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Misty Fjords and Glacier Flightseeing Tours

Misty Fjords National Monument Flightseeing Tour

Alaska's Inside Passage or Southeast Alaska is home to some of the most breathtaking scenery on earth. One of its jewels is the majestic Misty Fjords National Monument. Completely road-less, this 2.3 million acre monument is larger than Yellowstone National Park. A seaplane tour is the only way to comfortably experience the many different levels within these deep narrow fjords. More dramatic than the Grand Canyon, the fjords are steep walled inlets of the sea.
Island Wings Misty Fiords flightseeing tours visit Rudyerd Bay by seaplane. You'll fly over the Fjords and then land for further sightseeing. Created by glacial gouging long ago, snow capped granite cliffs, dramatically rising 3,500 feet from the sea, are ribboned with sensational waterfalls plummeting thousands of feet back to the ocean. Nestled within the steep walled canyons lie pristine bowl-shaped alpine lakes suspended at many different elevations. Fed by more than 150 inches of misty rain annually, the lush rain forest comprises giant stands of spruce, hemlock and cedar cling to the rugged terrain. Wildlife abounds with mountain goats and harbor seals being the most frequently sighted animals.
Our most popular tour lasts two hours and takes you across Revilliagegedo Island into the heart of the monument on the Alaskan mainland where the fjords are located.

Headsets with two-way voice communication are provided so you can chat in flight and ask questions as we fly.		 Island Wings flightseeing clients on a Misty Fiords tours.
Island Wings on flightseeing tours to Misty Fiords lands and lets you get on the land for sightseeing and to experience the wilderness. For the highlight of the tour, we will land on an alpine lake or on a calm bay at sea level and let passengers get out of the aircraft for a quiet excursion. Relax, stretch your legs and take some photos as you drink in the silence of the vast wilderness. Flying within the Misty Fjords is truly an emotional experience you’ll never forget.
The two hour Misty Fjords tour includes: a flight from Ketchikan to the Misty Fjords National Monument and approximately a thirty minute landing stopover. All tours include complimentary ground transportation to and from our dock which adds fifteen minutes to the beginning and the end of your tour. For this two hour tour you will need to budget two and a half hours total time.

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Price: $375 per person.

 Flightseeing tours to Misty Fiords may land on glass smooth lakes or the ocean. The floatplane is so smooth you may not notice you've landed.
Island Wings flightseeing clients on a Misty Fiords tours.Michelle and Island Wings welcomes you to come flightseeing in Ketchikan and the Misty Fiords national monument by seaplane. Literature on Southeast Alaska: Island Wings Trip Advisor Awards of Excellence earned year after year
Flightseeing tours to Misty Fiords may land on glass smooth lakes or the ocean. The floatplane is so smooth you may not notice you've landed. Michelle,
Thanks for the "Flight of our lives." That flight we did with you was my favorite thing we did the whole time we were in Alaska. You made it a lot of fun. Here are the pictures I promised to send you. Thanks again,

Laurel L., UtahDear Michelle –
I am finally back in Germany for a couple of days and can get this mailed off to you. Hope it arrives in good condition. Again want to tell you what a wonderful flight we had with you in September. It was the absolute highlight of our entire cruise & trip and we would love to repeat it again someday soon. Have a great season.

Sharon & Hugo G., Germany		 Flightseeing tours to Misty Fiords may land on glass smooth lakes or the ocean. The floatplane is so smooth you may not notice you've landed.

Misty Fjords and Glacier Combination Tour


The Glacier Fiords tour is an extension of our regular Misty Fjords tour. The flight portion is an additional forty minutes, as we continue past the saltwater fjords up a lush river valley to the glaciers that remain from the last glacial age. Adjacent to the Canadian border we will fly over the face of a glacier. A river of ice, the glaciers' source is a massive ice sheet high in the mountains.
Deep blue crevasses and large overhanging cornices dominate the area. From this vantage point, one can easily see the forces that created the Misty Fjords and how the ice continues to sculpt the land.

This two and a half hour tour includes the same shore stop excursion as described in the Misty Fiords tour. Occasionally, due to lower cloud heights, the glaciers are not accessible. In that event we would only fly the Misty Fiords portion of the trip and the price would be charged accordingly.
Island Wings offers sightseeing tours to glaciers that created the Misty Fiords. Flightseeing over the fiords you can see the ribbon of ice. The two and a half hour Fjords and Glacier Combination tour includes: a flight from Ketchikan through Misty Fjords and over one of the glaciers in the Misty Fjords National Monument with approximately a thirty minute landing stopover. All tours include complimentary ground transportation to and from our dock which adds fifteen minutes to the beginning and the end of your tour. For this tour you will need to budget three hours total time.

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Price: $525 per person.
5 person minimum.
Literature on Southeast Alaska: Island Wings Trip Advisor Awards of Excellence earned year after year Island Wings flightseeing clients on a Misty Fiords tours.Interesting scenes like this are common on Island Wings flightseeing tours to the Misty Fiords.
Photos on this site are courtesy of Jim Kelnhofer, Mike Beedell, Craig Flatten, Amy Gulik, Dave & Leah Alcyon, Chip Porter, Carla Tchalemian and Lisa Thompson.  Many thanks to our guests who've provided us with photos over the years.  Unauthorized use of any content from this site is prohibited.  Content on this website is subject to change without notice.  Island Wings Air Service is fully licensed.  Flightseeing and Air Tours conducted in the Tongass National Forest and Misty Fjords National Monument are operated under permits issued by USDA Forest Service and the State of Alaska.  In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, and reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.  Island Wings Air Service is an equal opportunity provider.

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