Anchorage Wildlife Conservation Center

by Toccara & SamAlaska, Cruise Ports- AlaskaPosted on 0 comments

The Anchorage Wildlife Conservation Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving Alaska’s wildlife through conservation, public education, and quality animal care. We took a drive through the Center on our transfer tour that took us from Whittier to Anchorage. The center is about halfway through the transfer trip, so it was a convenient place to …

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Getting from Whittier to Anchorage w/ Anchorage Tours & Transfers

by Toccara & SamAlaska, Cruise Ports- AlaskaPosted on 2 comments

We arrived in Whittier, Alaska after a rejuvenating week-long cruise on board the Island Princess. On most cruises, the disembarkation port can generally be treated as another port of call, full of exciting excursion options. So, what is there to do in Whittier, you ask?! A whole lot of nothing! A whopping 218 people currently …

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Scenic Plane Tour in Anchorage

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After spending a week on an Alaskan Cruise, we wanted to experience Alaska from a different point of view, so we booked a scenic flight with Rust’s Flying Service, located in Anchorage. Our flight took off from Lake Hood, the world’s largest and busiest float-plane base. Seeing the landscape, especially the glaciers, from above offered us …

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