点评:My wife, son, and I went on three tours with Alaska Charters and Adventures: the Anan Bear Observatory tour, the Stikine River tour, and a whale watching tour. All were amazing, and exceeded our expectations (which were high, to begin with). I should note that we first booked these tours in 2019, for a planed Alaska vacation in 2020. We had to cancel due to the pandemic, but Brenda Schwartz-Yeager and John Yeager, at our request, held on to our deposit until we were finally able to make the trip in 2024. Brenda was our guide for the bears and the river, and she made both trips memorable and informative. A lifelong resident of Wrangle and a highly experienced outdoorsperson, she was a wealth of information about Alaskan wildlife, geology, history, and more. She tailored the tours to our interests and made her own love of the area and its incredible beauty quite evident. Our Alaska trip was organized around the opportunity to see the bears at Anan, and they did not disappoint. Watching the many black bears, including some cubs with their mothers, fishing for pink salmon while bald eagles and ravens snatched up the carcasses they discarded was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The intermittent rain did nothing to dampen our enthusiasm and wonder. The river trip began in thick fog and it was fascinating to watch Brenda skillfully guide the jet boat around the hidden and constantly shifting sandbars. As she predicted, the weather lifted and we were treated to a landscape filled with mist-shrouded mountains and steep glacially caved valleys that disappeared straight down into the depths of the river. More wildlife, including whales; a stop at an idyllic, flower-strewn plain carved by a rushing stream; and a close-up view of a glacier were just a few of the highlights of the day. The whale-watching trip was also incredible, with humpback whales, dolphins, river otters, harbor seals, and sea lions everywhere, as well as a wealth of birds. John and Peter Chaillé of Inland Passage Field Studies were excellent, knowledgeable, and entertaining guides who found lots of wildlife for us to view and patiently answered all our questions. John even helped me properly set up the camera and telephoto lens I had rented, which made a big difference in the photos I took that day and throughout the rest of our two-week trip. Brenda and John were wonderful hosts and guides who made the three days we spent with them thoroughly enjoyable and helped us build memories that will last the rest of our lives. I cannot recommend their tour company highly enough.
翻译:我和妻子、儿子参加了阿拉斯加包车和探险公司的三次旅行:阿南熊天文台之旅、斯蒂金河之旅和赏鲸之旅。所有旅行都很棒,超出了我们的预期(我们的预期本来就很高)。我应该指出,我们最初在 2019 年预订了这些旅行,计划在 2020 年去阿拉斯加度假。由于疫情,我们不得不取消预订,但应我们的要求,布伦达·施瓦茨-耶格尔和约翰·耶格尔保留了我们的押金,直到我们最终能够在 2024 年成行。布伦达是我们的熊和河流向导,她让这两次旅行都令人难忘且收获颇丰。她一生都住在 Wrangle,也是一位经验丰富的户外运动爱好者,对阿拉斯加的野生动物、地质、历史等了如指掌。她根据我们的兴趣定制了旅行,并充分表达了她对该地区及其令人难以置信的美景的热爱。我们的阿拉斯加之旅围绕着在阿南看熊的机会而组织,它们没有让我们失望。看着许多黑熊,包括一些幼崽和它们的母亲,捕捞粉红鲑鱼,而白头鹰和乌鸦则抢走它们丢弃的尸体,这真是一生难得的体验。间歇性降雨丝毫没有浇灭我们的热情和好奇心。河流之旅始于浓雾,看着布伦达熟练地驾驶喷气艇绕过隐藏且不断变化的沙洲,真是令人着迷。正如她所预测的那样,天气转好,我们看到了一片雾气弥漫的山脉和陡峭的冰川洞穴山谷,这些山谷直接消失在河流深处。更多的野生动物,包括鲸鱼;在湍急的溪流冲刷出的田园诗般的鲜花盛开的平原停留;近距离观看冰川,这些只是当天的亮点中的一小部分。赏鲸之旅也令人难以置信,座头鲸、海豚、水獭、海豹和海狮随处可见,还有各种各样的鸟类。内陆通道实地研究的 John 和 Peter Chaillé 是优秀、知识渊博、风趣的导游,他们为我们找到了很多野生动物供我们观赏,并耐心地回答了我们的所有问题。John 甚至帮助我正确设置了我租用的相机和长焦镜头,这对我当天拍摄的照片以及我们接下来为期两周的旅行中拍摄的照片产生了很大的影响。Brenda 和 John 是出色的主人和导游,让我们在他们那里度过的三天非常愉快,并帮助我们留下了终生难忘的回忆。我强烈推荐他们的旅游公司。