Juneau-Tour with whales/wildlife/stop at Orca Point Lodge for some local foods

[yoshi]

Can I ask for any positive or negative reviews of a tour in Juneau that. along with some whale/wildlife viewing includes a stop at Orca Point Lodge for some local food?

They have another option that includes the above with a stop at the glacier, sounds like a good mix of activities.

[jean87510]

23 hours ago, yoshi said:

Can I ask for any positive or negative reviews of a tour in Juneau that. along with some whale/wildlife viewing includes a stop at Orca Point Lodge for some local food?

They have another option that includes the above with a stop at the glacier, sounds like a good mix of activities.

is this the Juneau Whale Watching and Salmon Bake Excursion?  I have done this last year.

[yoshi]

[yoshi]

Hi Jean, thank you for replying. Celebrity tours were offline when I tried to copy the description, the above snip is from Allen Marine who I assume does the tour independently. The Celebrity description also talked about seeing whales on the boat ride over and there is another option that includes a stop at Mendonhall Glacier. All of the Alaska tours seem so expensive so I want to make sure we are making a good choice. 

[jean87510]

6 hours ago, yoshi said:

Hi Jean, thank you for replying. Celebrity tours were offline when I tried to copy the description, the above snip is from Allen Marine who I assume does the tour independently. The Celebrity description also talked about seeing whales on the boat ride over and there is another option that includes a stop at Mendonhall Glacier. All of the Alaska tours seem so expensive so I want to make sure we are making a good choice. 

We did our tour through Shoreexcursioneer dot com.  The Salmon bake was pretty good.  I don't eat Salmon but my husband does and he liked it.  The sides were excellent as was dessert.  It was not through Allen Marine for the whales.  There was also an option for Mendenhall.

We went to Mendenhall on our own in 2022 in the morning via bus that was $20 pp and took us all the way up to Mendenhall parking lot.  Then we walked the trail to the falls.  We then went back to Juneau and did our afternoon excursion of whale watching and salmon bake.  It was a busy day.  I was actually a little disappointed in the whale watching as I thought the boats went closer to the whales but we still enjoyed the experience.

[yoshi]

6 hours ago, jean87510 said:

We did our tour through Shoreexcursioneer dot com.  The Salmon bake was pretty good.  I don't eat Salmon but my husband does and he liked it.  The sides were excellent as was dessert.  It was not through Allen Marine for the whales.  There was also an option for Mendenhall.

We went to Mendenhall on our own in 2022 in the morning via bus that was $20 pp and took us all the way up to Mendenhall parking lot.  Then we walked the trail to the falls.  We then went back to Juneau and did our afternoon excursion of whale watching and salmon bake.  It was a busy day.  I was actually a little disappointed in the whale watching as I thought the boats went closer to the whales but we still enjoyed the experience.

Was your salmon bake at the Orca Point Lodge. Was it a nice facility?

Sorry about your whale watching experience, we were last in Juneau 17 years ago and had a good whale watching trip but no extras like the Orca Point Lodge meal and Mendenhall visit.

[jean87510]

11 minutes ago, yoshi said:

Was your salmon bake at the Orca Point Lodge. Was it a nice facility?

Sorry about your whale watching experience, we were last in Juneau 17 years ago and had a good whale watching trip but no extras like the Orca Point Lodge meal and Mendenhall visit.

Honestly, I'm not sure.  I know we took a bus there and it was near Mendenhall.  There was gold panning and picnic tables set up with the food being buffet style.  There was a little shop inside to buy souvenirs.

 

Edit:  Just looked at pictures online of Orca.  No, definitely not!  That looks much nicer.  I liked ours, it was rustic and food was good.  That place looks a little more "classier" 🙂

Edited May 3, 2023 by jean87510

[wolfie11]

1 minute ago, jean87510 said:

Honestly, I'm not sure.  I know we took a bus there and it was near Mendenhall.  There was gold panning and picnic tables set up with the food being buffet style.  There was a little shop inside to buy souvenirs.

That was the salmon bake.  Orca Point is in Auke Bay.  I haven't been their myself, but others have said it's a good experience.

[yoshi]

30 minutes ago, jean87510 said:

Honestly, I'm not sure.  I know we took a bus there and it was near Mendenhall.  There was gold panning and picnic tables set up with the food being buffet style.  There was a little shop inside to buy souvenirs.

 

Edit:  Just looked at pictures online of Orca.  No, definitely not!  That looks much nicer.  I liked ours, it was rustic and food was good.  That place looks a little more "classier" 🙂

thank you, I know we probably can't go wrong in Juneau, just want to choose wisely 🙂 

Happy travels to you!

[steimey]

We had this booked for Aug 2023 but received updated description. Instead of a salmon bake, they will serve Alaskan seafood and game meat. We canceled.

[yoshi]

2 hours ago, steimey said:

We had this booked for Aug 2023 but received updated description. Instead of a salmon bake, they will serve Alaskan seafood and game meat. We canceled.

Looks like there may be a different excursion with whale watching and salmon bake available.

 

The "Alaskan seafood and game meat" may be fun to try, my guess if not salmon would be halibut or crab, although I imagine they have so much seafood variety up there. Not sure if the game would be venison or bear??? 

[latebuyer]

It would be great if someone who attended could post what the meal was like. I found another thread and sounds like orca point lodge is a nice place to go, but no recent reviews of meal.

 

 

[wolfie11]

Selling or serving wild game is illegal in Alaska, so I’m assuming it would be reindeer or elk.  Something they can legally farm.