United States / Alaska (summer) / Anchorage & Kenai FjordsAnchorage & Kenai Fjords
Glaciers, Fjords and the Midnight Sun
Alaska's biggest city is the base for a summer trip north: the Turnagain Arm drive (beluga whales and Dall sheep) to Seward for a Kenai Fjords cruise past calving glaciers, puffins and whales, the Alaska Native Heritage Center, glacier flightseeing, and the Alaska Railroad to Denali. From June to early July it barely gets dark. Tours, cruises and the scenic trains run from about mid-May to mid-September; in winter Anchorage is cold and dark, with the northern lights and the Iditarod start in March for those who come.
Highlights
- Kenai Fjords glacier and wildlife cruise from Seward
- Turnagain Arm drive
- Alaska Native Heritage Center
- Coastal Trail by bike
- Glacier flightseeing
- Midnight sun in June
Things to do
- Kenai Fjords cruise from Seward (with the drive or train)May–SepMorning · 11h
- Turnagain Arm drive to Portage GlacierAfternoon · 5h
- Alaska Native Heritage CenterMorning · 2h 30m
- Tony Knowles Coastal Trail by bikeEvening · 2h 30m
Tours & tickets
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When to go
Best time: June – August
Worth knowing
Alaskan Winter: Tours and Trains Stop
From October to April Anchorage is cold and dark, the Kenai Fjords cruises and the Alaska Railroad's summer trains stop, and Denali's buses and lodges are closed. Winter visitors come for the northern lights and, in early March, the Iditarod start.