Anchorage: Matanuska Glacier Hiking One-Day Tour, round trip takes approximately 7-8 hours in total
AN1-10396- Reward Points
incl. Tax
Summer Itinerary (2026.5.18-2026.9.15)
- Departure: Anchorage
- Leave: Anchorage
- Duration: 1 Day(s)
Dates & Prices
Highlights
- Tour guide accompanied, with professional local glacier guides leading the glacier hiking experience
- The Chugach Mountains wind northward all the way to Glenn Highway
Itinerary
- Details
- Brief
| Day | Itinerary | Attractions | Note |
| Day 1 | Anchorage - Matanuska Glacier - Anchorage (Round trip approximately 7-8 hours in total) | Matanuska Glacier |
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Day 1
Anchorage - Matanuska Glacier - Anchorage (Round trip approximately 7-8 hours in total)
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Meet Point
Please refer to the boarding point
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Attractions
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Meal
None
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Description
After gathering at the hotel lobby in the morning, you will take a coach to Matanuska Glacier for a guided glacier hiking experience lasting approximately 2 hours. As Alaska’s largest accessible glacier by vehicle, Matanuska Glacier is classified as a valley glacier. Under its own gravity, it stretches across the valley like a river, winding northward from the Chugach Mountains to the Glenn Highway, and ranks among the most popular attractions between Anchorage and Glennallen.
Accompanied by a professional guide, you can set foot on this ten-thousand-year-old glacier to embrace the boundless pure white scenery and admire the crystal-blue ice caves formed by glacial movement. Thanks to the landform characteristics of valley glaciers, sunny weather is more frequent here in winter than in surrounding areas, making Matanuska Glacier a top choice for numerous glacier hikers. Blessed with the glacier and Sheep Mountain, this area is also renowned as one of the most spectacular and breathtaking scenic spots in Alaska.
If you need to take a departing flight on the day of the tour, please book a flight scheduled after 22:00 to avoid missing your departure. -
Things to Know
- It is recommended to wear warm lightweight jackets, fleece clothes, hats, lightweight sports shoes, sunglasses and other items, and pay attention to your footing safety.
- Please strictly follow the guide's instructions during the hike and sign the liability waiver required by the park management office.
- Helmets, anti-slip shoe chains and other hiking equipment are provided for the group.
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Packages
Summer Itinerary (2026.5.18-2026.9.15)
May 18, 2026 - September 15, 2026, daily departures availableAdult
$330Child
Same as Adult
Departure & Return
Pickup Locations
| Location | Time | Address | Note |
| Alex Hotel & Suites Anchorage Airport | 9:35 | 4615 Spenard Rd, Anchorage, AK 99517 | Tel: +1 907-243-3131 |
| Fairfield Inn & Suites Anchorage Midtown | 9:50 | 5060 A St, Anchorage, AK 99503 | Tel: +1 907-222-9000 |
| Four Points by Sheraton Downtown | 10:00 | 325 W 8th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501 | Tel: +1907-274-1000 |
Dropoff Locations
| Location | Time | Address |
| Return to boarding point | Return to boarding point |
- This tour is accompanied by professional local Chinese-speaking tour guides and English glacier guides. The minimum group size is 4 participants. Please confirm the group availability in advance.
Includes & Excludes
Includes
- The price includes local Alaska taxes.
- Local professional tour guide (also serving as driver) service
- Tour bus transportation services during the itinerary, with vehicle types arranged according to the number of participants in the tour.
- Sightseeing attractions and admission fees explicitly included in the itinerary (Matanuska Glacier)
Excludes
- Based on local tipping customs in Alaska, the recommended standards are: $20 per person for the tour guide, and $10 to $20 per person for the glacier hiking guide.
- Please pay tips to your tour guide on the day of the trip as a recognition and encouragement for their work.
- Transportation to and from the meeting place on the tour day
- Optional activities and sightseeing tickets not included in the itinerary
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner and other meals excluded as stated in the itinerary
- All other expenses not stated as included in the itinerary or agreement
Notice
Optional activity prices in the excluded list is for reference only.
Attentions
- The temperature in Alaska is low in winter. Please prepare warm clothing according to your physical condition, such as down jackets, fleece jackets, hats, scarves, anti-slip snow boots, sunglasses and other items.
- Please arrive at the assembly point at least 10-15 minutes in advance
- If the travel time is different from the time of the tour guide, please take the time of the tour guide as the standard
- Price and schedule are subject to seasonal change without notice
- Alaska California due to the fire safety requirements can not add extra beds, each hotel room is only with 2 Queen Beds or 1 King Bed
- It is strongly recommended that you receive our confirmation before you buy the plane ticket
- This trip requires you to hold an American visa
- Self funded projects are more affected by weather factors, If the project fails to travel smoothly for special reasons, the project fee will be refunded
- The sequence of events will be adjusted according to the date of departure you have chosen and weather, but the itinerary will remain unchanged
- 30 (including) days before departure: Postpone or change the itinerary, If the tour involves the following items, you will need to deduct the expenses of this part of the project and the expenses of the first night hotel, return the remaining money or cancel it directly to the other booking, Items are as follows: Glacier landing helicopter, Glacier helicopters and glacier dog sleds, marine life cruise ship, Glass dome sightseeing train, Arctic polar expedition, Denali Bluffs Hotel
- If you are unable to participate in the scheduled activities included in the itinerary due to personal reasons, it will be deemed as your voluntary waiver, and no fees will be refunded.
- On the last day of the multi-day tour, you need to check out of the hotel before heading to tourist attractions. Please arrange your time properly and complete the luggage storage procedures.
- On the last day of the multi-day tour, you need to check out of the hotel before heading to tourist attractions. Please arrange your time properly and complete the luggage storage procedures.
- Special tour guides will be arranged to lead and offer explanations based on daily itineraries, and different guides will serve you each day.
- There are many roadside viewing spots in Alaska. Tourists are strictly prohibited from stopping or taking photos in the middle of the road when getting off the vehicle for sightseeing. Tourists shall be held solely responsible for any safety accidents arising therefrom.
- Minors under the age of 18 joining the group must be accompanied by at least one adult throughout the trip, or submit a liability waiver signed by their guardian.
- Please arrive at the meeting point at least 10 to 15 minutes in advance. If tourists fail to meet the tour guide at the agreed time and place due to personal reasons (including but not limited to illness, accidents, tardiness, etc.) and miss the boarding chance, resulting in inability to participate in the itinerary items, the tour fee for the day will not be refunded.
- In case of impacts caused by force majeure factors (including but not limited to natural disasters, governmental or social acts, accidents or malfunctions, road blockages, etc.), we reserve the right to take corresponding measures and make appropriate adjustments based on on-site actual conditions with the safety and interests of all tour group passengers as the top priority. Such adjustments include temporarily changing the time or content of the itinerary, or even cancelling partial or all scenic spot visits. We hold the final right of interpretation. Relevant travel fees are non-refundable, and any additional expenses incurred therefrom such as extended hotel stay, vehicle and guide services, meals and flight rescheduling shall be borne by passengers themselves.
- Natural disasters: floods, earthquakes, hailstorms, blizzards, tsunamis, etc.; Government or social activities: wars, strikes, demonstrations, regime changes, policy shifts, terrorist threats, etc.; Accidents and malfunctions: sudden breakdowns of vehicles such as tour buses, abrupt damage to recreational facilities, traffic accidents and other incidents blocking road access; Road closure: highway closures caused by objective factors including bad weather and traffic accidents
- During the aurora viewing, please do not use the flash function of photographic equipment to avoid disturbing others' observation and shooting.
- Tourists are strictly prohibited from stopping in the middle of the entire Dalton Highway. Tourists shall bear full responsibility for any safety accidents arising therefrom. It is recommended that you enjoy the polar scenery alongside the road when getting off the vehicle for sightseeing.
- The aurora borealis is a rare sight to behold. It appears irregularly due to unpredictable natural weather conditions, so there is no guarantee that you will get to see it.
Policies
No Show
Once the booking is confirmed, an absence or failure to show up on the scheduled date is NO SHOW. No show is non-refundable.
Cancellation
| Cancellation Period | Policy |
| 11 or more days prior to tour departure date | Refund 90% payment |
| 10 days prior to tour departure date | Non-refundable |
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