Seward to Anchorage Bus

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Turn your cruise transfer into a full-day Alaskan adventure! This Seward to Anchorage bus tour isn’t just about getting from point A to point B – it’s a chance to explore some of Alaska’s most breathtaking sights along the way. From standing beside Exit Glacier to spotting wildlife at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, and riding a tram to jaw-dropping views atop Alyeska Mountain, every stop is packed with unforgettable experiences. Enjoy narrated insights, scenic drives through the Kenai Mountains, and fascinating highlights in Anchorage, all from the comfort of our spacious, climate-controlled coach. Sit back, relax, and let us make your journey as memorable as your destination!

You will disembark your cruise ship and board the bus with us about 8:30AM. Starting in Seward, you will enjoy this informative bus tour on your way to Anchorage. You can then take the chance to have a quick look at a small-boat harbor that is filled with pleasure craft as well as commercial fishing vessels and tour boats. We then turn west to reach Exit Glacier, about 4 miles north of Seward, the only glacier accessible by the road. With only a short walk, you can stand right next to this majestic glacier.

You will enjoy the ride on Seward Highway through the pristine Kenai Mountains above and below tree line. Pass through Moose Pass with wonderful views of pristine mountains, glaciers, and wildlife.

Next, visit the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, where you can view bison, elk, eagles, moose, caribou, and musk oxen in a natural setting. Continue on the highway and view the remains of Portage, a small town ravaged in the 1964 earthquake.

Next stop is at Girdwood at Alyeska Ski Resort where you can take a tram up the Alyeska Mountain 2,300 feet to enjoy the spectacular views of seven glaciers, majestic mountains and Turnagain Arm (if weather permits). You will then eat lunch (variety of sandwiches, snacks, and water) on top of the mountain with breathtaking views.

Continuing North on the Seward Highway, Turnagain Arm stretches on the left side of the road, where often you can see Dall sheep at Windy point or beluga whales at Beluga point (drive by). Check out the progress of salmon fisherman below the bridges along the Seward highway. Just south of Anchorage, the road borders Potter Marsh, a portion of the Anchorage Coastal Waterfowl Refuge. Lastly, you will arrive in Anchorage – the largest city in Alaska.

Most visitors that come to Alaska to experience the “true wilderness” tend to overlook Anchorage, but it’s well worth spending some time here experiencing the only big-city taste that the state has to offer. First visit the Ulu Factory where you can get some Alaskan chocolate, smoked salmon and other gifts. Take a glance at the original tent city that started in the Ship Creek area and is now also occupied by Alaska Railroad Depot. Take a quick look at the salmon in the creek and watch the fish running up the stream. You may also see the locals trying to catch the salmon.

Next see the Earthquake Park, which now stands on the land liquefied – swallowing the coast line when the “Good Friday” earthquake rocked Anchorage in March of 1964. Continue on to the stop at Point Woronzof, this is a great opportunity to see Cook Inlet and the whole city from a distance.

Next you will get to see Lake Hood, which is the largest and busiest floatplane base in the world. Lake Hood is a great place to relax and watch the many landings and takeoffs of floatplanes. Then back to downtown where you get to see a whole downtown area. While enjoying the ride make sure to notice Anchorage’s famous flowers and great shopping areas! We will drop off anywhere in Anchorage after the tour ends.

This Full Day Seward to Anchorage Bus Tour is a shared transfer service in our most comfortable coaches with tinted windows, easy step up (unlike full-size vans that other transfer companies use, you don’t have to bend over or hit your head climbing in and out), air conditioner/heater, large picture-view windows, full size individual bus seats (unlike vans that other transfer companies use, you will have a private seat for yourself and will not be holding somebody else’s bag), DVD player, full narration.

This Seward to Anchorage bus transfer is fully narrated by our wonderful driver Tim, who is also a full time dog musher in the winter time. He and his wife have a dog team that they personally train and support year around. Visit his Facebook page to learn more. Our company is a proud supporter of his team and hope he is able to run in the Iditarod Sled Dog Race some day!

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Seward is the easiest place to find fish and see glaciers. The year-round population is about 2,000, but it can swell to about 30,000 around the popular Fourth of July weekend festivities. The town was named after William Seward, secretary of state under President Andrew Johnson, who engineered the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. His critics around the country were appalled. The United States had spent $7.2 million, they cried, for icebergs, and polar bears. Cartoonists showed Seward amid glaciers and walruses. They claimed the new territory should more aptly be called “Walrussia” or “Seward’s Folly.” Asked at the end of his long and distinguished career about his single greatest achievement, Seward responded, “The purchase of Alaska! But it will take Congress and the American people a generation to find it out.” That original purchase price has been paid back thousands of times over in fur, gold, fish, timber, and oil. Ironically, now tourists come (and pay) to see icebergs, walruses, polar bears, and glaciers.

While you’ll see plenty of ice in Seward, you won’t see walruses or polar bears this far south, unless you come for a strange event the third week of January, known as the Seward Polar Bear Jump-off Festival. When everyone else is wearing parkas and wool hats, strange characters in costumes and capes – all for charity and the theater of the absurd – plunge into the frigid waters of Resurrection Bay and come flying back out. It’s their entry fee to an elite and wacky club, the Polar Bear Club.

Resurrection Bay is the best of Seward, an inviting front yard, attracting boaters, birders, kayakers, fishermen, sailors, and whale watchers. Full of glaciers and incredible wildlife, all the western coast of the bay is in Kenai Fjords National Park. Seward is the beginning of the railroad to Fairbanks and Mile 0 on the old historic Seward to Nome gold rush/mail route, today more familiarly known as the Iditarod Trail.

• Anchorage to Seward Bus: Direct Narrated Transfer
• Anchorage to Seward Bus With a Visit to Wildlife Conservation Center
• Anchorage to Seward Bus With a Full Day Sightseeing Tour