Liquid adventure provided the most incredible experience of my trip to Alaska. Kayaking in bear glacier was absolutely breathtaking - peaceful, serene, and awe-inspiring. Our guide was knowledgeable, friendly and incredibly supportive, making sure everyone felt safe and confident on the water, even if it was someone's first time kayaking. They shared knowledge about the glacier and surrounding environment, which added an educational element to the adventure. read more

We thoroughly enjoyed our multi day kayak trip with Nora. The paddling was easy enough. The camping spot was beautiful. Nora was an excellent guide and cook! I highly recommend this company! read more

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A wonderful kayak trip, along with water taxi to and from the area. Calving glacier (sounds like rolling thunder), sightings of bears, bald eagles, puffins and seals; sea otter and Orca whales on the water taxi return. Lunch was eaten while floating in front of the glacier. Great guides, captain and deck hand; great service! read more

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We kayaked at the Holgate Glacier and had a wonderful time. Paddling through the small icebergs in front of the glacier was a high point. Quinn, our guide for the day, was knowledgeable, fun, and inspiring. I couldn't imagine a better guide. The lunch provided was delicious. read more

Bear Glacier kayaking was so fun -our guide Nick was super helpful and very chill. Piper is a great captain. Make sure you ask for your photos before you leave! read more

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Tours guides are everything on a guided adventure! Our guide on a full day kayak tour (bear glacier lagoon) was - Analise. And she was fantastic!!! Great attitude - it made all the difference. Took our pictures while kayaking, helped us get fitted nicely in drysuits, helped in/out of kayaks on the tour and some good tidbits of information. Really knowledge about marine biology, well experienced with outdoors and fun personality. As for the tour - i cant recommend it enough! Paddleboarding or kayaking around Costco sized icebergs is an unreal experience. You may get lucky with some critters too - otters, seals etc. We had a few seals swim around us all day on the tour... added a fun element too. Our way back was a quick helicopter ride that gave us a spectacular top view of icebergs! Highly recommended with the right guides (Analise or Cristina perhaps). read more

We absolutely loved the kayaking tour in Seward, Alaska, with Liquid Adventures. I honestly debated whether we should do their other option: stand up paddle-boarding. But something told me this probably wasn't a good idea. Last time we did this activity, SOMEONE ended up in the water. And let's just say, it's probably a much easier plunge in Santa Barbara than in the ice-cold waters of Alaska! The kayak tour in front of Bear Glacier was a major highlight. Curious seals swam up to our kayaks to check us out. Plus, we even saw a massive piece of ice break off the top of an iceberg and float away. It was like we were in our own nature documentary! The 3.5 hour trip is definitely a workout. Though, this includes a 45-minute ride to and from the kayaking site (so you won't be paddling the entire time). Or you can just get the back seat of the tandem kayak and your partner won't ever know if you're paddling or not! Cost of the Bear Glacier kayaking adventure is $299 per person. read more

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We used Liquid Adventures for their kayaking tour through the blue icebergs of the Bear Glacier glacial lagoon, and it was incredible! The weather was perfect (cloudy/overcast), and that's not something Liquid Adventures can control... what they did have control over were the guides and jetboat captain, who all did a great job, from gearing us up to teaching us about the safety protocols, to deftly navigating between chunks of ice in the river, to pacing the day just right. Paddling around the ice of the glacial lagoon is a mesmerizing, surreal, otherworldly experience that you are not likely to find very many places in the world. Peaceful and jaw-droppingly beautiful... though parts of the jetboat ride were a bit more rough and adrenaline-pumping! We even got a bit of a scenic nature cruise through the Kenai fjords on the way there, stopping occasionally to observe puffins, eagles, a sea otter, and even a humpback whale! (We also encountered cute seals that followed us around the lagoon, popping their heads out to watch us with curiosity.) read more

Liquid Adventures - Kayaking past blue icebergs in the glacial lagoon - Tours Near Me - Seward, Alaska

Liquid Adventures allows you to go off the beaten path to truly unique and stunning environments. Our tour was originally canceled due to bad weather and we were offered a reschedule for a few days later. If this happens to you...definitely reschedule! It was worth it to rearrange our trip and make this a priority. We got to see and experience a glacier in ways most people never do. Our guides were informative and very attentive to guests' needs, even my seasickness! We had Tim and Kristen, both of who were intelligent, capable, and very funny. High recommend this local business! read more

BEAR GLACIER KAYAK ALL DAY GO!! 2023 There is more ice than the senior guide in the store, who has been there twelve years, has ever seen in the lagoon. It is amazing to see icebergs calving, then rolling and flipping. You will be able to touch the small pieces floating, but the 130' tall icebergs can flip you too so stay a safe distance away from the big ones! Seriously, go do this. The company was awesome too. We booked a helicopter return with jet boat to the lagoon where you kayak. Well, remember all that ice? They can't get near the inlet anymore with the jet boat, on July 1. The company didn't charge us any extra to helicopter both ways!! Stand up move. We got a lot of paddling thru something that resembles an abstract art gallery with floating sculptures. Mikey, our guide, was a very hard worker and sweet guy who took great care of our group of six. Logistics: they provide dry suits and as long as you're in decent shape, six hours is do-able, we took a couple breaks on land for lunch and pit stops. And you can always just float. Tandem kayaks only I think, tho that may be due to conditions. read more

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Glacier kayak trip was really fun!!! We really got to see the glacier crack and roll. The hot chocolate we were offered at the middle if the trip was a cherry on top. read more

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I took Aialik Glacier kayaking tour on August 28, 2022. I do NOT recommend to this tour if you want to see the Aialik Glacier. Firstly, this tour does not get anywhere close to the Aialik Glacier. They stop very, very far away from it. You can still see the glacier at a distance but cannot really experience it. Meanwhile, all other kayaking tours from other companies went less than half the distance to the glacier and enjoyed the ice falling show in the front row. I repeatedly pointed out that other tours were much closer and expressed my wish to get closer, but our tour guide didn't budge. He said their safety standard was 0.5 miles from the glacier. But I found out later, from my GPS log and satellite image, that we were roughly 1.2 miles away. Secondly, this tour doesn't spend enough time to see the glacier. While all other kayaks were still watching the glacier, our guide instructed us to head back to the beach where the water taxi dropped us off, because "we don't have enough time". Since our group members were all young and kayaking fast, I pointed out that we could leave after other kayaks started going back and still beat them. But our tour guide didn't budge. He said that we needed to arrive at the beach at least 30 min before departure time. I had no choice but to follow his order. Then, it got worse. He diverted us to an island between the glacier and the boat docking beach, and showed us an empty eagle nest, which was just a bunch of twigs in a tree, and a cave, which was just a small cavity in rock wall. It was insult to injury. Instead of taking a detour and seeing those, we could have stayed at the glacier longer. After all, we arrived at the boat docking beach 45 minutes before departure time. We put away our kayaks and gears in 20 minutes. For the rest of 25 minutes, we just watched other tours' kayaks coming back to the beach. We could have easily stayed at the glacier 30 minutes longer if we didn't drop by the island and didn't try to beat other tours. To be fair, there were a couple of things I liked about this tour. It was $30 cheaper than other companies' similar tours. Also, their tour did NOT include lunch. I liked it because I have dietary restrictions and often cannot eat standard tour lunch. read more

Liquid Adventures - We were more than twice far away from glacier than other companies' kayaking tours. - Tours Near Me - Seward, Alaska

We took a kayaking trip to Bear Glacier. What an amazing experience. Prior to leaving, our guide Molly made it easy for us to get our gear and get suited up. The process was very efficient. The harbor is just a couple minutes from the office and a quick van ride. The jet boat ride to the iceberg lagoon was fun. Lots of wildlife to see including puffins and bald eagles. We also had to time out entry into the lagoon through the small waves. The captain, Ryan did great. Once in the lagoon, there were pieces of ice everywhere. We got in our kayaks and took off to the lagoon. Tons of icebergs of various sizes, shapes and colors from white to different tones of blue to black (full of rock). You would also hear the ice cracking and booms from time to time where an iceberg calved. It's 5 miles from the kayak starting grounds to the glacier, we were lucky enough to see calving happen not far from us. An experience of a lifetime for sure. read more

My husband went out for a 3hr tour and had the best time. Joann was informative, kind and we loved having her as our tour guide. There were only 4 other people on our boat, which provided more of a intimate experience. We saw seals, sea otters, sea lions, 9 eagles, a mountain goat, and porpoises! The scenery was magnificent and it was an experience we will never forget. read more

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I purchased tickets yesterday from nice people . They told me to be here at 9:30 am for the shuttle to Exit Glacier Park so I can get to the 10am Ranger Hike tour in time. I arrived at 9:25am. Shop was closed. No shuttle . Called the number posted on the door. Answering machine . Finally someone shows up at 10 am. She said now I have to wait for the 10:30am shuttle . She should have refunded me 1/2 the cost of the trip. Now can I trust them to pick up since there is no cell service. Unfortunately they are the only shuttle service I could find to the patk. This is really frustrating and disappointing to have wasted 90 minutes when I was the ONLY. And on their list . Bad way to end my day at Seward. read more

My friends and I had the best time ever!!! We booked the glacier SUP tour and it was perfect from start to finish. Our guide Anneliese was a true gem and made our experience fun, adventurous, and educational! Some of the group hadn't had a ton of experience on a SUP but Anneliese was super supportive and helpful. Meghan from the office was able to join our tour and was a great addition. I would highly recommend!!! read more

Took the Bear Glacier lagoon kayak trip and was so impressed! Chloe was an amazing guide. The scenery was breathtaking. Everything was perfect! Highly recommend for a once in a lifetime experience. read more

Used these guys for a guided kayak trip around Resurrection Bay. It was a challenging outing but so fun. Our guide was great - he took care of everything we needed. The boats and equipment were excellent. We had a great lunch and plenty of time to hike and explore along the way. It was a perfect day out on the water. read more

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We did the 5 hour bear glacier kayak tour with our awesome guide Maya! What can we say...? This is a never miss adventure everyone who visits Seward should do! Kayaking amongst a graveyard of glaciers and hearing ice calve!!! Wow! Maya made it ever so memorable by explaining the science behind everything that we were witnessing..This was heaven in Alaska!!! read more

We purchased the stand-up paddleboarding adventure to Bear Glacier. Chris, the owner, personally accompanied us as one of our guides, along with Jared, another guide and they led us on an adventure of a lifetime. The guide to participant ratio was very low, with only four of us in the group. Both Chris and Jared have extensive knowledge of stand-up paddleboarding, kayaking, etc., and knew all of the amazingly picturesque places to take the group. Bear Glacier is located in a more remote section off of Resurrection Bay and Liquid Adventures arranges for a water taxi to transport the group to and from the lake where Bear Glacier is located. You are likely to see multiple whales, harbor seals, sea otters, bald eagles, and other marine life along the way. When you are arrive at the paddling spot, the guides provide instruction to ride the Resurrection Bay surf to land on the beach by Bear Glacier. Once on the beach, you move to an isolated lake that has amazingly huge icebergs that you get to navigate your paddleboard through. What an experience! You are also likely to see harbor seals in the lake and watch chunks of Bear Glacier ice break off as you paddle. The great thing about this adventure is that you will likely be the only tour group in the vicinity and can enjoy the epic scenery without a crowd. We enjoyed a long day of paddleboarding with an energy boost from homemade brownies and an added bonus of hot chocolate - big thanks to Pam! Liquid Adventures outfits you with top of the line equipment and dry suits to keep you warm. From novice to experienced paddleboarders, this adventure will be a highlight to your Alaskan experience! read more

We did a half day Bear Glacier kayaking tour. The day began with getting fitted for dry suits and all the necessary gear. Then we drove to the harbor and took a fun little jetboat to Bear Glacier. We had seen Bear Glacier from afar on a catamaran tour the previous day and it just looked like a little, mostly green mountain with a little bit of snow on the slope. We had no idea what beauty was in store for us once we got around into the lagoon. The area was incredibly serene and picturesque with icebergs of all shapes, sizes and shades of white and blue. Our guide cautiously navigated us around the lagoon, ensuring that we got great looks at everything, while constantly remaining safe. We are beginner kayakers, but did not have any trouble keeping up or navigating around. Alaska Tour and Travel had recommended this trip to us and I am so glad that they did. I highly recommend it to anyone who visits the Seward area. Four stars only because the check in process was a bit confusing and the girl doing check in was not very friendly. However, once we got paired with our guide, everything was great. read more

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Had an absolutely amazing time on our kayak trip to bear glacier. Once in a lifetime trip worth every penny. It is worth it to do the helicopter ride out. read more

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Kayaking with Liquid Adventures the other day was a blast! I had a lot of fun! If you are considering paddling around a glacial lake around some ice and icebergs, make sure you go with Liquid Adventures. They know what they are doing and are very friendly. The lunch was delicious as well. It was also a lot of fun to watch the glacier calving as we sat watching from the kayaks. read more

My sister and I went on the SUP (stand up paddle board) tour last week with Ryan as our guide. Of all the times I've seen a glacier (I live in Anchorage), this was the most special. The morning started with a boat ride along the coast of the Kenai Fjords park (so beautiful and scenic) - we had views of the shore on our right and porpoises on our left! After the 30-45 minute boat ride, we left the ocean and entered into a river, formed by the glacier, that led to the private lagoon of Bear Glacier. We parked the boat and got equipped to paddle board. Liquid Adventures outfitted us with dry suits, a dry bag, gloves, a waterproof case for cellphones, a helmet, and shoes. I was worried initially about being cold, but actually felt warm once we got going! I was never nervous about falling in the icy cold water because we had walked through the water to get from the boat to shore. This helped me trust the dry suit. It would be a good idea to have some paddle boarding experience prior to going on the trip, but I felt like my tour guide Ryan was more than happy to explain basics and he took it really slow with my sister and I (which was a bonus, because we got to enjoy the scenery). We took our time paddling around the icebergs and Ryan really let us lead the way - wherever in the lagoon we wanted to go, we could, so long as we stayed a certain distance from the icebergs. Ryan was a wealth of information. He was happy to answer all questions iceberg and glacier related and his passion for the outdoors really shone through in his answers. All the tour guides I encountered seemed to share that contagious energy. It's really a special feeling to be in such a beautiful peaceful place (we had the entire lagoon to ourselves) with people who are just so happy to show you their world. After an hour or so, Ryan whipped out hot chocolate and brownies, which was just the best surprise. Definitely do not skip this trip. If you're uneasy on a paddle board, liquid adventures offers kayak tours too, I just preferred the feeling of standing up (better views). Don't forget to wear layers! read more

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GOOD STUFF: Pretty much everything. We did the overnight kayak trip to Holgate glacier. Ryan was a great guide- very safe on the water and knew the answer to almost all of our questions. Jane was very organized and had the private overnight kayak trip all planned out. The food was homemade and delicious. We saw whales, several black bears, sea lions, otters, bald eagles, seals, glaciers calving, etc.... BAD STUFF: Not very much. It was cloudy and rained on and off. PRICE: Pricey, but every kayak trip to the glaciers is. OVERALL: Great experience. If you are going to Seward and thinking about kayaking, this trip is worth every cent. read more

BEST PART OF OUR TRIP!!! We did the half day kayaking with the helicopter ride. My friend and I are always out doing adventurous trips, but this does not compare. This was an absolute blast! Maya was our guide (seriously-- ask for her if at all possible!) She made everything so easy and comfortable. The helicopter ride was INCREDIBLE--- it was surreal how beautiful it was. The kayaking was gorgeous and she showed us spots to get photos that I would have never seen on my own. THANK YOU MAYA for an amazing trip. We will be recommending this company to everyone! read more

The kayaking portion of our trip got cancelled due to fog- unfortunate but I appreciate their concern for safety. We were still treated to a spectacular boat ride. Their customer service throughout our experience was amazing- always so patient, kind, and informative. We were so bummed to not kayak around bear glacier but our day was not wasted and I will definitely return to Liquid Adventures next summer. read more

This trip was amazing. Despite the rainy weather, it was still a day we will never forget. The Liquid Adventures guides, Molly and Brandon, and Jess the boat captain were all friendly, informative, and attentive. The opportunity to kayak up to an active glacier was something I never thought I'd do in my lifetime. Pictures cannot do it justice nor capture the intensity of the sounds of the glacier calving. We saw all the marine life we could have hoped for - puffins, sea lions, seals, a humpback whale and her baby, sea otters, and a superpod of orcas!!! There must have been at least 30 of them in this pod - Jess said it was something you might see only once or twice a year. We were very, very lucky but even without the orca pod on our way back in, this trip was phenomenal. Highly recommend. read more

We loved the experience; it's not 5 stars only because of the price which seems excessive for what you get ($400pp). Our guide was extremely knowledgeable about local wildlife, geology, glaciers, etc. and set a good pace for us (not top athletes but in decent shape). We got up to within 1/4 mile of the glacier face (not closer for safety) and had lunch (a 3/5-rating wrap with chips, fruit and a brownie) on the kayaks, watching the glacier calve. We saw seals, seagulls and an otter (apparently the otter was an abnormal sighting). The motor boat ride over and back was brutally rough, but we heard it was much worse than usual. Bring motion sickness medicine. We saw some wildlife from the motor boat after we crossed the choppy parts (puffins and sea lions). read more

Absolutely the best excursion we've ever been on. Surreal. It took our breath away when we paddled into the ice burgs. Jarrod was the perfect guide. He explained the Bear Glacier and was very knowledgeable about Alaska. He even recommended Kincaid park in Anchorage to see moose. We went two days later and saw 2 moose read more

There are too many options for kayaking/paddling experiences, and Liquid Adventures had exactly what I was looking for. Friendly, knowledgeable owners who gave us just the right mix of adventure and sight seeing. Chris took us on the stand up paddle board trip to Bear Glacier, which is secluded and breathtaking. The leader to client ratio was small, which made the trip much more personalized. Pam called us the day before to make sure we had everything we needed, and they took care to make sure the weather was suitable for our trip. Chris and Pam run an wonderful business! read more

I've used Liquid Adventures the past 2 years and absolutely love them. Everyone is so professional and knowledgeable. Last year I ice climbed Exit Glacier then went kayaking at Aialik Glacier. Loved it so much I told them I'd be back and hopefully with a large group. I was able to bring more friends this year. We ice climbed Exit Glacier and then went camping/paddleboarding/kayaking at Bear Glacier. The best vacation EVER!!! Everything they did was absolutely awesome....and the food for the camping trip was sooooo good!!!! This is an A1 operation. I'll be back next year!! read more

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Contemplating my spectacular week in Alaska, my favorite eats of the trip were an impressively laided out King Salmon by a top notch fishing resort...and Pam's brownies--absolutely decadent. Aside from food, Chris and Pam's kayaking package was the best money spent. They had all the gear, an incredible itinerary, and all the bells and whistles that a newbie kayaker doesn't think of--rain jacket, rain pants, and even a wool hat from Chris's personal closet. The stories, the science, and the history that Chris shared as we paddled were the icing on the glacier. read more

Took the full day tour with helicopter ride at the end and it was worth every penny!!! Maya was our guide and she was an absolute delight!! Personable the whole trip and very professional. This was truly a once in a lifetime trip brought my parents from Florida with me and they fell in love with alaska because of this trip. Amazing company with great staff !! read more

We traveled to Alaska in mid-May right before the "high-season" began. We booked the Aialik Glacier Kayaking trip with Liquid Adventures for our second day in Seward. First of all, Seward is a great little coastal town on the Kenai Peninsula. We highly recommend adding this town to your Alaskan adventure. But back to the kayaking. We booked the tour via the Liquid Adventures website. We heard back within a few hours from Chris confirming our trip. When we got to Seward, we received another confirmation from Pam the night before our trip reminding us of what all we needed to bring. On the morning of the kayak trip, we arrived at the Liquid Adventures office at 7:30 am. We found out that we were the only two people on the trip that day plus we had two guides going with us as well! Jared and Chris were our guides. Pam got us all set up in our dry boots and then we all walked down the coast to our pick up point. We were picked up by a high speed cruiser which took us out to Aialik Glacier. On the 1.5 hour boat ride, we stopped to check out various types of marine life including lessor porpoises, sea otters, sea lions, puffins, humpback whales, and several types of birds. We were told we were very lucky to see all of these different animals. The boat's goal is to get you to the drop off point, but the guides on the boat are constantly looking for wildlife to point our. When we arrived at Aialik Glacier we loaded up our kayaks and set off. Jared and Chris are extremely knowledgeable about the glacier and all of it's surroundings. Coming from Arizona and the desert, there is nothing like seeing a glacier for the first time. It was spectacular. We even got so close to see and hear the calving of the glacier. It was putting on a show for us! During a break, we ate lunch on the shore which was prepared by Pam. I have now adopted her recipe for turkey wraps because it was so delicious! They even brought piping hot hot cocoa and brownies for dessert. She definitely thought of everything. After lunch, we went for a short hike getting closer to the glacier and even saw wolverine tracks. Then back into the kayaks we went. Jared and Chris narrated the whole trip in great detail without being too textbook. It was just like four friends having a conversation about our surroundings. They really related to us. They even took several pictures of us one which will definitely be our holiday card this year. Since we were the first tour of the season and my husband challenged Jared, they both took the Polar Bear Plunge before ending our great day! I'm so glad I didn't partake in that! After about 4 hours of kayaking (sounds like a long time, but goes by so fast when you're having this much fun), we were back on the boat and back to Seward. We even tried to track down some orcas on our trip back! All in all, we highly recommend this tour. It was a great way to spend a day really getting out and experiencing Seward and Alaska. From the narrated tour, to the personal attention, to the delicious homemade lunch, everything was perfect! We'll definitely be back in the future! read more

If you go to Seward Alaska and do not go paddling either kayak or stand up with this outfit you have blown it in a huge way. Chris and Pam are the best quality people you will meet in Alaska and have an incredible knowledge of the wild life and surroundings. read more

I did the Bear Glacier SUP tour; a once in a lifetime adventure. Worth every penny. This will be something I remember for the rest of my life. Take a waterproof camera or case to capture it. read more