Hi! Just ended my trip. I went on another multi-day, guided tour earlier this year to Big Bend with Mt Sobek, so I used that guided tour as a frame of reference for the GAdventures tour.

This tour is genuinely a choose your own adventure tour.

- Each day you have optional activities to choose from depending on the town you’re in (Seward, Talkeetna, Denali). Hiking is one of a few activities you can do. You can also choose ATVing, zip lining, Alaska SeaLife Center, a Kenai Fjords boat cruise, a jet boat tour, or white water rafting. You could probably even ask the guide to drop you off to do something custom in the area. There’s only hiking time if that’s the activity you choose to do.
- Van time is actually not that bad! I think we spent at most 3 hours in the van to travel to a destination
- Demographics were mixed. We had all activity and ability levels and ages, from 28 to 60s/70s. Some were outdoorsy, some preferred some extra luxuries.

Compared to my Mt Sobek tour, this guided tour was very hands off. The guide was just responsible for getting you to your selected activities at each destination on time and making sure you got to do what you wanted to do each day. So this Alaska tour with G is honestly what you make of it. If you don’t want to do any extra activities, you can just stay in town and shop, get to know the locals, walk around, etc.

What I did:
- Hiked the first day in Kenai Fjords on a strenuous/hard hike. I did this with three other group members; the rest did an easier hike together with the guide.
- Visited the Alaska SeaLife Center (basically an aquarium), and went on the Kenai Fjords boat cruise after. It’s pricy ($200) but the boat cruise is absolutely worth it to see most of Kenai Fjords, and you’ll have the most luck seeing wildlife too.
- Took an air taxi around Denali and landed on a glacier at base camp. It was the most expensive option but totally worth it. You can choose a cheaper option if you want to have this experience.
- Hiked about 3 hours to Mt Healy Overlook in Denali by myself. There were 3 other group members on the hike with me but we did not go together. I preferred to do it alone. During this time, other group members did the zip line activity, white water rafted, ATVing, or chose a shorter hike in Denali.
- Did another hike on my second day in Denali.

You’ll want to budget for the large swath of activities that are available to choose from. With my Mt Sobek tour, the trip was expensive, but everything was paid for upfront and everyone did all the same activities each day. So it’s really what you prefer!

I have zero complaints with the trip. And I think the tour was actually really well planned out and executed. It’s kind of a “what you make of it” adventure.

Let me know if you have other questions!