Alaska’s National Parks, Preserves, and Monuments are national treasures. Alaska has nearly 2/3 of all lands protected by the National Park Service. Alaska’s parks are enormous, wild and remote.

What’s more, we have these amazing parks virtually to ourselves. If you want to experience these wilderness parks you can trust Arctic Wild’s experienced guides.

Aniakchak National Monument

Closer to the Aleutian Islands than to the bulk of Alaska, Aniakchak is an active volcanic crater with bears roaming the valley floor and a whitewater river hurtling towards the Pacific. We guide base camp hiking trips in the crater and rafting trips on the Aniakchak River.

Cape Krusenstern National Monument

On the shores of the Arctic Ocean where the Brooks Range meets the sea, Cape Krusenstern National Monument is incredibly diverse for it’s size. World class birding, and opportunities to see wildlife such as muskoxen make our base camp trips to the Cape a memorable experience.

Glacier Bay

The nothern part of Alaska’s “panhandle” is a tangle of rock, ice, ocean and ancient forest. The most spectacular portion of this storied region was set aside in 1925 and later became Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. We offer a spring base camp and backpacking trips on the outer coast during peak bird migration and rafting trips on the Alsek and Tashenshini.

Kobuk Valley National Park

Northwest Alaska’s largest National Park, Kobuk Valley National Park is nearly the size of Yellowstone National Park but with barely any visitors! The park protects a vast swath of boreal forest, the Kobuk River, the Onion Portage historical site, and the famed Great Kobuk Sand Dunes. We guide base camp trips in the Dunes and paddling trips on the Kobuk River.

Noatak National Preserve

The entire watershed of the Noatak River is protected by Gates of the Arctic and Noatak National Preserve creating a unique and vibrant ecosystem with the Baird Mountains to the south and the DeLong Mountains in the North. In addition to the Noatak River in the heart of the park, there are several world class paddling and fishing trips along with some great hiking in Noatak Preserve.

Yukon Charley Preserve

In the heart of Alaska’s Interior Region stretching from the Tanana Uplands to the Yukon Flats wetlands and up to the Tatonduk Range with the broad Yukon River right in the middle is Yukon – Charley River National Preserve. A true wilderness park, the area is also rich in history. We offer dogsledding trips in Yukon Charley, rafting trips on the Charley River, and Canoe trips on the Yukon River from Circle to Eagle Alaska.

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

At the extreme western tip of mainland Alaska where you actually can see Russia across the sea, Bering Land Bridge is a park with almost no tourism. Wildlife rich coastal lagoons, tundra covered in berries, and thermal hot-springs are some of the highlights of this remote wilderness park.

Gates of the Arctic National Park

Gates of the Arctic is our favorite National Park in Alaska. We offer paddling, hiking and base camp trips across the park. You can learn more about “Gates” here. We also offer a very popular 5 day trip to both Gates of the Arctic and Kobuk Valley National Parks each summer.

Katmai National Park

World renowned for it famous bears, Katmai National Park and Preserve is like no other place on earth. With mind boggling abundance of fish and wildlife, and a dramatic volcanic with sprawling lakes and rugged coastlines, our base camp and paddling trips in Katmai delight adventurers, naturalists, and photographers alike.

Lake Clark National Park 

From the rugged peaks of the Aleutian Range to the serene lakes teaming with fish, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is stunningly scenic and full of life. Our favorite places are far from civilization and deep in the glaciated mountains where the howl of wolves and the call of loons is the only sound you’ll hear.

Wrangell St Elias National Park

As part of the largest conservation area in the world the mountain kingdom of the Wrangells is beyond compare. With 18,000ft peaks pouring glaciers into the Pacific creating the largest non-polar ice field in the world and more hiking and boating that anyone could do in a lifetime, Wrangell St Elias National Park and Preserve is surprisingly accessible for being as rugged and spectacular as it is.

Arctic Wild offers trips in Gates of the Arctic, Kobuk Valley, Wrangell St Elias, Katmai, Glacier Bay, and Lake Clark National Parks. Plus Yukon Charley, Noatak, and Bering Land Bridge Preserves; plus Cape Krusenstern and Aniakchak National Monuments.

We don’t schedule trips to all the parks every year but if you don’t see the trip of your dreams on our schedule we are available for custom/ private trips tailored to your interests and abilities. We prefer places so far off the beaten path, there is no trail at all.