Alaska Forest & Feast
- 3h 30m
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
This is more than a sightseeing tour. Alaska Forest & Feast is a small group experience designed to help you slow down and experience Southeast Alaska through its forests, shoreline, stories, and flavors. You’ll explore the temperate rainforest while learning about native plants, seasonal foraging, traditional uses of the forest, and the deep relationship between local cultures and the land. Along the way, you’ll take in beautiful glacier and mountain views before arriving at a quiet beach for a mindfulness experience surrounded by ocean, forest, and mountains. The experience ends with locally inspired food that brings the flavors of Alaska into the journey, connecting what you have seen and learned in the forest with what you taste at the table. With a small group, a slower pace, and a focus on connection rather than checking off attractions, this experience offers a more personal and meaningful way to discover Juneau.
Inclusions
What's included
- Portable Chairs to use during the Guided Mindfulness session
- A beautiful soup, salad and cocktail meal prepared specially for you by a local chef.
- A souvenir Breathe Alaska water bottle with crisp, clean Alaska water infused with seasonal fruits & vegtables
What's not
- Please bring your own rain gear
- Hotel pick-up and drop off
Itinerary
Meet your guide in downtown Juneau where you receive you will get checked in. There will be a quick introduction to the tour before you load up and head out on your adventure.
You will drive through lush and green forested roads on your way to a view of the Mendenhall Glacier.
You will stop for a view of the Mendenhall Glacier that few visitors to Juneau experience. From this vantage point you see the entire glacier and see how it flows from the ice fields down to the lake. From this viewpoint we often see eagles and marine life as well.
At the trailhead you will spend a few minutes getting grounded in the sights, sounds, and smells of the forest. From there, you'll begin our journey down to trail while your experienced guide talks about the wide variety of medicinal plants of the forest.
At the bottom of the trail, the forest opens up onto a beach with an amazing view of the ocean and majestic Alaska mountains. Here you and your guide will find the perfect spot for your guided mindfulness session.
Now it's time to hike back up the trail and load up for the trip back into downtown Juneau. The drive takes you back through the lush green forested roads into the heart of Juneau.
Back in downtown Juneau, you'll end your experience at the Crystal Saloon with a meal fit for a king! Here you'll enjoy soup, salad, and a cocktail prepared especially for you by a local Juneau chef.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Ratings come from 3 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Your guide will be in Front of Tracy's Crab Shack on the sea walk side holding a sign that says "Breathe Alaska, Alaska Forest & Feast"
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 10 travellers
- Operated by
- Breathe Alaska
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- We can accommodate vegetarian and gluten-free dietary requirements.
- Not recommended for people with mobility challenges
- Travelers must be able to walk unassisted for up to a mile over uneven terrain
How it compares in Juneau
- Its from-price is close to the median of the 95 experiences we list in Juneau.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 74 of 95.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Juneau
Juneau is Alaska's capital, a small harbour city beneath steep forested mountains, reachable only by air or sea and close to glaciers.
Juneau sits on the Gastineau Channel in the Alaska Panhandle, squeezed between the water and the steep slopes of Mount Juneau and Mount Roberts, with the Juneau Icefield behind. No road connects it to the rest of North America. The city grew after gold was found in 1880, and the Alaska State Capitol, a columned building of the 1930s, the octagonal Russian Orthodox church of St Nicholas and the old downtown streets recall that past.
Top-ranked sights in Juneau: Mt. Roberts Tramway (Goldbelt Tram), Mendenhall Glacier, Nugget Falls.
