We stopped by as part of a tour from SkagwayAlasta to the Yukon, Canada. The place had plenty of activities, from a pet zoo to a small museum, a real scale size animal museum, a cute shop with souvenirs and a restaurant. The restaurant food wasn't great. They offered a BBQ chicken (only dark meat), a half of a baked potatoe pp, and a small scoop of coleslaw. The drinks were coffee, tea, and / or water from containers located around the sitting areas. There were dinner rolls (the best part of the meal) and some small donuts as dessert. I'll definitely recommend the place for a stop due to the activities but definitely not for their food. read more

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The French roast is excellent! Really good coffee and baked goods. Gluten-free baked options. Really nice Coffee machine for espresso or cappuccinos. Small place but lots of seating outside. read more

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We were here 6 years ago with our teenage kids when we were in Skagway for a port day. Our kids had fond memories of the dog sled ride, petting farm with the huskies, and museum. We were in port again last month with our kids and teenage grandkids. We didn't go with a tour company both times and beat the crowd by coming early. We rented a car in Skagway both times. The staff are very friendly. Our kids and grandkids tell us that it was one of the highlights and memorable experiences they had during our Alaskan cruise. This is a great place for the entire family. read more

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Fun tourist stop with acceptable food provided as lunch on our tourist day-trip, an amazing display of taxidermy, interesting display room on Canadian Mounties, a fun sled-dog camp, a gift shop a nice selection of Canadian souvenirs, and a few other attractions we didn't have time to enjoy during the one-hour stop on our tour. read more

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Caribou Crossing Trading Post is just North of the Historical Village of Carcross. This trading post was used as the gateway to the Interior of Yukon during the hayday of hayday of the Klondike Gold Rush. And now it houses a Yukon Natural Museum displaying Specimens of animals that are native in the area. Quite educating and great for kids.... At the Musher camp, you can pet and feed dogs that used to participate in the 1000 miles Dog Sled Race of the Yukon Quest and Iditarod. And even hold some of the puppies. There will be extra charge if you do want to get on the Dog Cart Ride (I suggest to skip) There is also a gift shop if you want to purchase some souvenirs or native arts and crafts. On site there is also a bakery and a cafe if you want something light. read more

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Our ships excursion took us here. The place wasn't too bad. There are some activities available such as panning for gold or taking a dog cart ride. Would have costed us extra, though, because they were not included with our excursion price. We had a tasty lunch here, got an education about the Yukon and animals, and browsed the Wildlife Museum. Overall, it was a good 3 star destination stop on our tour of the Yukon. read more

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We visited this place as part of our excursion with frontier excursion. Although we had an hour and a half, there were plenty of things to do. We first visited the taxidermy museum, which had a variety of animals native to the arctic region. It was impressive to stand next to the life size replicas of bears, tigers, and wooly mammoth. Afterwards, we visited the petting zoo which contained dogs (border collies, Alaskan Huskies, and puppies), llamas, horses, goats, and donkeys. Next, we visited the cafeteria which served a choice between BBQ chicken and a vegetarian Indian dish. We chose the BBQ chicken, it came with coleslaw, and half baked potato. It was pretty good (especially the coleslaw). They had complementary water, iced/hot tea, and coffee. They also had complementary bakery. Then we got on the dog sled! It was an amazing experience to say the least. There were so many dogs and they were all barking from excitement. Some seemed sad and some seemed happy. I don't know if they treat the dogs well or not. Each kart sat 6 people and the trainer sat behind us. The part I didn't like was the dust flying into our face from the dogs running. They can offer disposable masks to cover our mouth at least. Another part I didn't like was the tent they put us in for a small presentation. There were sooooo many mosquitos and flies! The mosquitos were huge! Overall, a really great experience! read more

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Cute stop on our tour. They have a little petting farm and museum. You can also pet the puppies, which my daughters really enjoyed. Lunch was provided as part of our tour, but it was nothing to brag about. They served BBQ chicken with coleslaw, bread and potatoes. Dessert was cinnamon donuts. You can also go dog sledding here, but we chose not to. read more

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What a neat little stop for lunch. The Caribou Crossing Trading Post consists of several buildings. The first building is unique with covered wagons and picnic tables where we were fed a barbecue chicken lunch. It was actually quite good. We then toured through the other buildings and outside areas where we saw horses, donkeys, sled dogs and alpacas. Again everyone was so friendly and courteous. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. read more

Great Museum. Lots and lots of stuffed animals of local variety. Wonderfully displayed and great staff. The dogs are also a must see. read more

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Came to Caribou Crossing with Chilkoot Tours. Our tour included a BBQ lunch with delicious cinnamon donuts. I enjoyed petting the huskies and the goats were adorable. I was a bit sad that there were no husky puppies as advertised, but I guess it just depends on when you go. The puppies that we saw were probably a year old already. We got to see people take the sled ride. It was interesting to see how excited all the other dogs got as they barked like crazy since they weren't picked to give the sled ride. The stuffed animal museum was not that exciting as I've seen them at numerous natural history museums, but it was cool to take a picture with the giant polar bear. read more

We came here as part of our excursion for lunch. If you can skip this lunch. The food was mediocre, poor customer service and extremely rude staff. Definitely don't recommend this tourist trap to anyone. read more

First of all, Caribou Crossing is awesome. We had some much fun over there. Our cruise ship anchored in Skagway, we rented a car, and drove about 2 hours to get to Caribou Crossing. It is a gorgeous drive and it is definitely worth it. You NEED your passports though so make sure that you bring that cause you will be entering Canada. IMPORTANT TO NOTE: the Yukon Territory (which includes Caribou Crossing) is 1 hour ahead of Alaska time. If you make a reservation at Caribou Crossing for a dog sled ride make sure that you account for the loss of an hour. We only realized that the day before our reservation and had to plan accordingly. We left Skagway at about 8:15am and made it to Caribou Crossing with about 45mins to spare for an 11:30am appointment (we ended up stopping at a coffee shop while we waited). Caribou Crossing has a lot to do. There are 2 small museums and both are worth your time. There is one about the Canadian Mounties and one about Canadian animals. Combined they take an hour or less if you are taking your time. There is a BBQ restaurant and a little ice cream shop. The BBQ was pretty good and while it doesn't seem like a whole lot of food it is pretty filling. The ice cream was a nice treat too. There is a large petting zoo which was pretty fun. You can pet and feed animals like goats, llamas (or alpacas, don't remember), horses, donkeys, and most importantly husky PUPPIES. I could go on and on about the puppies but I will refrain. And the dog sled ride, well, it's awesome. While some people may think that it is cruel to make dogs pull a sled, well they are mistaken. Those dogs were SO excited to pull that sled. It was hilarious. During the sled run the dogs were forced to take a break for water and they would all look at the sled like, "Why are we stopping?!?!" The ride was so much fun and afterwards we were given a little educational discussion about dog sledding and the Iditarod. It was really interesting. And make sure to bring questions! Tip: Try to come as early as possible to avoid the tour buses. When we got off the dog sled the buses were rolling in and it got CROWDED. read more

Caribou Crossing Trading Post was the lunchtime stop for a shore excursion that I participated in while on an Alaskan cruise. Although the place looks perfectly reasonable on paper, the reality of the experience is somewhat different. This place is disturbing on multiple levels - and not in the haunted house, scary movie sense of the term. Approximately half-way through a day-long excursion through the Canadian Yukon, our tour guide informed us that we would be stopping for some "delicious local barbecue" at Caribou Crossing. I can only presume that he was speaking liberally - "delicious" and "barbecue" would not be my terms of choice to describe the food offerings. The chicken was painfully tough and nearly devoid of any barbecue sauce, the potato was stale to the point of being inedible, the coleslaw was flavorless and watery, and the rolls gave new meaning to the term "breaking bread". I understand that they need to produce a high volume of food quickly, but the quality of the meal was not commensurate with a $15.50 price tag. Moreover, the only way the tables could get any closer would be if they were stacked on top of each other - we repeatedly had to get up throughout the meal so that other diners could exit the table. Once we completed the meal, we were directed to a building that the staff described as "Yukon's Premier Wildlife Gallery" - again, liberal use of terms. The Gallery was essentially a warehouse filled with a taxidermied version of nearly every animal in the regional food chain. I felt like I was stepping into that house from Texas Chainsaw Massacre - dead animals galore! After enduring the taxidermic tour of terror, we were ushered into the "petting farm", which afforded the most horrifying sights of the entire experience. This area consisted of several dozen sled dogs chained to their boxes, an aimlessly roaming golden retriever that was foaming at the mouth, and a herd of goats banging their heads against a food dispenser as patrons stumbled to put quarters in it. There was not an employee in sight. After leaving the petting farm, I inquired about the status of the animals to the tour guide. He informed me that "These are work dogs and not like the ones that sit at home on your couch. This is the only life that these dogs have ever known". Unfortunately, this rationale is simply illogical. I'm by no means accusing the place of voluntarily mistreating the animals, but their sheer volume clearly exceeds the capabilities of the staff. Upon exiting the petting farm, we headed to the cafe for some dessert, which proved to be the only pleasurable aspect of the visit. There was no shortage of employees in the cafe and we were served almost immediately. Unfortunately, by this time, the departure time prescribed by our guide was quickly approaching. Perhaps it was for the better though - I would have rather ended on a positive note than sit around and wait for some other atrocity to occur. read more

First, when you get to caribou crossing we had just 15 min to find the food, get our food and eat before our dog sled. Then we got rushed over to the sled. My reading of the dog sled stated they talk to you first about the dogs and what they do. We received NONE of that! We were put on a large razor! With at least 10 to 12 other people. So this was NO sled experience at all! No one helped me or my family with our seat belts or even checked them so ours were loose and we ended up bumping our heads on the bars above the whole time! My family was split up and we couldn't even enjoy the trip together! Really? We came on the trip to be together! I sat alone. Then the other 4 of us were all in different rows. Then after, as I read previously, we went to find and hold the puppies. We found the puppies behind a fence and a girl that told us they only let a couple of people pet the puppies a day. You have to find a golden bone in order to pet the puppies. They put a couple of them out a day. With a limited amount of time there, how can we do that? So you can look at the puppies ONLY! My daughter then hurried to all the stores trying to find the lucky bone. She finally found one and went back and the girl let her in the gate to see the puppies but told her "you can only pet them and not pick them up". Really? What is the point then? Pretty sure she did this just to be mean- because why find a bone then- if you cant even hold a puppy? All the other dog sled experiences have pictures of people holding puppies and riding in an actual sled. I understand if it is to hot and the dogs can't run but it was cold when we were there. My sister did a dog sled excursion only on the same day I did mine. She was in a sled- sitting with her family. They got to pet the dogs that pulled them. We didn't. They got to hold puppies and didn't have to run and all over finding a BONE! So if you want a real experience like you see- don't do the dog sled at caribou crossing!!! At least take off the pictures of people holding and petting the puppies on your site and riding on a sled. Put the razor on there and the puppies behind a fence!!!! read more

I gave it the one star only because of the horrible condition the sled dogs were kept in and the fact that they had these skinny dogs pulling heavy sleds with heavy people over roads (this was summer, so no snow). The dogs are kept in a rocky area and tied together or else tied to dog houses...very depressing - the rest of the exhibit was very nice though, and the food was good. read more