Alaska

A summer whale watching trip in southeastern Alaska will give you life-long memories of wildlife encounters. From Juneau to Homer, you'll find many opportunities to explore the spectacular seascape, from the open ocean to steep-sided fjords. Here, migratory humpback whales spend their summers feeding, and groups of whales work together to spin a "net" of bubbles around schools of small fish, then lunge to the surface simultaneously in a breathtaking display. Resident minke whales are solitary mimics of this lunge-feeding technique. Gray whales pass through the region on their migration, and a year-round population of killer whales patrols the coast.