Misty Fiords & Glaciers
Scenic Flightseeing

Misty Fjords Flightseeing
Glacier & Fiords Combination Tour

Misty Fiords Flightseeing

Alaska's Inside Passage or Southeast Alaska is home to some of the most breathtaking scenery on earth. One of its jewels is the majestic Misty Fjords National Monument. Completely roadless and consisting of 2.3 million acres, an area larger than Yellowstone , makes a seaplane tour the only way to comfortably experience the many different levels within the deep, narrow fjords.

Carved by glaciers long ago, snow capped, sheer granite cliffs rise dramatically 3,500 out of the sea, ribbonned with waterfalls plummeting sensationally thousands of feet. Nestled within the steep walled canyons, lie pristine bowl-shaped alpine lakes suspended at many different elevations above sealevel. Fed by more than 150 inches of misty rain annually, the lush rainforest, made of giant stands of spruce, hemlock and cedar, cling to the rugged rising terrain. Wildlife abounds in the area, with mountain goats and harbor seals being the most frequently sighted animals.

Our most popular tour, lasts 2 hours and takes you across Revillagegedo Island over to the Alaska mainland where the fiords are located, and into the heart of the monument. Headsets with voice communications are provided to passengers so you can chat in flight and ask questions as we fly. For the highlight of the tour, we will land on an alpine lake or on a calm bay at sea level and let passengers get out of the aircraft and onto land for a quiet excursion. Relax, stretch your legs and take some photos as you drink in the silence of the vast wilderness. Flying within the Misty Fiords is truly an emotional experience you'll never forget!!

Tour Includes: 1:15 hour flight and 35 minute stopover
Island Wings Air Service is the only air taxi offering a shore Stop and voice communications for passengers
Price: $239 per person. Complimentary ground transportation included.
One child under 5 flys free when accompanied by two adults.

Glacier & Fiords Combination Tour

The Glacier Fiords tour is an extension to our regular Misty Fiords tour. The flight portion is an additional 30 to 40 minutes, as we continue past the saltwater fjords up a lush river valley to the hanging glaciers that remain from the last glacial age. Adjacent to the Canadian border, we will fly over the face of a glacier and on up a river of ice onto a massive icefield. Deep blue crevasses and large overhanging cornices dominate the area. From this vantage point, one can easily see the forces that created the Misty Fjords and how the ice continues to sculpt the land. This 2.5 hour tour will also include the same shore stop excursion as described in the Misty Fiords tour. Occasionally due to lower cloud heights, the glaciers are not visible, in that event we would only fly the Misty Fiords portion of the trip and the price would be charged accordingly.

Tour Includes: 1:45 hour flight and 35 minute stopover
Price: $395 per person

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