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Does anyone have any suggestions on a photo tour in Alaska??

Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

Denali of course, the entire Katmai Peninsula from Seward to Homer, Glacier tours out of Whitter or Seward, Bear tours out of Homer, lots of photo ops around Anchorage. Google Alaska photo tours, photo safari's, photo trips, there are lots to choose from.

Adventurous, here's one you could consider; https://www.expeditionsalaska.com/trip/backpacking/arrigetch-peaks-backpacking-trip/

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

Depends on when you plan to come up here, if you’re coming up on a cruise ship or flying up here and renting a car/SUV, or driving up the Alaska Hwy.
Right now, the Kenai Peninsula still has a lot of smoke from a huge forest fire that’s been burning to the east of Soldotna since the first part of June, however, south of Soldotna, the drive down to Homer is quite scenic with great views across Cook Inlet, of the mountains, Mt. Spurr and Mt. Redoubt, both of which are volcanos. Take a whale watching tour on one of the marine charters out of Seward or Whittier. We taking Major Marine out of Seward next week, as the weather is forecast to be nice. Or drive up to Denali, spend the night at the Princess Lodge and take the bus tour into the park. Out of Palmer, just north of Anchorage on the Glenn Hwy, visit the Musk Ox Farm and the Reindeer Farm on the Old Glenn Hwy. To get into the mountains, drive up toHatcher Pass, out of Palmer and tour the old Independence Mine. It’s in a rather spectacular setting. For a truly Alaskan experience, drive to Talkeetna and take one of Mahay’s jet boat tours up the Susitna River through Devil’s Canyon. They operate very large jetboats that seat 20 or more people. If you don’t mind flying in small airplanes, you can take a flightseeing tour of Denali and even land on Ruth Glacier where the mountain climbers rally to begin their ascent of Denali/Mt. McKinley. Takes your breath away, and you can get some amazing photos.

These are just a few suggestions for touring Southcentral Alaska. Katmai tours for bear watching and photographing are great, but can be expensive, however you won’t likely find any better opportunities to photograph the bears fishing for salmon, such as Brooks Falls or the McNeil River locations.

I can’t comment on anything north of my area as I’m not really that familiar with it, save for visiting the Matanuska Glacier, where you can go on a guided tour of the glacier, which includes going into some ice caves that are amazing. It’s a couple hour’s drive from Anchorage on the Glenn Hwy.

Sunnely Loc: Wisconsin

Agree with Wingpilot.

Which part of AK do you plan to visit? How long do you intend to stay?

Lots of places to see in AK.

AK is big. You could fit Texas into Alaska 2 times! One-fifth the size of the Lower 48, Alaska is bigger than Texas, California, and Montana combined!

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Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

One thing to know is that most of Alaska cannot be reached by road. What is not on the road system has to be reached by air, or, in the case of SE Alaska, air or water. Access to remote areas in the interior of Alaska is very expensive, so if you want to venture north to the Brooks Range and the Arrigetch peaks, for example, prepare to spend a lot of money. But it may be worth it.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

sort of like a jungle with ice replacing plants.

hpucker99 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

That should read the Kenai Peninsula, not Katmai, otherwise sound suggestions.

hpucker99 Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Since you didn't give a time frame or extent of what you want to see, I have some suggestions in addition to what others have said.

1) Drive from Anchorage up to Cantwell. Drive the Denali Highway, great views of the Alaska Range, to Paxson. Either go north or south on the Richardson Highway.
2) Take the train to Fairbanks, drive up the Steese Highway to Eagle Summit (road gets worse as you go up to Circle)
3) Drive to Whittier and hike up to Portage Pass and down to Portage Lake
4) There are several great day hikes in the south central area of Alaska, see the book "55 Ways to the Wilderness in Southcentral Alaska".

Wingpilot Loc: Wasilla. Ak

Those are good suggestions.

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

You asked for suggestions for a tour. If you are wanting a commercial tour, I strongly recommend John Hall's Alaska (www.kissalaska.com). I've done 2 tours with them and they are super!

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

Do you mean a do-it-yourself tour or a commercial guided tour?

I assume you are planning for next year You will find that reservations for lodging for next summer will start filling up this fall.

We flew in to Anchorage and had a rental SUV. Spent two weeks. Spent a few days in Denali (you generally can't drive in unless you are staying at the very expensive lodge in the interior) and took the all-day bus tour. Well worth it. Then drove to Seward and spent 3-4 days. You can go whale watching, hike up the nearby glacier, and do some beautiful day hikes. Then we drove to Homer. Kayaking is great. You can go fishing for halibut or salmon. You can also take a float place to Katmai to see the bears. Again, you need to plan ahead. You may find that renting a house on VRBO is about the same price as getting a hotel room. Everything is very expensive, but going to Alaska is a trip of a lifetime!

Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

Yep, my bad....heading there in two weeks

davefales Loc: Virginia

The bore tide on Turnagain Arm, south of Anchorage, is a fine catch.
Agree with wingpilot: jet boat from Talkeetna. A flight from Talkeetna up and around Denali is great.

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

Best way to see Alaska for photography, imho, is to drive it yourself (Under Statement)! Thirty + days, use the marine highway. My favorites are: Katmai NP(grizzles, and scenery!)(allow three days, as weather can/will cause flying delays, pricey but very well worth it, my favorite by far!), Wrangell (Stikine River!), road into Valdez!, Kenai NP, Misty Fjords National Monument, Denali NP, Glacier Bay NP, Tracy Arm Fjord, Skagway (train), Brooks Range, Top of the World Hwy (Taylor Highway). Highway north out of Haines, into Canada thru Kluane National Park and Reserve. Somewhat in semi order of my favorite scenic places. There are many others, too many to list, that are interesting and photogenic: Kenai Penninsula, Parks Highway, Denali Highway, Juneau, Petersburg at sunset, State Parks at Haines, Wrangell (our favorite community) ...to name a few! Alaska is a photographers paradise! Enjoy your trip!

ClaudiaA Loc: Venice, FL

Don't drive. We're on our way home from 2 months in AK (our 5th trip there). The roads are so unbelievably bad. Did aprox $10,000 damage to RV, 1 tire, a leveling jack, air bag and dings on windshield). Also took out both headlights and windshield of Jeep.

I did get the cover shot on FMCA magazine though.