Crowd-Skipping Small-Group Whale Tour, Juneau

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By Greg Peters, editor · Updated October 2026 · Ratings checked October 18, 2026

#3 Top rated · ranked 3 of 17 Juneau excursions

This trip caps the group at about 20 on a 40-foot catamaran, so there is more rail space than on the larger boats. You meet at the tram building downtown and ride out to Statter Harbor in Auke Bay before heading out to look for humpbacks.

Tour details

OperatorJuneau Whale Tours

TypeWhales

How longListed as 3.5 hours (about 2 hours on the water per the itinerary)

SeasonSummer cruise season; dates not stated on the pages checked

Good forTravelers who dislike crowds. Not wheelchair accessible; one reviewer found the raised seats awkward to climb into. Bring your own snacks.

Rating4.9 / 5 from 1,583 reviewsViator (Viator and Tripadvisor reviews combined), checked October 18, 2026

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Times and policies from viator.com, tripadvisor.com, getyourguide.com, checked October 18, 2026. They change; the booking page has the final word.

No pickup at the AJ dock: passengers from other berths must walk to the tram building on time, and tours do not wait for latecomers.

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Map: where this excursion meets

The 3D map shows the walk here from the Cruise Ship Terminal north berth. Expand it to pick your dock and explore.

3D walking map with times →

Map: USGS elevation; streets and buildings © OpenStreetMap contributors.

How we ranked it

On October 18, 2026, we looked up every Juneau excursion on Viator, Tripadvisor and GetYourGuide and noted its star rating and number of reviews. We used the numbers for the specific tour, not an operator's total across everything it sells. Because Tripadvisor reviews also show up in Viator's totals, each tour gets a single Viator or Tripadvisor figure, with GetYourGuide counted on its own. We sorted tours into rating bands first, then put the most-reviewed tours at the top of each band, so a new tour with a few five-star reviews doesn't jump ahead of one with thousands of strong ones. The Goldbelt Tram was closed on the day we checked, so it isn't ranked. Reviews stay on the sites that host them; the links take you there. Operators can't pay to be listed or to move up.

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