Things to Do in Hoonah / Icy Strait

You’ll be sur­round­ed in one of the largest sum­mer pop­u­la­tions of hump­back whales found in Alas­ka with Glac­i­er Wind Char­ter’s small group tours. Keep an eye out for oth­er wildlife, like eagles, sea lions, seals, sea otters. You may even see coastal brown bears, eat­ing plants along the shore.

Join Wilder­ness Island Tours for an immer­sive jour­ney through Chichagof Island’s rugged beau­ty. Led by Native Alaskan guides, this adven­ture offers stun­ning land­scapes, cul­tur­al sto­ry­telling, and the chance to wit­ness brown bears in their nat­ur­al envi­ron­ment — all while sup­port­ing the local community.

Wild Coast Excur­sions, Juneau’s bear view­ing spe­cial­ists, guide small-group and pri­vate trips to remote brown bear habi­tats across the Ton­gass Nation­al For­est. Trips focus on renowned loca­tions such as Pack Creek on Admi­ral­ty Island and Water­fall Creek on Chichagof Island, where guests observe coastal brown bears along­side expe­ri­enced guides com­mit­ted to respon­si­ble wildlife view­ing. Pri­vate tours may also explore oth­er remote wilder­ness areas,  ...more

The ren­o­vat­ed, his­toric can­nery is the base for more than 20 local tours includ­ing bear-view­ing at near­by Spassky Creek, bird-watch­ing and guar­an­teed whale watch­ing. It also fea­tures restau­rants, a walk­ing trail, a can­nery muse­um and the world’s largest ZipRider.