Most visitors to the Inside Passage see "the sights" only from a sidewalk or through the window of a noisy ship. But to truly experience and understand the essence of Alaska's wilderness we have to get away from roads, trails, buildings, and engines. We have to voyage to the productive areas still teeming with wildlife. And we must do so quietly and gently, with respect for the non-human inhabitants.

Most potential adventurers think they cannot safely and enjoyably venture into the heart of the Alaskan wilderness on its own terms, sleeping in a tent and traveling under their own power. But with our help they can, even if their age, physical conditioning, past experience, or limited wilderness knowledge suggest otherwise.

We provide all the equipment, training, and support you need to make your wilderness adventure easy, safe, educational, and fun!

The Inside Passage is a wild, magical place far removed from most people's experience. Enormous glaciers continue to carve this primeval landscape. Old growth rain forest cloaks the islands in moss and silence. Here, in and around the world's largestprotected wilderness area, flourish the others - endangered wildlife like whales, bears, eagles, and wolves - who avoid human dwellings.

The regional hub is Juneau, Alaska's capital city. Spirit Walker Expeditions is based about 50 miles west of Juneau in Gustavus, and most of our trips depart from here.

We specialize in premium guided, fully-outfitted seakayaking and camping expeditions from 1/2-day to weeks in length.We can also arrange non-camping expeditions and other localactivities and lodging.

Guided, Fully Outfitted

• We pack and prepare superb meals you would expect to find at a good restaurant.
• We provide all equipment, right down to tents, sleeping bags, rain gear and rubber boots. All gear is of good quality so that we know you will be safe and comfortable.

Sea Kayaks

• are stable, safe, and great for beginners;
• are easy to learn and easy to paddle;
• get us to wild places far from the nearest road or trail;
• carry lots of gear and food for our comfort;
• allow quiet, unobtrusive wildlife observation;
• are fun!

We will also arrange boat-based trips or lodge-to-lodge paddling trips. Every expedition we guide is a unique custom trip tailored to the preferences of the organizer. Following are some of our most popular destinations, but we can go to other areas as well! All our trips take place within the Tongass National Forest, the nation's largest, under special use permit from the U.S. Forest Service, Hoonah Ranger District, P.O. Box 135, Hoonah, AK 99829. All trips depart from Gustavus unless otherwise noted.

Whales! 2-7 days. Drift in the kelp beds as 50-foot feeding humpback whales swim past. Watch them from the beach as we sit around the campfire. (Try to) sleep to the sound of their breathing! Our most popular trip.

Myriad Islands 5-10 days. Experience true wilderness solitude, spectacular scenery, and unsurpassed sea kayaking in a maze of islets andwaterways in the West Chichagof-Yakobi Wilderness area on the Gulf of Alaska coast.

Ford's Terror 5-10 days. This part of the Tracy Arm-Ford's Terror Wilderness area was a great inspiration to famous naturalist John Muir,who compared it favorably with the Yosemite Valley. Granite cliffs plunge into a narrow fjord filled with icebergs, yet you willalso see rain forest and abundant wildlife on this expedition. This trip departs Juneau.

Glacier Passage5-10 days. Russel Fjord Wilderness area includes North America's largest tidewater glacier, the world's highest coastal mountain range, and yet we usually spend a week there without seeing any other people. This may be the ultimate kayaking-and-glacier expedition. This trip departs Yakutat.