12/31/2023 0 Comments Best scenery in alaska![]() ![]() I lost an item in the waiting area for our boat trip, and Lisa and others clearly went out of their way to see that I got it back. One more thing: the company management is clearly customer-focused. Yes, this trip is not cheap - but neither is anything else in Alaska. ![]() The guides were excellent and gave enough information to be informative, but not so much as to feel pedantic or boring. Warm chocolate cookies out of the galley were a very nice touch on a cool trip. The food was very good, if not quite Michelin-star flashy. This company's small catamaran gets far closer to glaciers than the big cruise ship possibly could, and was able to get to the narrow scenic inlets. This was the best shore experience of our cruise. Make sure you have a camera strap around your neck on your camera or a lanyard for your cell phone so you don’t have to worry about dropping it overboard. If you wait to see how you feel to take it, it won’t work as well.ģ. Dramamine causes significant drowsiness and there were many people napping on the boat after taking it, but meclizine is less drowsy. Seas were calm on our trip, but there were a handful of people that were clearly not feeling well. Our family did this and we all felt fine the entire time. Take meclizine (Bonine) for motion sickness an hour before your trip even if you don’t think you’ll need it. Next time I go to Alaska, I’d bring a thin, down-alternative type jacket, thicker gloves (or maybe the mittens with the tops that fold down to expose your fingers for photo taking purposes) and hand/foot warmers.Ģ. It also gave us a good viewing spot when the captain stopped for wildlife since we were already out on the deck. You can go inside to warm up, and many people stayed inside most of the time, but we spent most of our time on the deck to take in the beautiful scenery and not miss any wildlife. My feet and hands got cold but I was otherwise ok. I had 4 layers on top (long-sleeved t-shirt, hoodie, fleece zip-up and lined rain jacket) plus leggings, pants and rain pants, wool socks with hiking boots, fleece stocking hat and light gloves. Dress warm - even though the temps were in the mid 50s, it was rainy on and off and cold on the water. ![]() We highly recommend doing a trip with Major Marine while in Seward!ġ. I considered doing the longer trip the following day myself while my husband and son went hiking, but it would have required an extra 4 hours of driving so didn’t end up doing it. We did a lot of fun things on our trip to the Kenai Peninsula, but this was the top highlight for 2 of the 3 people in our group. At one point, the whales swam right towards and under the boat. This behavior is apparently pretty unusual to see so we feel quite lucky that we were able to witness it. We saw a sea otter, harbor seals, orcas, puffins, auklets, murres, steller sea lions, but the highlight was watching the bubble net feeding of the humpback whales. ![]() Our group of 3 did the 6 hour wildlife tour the first week of July (2023) and it was simply amazing! The crew was all friendly and helpful, and the boat comfortable. ![]()
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