Chichagof Island Tour: Explore Alaskan Wilderness

Join a small-group, 3-hour land tour of Chichagof Island. Hoonah, a community with a year-round population of about 850, is situated in the northern region of Chichagof Island. Most of the island is untouched Alaskan wilderness, rich with wildlife! Chichagof Island boasts the highest density of bears per square mile in the world.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Shops By HTA - Shop at Hoonah’s #1 Gift Store! Gifts, Snacks, Drinks!
What's Included
  • Picks Up & Drops Off at Icy Strait 3rd Party Excursions Hub
  • Local Native guide
  • Small Group Tour - Max of 10
  • All individual seating in van, no bench seating
  • Government fees
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities (Never expected always appreciated)
Additional Information
  • Tour Time is Departure time. Please meet 15 minutes prior at the Icy Strait Excursions Hub
  • Each Child on tour must be accompanied by an adult
  • No Smoking
  • At time of booking, cruise ship passengers must provide ship name
  • Children Under the age of 8 are not permitted on this tour
  • While we endeavor to find bears on this tour we cannot gurantee sightings
Location
Excursions Hub
DO NOT USE THE 108 CANNERY ROAD ADDRESS ON GOOGLE TO FIND THE PICK UP POINT. IT IS NOT CORRECT IN GOOGLE AND WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT!! We meet guests at the Icy Strait Exclusive 3rd Party Excursions Hub. The Excursions Hub is a short 5 minute walk from where the ships dock or tender in to.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Sue_m
Aug 27, 2025
Didn't see any Bears, I... - Didn't see any Bears, I guess to warm for them. We did see deer and lots of Salmon. A very nice tour Cora our guide was very informative. This is a good tour
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Annel0red
Aug 19, 2025
Divine - We saw the Bears, goal accomplished! Wonderful place! They're in their habitat! Happy this tour. In the previous ones we didn't see any more Qoe bears in polerons.
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Jo
Aug 13, 2025
Van tour - high likelihood of finding bears! - We had a great time hunting for bears. Just be aware you are in a van the entire time so get a good spot by a window and keep your camera ready! Our guide was fantastic and knew all the other guides (and their families). We looked for signs of bears, then waited and crept along roads and marshes. It paid off because we finally found 2 big bears trotting along, what a thrill!
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Natalie_h
Aug 2, 2025
The best Alaskan experience - This was our favorite experience in Alaska. Our tour guide, Cora, was absolutely amazing! We saw 5 bears. One was quite a distance away, but other 4 were quite close. We saw two pairs of mama bears with their cubs. The first pair walked across the road, but they headed pretty quickly into the forest. The other pair we hung out with for about 45 minutes. The mama bear was about 10 feet away from the van. They started about 20 yards away and walked towards our van on the side of the road. The cub kept falling asleep. I'm so happy we did this excursion. However, it's called a "bear search" and aren't guaranteed to see any bear.
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Jason_s
Jul 28, 2025
This was a fun excursion.... - This was a fun excursion. Kora, our tour guide was very passionate and knowledgeable about bears and wildlife of the area. It was great to learn hunting tips from her. We only saw 1 mama bear and a cub, but it was certainly not Kora's fault. It just wasn't our day for lots of sightings. It was still a fun adventure.
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Dylan_c
Jul 24, 2025
Experience Of A Lifetime - We saw 3 adult bears and 2 cubs. Our tour guide Whitney Noble was one of the best tour guides I’ve ever had. She was extremely knowledgeable and went above and beyond for our honeymoon. It was an experience of a lifetime thanks to her.
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David_r
Jul 20, 2025
Followed Bears down the road - Fantastic experience. Lizzy is an amazing guide. She was extremely knowledgeable and spotted the grass moving and knew it was a bear. To our surprise it was a mama bear and her yearling about 20 yards ahead. The mother saw us and did not flee, so we followed her and the cub down the road without spooking them until they broke off and went up a trail. What an amazing experience.
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Nancy_c
Aug 7, 2025
A good tour of the island, but no bears. - It was a warm day, and the bears were not moving. We did get to see the island from the back roads. Our guide tried to find bears, but to no avail. We did have a rare ermine sighting, one deer, and lots of salmon and bald eagles. They drop you off in town, and then offer a shuttle back.
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Claudiofranco_b
Jul 31, 2025
The organization of the tour it is not good enough - The guide was very, very good. She did her best in order to find some bears. However ,I think this tour was very badly organized. If you are in the last 2 rows of the van it is impossible to see what happens in front of the van, and of course only the people in the first rows managed to see a bear for a moment. Of course the bears sighting is not guaranteed. We are in 2025, the company should know in advance where the van should go in order to see bears, there are view cams, and other devices that could show to the guide where to go; or else 2-3 people with a van that stays or travels among the best spots and communicated the bears position. We paid about Usd 300,= for a ride with the van....while Viator get for 1 excursion at least $ 1500. Maybe some of this amount could be used to improve the tours. I put 3 stars only because the guide was very very good !
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John_w
Jul 20, 2025
Very Disappointed - 3 hours riding around in a van with no photo stops. Saw a (1) deer during the 3 hours. NO bears, did see a little bear scat. Driver talked constantly about how good she was at finding and tracking bears. No photo stops. At the end the only way my grandson and I could describe the "tour" was DISAPPOINTING.
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