Alaska Whale Watching Cruise: 3 Hours on the Water
Description
Our public tour on our brand new 49 passenger vessel! Meet our Guest Rep at your cruise ship dock and board our courtesy shuttle. Enjoy a scenic ride to the Auke Bay boat harbor and return (about 25 minutes each way). Each tour includes a dedicated stop to see the Mendenhall Glacier from the water (weather dependent). Enjoy the difference of a personalized tour! This 4 hour and 5 minute tour includes approximately 1 hour of round trip transfer time, 2.75 hours of whale watching/sightseeing cruise, walking on the dock to the boat, and bathroom breaks.
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Pickup Locations & Times
When you book, please let us know the specific cruise ship name (not just the cruise line). Juneau has five docks, and we meet guests at their ship’s dock. We must have this information ahead of time so we can place a representative at the correct location. Thank you—this helps everything run smoothly on the day of your tour. Cruise ship pick-up Instructions: • We pick up directly from YOUR cruise ship dock in Juneau. No need to walk into town (or take a shuttle)! • The local representative for your tour will be wearing bright orange and carrying an orange flag holding a blue “Harv and Marv's” sign OR and orange “Alaska Galore Tours” sign.. • Meet on the main boardwalk/sidewalk in front of your ship on the dock. • DO NOT GO TO THE TRAM - stay at your ships gangway. • Meeting time is 15 minutes BEFORE your tour departure time. If you cannot locate your representative, stay put and call our DISPATCH/TRANSPORT Staff. Drop off point is the same as your pick up point. No other drop off locations can be accomodated. Any changes to your pick up location must be handled at least 24 hours in advance, and the tour provider must be contacted. If NOT arriving on a cruise ship, please contact us directly for options. We are happy to offer instructions on meeting us directly at our dock (Statter Harbor) or another central meeting location. Please be sure to bring these instructions with you on the day of your tour!
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- If on a cruise ship, we MUST know which one. There are five docks in Juneau, we will pick you up from YOUR cruise ship once provided.
- Customers MUST reach out to Harv & Marvs directly to make sure they have the required pick up information. We are not liable for missed tours due to a lack of provided information. This information is crucial to our ability to provide this tour.
- Operates in all safe weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative time or date or full refund
- We are NOT wheelchair accessible. Our buses and smaller boats do not have ramps to get on board. In addition, our space is very limited. This tour is not recommended for those needing assistance to enter/exit our vessels.
- Collapsible strollers and wheelchairs can be accommodated providing the passenger is accompanied by someone who can assist them board and disembark, must be noted at time of booking
Reviews(1,335)
The eight of us had an unforgettable whale watching tour on 14th August. Harv and Marv staff made it such an incredible trip - I learned a lot and achieved a bucket list activity. I will never forget this trip. Magical!!
We did this tour while in Juneau. After doing some research online, we decided to do a private tour since there were 6 of us (3 couples) on our trip. We thought it would be nice to have our own driver/guide and boat so as to not be "fighting" over viewing space. This tour was great! Highly recommend it. Graham was our boat "captain", and he was awesome. Personable, knowledgeable and highly respectful of marine life. He took us to 2 different areas to view whales. We were able to see a group of 7-8 humpback whales at our first stop, with one being a juvenile who put on quite a show for us -- we got to see "him" breach the water several times (2 complete breaches) and a lot of fin slapping. Then we went to a 2nd area where we got to see a group of at least 15 humpbacks who were bubble net feeding (got to see it about 4-5 times before we ran out of time for our tour). This was a spectacular event to be able to see. Both of these behaviors are rare, so I would not expect to see these on your trip. We were apparently very lucky to see both on the same day. Even so, just seeing these magnificent creatures in the wild is something to behold. Even just seeing their backs as they dive as well as some tails is amazing. I would do this again in a heartbeat! The only thing I will note is that there were other excursions we did on our trip where we booked private tours, and we were picked up by our guide and started our private tour immediately. We were expecting this with this tour, but we were "herded" onto buses with other large groups -- probably many from the cruise line -- so there was a good amount of time spent going and coming just from the docks where the tour boats were that we did not expect. Therefore, our actual water time was less than we expected. We may have been more disappointed in this than we actually were had we not got to see the whale activity/behaviors that we did. All in all, well worth it!
Wow! We didn't expect to see 1 whale but we saw 30! And they were swimming together to form a bubble net to get the herring into their circle for their lunch! It was amazing. Our guides knew exactly where to take the boat and they moved it several times so we saw this bubble net making 3 times! The guides were funny and very knowledgeable about humpback whales and whales in general. He also knew quite a bit about football. I highly recommend this tour!
Excellent tour. Thank you Dalton .
This whale watching tour was the best one I have been on! Chris and Dylan were excellent guides and very knowledgeable. It was a wonderful experience and we made lasting memories!
We got very lucky to have gorgeous weather and get to see once in a lifetime whale activity (bubbling) involving at least 20 humpbacks, we had the very best naturalist guide guide, Chris, and the equally wonderful captain, Dylan. This was so much more than a scenic ride. Their passion for whales made me into a fellow obsessive fan of these giant, incredible mammals. Chris’ love for each unique whale in the waters we traveled was contagious. There wasn’t a boring moment or a lost opportunity for education. It was something I’ll never forget. I am truly glad to have had such incredible guides to bring the nature we saw into such vivid and exciting detail.
This whale watching experience FAR EXCEEDED anything I could have hoped for! Dale, Annie and Stephen (the Captain) were wonderful! Super friendly and funny but most of all very passionate about sharing their obvious love for the area and the wildlife. We saw so many whales, including a resident star "Sasha". I love that Dale and Annie were able to identify some of the whales by their markings and size. They were just as excited as we were to see one fully breach out of the water! I would 100% recommend this tour and guides and will use them again should I be lucky enough to return to Alaska!
Our crew was AMAZING. Capt Dalton, Coral and Meredith were so knowledgeable and friendly. We had an amazing time!
We are so pleased you had such a "amazing" time, and we thank you for the awesome review!
Best whale watching we have ever been on. From the information, learning, scenery and just obnoxious amount of whales. More than 30 whales all feeding, absolutely incredible
Alex, we chuckled at the "obnoxious amount of whales" comment :) Thanks so much for the great review! We are so pleased you had such an excellent experience with us on the water.
The Harv and Marv whale watching tour was amazing! Started off with our awesome bus driver Chris picking us up at our cruise ship and he was a blast on the way to the boat and back after the tour. Dalton, Coral, and Meredith were our crew on the boat and they were so knowledgeable and gave us an unreal experience. You can tell they truly care about the wildlife and giving guests an incredible tour. We ended up seeing so many whales, seals, and sea lions! I cannot recommend Harv and Marv enough for a whale watching tour!
Wow, thanks so much for the enthusiastic review and recommendation! We are so pleased you had such a great trip :)
