The 9 Best Fjord Glacier Tours

1.Kenai Fjords National Park Glacier & Wildlife Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,756 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $265Our pick

From Seward, Major Marine Tours takes you about 100 miles through Resurrection Bay and Kenai Fjords National Park. Look for Holgate or Aialik Glacier, seabirds at Chiswell Islands, and whales, otters, puffins, and sea lions. Captain Lara and the naturalist team provide narration, binoculars, coffee, and lunch.

“Amazing experience, professional crew, incredibly attentive, immaculately clean vessel. You can’t go wrong”

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2.Kenai Fjords National Park Glacier & Wildlife Tour from Seward

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,036 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $223Best value

Spend six hours cruising from Seward through Resurrection Bay and Kenai Fjords National Park. Your captain explains the ice, geology, and wildlife while you watch for whales, orcas, puffins, seals, sea otters, and calving glaciers. A warm cabin, lunch, and accessible vessel make this a practical full-day outing.

“We saw whales & wildlife & waterfalls & glaciers! What a great tour. The crew netted an iceberg & made drinks for us. So much fun!”

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3.Seward: Kenai Fjords National Park Glacier & Wildlife Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 76 reviews · 6 hours · from $223

Spend six hours aboard a heated, wheelchair-accessible boat from Seward, with panoramic windows, open-air decks, a hot burrito lunch, and a guide who explains glaciers, geology, and wildlife. Expect seabird cliffs, Harding Icefield views, and a real chance to see whales, otters, seals, and sea lions.

“Staff was knowledgeable and friendly. We saw tail whales, dalls porpoises, steller sea lions, seals, otters. Best chocolate chip cookies to end the cruise. Would do again!”

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4.Milford Sound Glacier Flight & Cruise from Wanaka

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 73 reviews · from $464

Meet at Wanaka Airport for a small-plane flight over Lakes Wanaka and Hawea, Mount Aspiring and Fiordland national parks, glaciers, and alpine lakes. Land at Milford Sound for a scenic cruise with tea, coffee, and commentary, then fly back by another route with pilots such as Scott, Henry, Hamish, or Ryan.

“What an amazing experience. Snow covered mountains, glaciers, lakes, rivers, and mountain ranges stretching off into the distance. Then Milford Sound to top it off. Return journey just as spectacular.”

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5.Guided Fjord & Glacier Tour – From BERGEN

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 61 reviews · from $295

Travel from Bergen by vehicle and boat to Vik and Fjærland, stopping at Hopperstad Stave Church, the Norwegian Glacier Museum, Bøyabreen Glacier, and Tvindefossen. Guides share local stories along the way. Expect a long day with roughly four hours on the fjord and plenty of road time.

“This was a superb trip organized by Fjord and Glacier Tour but sold to us by Viator. This was confusing as the materials I was emailed said to look for a van with the company logo but didn't specify Glacier Tours logo, I was looking for Viator. WRead more”

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6.Kenai Fjords National Park Glacier Dinner Cruise from Seward

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 56 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $223

From Seward, you’ll cruise Resurrection Bay into Kenai Fjords National Park, watching for whales, orcas, puffins, sea otters, seals, and sea lions before reaching Aialik or Holgate Glacier. A wildlife guide provides commentary, and a multi-course dinner is served aboard the boat.

“Great day for wildlife sightings. Saw 5 different humpbacks, 2 pods of orcas, two different types of seals, Dall's porpoises, two types of puffins, sea otters, bald eagle. Also awesome closeups of 2 glaciers. The voice in our heads (the boat captain) was fun and informative. We had such a great day. Highly recommend.”

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7.From Wanaka: Milford Sound Flight with Landing & Glaciers

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 7 reviews

Join Southern Alps Air for a two-hour scenic flight from Wanaka to Milford Sound. You will see Lake Wanaka, Mt Aspiring, more than 100 glaciers, alpine lakes, and Fiordland rainforest, then land briefly at Milford for photos and an optional short bush walk. Pilot Ryan has guided at least one flight.

“We originally booked for just the flight over the mountains and glaciers but the trip was cancelled because we were the only two people who had booked. We paid the additional fee and combined the flight with landing at Milford airport, a short coach trip to the marina and boat cruise around Milford Sound. We were pleased we did so. Ryan, our pilot, was friendly, extremely knowledgeable and a good communicator. The scenery was spectacular. We thoroughly enjoyed the boat tour too. Although the marina was very busy and there was some unnecessary jostling to board our boat, the cruise itself was excellent. The scenery was beautiful and unlike anything…”

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8.6 Day South Island Circut: Milford Sound, Queenstown and Glaciers

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 6 reviews · from $3,425

Travel from Christchurch through Dunedin, Te Anau, Milford Sound, Queenstown, Franz Josef, and Greymouth on a six-day semi-independent journey. You get coach transfers, five hotel nights, a Milford Sound cruise, glowworm caves, Skyline Gondola, glacier shuttle, and the TranzAlpine train, with free time to explore independently.

“Our 6 day tour was amazing. It exceeded our expectations in every way. Drivers were knowledgeable and provided us with hidden gems we never knew existed. The accommodations were also excellent and located within a short walk froRead more”

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9.5 Day South Island Circut: Trains, Glaciers and Milford Sound from Christchurch

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 2 reviews · from $3,118

Travel round-trip from Christchurch by coach and rail, with the TranzAlpine train, a Franz Josef heli hike, Milford Sound cruise with lunch, and a Mount Cook route. You get four nights of accommodation, free time in alpine towns, and driver commentary, but the schedule is tightly packed.

“I think it’s a really bad operator as it outsourced almost all parts of the tours to other parties in which miscommunication did arise. The most critical one is that the operator gave the wrong check-in time for the Franz Josef HeliHike in the itinerRead more”

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