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Alaska Excursions
Categories: Hotels & Travel Tours Active Life Horseback Riding Tours, Horseback Riding [Edit]
2 Mile Klondike HwySkagway, AK 99840
(907) 983-4444
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 7 am - 7 pm
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
5 reviews for Alaska Excursions
5 reviews in English
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Review from Sabrina S.
La Habra, CA
5/25/2012 5 photos
Great Price, Friendly Staff. My husband and I were celebrating our 10 yr anniversary on a cruise and booked horseback riding excursion thru Royal Carribean. The whole experience was wonderful. Friendly Roxanne gave us a nice tour thru town before heading to the horse ranch. Then a very relaxing riding thru the woods with our funny staff leader Josh. I would definately go to this excursion again!
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Review from Beverly T.
Chino Hills, CA
6/10/2011
This excursion was so fun! We booked this very very last minute because all helicoptor tours were cancelled so that meant no dogs with sleds on the glacier. SUPER BUMMED. We figured the next best thing was this excursion.
The tour started with a 30-35 mile bus ride to the entrance of the camp. After that, there's an additional 20-25 minute ride on this heavy duty jeep-like thing that drives SO slowly, but safely up the steep mountain. You'll know when you're about to stop when you hear all these dogs barking like crazy. They have over 250 dogs training at this camp.
16 dogs will pull 7 people (6 tourists plus 1 trainer) on a sled thing. These dogs are super strong and the trainer is also very knowledgable of the iditarod sport. You can ask him anything and he'll answer it because he knows the pack very very well. He'll explain why each dog is placed in a specific spot. He'll also stop and take pictures for you with the dogs. The dogs will pull you at about 30-40 mile per hour and it's so fun.
Then they take you back down to where the camp and toilets are. You'll sit through a casual presentation of what it's like to complete in the iditarod race. He'll show you the gear that you they have to wear along with a map of the two races that happen in Alaska. It's so interesting because it's so different compared to any other sport.
Then we held PUPPIES!!!!!! They were one week old and still sleepy. One pooed on my jacket and it fell on to the ground. Then a Chinese guy covered it in some dirt.
I would highly recommend this to anyone. -
Review from Nick L.
9/13/2011
Very reasonably priced. Book this off the cruise ship for added value.
We did the dog sledding on gravel in a converted buggy of some sort.
A friendly driver picked us up from town in downtown Skagway (about 1 block by 1 block!) and drove us to another crazy looking vehicle that was loud and slow. There were some crazy steep tracks but it felt totally safe.
Once arriving at the camp, there are "huskies" everywhere from puppy to lean running machines. This excursion was the highlight for my wife. She would have been happy just to play with the pups!
Our musher was very knowledgeable (in fact all the team we were in contact with) and friendly. I had no idea you could be whizzed around so quickly round the track by so few dogs (15; as 1 was big and didn't play well with others!) He stopped to take pictures for us and had to contend with some unruly dogs!
It was really so much fun that we didn't want to leave. The driver of our 4x4 truck contraption had adopted a puppy which he let my wife hold on the way back down. The key to a happy life is a happy wife!! -
Review from Karen C.
Temecula, CA
8/28/2011
Our family of ten had an absolute blast zip-lining! I am so thankful that we found this company to use as our absolute favorite excursion! Very friendly, fun staff and amazing camp ! Three of us girls stayed and did the horseback riding and that was also very fun and scenic! Highly recommend
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Review from Alex S.
Brooklyn, NY
8/25/2008 1 photo
The Musher's Camp and Sled Dog Adventure in Skagway, Alaska is just amazing; it was fun, but also incredibly educational and engaging. Richie, the musher who facilitated our brief lecture at the camp, was easy to listen to and quite knowledgeable. It was clear that he really loves and respects the sport, which greatly added to the presentation. He successfully completed last year's Iditarod, and plans on entering future races; I sincerely hope he wins one day. I could have listened to him talk about his experiences for hours.
After the talk, we were taken on a one-mile ride, lead by a professional musher and her team of sled dogs. I cannot even begin to explain how unbelievably fun this was--even in the mud and rain. Everyone at the camp was kind and more than willing to talk about their personal histories with their teams. I was sorry that our time there was so limited (about three hours), because it was just that fascinating. The musher's camp is home to a ton of dogs, too; I do not recall the exact number, but it must have been near or over 100. Predictably, the place was loud and, if you love dogs, totally awesome. (I know that mushing, particularly longer races like the Iditarod and Yukon Quest, has been called into question by many activists. I have to say that it was clear that these mushers have real compassion for their dogs, treat them well, and truly feel that their team is a part of the family. They also place the unwanted puppies, who don't have the drive to run, in good homes.)
After the sled ride, we had the privilege of getting to hold the three-week old puppies of one of the sled dogs. It was truly heart-warming, and unforgettable. Being in such a beautiful, striking place, holding a small, timid, sweet animal...it just made me feel very connected to something real.
Garrett, our tour guide (the mushers camp is a thirty-minute ride from the main area of Skagway), was wonderful. He knew a lot about Skagway, having lived there for several long summers, and obviously connected with the mushers, and with Alaska as a whole. He was informative, unbelievable nice, and genuine.
I highly recommend Alaskan Excursions in every way. It was worth the cost, as it's probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for most.
Specialties
Interact with Sled Dogs, Zip Line over glacially fed waterfalls, or relax on a beautiful sunset Horseback Ride with us! We provide only the highest quality excursions to our guests in both Skagway and Juneau, Alaska!Our guests are very important to us! People visiting Southeast Alaska have numerous options available to them when choosing which excursions they will participate in while they are on vacation. When people choose one of our excursions, we are honored they would trust us to provide them with a positive, memorable experience, and we consider it a privilege to provide them with excellent service and a positive experience. This is just what we will do by providing them with the "E.X.C.U.R.S.I.O.N. of a lifetime". We all play a role in providing this whether we interact with a guest for only a minute or for hours. Join us this summer!
History
Established in 1991
Providing the most highly recommended excursions in Skagway and Juneau, Alaska! Founded and operated by a lifetime Alaskan.
