Private Group Whale Watch Charters in Juneau, Alaska | Custom Group Tours on the Water

Juneau is one of the best ports in Alaska for whale watching, and the surrounding waters are where humpbacks come to feed. Our private charters take your group out into the Inside Passage with an experienced captain and a trained naturalist on board who can identify individual whales, explain feeding behavior, and answer every question your group has along the way.

Both vessel options include our 100% Whale Sighting Guarantee. If we go out between May 15 and September 15 and don’t find whales, you get a full refund.

Not every group wants to be on the water. Our private bus tours give you a local driver-guide and a comfortable vehicle to explore Juneau at your own speed, without the noise of a packed public shuttle or a fixed timeline that doesn’t match what you actually want to see.

Most groups use this option to take in the Mendenhall Glacier, explore downtown Juneau, and get oriented to the city before or after a whale watch. But since it’s your private vehicle, you control the itinerary. Want to linger longer at the glacier? Done. Have a specific spot you want to track down? We’ll take you there.

This is a popular option for guests with mobility considerations, multi-generational families, and groups who want a thorough overview of Juneau before their ship departs.

We work with a wide range of groups every season. If you’re in one of these situations, a private charter is probably the right call.

• Cruise ship passengers who want more than a shared excursion. If the ship’s whale watch options feel too crowded or too generic, a private charter gives you exactly what you’re looking for with none of the compromise.
• Multi-generational families. Grandparents, parents, and kids sharing one day on the water in Alaska. We’ll build the experience so every generation comes home with a story.
• Corporate groups and incentive travel. A private whale watch is a genuinely memorable reward for a team that earned it. We work with event planners and HR teams regularly and can help coordinate the logistics around a port stop.
• Wedding and anniversary celebrations. Southeast Alaska is one of the most dramatic settings on the planet. Our larger catamarans have the space and the facilities to make a celebration on the water feel like a real event.
• Wildlife photographers. Serious photographers don’t want to share a rail with twenty other guests all going for the same frame. The six-passenger jet boat was made for this.
• Inbound tour operators and travel agents. We have the fleet capacity to handle large inbound groups that most operators in Juneau can’t accommodate. See the travel agent section below.