Yukon Husky Puppy Play Time & Summit Tour
Description
We are 100% Alaskan owned & operated - Our focus is on giving you an amazing experience in Skagway on your trip to The Yukon and British Columbia. Unlike the other attractions in Skagway, we stop along the way and explain what you are looking at and its history to Skagway, Alaska, and the Yukon. Along the way, we'll see plenty of valleys, rivers, waterfalls, and Alaskan wildlife. The tour will continue up the Klondike Highway to a remote sled dog camp in the Canadian tundra, where you'll get to play with sled dog puppies & meet their trainers & handlers. You won't be rushed or limited to play time here! Our "Yukon Husky Puppy Playtime" and "Summer Sled Dog Remote Yukon Camp" tours offer nearly identical experiences, with the only difference being that the Summer Sled Dog tour includes an exciting ride on a summer sled dog cart pulled by our huskies, while the Yukon Husky Puppy Playtime tour does not feature the cart ride.
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Itinerary
This amazing photostop is at the summit of the White Pass and Klondike Highway
We'll take you by some of Skagway's famous locations along Broadway and historical points in town
Pitchfork Falls is a 2,000-foot cascade into the Skagway River, viewable from the Klondike Highway between Skagway, Alaska and the border with British Columbia. The falls goes underneath a railroad bridge of the White Pass and Yukon Railway
We stop by various buildings and scenic points of the Klondike Gold Rush, including the White Pass and points along the Klondike Highway as we go to Canada (British Columbia and The Yukon)
This is the main part of our tour! Here,, you'll get to play with future Iditarod & Yukon Quest champions - and even possibly meet musher Michelle Phillips or Ed Hopkins ! While at their camp, you'll get to play and pet with the dogs and have time with her handlers & trainers & learn about the races. The dog sled camp is also home to a small gift shop & restrooms. This tour does NOT include the educational discussion or sled activity - please book our other tour or ask about the upgrade once you board the bus.
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Pickup Locations & Times
TOUR PROVIDER: Skagway Tours CHECK-IN TIME: 15 minutes before your tour’s start time MEETING LOCATION: Bus loading area near your ship Your cruise ship will arrive at one of three locations in the Port of Skagway: the ORE Dock, BROADWAY Dock, or the RAILROAD Dock. 15 minutes before your tour, a Skagway Tours representative holding a red “Skagway Tours” sign will meet you at your dock’s bus loading area. IMPORTANT: Please do not use Google or Apple Maps, or the map link provided by Viator. These will send you to our office in town or the Harbor Master’s office. We pick you up at the bus loading area near your ship. PASSPORTS REQUIRED: This tour crosses the USA-Canada border twice. Passports are required. Guests without proper documentation will be denied participation with no refunds. For USA or Canadian citizens a government-issued ID and original birth certificate (no photocopies) are also valid for entry. VISAS. If you come from a country that needs a visa for Canada or the USA you will need to bring those in addition to your passport. IMPORTANT: Cruise line staff may incorrectly say passports are not needed in Skagway, AK. You MUST bring your passport or valid ID/birth certificate due to the border crossing.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The travel time is included in the total tour duration
- Our office number is (907) 921 - 4344
Reviews(168)
We had an amazing afternoon on this tour! Our guide, Grace, was great. Her stories about living in Alaska were one of the highlights. She also knew great places to stop for photos. The highlight was the puppies. They had 3 litters- 1 set of Alaskan huskies and 2 litters of foster puppies. About 15 puppies total. There was a small gift shop with some snacks. They accepted credit cards. Recommend bringing a little cash, you can buy treats from a jar 4 for $1.
We had a great time on this tour. They had 3 litters of puppies, 1 litter of Alaskan huskies and 2 litters of foster puppies. Total of 15. There was a small gift shop with snacks and a few other things that takes credit cards. They also had a treat jar that you can buy dog treats 4 for $1 cash. This version of the trip does not include the ride on the cart pulled by the dogs - everyone else on our bus had booked that version. They all did that-we had more puppy time! We were still invited to listen to the talk about gear, training and the Iditarod. Our guide Grace was very good. We enjoyed her stories of life in Alaska. She also knew great places to stop for photos. We didn’t have any trouble finding the meeting point. The tour company sent detailed instructions.
For me, and my family (my husband, 12-year-old and 10-year-old daughters) we all agreed that this was just OK. I'm mainly talking about the "puppy play time". It was more like "watch puppies lay around and sleep" time. I absolutely LOVED the scenic drive up there and learning about Skagway. Our tour guide, Grace, was incredible! She stopped at all the scenic viewpoints and was super sweet and chatty (the right amount of chatty). I loved hearing about her own adventures with her own dog. But the puppy play time was absolutely not worth the money IMO. I was expecting more playing/interacting and less sleeping (from the puppies). I wouldn't pick this one again.
Grace was a wealth of knowledge and the tour was exactly as described! We had a great time and enjoyed learning about Skagway and Graces adventures. The puppies were adorable as well.
Trey was OUTSTANDING! He was one of the best guides we have ever had. Her kept the entire group engaged and entertained the entire time. There was a lot of time with the pups and the staff at the camp was very friendly. We were concerned that the trip might be redundant after taking the White Pass Railway earlier but this trip gave us entire different views and a few stops for pictures. I would highly recommend this even if you took the train. This was truly a highlight of our trip.
Our tour guide/driver Trey was outstanding. One of the best we’ve ever had. 5 Stars PLUS!
This experience was absolutely amazing! The dogs and their owners were so sweet! I loved seeing how happy they were.
It was a great tour and we got to see everything we were expecting. Mariah was a fantastic tour guide and gave us ample time at all the spots to get pictures. The sledding camp was the highlight of the tour. The puppies, and big dogs, are just the best and can cheer anyone up! If you want to see the Welcome to Alaska sign, this is the tour to take.
Mariah was a great tour guide. The drive out to the puppies and back was scenic and informative as well as entertaining. She was great and the puppies were a lot of fun.
Great experience. Just didn’t realize we’d be in the bus so long/much. Great guide, great views, great to play with the puppies.
