Hike Matanuska Glacier w/Alaska Local Honey, Wine Tasting

Overview

Available languages

English

8 hours 30 minutes

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Your glacier tour will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Marvel

at the beauty of Mother Nature! Along with a sampling of several different locally made Alaskan Honey and wine.

Experience the Matanuska Glacier like never before with our exclusive tour. Unlike other tours, we offer small group sizes, providing a more personalized and intimate adventure. The knowledgeable guides are passionate about sharing the glacier's geological insights, which enrich your experience. Additionally, our tour emphasizes sustainable practices, ensuring minimal environmental impact while preserving the glacier for future generations. With safety as our top priority, we provide top-of-the line equipment and thorough safety briefings, allowing you to explore the glacier confidently. After the trip we will have a sampling of several locally made Alaskan Honey and wines!

Join us for a truly unforgettable journey into the heart of Matanuska Glacier!

Additional Info

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

Experienced Glacier Guide

Bottled water

We also provide snow pants if needed

Snacks

We include Crampons (over shoe spikes for gripping ice)

Gratuities

Lunch

What To Expect

Matanuska Glacier

You will explore one of the most beautiful Valley Glaciers in Alaska with a professional Glacier Guide. Stand in Awe of this magnificent creation, listen to the haunting sounds of the Ice. You will be exposed to a wealth of knowledge including glaciology and geology as you learn about the glaciers formation and history. As you traverse the glacier, you will encounter towering ice walls, deep crevasses, and mesmerizing blue ice formations. This tour is great for all ages, but dress warm, especially in winter

4 hours • Admission Included

Glenn Highway

Glenn Highway National Scenic Byway Runs parallel to the paths carved by the Matanuska Glacier, the Glenn Highway makes it possible to trace the glaciers that formed this area, and provides some of the most accessible glacier-viewing in the state, as well as amazing geological formations.

4 hours • Admission Not Applicable

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Times of Operation

Duration: 8 hours: Times of operation at 8:00 am -4:30pm Please arrive 15 min early

Reviews

4.88

89 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

A tour worth every penny!
Heather M,
Nov 9, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
This is quite possibly one of the most beautiful tours and hikes I have ever done! Our driver Dan was phenomenal with a personality that matched ours well. The tour company went above and beyond and picked us up amd dropped us off at our Airbnb and even made an extra stop in a small town so I could mail a postcard. Our tour guide for the hike, Tommy, was exceptional!!
Awesome Glacier Hike
Preeti A,
Oct 14, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Glacier hike was great experience. We had really good time hiking on glacier. Our tour guide Dan was extremely nice guy and gave us lots of information about the tour. Walking on glacier with spectacular view made our tour a memorable one. Also small stop at honey tasting was good.
Hike the Matanuska glaciers!!!
Armann M,
Sep 22, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00
it was a great experience, just expecting to see more, but cant really control the weather/nature. it was still great though! 👌
Excellent
JoseCarlos C,
Sep 15, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Outstanding experience. The very prepared guide, ready to help the Glacier. The transport also excellent
The glacier was AMAZING!...
Patrick H,
Sep 14, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
The glacier was AMAZING! The crew at glacier that guides you were super nice and basically rockstars. I will say, the drive there is pretty tough. It’s a lot of winding, beat up bumpy roads, and if your driver hits those turns going too fast then slams on the breaks like we had, bring some Dramamine…but she was very nice! The shop for the local honey and wine tasting is a cool little place. Not a true tasting but worth the stop! We didn’t get to try the wine, but the honey was really good and the woman making the coffee was very sweet. This glacier hike is a once in a lifetime opportunity you won’t want to miss.
Good way to hike a glacier
Michael G,
Sep 5, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Tour operator was very nice and professional and the glacier walk itself was amazing. The honey and wine shop is cute too.
Not great for the summer
christinaismith,
Aug 28, 2025
- Review from Viator
2.00
Didn’t care for it. The pictures are misleading as we went in August. So we were walking on black debris. Just walked on rocks. It was not white at all. Wouldn’t recommend in the summer. Probably different in the winter. And, it was over a 2 hr drive there from Anchorage and 2 hour drive back.
Excellent Guide, Amazing Views
Dan G,
Aug 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
The glacier guide, Edin (sp?) was excellent. He was very knowledgeable and engaged, clearly passionate about his work. He did a great job keeping everyone safe, including a couple small kids in our group. The group size was good, at about 15 people. We spent about 2 1/2 hours on the hike. It wasn’t too challenging. The views were amazing. The wine and honey stop afterwards wasn’t really necessary. It was fine, but seemed tacked on.
Beautiful day trip
Tammy H,
Jul 24, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
The 2 hour drive was beautiful and our driver Kim was extremely friendly and knowledgeable. Our glacier guide Bennett was amazing. He was fun and you could tell he enjoyed his job. Our 12 year old son has decided he wants to come back when he’s older and be a glacier guide. The glacier hike was long and you needed to focus but the spikes helped and every step was even more beautiful. I would not recommend for anyone who struggles with balance.
Awesome glacier hike
lori b,
Jul 21, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
Great tour of the enormous glacier, we learned a lot of interesting facts from Frank our glacier tour guide. Frank was patient with our group as some people had an easier time with the terrain than others. Things to note, it is cold there even in July, wear layers including a winter jacket, wear hiking shoes or boots even though they give you crampons, and know that the terrain isn’t even. All that being said, we loved the hike and would do it again. BTW, my husband and I are both over 60 yrs old. The honey and “wine” tasting were definitely not the highlight of the trip.