Best time to see wildlife in Alaska

The headline wildlife attractions in Alaska are the bears and the whales. Your best chance to see them is the summer months, and come as late as you can for the bears.![]()

Most Alaska wildlife vacations operate between May and September, the exceptions being Northern Lights tours that hope to catch the aurora borealis in March, and tailor made bear-watching trips. Not only are spring, summer and autumn the seasons when Alaskan wildlife is most active and visible, but the winter climate that far north can be inhospitable, to say the least. Anchorage temperatures can drop as low as -10°C in January, and remote areas tend to be much more exposed. Come between June and September to watch grizzlies after the salmon in Katmai National Park, while May and June are the most likely months to see orcas, those magnificent predators, off the Kenai Peninsula.
Alaska wildlife, month by month
Our Alaska wildlife Vacations
Denali National Park vacation in Alaska
Experience untouched wilderness off the beaten path
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US $2990
12 days
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Alaska Glacier Bay small ship cruise
Get close up to Alaska where the big ships can't go
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£4272
8 days
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Alaska adventure vacation, salmon run
Active small group adventures in a retrofitted school bus
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US $4880
20 days
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Alaska adventure vacation
Go deep into the wild on this active Alaskan adventure.
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US $5150 to US $5405
9 days
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Kenai Peninsula adventure vacation in Alaska
Orcas, Humpbacks and Glaciers: Experience Alaska's coastline
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US $2890
9 days
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Alaska wildlife vacations
An ultimate Alaskan adventure with wildlife and wilderness
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US $7199
14 days
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