Alaska

This Alaska Photo Tour is one of our most scenic and spectacular trips. The wilderness, freedom, stunning landscapes and wildlife are a few things that come to mind when you think of Alaska.  This is a place to enjoy Nature at its best.

Those are the feelings we want to share with you during our trip. We will be visiting some of the most famous places in Alaska while always searching for the best possible scenes to photograph.

During this time, at the end of summer and beginning of autumn, we may even have the chance to enjoy some of the first beautiful autumn colors in places like Denali National Park where we’ll get to witness the amazing red tones of the tundra.

We will be visiting some of the most amazing National Parks in Alaska and the U.S. such as Denali, Kenai Fjords and Wrangell St. Elias Parks. In these parks, we will have countless photo opportunities, so we will make the best of our time there.

Among the many spectacular locations that we will be photographing, we will find glaciers, waterfalls, fjords, lakes, forests, stunning peaks, volcanoes and mountain ranges. An Alaska Photo Tour like ours is a wonderful opportunity for landscape and nature photography lovers due to the numerous impressive locations we will be visiting during our time there.

Alaska is also world famous for its wildlife. During this trip, we will probably spot animals like moose, black and grizzly bears, caribous, mountain goats, dall sheep and more. We will try to spot some of these animals and always be ready to photograph them. We may also take a boat cruise to see some spectacular glaciers where there are good chances to see orcas, sea otters, puffins and the majestic bald eagle, one of the most spectacular and photogenic birds on Earth.

On most of the days of this Alaska photo tour, we will wake up early to capture the beautiful colors during sunrise so we can get the best possible images. We will also stay out late until night has come so we can enjoy the wonderful lights and colors of the wonderful sunsets of Alaska.

If we are lucky enough, we might even have the chance to see and photograph the magical Northern Lights. Although it’s not likely during this period, they are sometimes seen at this time of the year especially in places like Denali National Park. We’ll be studying the aurora borealis and weather forecasts each day to see if there are opportunities we can photograph them.

If you love landscape and nature photography, this will be an unforgettable trip for you. We will be constantly searching for great photo opportunities so you will come back with thousands of images on your memory cards!

Join us in this fabulous adventure to capture all the beauty of the last frontier. Come with us Into The Wild!

ALASKA PHOTO TOUR ITINERARY

Day 1 

Our journey begins today as we meet the group at Anchorage Ted Stevens Airport around noon for the beginning of the Alaska Photo Tour.

We will leave our luggage at our hotel and chat about the trip. After that, we’ll have lunch and then go for a walk in town and around the outskirts searching for our first images of the trip.

We will photograph the sunset and then return to our rooms to rest for the evening.

Day 2

Today we’ll head to Seward, in the Kenai Peninsula, so we will wake up early to capture the sunrise along the way, probably by the Turnagain Arm or in the Portage Lake area.

We’ll continue our way to Seward, stopping several times to photograph the impressive views around us and maybe encounter some wildlife along the way.

Depending on timing, we may have lunch during our drive or in Seward.

Once in Seward, we will check into our hotel and then head out to photograph the area around town which makes up the the coastline and Exit Glacier where we will have our first sunset session.

Day 3

We’ll wake up early to have a sunrise session near Seward.

Afterwards, we’ll have breakfast and then weather permitting take a cruise to Resurrection Bay (not included in the tour price) during which we
will be able to get close to some impressive glaciers and have good chances to photograph puffins, sea otters, bald eagles and orcas.

After the cruise, we will enjoy another sunset session in the beautiful surroundings of this town before returning to our hotel.

Day 4 

Today we’ll shoot our last sunrise session in Seward and then have breakfast before beginning our way to Homer.

We will stop several times along the way to take pictures of some of the villages we’ll be passing by.

Once in Homer, we’ll check into our hotel and then head out to photograph some of the many beautiful locations near Homer which have spectacular views of the ocean.

Day 5 

Again, we will wake up early to photograph the sunrise by the beautiful area of Homer Spit.

Optionally, we can do a day trip boat/plane excursion to Katmai National Park to see and photograph grizzly bears (not included in price).

Alternatively, we will spend the day photographing the surroundings of Homer and Kachemak Day where we will do our sunset session.9

Day 6

Today we will photograph sunrise again with the beautiful Kachemak Bay and the mountains in the background.

Then, we will have breakfast before heading back to Anchorage.

We will probably spend the whole stopping in several towns and scenic locations to capture the magic of Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula that include places like Clam Gulch, Russian River, Cooper Landing, Tern Lake, etc.

In the evening, we will photograph the sunset from Turnagain Arm or Portage Lake and then continue to our hotel in Anchorage.

Day 7 

We will capture sunrise from Anchorage before having breakfast and then check out of our hotel.

Then we’ll head to Valdez, a drive that will take us most of the day. We’ll be stopping many times along the way to photograph the amazing Matanuska Valley (including Matanuska Glacier), the Glennallen and Richardson Highways and Worthington Glacier.

We will arrive at Valdez in the afternoon and capture the sunset around town.

Day 8

Today, we will do our sunrise photo session in the outskirts of Valdez town.

We’ll have breakfast and then spend the morning exploring and photographing the town and the harbor area.

After lunch, we will head to Solomon Gulch, hoping to find some grizzly and/or black bears trying to capture salmon.

We will continue in the area for our sunset shooting before going back to our hotel for the night.

Day 9 

We’ll wake up early again to capture the sunrise from a different area in Valdez.

Optionally, after breakfast, we will be doing another cruise day trip in the stunning Port Valdez and Prince William Sound, searching to photograph glaciers and the varied wildlife in this area.

At the end of the day we will be photographing the sunset by another of the scenic locations in the outskirts of town.

Day 10

We will have our last sunrise by Valdez, after which we will have breakfast, leave our hotel and head back to the Richardson Highway.

As we did when we came to Valdez, we will spend the day stopping frequently to photograph many spectacular locations, such as waterfalls, glaciers, lakes, mountains views and wildlife.

We will stay on this route for most of the day and also visit Matanuska Glacier (not included in price). We will also photograph the sunset and the last lights of the day by this area.

Afterwards we will head to our hotel in the Palmer – Wasilla area.

Day 11

We’ll leave our hotel early today heading to the last destination on our Alaska Photo Tour: Denali National Park.

We will first visit Talkeetna, the most famous village in the area which still looks the same as it did 50 years ago.

We will be stopping many times again on our drive to photograph the spectacular Mount Denali (formerly known as Mount McKinley) in the distance.

Once we get to Denali National Park, we will explore the first 14 miles of paved road in the park searching for wildlife and photographing the amazing tundra colors till sunset.

Day 12

Today we will wake up very early to get the Denali bus (not included in price) in which we will be able to get to the heart of Denali National Park where we will visit impressive places such as Polychrome Pass or Wonder Lake, and if lucky, capture a clear view of Denali.

We will be back for our sunset session by the park entrance before going back to our hotel.

Day 13 

Again, we may take the Denali bus (not included in price), stopping in some of the locations inside Denali National Park for some shooting and hiking.

We will photograph the sunset again by the paved section of the Denali National Park road.

Then, we will head back to our hotel to prepare our luggage and rest up for the last day of our trip.

Day 14

Today we will do our last sunrise session of the trip before having breakfast.

Afterwards, we will leave our hotel and head back to Anchorage airport where we will say goodbye to this amazing country.

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