Going to Alaska in June, looking for excursion suggestions

[Knightshade]

I know quite a bit of people on the board have gone to Alaska before and my question is...from a wildlife photography perspective, which excursions did you go on and what did you like about them? Would you have chosen a different one?

We'll be leaving out of British Columbia and the ports of call are scheduled to be..

Sitka
Hubbard Glacier
Skagway
Juneau


The only one I "think" I want to do so far is in Skagway, w/the U-drive Jeep tour. The ATV and/or dog sledding ones sound cool, but I can't see myself being able to whip out the camera on those.

[phylet]

will the jeep not scare alot of the more timid animals away? the sleds could be better for seeing things like deer.

[cking2]

Sitka (can't remember)
Hubbard Glacier (you don't need excursion for this one)
Skagway (railway and walk around the town)
Juneau (float plane ride)

There you go

[troyer16]

There is a specifc photography tour in juneau. had a great time, defiantly go whale watching sometime.

[NetDep]

I REALLY second troyer16!! We went on a Princess cruise (Inside Passage) and they had a Photo Safari excursion. IT WAS WELL WORTH IT - in my estimation. One of the reasons I bought my camera was for the cruise. Although it was a Princess cruise I have see the Photo Safari offered through other cruise lines. My flickr page has several shots from that. It was a nice bus ride - boat ride with TONS of eagles, a gorgeous nature walk and ended up at Mendenhall Glacier. Well worth it - would do it again in a heartbeat...can't wait to get back to Alaska. A quick search will reveal several helpful threads about gear, bags and such. The Photo Safari was the only photo specific thing I could find but the cruise offered a lot of opportunities as well.

[Rrdstarr]

Yeah I will second the Mendenhall Glacier at Juneau. Going to see it again this week!
Take the train trip in Skagway, worth the $100!
First time to Sitka for us.....
Ketchican has some good photo ops too!