alternative tour options...touring outside the box.
Although the nature of the private tour is personalized to begin with, here are some unique ideas for just the right group. These are ideas based on your guide's favorite sites and activities that she suggests to her friends and family when they visit from out of town. You are on vacation! Why keep going, going, going? Why not stop and savor the moment? Feel the area with all your senses. Slow down. Have a picnic. Pop open a bottle of beer at the beach in Carcross. Shift your focus from quantity of miles to quality of the moment. Stop and savor the views a little longer. Experience for yourself why Skagwegians choose to live here.
the 'Shut up and drive' option-- the anti-tour
SKAGWAY'S ONLY TOURLESS TOUR
Experience the serenity of this great land at your own pace and on your own terms. Ask the driver questions or she won't talk. If you want to stop just ask, otherwise your driver will just keep going. Bring your own music on ipod, disc or iphone. Enjoy each others' company without the distraction of listening to someone's life story or being bombarded with regional trivia. Stop wherever you choose and stay as long as you wish. Make this a picnic or champagne get away.
Hourly rate for the vehicle is $150 hr with a 4 hour minimum.
Experience the serenity of this great land at your own pace and on your own terms. Ask the driver questions or she won't talk. If you want to stop just ask, otherwise your driver will just keep going. Bring your own music on ipod, disc or iphone. Enjoy each others' company without the distraction of listening to someone's life story or being bombarded with regional trivia. Stop wherever you choose and stay as long as you wish. Make this a picnic or champagne get away.
Hourly rate for the vehicle is $150 hr with a 4 hour minimum.
the picnic option
Choose any hourly tour and add a picnic lunch to the day. We will find a nice spot to stop and take in the view. Folding camp chairs and table will add to the comfort of this stop.
Pack your own lunch or you can pre order from a local local Skagway business in the days prior to your tour. Beer, champagne or wine can be added to the picnic experience for an additional charge and may also be subject to Canadian duties at the border which could double the expense of alcohol. Hourly rate is $150 hr by minivan with a 4 hour minimum.
Pack your own lunch or you can pre order from a local local Skagway business in the days prior to your tour. Beer, champagne or wine can be added to the picnic experience for an additional charge and may also be subject to Canadian duties at the border which could double the expense of alcohol. Hourly rate is $150 hr by minivan with a 4 hour minimum.
the bear hunt option
Add an obsessive search for black and brown bears to any of our hourly tour option for no additional charge. Wildlife sighting are not guaranteed and every year brings different potential sightings. The seasons are unpredictable and really the sightings are up to the bears. Most tour guides don't want to talk about bears unless they see them because they don't want people to be disappointed. YOUR guide however knows that everyone wants to see bears or any other wildlife, so why downplay the search? Let's manifest them by talking about them.
Traveling with a local increases your odds of spotting wildlife. Your guide will share personal bear encounters that only years of living and hiking in Alaska could provide. The farther you travel into the interior the greater the opportunity for wildlife which means the longer the tour, the better your chance so go ahead a book a 6 hour tour. Hourly rate is $150 hr by minivan with a 4 hour minimum.
Binoculars or a spotting scope will be available on this tour for everyone to share.
NO BEARS WILL BE ACTUALLY HUNTED UNLESS YOU COUNT SHOOTING THEM WITH A DIGITAL CAMERA. FEEDING, APPROACHING OR DISTURBING BEARS WILL BE TOLERATED.
Traveling with a local increases your odds of spotting wildlife. Your guide will share personal bear encounters that only years of living and hiking in Alaska could provide. The farther you travel into the interior the greater the opportunity for wildlife which means the longer the tour, the better your chance so go ahead a book a 6 hour tour. Hourly rate is $150 hr by minivan with a 4 hour minimum.
Binoculars or a spotting scope will be available on this tour for everyone to share.
NO BEARS WILL BE ACTUALLY HUNTED UNLESS YOU COUNT SHOOTING THEM WITH A DIGITAL CAMERA. FEEDING, APPROACHING OR DISTURBING BEARS WILL BE TOLERATED.
HERSTORIC SKAGWAY AND KLONDYKE TOUR
Of the 100,000 stampeders only about 100 of them were women. This tour focuses on the amazing women of the Gold Rush who bucked tradition to chase the dream of Klondike Gold. Not all the women who came north were ladies of the night; there were the hearty, bad a** Tlingit women who packed goods over the Chilkoot Trail for the stampeders; women entrepreneurs like Harriet Pullen who left her family and found her bounty in Skagway with descendants still in town today ; one of the discoverers of the Klondike gold from Carcross, Shaa Tlaa: the first female ship captain in the Yukon, and many more. These often forgotten stories are brought to light with a celebration of their contribution that can inspire even the jaded.
This focus can be incorporated into any of our hourly tour options.
Group rate of $150 per hour for up to 6 people. 4 hour minimum.
This focus can be incorporated into any of our hourly tour options.
Group rate of $150 per hour for up to 6 people. 4 hour minimum.
birdwatching option
Skagway, Dyea, Northern British Columbia and Yukon are the crossroads for countless species of migrating birds. Modern climate change has brought surprise visitors to our region as well as new residents. Skagway's unique geography offers 3 climate zones in just 25 miles. It will be easy to add some unique birds to your Big Year. Your guide may not know as much about birds as YOU do but will love to learn from experts. She knows good out of the way locations to sit and observe without being bombarded by giant diesel buses.
This tour includes a spotting scope, tripod, regional bird books, camp chairs, and extra binoculars to share so you can travel light. Vehicle rate of $150 hr with 4 hour minimum.
This tour includes a spotting scope, tripod, regional bird books, camp chairs, and extra binoculars to share so you can travel light. Vehicle rate of $150 hr with 4 hour minimum.
the corrington museum of alaskan history option
Add a guided visit to the famous Corrington Museum of Alaskan History featuring the history of Alaska on masterfully scrimshawed walrus tusks. Starting with the prehistory of Alaska the museum will guide you through exhibits featuring Native peoples, the Civil War, Gold Rush, Reindeer Herding, Sinking of the Princess Sofia, Aviation, World War 2, and The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and more. See the dogsled used by Dennis Corrington* in the 1976 Iditarod as well as the coveted Red Lantern Award for last place. The museum also features the world's largest baleen basket as well as a massive mastodon tusk and trade bead display.
We can include a photo shoot in front of the giant mural on the side of the building featuring YOUR guide painted by her talented brother Bret. Your guide is the only guide in Skagway with their very own mural. Cool.
A visit to the Corrington Museum of Alaskan History can be incorporated into any of our hourly tour options.
Museum photos courtesy of my brother Bret Corrington and Artist Eye Portfolio Studio, Seattle, Wa specializing in art photography and portfolio management for artists of all genres. http://artisteyestudio.com/
We can include a photo shoot in front of the giant mural on the side of the building featuring YOUR guide painted by her talented brother Bret. Your guide is the only guide in Skagway with their very own mural. Cool.
A visit to the Corrington Museum of Alaskan History can be incorporated into any of our hourly tour options.
Museum photos courtesy of my brother Bret Corrington and Artist Eye Portfolio Studio, Seattle, Wa specializing in art photography and portfolio management for artists of all genres. http://artisteyestudio.com/
THE TOURS LISTED BELOW ARE DESIGNED FOR FOLKS WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR AND WHO LIKE TO DO THINGS A LITTLE "DIFFERENT" THAN OTHERS. FINALLY THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE SOME TOURS OPTIONS!
the novelty tour
Do you travel with a rubber chicken? A favorite Pez dispenser? A flat Stanley? A ratty stuffed animal? Do you take photos of your strange muse everywhere you go? Well then this is THE tour for you! Join the mama of the infamous traveling CREEPY BABY as she facilitates your own personal photo shoot with that very thing that makes you crack up and causes those who know you to think you are off your rocker. Nail that photo of your G.I. Joe head on top of an Inukshuk rock pile before you kick it over. Live life and LAUGH!
This tour option can be incorporated free of charge into any of our hourly tours and comes with a free Creepy Baby bumper sticker. Hourly rate is $150 hr by minivan with a 4 hour minimum.
This tour option can be incorporated free of charge into any of our hourly tours and comes with a free Creepy Baby bumper sticker. Hourly rate is $150 hr by minivan with a 4 hour minimum.
the 'inukshuks suck' tour
Your driver will escort you up the Klondike Highway to a 7 mile stretch past the White Pass summit to knock down as many stacked rocks and Inukshuks you can possibly destroy in a minimum of 4 hours. Everywhere you look there are signs of man's presence in the middle of what should be pristine, untouched nature. Visitors have been trampling and destroying a fragile eco-system all along the highway to make these senseless stacks, rendering the actual stacks we use to mark trails and other important landmarks almost impossible to discern. Contribute to a return to the untouched beauty of the land, where man's fingerprint cannot be seen.
This can be done free of charge on ANY 4-6 hour tour.
FYI This tour was created in 2014 when I started my tour company as a protest and call to action to do away with a horrible problem along our scenic highway. After a wickedly smart grassroots movement I am pleased to report that 10 years later we have almost eliminated this practice entirely! Thank you to all the locals, tour guides, and tour operators who got on board to make a difference! But still, from time to time, those nasty eyesores pop up and we can take great pride in stopping and making things right again!
**An accident waiver should be signed claiming responsibility for your own actions, or you can not destroy stuff.
This can be done free of charge on ANY 4-6 hour tour.
FYI This tour was created in 2014 when I started my tour company as a protest and call to action to do away with a horrible problem along our scenic highway. After a wickedly smart grassroots movement I am pleased to report that 10 years later we have almost eliminated this practice entirely! Thank you to all the locals, tour guides, and tour operators who got on board to make a difference! But still, from time to time, those nasty eyesores pop up and we can take great pride in stopping and making things right again!
**An accident waiver should be signed claiming responsibility for your own actions, or you can not destroy stuff.
where's my wookie?
In the summer of 1978 your driver buried her favorite toy in the sand at the beach in Carcross. That toy was a Chewbacca action figure from a movie she hadn't seen yet; however, the wookie was so cool!! She buried it in the sand-- then she dug it up. She did it again, and again. Then she went to dig it up, and couldn't find it at all! The wookie was gone! She cried all the way back to Skagway on the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad. To this day, somewhere in the sand at the north end of Lake Bennett is a Star Wars Chewbacca action figure.
Enjoy our scenic 6 hour Emerald Lake Tour with a twist; explore Carcross, and enjoy a picnic lunch or snack on the beach while you or your guide digs in the sand for a missing wookie. You don't really have to dig for Chewbacca. But it is a good excuse to get away. Plus, you will be the only one to say they did the "wookie" tour while on an Alaskan cruise.
6 hour tour by minivan@ $150/hr. Tiny beach shovels provided.
This tour comes with a Free "MAY THE TOUR BE WITH YOU..." bumper sticker.
Enjoy our scenic 6 hour Emerald Lake Tour with a twist; explore Carcross, and enjoy a picnic lunch or snack on the beach while you or your guide digs in the sand for a missing wookie. You don't really have to dig for Chewbacca. But it is a good excuse to get away. Plus, you will be the only one to say they did the "wookie" tour while on an Alaskan cruise.
6 hour tour by minivan@ $150/hr. Tiny beach shovels provided.
This tour comes with a Free "MAY THE TOUR BE WITH YOU..." bumper sticker.
may the tour be with you...
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TOURS FOR THE 1%
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The world's largest minority finally has a tour designed especially for them! It must be difficult living in a world where everything is catered to the lowest fiscal 99% of the global population. Skagway Private Tours is an inclusive company that treats everyone with respect and dignity as well as enthusiasm for diversity while catering to the individual needs of our clientele. Our unprecedented Tour for the 1% offers a private hourly rate that will allow our often disparaged 1% to feel more comfortable with their fiscal foundation. All of our tour options and alternative tour options offered to the 99% at a measly $125/hour will now be offered to the lonesome 1% at a rate of $12,375/hour with a 4 hour minimum. Skagway Private Tours knows that if you pay more, it must be a better product. Well, this tour is the best! Travel in sweet comfort in a 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan. HAHAHAH! JUST KIDDING. We have a Dabryan Limo van just for you. If you would like a different vehicle, Skagway Private Tours is more than willing to help your staff with the logistics of shipping it to Skagway after you purchase it as well as advising with local registration and insurance.
20% of profits from this tour will be donated to the local Skagway charity of MY choice. No financial records needed to book this tour. We will just use the honor system.
$$$ Cash discount offered. $$$
20% of profits from this tour will be donated to the local Skagway charity of MY choice. No financial records needed to book this tour. We will just use the honor system.
$$$ Cash discount offered. $$$
All tours are subject to a 5% city sales tax which helps pay for all services and additional employees hired to accommodate the 1,300,000 visitors we have each summer.
