorage is an Alaska photo tour that is fun for casual camera operators and avid photographers alike! This 4-hour tour departs from downtown Anchorage, takes place in the evening, and is a great way... Browse itinerary

Tonsina Point Kayak & Hike Combo Tour

This Seward day trip kayaking and hiking, takes you to explore the beauty of Resurrection Bay during a 7-hour Alaska adventure tour. Meet your transfer at Seward Small Boat Harbor, then depart from Lowell Point and paddle your... Browse itinerary

Helicopter Glacier Dog Sledding at Alaska Glacier Lodge

This day tour from Anchorage begins just a 1-hour drive from the city.  It includes flightseeing and dog sledding, an unbeatable combination for any Alaska visitor interested in active outdoor adventure!  You will take a breathtaking 15-20 minute... Browse itinerary

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