tongass kayak adventures

Just got off a 7 hour trip whale watching with my wife and I, Scott, and 4 others. It was fabulous and best day of our vacation. There were hundreds of whales swimming around and often the whales came very close to the boat as we sat still in the water. The krill came to the surface so many whales were feeding on the surface right next to the boat. Pretty thrilling. A great way to spend the day and well worth the price.

This is going to be a bit lengthy but I tend to do that when I like the service.nnWe booked Whale watching - day 1, and Glacier watching along with kayaking - day 2. Both the days started around 8:30 AM where Scott the owner and the captain picked us up. He is very knowledgeable, approachable and also honest in my opinion when you seek advise.nDay 1 - Whale watching. We were only 4 people (Two ladies from Texas, my wife and I) apart from Scott, so there was no rush. It was raining the whole day. I did watch whales atleast a half a dozen times in the past and the biggest was a 6 or 7 whale pod. But this trip was memorable. It was atleast 40 - 50 whales and we spent nearly 4 hours with the whales. While returning we stopped by a beach and spent some time walking as it was scenic. We returned back by 4:30 PM with the best experience.nDay 2- Glacier watching and kayaking - Kelly who is another Captain joined along with Karen who is a local photographer along with Scott who took my wife and I for glacier watching. The day started with rain so Scott did warn us about possibly of not kayaking, but he did compensate for it by taking us to a couple of other nice places on the way. We ended up seeing a Glacier, couple of waterfalls, landed on some island to see salmon and bears (no luck there), however saw bald eagles, and bear footprints along with tasting wild blueberries. We saw a lot of small icebergs which were beautiful and Kelly was steering the boat patiently making multiple rounds around each so we could take photos while Scott was explaining the location to us.nnThe two days trip ended to be a memorable one. Thank you Scott and Kelly

This is a great company to rent kayaks from. The owner was able to set us up with kayak and gear rental for five days. He prepared us perfectly with important details, maps, bear spray, etc.nnMy buddy and I are avid kayakers from the Puget Sound and we're very used to long open water kayak trips between 5 and 15 miles. Our mission was to paddle from Petersburg to the LaConte Glacier while camping along the way. Most days were between 5 and 10 miles of paddling with only one 15 miler day from the start. With the owner's detailed knowledge of the area, we were able to make this trip a real success.nnIt was much easier to fly into Petersburg and rent rather than take the ferry with our own gear. We'll be renting with Tongass Kayak Adventures in the future.