Private Tour
Private Bear Viewing By Seaplane
Overview
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6 hours
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Experience Alaska's famous Brown Bears with Juneau's premier wilderness tour operator! Take your private group on an authentic wilderness adventure to watch the bears in their natural habitat!
We depart the Juneau airport and fly over Admiralty Island on our way to our bear viewing area. Here we will watch the bears for 3-4 hours before returning to Juneau on another beautiful flight over the Tongass National Forest. This trip is led by an expert local guide who has spent their life exploring this area!
All of our trips are carbon-negative, culturally rich, and environmentally responsible! Extra flight seeing over the stunning Juneau Icefield can be arranged for the Ultimate Juneau Experience!
Come and experience the famous Alaskan Brown Bear in our beautiful wilderness!
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
All guests must be able to walk over 1 mile of slippery beach terrain.
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
What‘s Included
Lunch
Landing and facility fees
Rubber Boots and Rain Gear
Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
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What To Expect
Our adventure begins when we take off from the Juneau Airport. We'll watch Juneau's famous glaciers fade into the distance as we bank away from town and into the wilderness. We will enjoy a 20-30 minute flight over Admiralty Island National Monument as we travel to our bear viewing area. We will then spend 2-4 hours bear viewing before a beautiful return flight to town! The exact amount of time is up to you! Reach out to us for a full list of customizations for your special trip!
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Private Bear Viewing By Seaplane
Pickup included
Reviews
9 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Bucket list experience
OnAir01603982029,
Sep 17, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our bear viewing day trip was a perfect experience. Our guide Matt was very informed, so helpful, and could answer any of our questions. The whole day was magical, and was a once-in--lifetime experience to view beqrs in the wild, living their normal life. Highly recommended! We were so lucky that our planned visit to Alaska coincided with the salmon spawning season, and enabled this wonderful opportunity.
We had a great excursion, would recommend it!
Leanne B,
Aug 12, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Although we did not see bear, about a week early I’d guess this year. July 20th, 2025, the salmon were starting their run. The flight, the pilot, the guides and the scenery was amazing! We’d certainly do it again and would recommend the Waterfall Creek Bear Viewing excursion.
Best excursion we did in Alaska!
Z7035ZMmiked,
Jul 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our float plane trip to waterfall creek was so much fun and while our bears chose to show up late the time we spent with them was our favorite thing we did in Alaska ! Highly recommend Wildcoast Alaska
A fantastic opportunity to view bears in their natural habitat!
Dumelamma,
Jan 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This is an absolutely unforgettable and amazing experience with Wild Coast Excursions. From start to finish it was a well organized trip. Our guide was approachable and informative and made the experience that much more enjoyable. His knowledge of the bears and the region was the perfect companion to watching the magnificent bears. The fact that you start and end with a float plane adventure adds to the overall fun. I strongly recommended this trip, you will not regret it.
Wild Coast Bear excursion
OnAir558953,
Aug 28, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The trip with Peter Nave was excellent. He was friendlyt knowledgeable and we got to see all kinds of Brown Bears. The lunch provided was delicious and the float plane trips were smooth and enjoyable. Would love to do that excursion everyday and never get tired of it. I would highly recommend it to anyone in Juneau.
Awesome bear trip
Nicholeen V,
Aug 15, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great experience and great guide Peter. Highly recommended. We saw five bears during the tour: one was a momma and her cub.
Waterfall Creek Bear Adventure
lynnew530,
Aug 14, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Unforgettable bear-viewing experience at Waterfall Creek on Chichagof Island in July with Wild Coast Excursions. The day trip was very well-organized from start to finish, with a float-plane ride from Juneau to the island, a short hike to the creek-side bear viewing area, several hours watching bears, a nice boxed lunch and a return plane trip back to Juneau. Having grown up in Juneau, our guide, Peter, is very wilderness-savvy and adept at sharing his knowledge with his clients. He kept our group well-informed and about bear behavior and let us know what to expect from the experience while we were out there and afterwards shared photos and videos of our adventure. Spectacular scenery from the air and on the ground and a fabulous learning opportunity. I highly recommend Wild Coast Excursions!
Waterfall Bear Viewing
Passport45446728663,
Jul 25, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Wonderful trip! Peter was very communicative throughout the planning. Mattheus was our guide for the trip and he was awesome! He was very knowledgeable about the area and bear viewing. Great experience without the crowds! Highly recommend!
Best Bear Excursion!!
Camper592753,
Jun 10, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Highly recommend!!! Our day out to Pack Creek was such an awesome experience, Expert local guide Peter had all the knowledge and really made our trip. Was very cool to see the Bears roam around and in their habitat.
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