Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska


Below: What a beautiful place! We hiked in the park then took a boat tour through the fjords.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Kenai Fjords National Park

Kenai Fjords National Park

Below: We saw whales, otters, harbor seals and porpoises. This is a humpback whale sticking his head out of the water.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Below: Some sea lions were enjoying the sunny day.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Below: There were starfish along the shoreline.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Below: We passed many glaciers on our tour but the highlight was the Aialik Glacier. We parked in front of this glacier and watched it calve several times. That was very cool! (literally and figuratively). Another tour boat passed in front of us which gives a sense of scale to this giant glacier.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Below: The glacier cracked, crackled and dropped large chunks of ice into the water.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Below: We hiked to Exit Glacier to see it up close.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Below: A mountain goat was walking near Exit Glacier.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Below: The National Park Service offers some helpful hints on what to do if a grizzly bear starts eating you. Your tax dollars at work!

Kenai Fjords National Park

Below: There were lots of horned puffins perched in the cliffs and flying around our boat. We loved our visit to Kenai Fjords!

Kenai Fjords National Park