Alaska
Icy Strait Point
Whales, bears, and the world's longest zip line.
A Tlingit-owned cannery port with Alaska's best whale-watching and brown bears.
Icy Strait Point is a restored cannery owned by the Tlingit village of Hoonah, a port with no town crowd, only wilderness. Point Adolphus offshore has some of the highest whale-sighting rates in Alaska; the forest behind holds brown bears; and a six-line ZipRider drops 400 metres off the mountain at speed. Refreshingly, the whole place is locally run.
What you’ll do
·Whale-watch Point Adolphus
·Brown-bear search
·ZipRider descent
·Tlingit culture & Hoonah
Why it’s special
Whale capital
Point Adolphus has among the highest whale-sighting rates in Alaska.
Brown bears
Guided searches for coastal brown bears in the forest.
ZipRider
One of the world's longest zip lines, off the mountain to the shore.
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