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- Meares Glacier
- Shoup Glacier
- Copper River Adventure
- Valdez Glacier
- The Chugach Mountains and Prince William Sound
- Bayside RV Park
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| On board this 9 hour journey you will have a chance to view ice calving from Meares Glacier as well as the huge icebergs at Columbia Glacier. En route you will view the wildlife of the Sound including Bull Head Sea Lion haulout. Learn about the mining, oil, earthquake, and fishing history and hear stories about the first people to exlpore and live in the Sound. Included in this tour is a water-based description of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Terminal. On board lunch and an afternoon snack is served. 110 miles round trip. |
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| Shoup Glacier |
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Visit Valdez and impressive Shoup Glacier State Park. After basic kayak instruction, board your motorboat for the 1-hour ride to Shoup Bay.
At the drop-off point, your guided tour paddles into the bay and up to the face of mighty Shoup Glacier. Enjoy an hour-long stop on a beach near the glacier's face to watch ice calving from the glacier. Keep an eye out for seals, sea otters and bald eagles. |
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| Copper River Adventure |
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A true wilderness and historical experience not to be missed! Explore the natural beauty of the Copper River & Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve as you travel the glacial waters of the Tazlina, Copper & Klutina Rivers. Your tour guide will bring to life the history of the area with an in-depth knowledge of the region. Watch for eagles, brown & black bears, moose and beaver as you travel through pristine wilderness. Disembark onto Athabaskan land to visit the remains of an 1898 prospector's camp.
Learn about the Copper River Gold Rush and try your hand at panning for Gold! Visit Explorers Camp and see how the sourdoughs survived this rugged land. Our final destination is the historic town of Copper Center, founded in 1898 and rich in history.
Visit a Copper River fish wheel and take a peek into a subsistence way of life. You might even watch a salmon being caught! |
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| Valdez Glacier |
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| Valdez Glacier Campground is nestled at the base of the Chugach Mountains near the famous Valdez Glacier. It is still close to the City Center and it's services. This area abounds with history, as it was the sight of the 1898 Gold Rush. Visitors to the campground will be struck by it's beauty and grandeur. Campers can watch mountain goats graze on the steep slopes overlooking the campground. |
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| The Chugach Mountains and Prince William Sound |
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Prince William Sound with its 3,000 miles of shoreline is surrounded by the Chugach Mountains to the east, west and north. Fifty-mile long Montague Island and several smaller islands form natural breakwaters between the Sound and the Gulf of Alaska. Between the barrier islands stretch underwater sills separating the Sound's deep waters from the much shallower waters of the Gulf. Deep water renewal occurs during the winter when cold winds from interior Alaska cool the surface waters causing them to sink, while the warmer bottom water rises to the surface bringing rich nutrients which support huge plankton blooms in the spring.
Millions of years of glaciation gradually carved away a coastal plateau creating the sound with its many tributary fiords and passageways, islands and rocky shores. Fewer than 10,000 people live in the three towns-Whittier, Valdez, and Cordova- and two native villages-Chenega and Tatitlek situated on the shores of the Sound. Because the Sound was formed by millions of years of glaciation, its shorelines are heavily indented by deep fiords and many smaller bays. No roads connect these communities. |
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| Bayside RV Park |
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Located in Downtown Valdez Alaska, Bayside RV Park offers the RV owner all the comforts of home, scenery unsurpassed the world over, ticketing for world class sport fishing charters, glacier tours, and various other activities offered in the Prince William Sound Area.
Local gift shops, grocers, museum, and the Valdez Convention and Visitors Bureau are all within walking distance of the park.
Bayside RV Park is situated on a bay of the Sound, on the left side of the highway as you enter downtown Valdez.
Wildlife abounds in the area, and being next to a scenic bike path, you may be able to see local critters like black bear, shore birds, sea otters, and always the majestic Bald, or Golden Eagle. Later on in the season, salmon spawn in a stream crossed by the bike path, in full view of our visitors.
And of course our friendly staff are ready to assist you in ensuring your visit will be remembered for years to come! | |
Save time, money and stress! For reservations: Fill out the vacation planner to be contacted by a Valdez vacation specialist.
Contact : Travelwizard.com
Phone: 1-800-330-8820 or 1-415-446-5252
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