Anchorage–Homer Sterling Highway Self-Guided Driving Audio Tour
- 1–10 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Drive from Anchorage to Homer on a self-guided audio tour packed with wildlife, glaciers, and coastal views. Four must-see stops lead the way: Potter Marsh Bird Sanctuary, Beluga Point, the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, and Homer Spit. Follow Turnagain Arm, detour into Portage Valley for Portage Glacier and Byron Glacier Trail, then cruise past Kenai Lake and Cooper Landing before rolling into Homer for overlooks, beaches, and big-sky sunsets. Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone listens together! After booking, you can check your email before downloading the Tour Guide App by Action, entering your unique password, and accessing your tour. The preceding steps require good internet/Wi-Fi access. Simply follow the audio instructions and the route from there. New, Lifetime access, no expiry. Use it anytime, on any trip, as many times as you want. This is not an entrance ticket to attractions along the route. Check opening hours before your visit.
Inclusions
What's included
- Just bring your car and phone; the app guides your tour.
- Support is available via chat, email, or phone if you need help.
- Planning tools, route maps, scenic stops, and area previews included.
- Private tour experience for your family, in your own car.
- Lifetime access: use the tour anytime and keep it for future trips.
- Works offline with GPS route guidance and automatic audio stories.
- One purchase covers everyone in your car, not per person.
- Flexible tour: start, stop, and pause anytime during your trip.
- Access your tour in our separate audio tour app after booking.
- Hidden gems and local stories included along the route.
What's not
- No live guide. Entrance fees, parking, food, and car rental are separate.
Itinerary
Drive Alaska’s scenic Sterling Highway between Anchorage and Homer with a self-guided audio tour featuring coastal views, mountain landscapes, and memorable roadside stops. Please note that the same stops and stories are included in both directions along the Sterling Highway route. It's known for its excellent birding, with about 130 different species found here. You might see bald eagles, northern pintails, Canada geese, canvasback ducks, northern harriers, Arctic terns, and trumpeter swans here, and that's just scratching the surface. Note: The tour is over 118 Miles long per tour, with more than 90+ audio stories per tour, and takes about 2-3 hours to complete. New, Lifetime access, no expiry. Use it anytime, on any trip, as many times as you want.
The largest state parks in the entire country, Chugach State Park. We're talking half a million acres large. It's a gorgeous park, full of lakes, tundra, and a variety of different forest ecosystems.
From this trailhead, it's only a short walk to a 20-foot waterfall. If we're looking for just a short stop, we can be in and out in 10 minutes--though I must mention that there is a small parking fee.
The name comes from the fact that, yes, it can be a lucky spot to see beluga whales. These white whales are much smaller than some other whales, reaching only 12 to 16 feet in length.
Indian Valley Mine keeps Alaska’s gold-rush spirit alive, with a historic cabin, tiny museum, and a chance to try gold panning and keep what you find.
The Bird Creek Valley Trailhead is just ahead. Park in the lot if you’d like to stretch your legs for a quick hike. When you’re ready, drive back the way we came, then turn left onto the Seward Highway to continue the main tour.
Bird Point is a quick, worthwhile stop with telescopes, beluga sculptures, and a peek at glacial striations carved into the rock, plus access to the Bird to Gird bike trail.
Girdwood is a can’t-miss stop, home to Alyeska Resort, glacier tours, and the Aerial Tram, plus a gold-rush past and a wild twist, the 1964 quake forced the whole town to relocate up the valley.
Alyeska Resort is Girdwood’s main hub for year-round fun, hike or bike the trails, ride the 2,300-foot Aerial Tram for big views, or book a reservation-only Nordic Spa day.
Lower Winner Creek Trail is a 4-mile round-trip rainforest hike to a scenic gorge, with icy blue, glacier-fed creeks—park in the main lot and start near the base of Chair 7.
Crow Pass Trail follows the historic Iditarod route for glacier views, waterfalls, and wildflowers, or take the Alyeska Aerial Tram for the same big vistas with zero hiking.
Chugach National Forest spans over 5 million acres of wild Alaskan beauty, offering 500 miles of trails, epic fishing spots, and a perfect backdrop for your next photo at the entrance sign.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.3
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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
- Start on Sterling Hwy (Route 1) near 94 Sterling Hwy #2, just north of Homer, with a gas station on your right and the ocean on your left. Suggested start; we’re not affiliated, so staff won’t have tour info. Audio auto-starts—check email/text for setup, download on strong internet.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Guide With Action
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Easy to use: GPS-triggered audio plays automatically along the route for a hands-free experience.
- Private tour: Explore in your own vehicle without crowded buses or large tour groups.
- At your own pace: Start anytime and pause for hikes, picnics, photos, or scenic stops.
- Works offline: Once downloaded, the tour works using GPS without Wi-Fi or cellular service.
- Good value: One purchase covers everyone in your vehicle, not each person separately.
- More ways to save: Choose a single tour, a nearby bundle, or access to 200+ tours.
How it compares in Anchorage
- Its from-price is 93% below the median of the 58 day trips we list in Anchorage.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 40 of 58.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Anchorage
Anchorage is Alaska's largest city, set on Cook Inlet beneath the Chugach Mountains, with coastal trails, wildlife and long summer daylight.
Anchorage sits between Cook Inlet and the Chugach Mountains in south-central Alaska, and it is the state's largest city. It began as a railway construction camp in 1915, and the Good Friday earthquake of 1964, among the strongest ever recorded, reshaped it; Earthquake Park marks the story. The Anchorage Museum covers art, history and science, and the Alaska Native Heritage Center presents the state's Indigenous cultures.
Top-ranked sights in Anchorage: Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, Earthquake Park, Lake Hood.
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