We visited Haines on a Zaandam cruise and booked Chilkat Guides on a Chillkat River Bald Eagle Preserve Float. It is an easy float down the river, and our guide, 71-year-old Nelbert was a hoot. He single-handedly navigated the 8-man rubber boat and pointed out the 60 or so bald eagles we saw on the 1-long float down the river.... More

Chilkat Guides was started by hard core guides doing the outback years ago. They still do this but you can't just drop in on a cruise. These are 9 to 12 days on the river and you start in the Yukon Territory, ending up at Dry Bay --- you know where that is, right? just south of Yakutat? It's so... More

We had looked forward to this float trip along the Chilkat, but while there were nice things about it, we hadn't realized that it was designed for the people who get off cruise ships and are pretty much in a hurry to do anything. You are bussed to the departure point. At that point we were given lunch. We didn't... More

We arranged this tour through Dolly Varden, trying to avoid booking through Princess Cruises. The trip down the river was lovely. We saw many bald eagles as well as a golden eagle, which was really cool. Our raft operator, Victor, was great. He had lots of information and was a lot of fun. We got so many great pictures even... More

My dad and I went on this float trip through the Holland America shore excursions desk when we sailed on the Volendam in early June. We were both freezing, but the beautiful scenery, wildlife and stories from our river guide, were well worth it! Tom, a writer, was our guide, but all of them were wonderful. It's a beautiful area... More