Anan Wildlife Viewing

The following Wrangell-based guide companies are authorized to run trips to Anan.

Alaska Charters and Adventures. This outfit leads small group tours (six guests or fewer) to Anan for day trips of seven or eight hours. Most of the time is spent above Anan Creek on an observation deck reached via a half-mile trail. Reservations are recommended well in advance. The same company also offers whale-watching tours, kayak adventures, and fishing trips. Wrangell, Alaska, 99929. 888/993–2750; www.alaskaupclose.com. From $328.

Alaska Vistas. Watch bears feeding on salmon at a small waterfall from an observatory deck with this reliable outfitter. Like other Anan tours, this one includes an hour-long boat ride from Wrangell. Alaska Vistas also leads rafting trips down the Stikine River along with jet-boat tours and sea-kayaking adventures. Box 2245, Wrangell, Alaska, 99929. 907/874–3006; 888/874–3006; www.alaskavistas.com. From $270.

Alaska Waters. This family-owned business leads six-hour tours from late June to August. Cofounder Wilma Stokes-Leslie, who is of Tlingit and Haida descent, was born and raised in Wrangell, as were many of the other members of her team. 7 Stikine Ave., Wrangell, Alaska, 99929. 907/874–2378; 800/347–4462; www.alaskawaters.com. From $290.