
City in Alaska, United States
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Gustavus is a city in Southeastern Alaska. It is the gateway to Glacier Bay National Park.
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You can cruise aboard Wild Alaska Charters to Point Adolphus for an unforgettable whale watching experience, hike through an old growth rain forest or kayak through wilderness waters and see magnificent glaciers, whales, bears, sea otters and bald eagles. Explore Southeast Alaska underwater world during Wild Alaska's exclusive diving expeditions. You can also enjoy world class fishing, with all necessary fishing equipment and bait provided. Your guide is an experienced commercial fisherman and US Coast Guard certified charter boat operator.
Open from Mid-May to mid-September. Glacier Bay Country Inn offers accommodations, full service gourmet restaurant, gift shop, 150 acre property, bike rides, fishing excursions, and tour guide services. The restaurant has been featured on the national television show "Country Inn Cooking" with Gail Greco on PBS, while the Inn has been showcased in publications such as Food and Wine, Travel Age West, Saveur, and Bon Appetit.
Open Mid-May to Mid-September. The building is a historic homestead, completely updated, where the Lesh family has been hosting Glacier Bay National Park visitors since 1965 through 3 generations. Glacier Bay National Park day boat tours, guided and unguided kayaking and saltwater charter fishing, as well as trip planning and air charters will be made by your hosts giving you the best, most efficient trip for your party. 14 rooms and a large kitchen garden are complemented by the ocean harvest family style meals. Wild edibles show off the bounty of our area. A hearth room, naturalist library, fleet of bikes, and homestead grounds provide a home away from home on the edge of the wilderness. Dining is offered to the public by reservation nightly during the summer. Seafood menus feature Icy Strait salmon, halibut, dungeness crab and sablefish. There is also a six stool bar open for dining patrons. By one day advance reservation only. Call ahead, limited availability for those not staying at Gustavus Inn.
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The Alaska Marine Highway began serving Gustavus at a new stimulus-bill funded new dock, on November 23, 2010. There is also a small boat harbor that has primitive privately maintained floats.
Gustavus has only one main road, linking it with Bartlett Cove in Glacier Bay National Park.
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