Wildlife in Alaska
Our Alaska, USA Vacations
Denali National Park vacation in Alaska
Experience untouched wilderness off the beaten path
Alaska Glacier Bay small ship cruise
Get close up to Alaska where the big ships can't go
Kenai Peninsula adventure vacation in Alaska
Orcas, Humpbacks and Glaciers: Experience Alaska's coastline
Alaska adventure vacation, salmon run
Active small group adventures in a retrofitted school bus
Yunnan small group vacation, China
An ultimate Alaskan adventure with wildlife and wilderness
Brown bear photography vacation in Alaska
Photograph Alaskan brown bears in exclusive photo tour
Inner Reaches Western Coves cruise in Alaska
Some of southern Alaska's iconic destinations by small ship
Alaska classic tour, glaciers and grizzly bears
See huge bears & drive/kayak/cruise/fly thru South Alaska.
North and Central America overland tour
Explore North & Central America on this epic overland
Anchorage to Mexico City overland tour
From Alaska to Mexico City through Canada and the USA
Kodiak bear tracking tour in Alaska
Alaskan adventure looking for the large grizzlies
Alaska's Islands cruise, whales & glaciers
Wild Alaska on one of the world's smallest cruise ships
Inside Passage, Seattle to Juneau cruise, Alaska
The classic Inside Passage cruise from Seattle to Juneau
Anchorage to Tierra Del Fuego tour by overland truck
Epic overland trip from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego
Alaska adventure vacation
Go deep into the wild on this active Alaskan adventure.
Southeast Alaska cruise
Spectacular scenery and amazing wildlife in remote Alaska
Inner Reaches Eastern Coves cruise in Alaska
Awe-inspiring glaciers, wildlife, and rainforests in Alaska
Outdoor Alaska vacation
A wildlife trip to awaken the senses
Alaska Glacier Bay and wildlife cruise
Glaciers, Humpbacks, grizzlies and mountains - Get up close
Bear watching
Alaska is without a doubt bear country. With tens of thousands of the beasts up its sleeve, sightings are near guaranteed at the right time of year – especially if you travel with a conservationist at the helm. Black bears tend to be the easiest to spot, often rooting around forests for berries or roaming into the tempting suburbs of the cities. Don’t take the descriptor as gospel, either – brown bears can be brown, ginger (mainly south), blue-tinted (nicknamed glacier bears in the Yakutat area) or even white-blonde. Their sure noses lead them to the rivers and forests to chow down on berries and salmon.Bears are largely lone rangers – but that all changes in salmon season. Then it’s a free for all. This is when you’ll find them tussling for the best spot on the river, waiting (sort of) patiently for the chance to slap a metre-long salmon out of the water.
Whale country
Humpbacks, belugas, grey, blue, minke, Baird’s beaked, fin, North Pacific right, sperm, sei – Alaska is a veritable social club for whales. It’s all down to the warming, plankton-packed spring waters that prompt many species to migrate north en masse from May to September.It’s not all about the showy flipper slaps and tail flukes of the whales, though. A boat trip will also reveal a watery world where sea otters snooze hand in hand and porpoises surf the waves. As for the writhing sea lion colonies, you’ll hear (and smell) their roar before you see them.


From eagles to albatrosses
As for the secretive great grey owl, you’re more likely to hear it than see it: a hoo hoo hoo that booms over meadows and forests. But if you do see it, its flat, full-moon face and 1.5-metre wingspan make it pretty unmistakeable. The rest of Alaska’s birds represent the greatest hits of the aviary arctic: puffball grouse and ptarmigan, clifftop puffins, eider ducks and both black-footed and short-tailed albatrosses.
Our top Alaska, USA Vacation
Denali National Park vacation in Alaska
Experience untouched wilderness off the beaten path
2021: 13 Jun, 4 Jul, 25 Jul, 15 Aug
2022: 12 Jun, 3 Jul, 24 Jul, 14 Aug, 27 Aug


It sometimes seems that Alaskan animals come in two sizes: L and XL. The bison are built like quarterbacks and crowned with a pair of killer horns. There are only four herds of these, having been hunted to near extinction in the late 1800s. Muskox are just as impressive, huddled into woolly mammoth-style coats against the cool north-west corners of Alaska. Forget quarterbacks – mature muskox bulls are built more like the Incredible Hulk, standing up to 1.5m tall.
Although moose might be an iconic Canadian animal, they also know no borders and mooch freely into Alaska. These northern beasts are the biggest of their kind, weighing in at up to three quarters of a ton. The males have formidable battle antlers to boot – impressive for an animal that lives off birch twigs.


Lynx are more partial to snowshoe hares, whose crashes and rises in population directly affect the lynx’s. They’ll also make do with caribou, Dall sheep, grouse and ptarmigan when times are hard. Lynx are so shy that little is known about their population, but their range covers the whole of Alaska’s forests.