We are a locally owned helicopter tour company based out of Seward, Alaska. Your pilot Mike has been flying in the Seward area for 10 years and is very familiar with all the best locations to show you from above. Let us help provide an experience of a lifetime while visiting our town.
Marathon Helicopters
6 Activities
Glacier Landing By Helicopter
We will fly east away from Seward and view Godwin glacier from above. After we get a good look at this massive valley glacier we will head south to the adjacent valley where we will fly near 3 other massive glaciers. After we explore the area some looking for bears and goats we will land at the base of a massive valley glacier. We will get out for a little bit to explore and take some incredible photographs.
30-Minute Glacier Tour
Our most popular tour begins south over Resurrection Bay’s coast where you may see a variety of Alaskan Sea Life. We will explore valleys filled with enormous waterfalls and search for bears & goats. Entering Bear Glacier Lagoon you will view hundreds of icebergs from your seat prior to heading up the Harding Icefield. We will continue behind the Kenai Mountains into Paradise Valley and travel past Exit Glacier on our way back to town.
15-Minute Discovery Flight
We will fly east away from Seward and view Godwin Glacier from above. After we get a good look at this massive valley glacier we will head south to the adjacent valley where we will fly near 3 other massive glaciers. We explore the area looking for bears, goats, and moose while viewing massive glaciers and unique water features. The loop will end with a landing back at Seward Airport.
1-Hour Flying Expedition
This 1-hour tour covers a large wilderness area in and around Kenai Fjords National Park. We will see a variety of tidewater, valley, and hanging glaciers wile exploring the Harding Icefield. There is an excellent chance we will see goats, moose, and possible bear during the flight. Enormous river valleys, icebergs, waterfall, old goldmine claims, and snow-covered mountain peaks are all in the 1 hour experience.
40 Minute Eastbound Tour
This tour takes us towards the 2nd largest icefield in the United States, the Sargent Icefield. We will fly close to at least 7 spectacular glaciers and explore remote Nellie Juan Lake where sometimes we will see large brown bears and herds of moose. Waterfalls and rolling meadows stretch far on this flight, so have your camera ready!
45 Minute Icefield Tour
This tour is an extension of our 30-minute Bear Glacier Tour. We will continue towards Aialik and Pederson Glacier which will allow us to get a better look at the Harding Icefield traveling south. We will view a 400-foot-tall tidewater glacier as well as have a good opportunity to see Alaskan Bears, goats, and other wildlife.
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