In 2019 we are offering optional pre-conference and post-conference excursions that all provide an inside look into the Juneau adventure or food scenes at a discounted price. We consider these outstanding opportunities to enhance your conference experience. Registration for the excursions is open with booking links below. All excursions are open to attendees and significant others (even if not registered for the conference).
Please note if you must cancel your spot, your conference registration fee and excursion fee are 50% refundable through May 20, 2019 and not refundable after that.
Pre-Conference Excursions: Thursday, June 20, 2019
Thursday’s Pre-Conference Excursions focus on the local food and drink.
SOLD OUT! Juneau Food Tours: Tour with Taste
Named as one of the top 10 food tours in North America by USA Today, Juneau Food Tours focuses on sharing the Alaskan story through its food and history. Owner, Midgi Moore, is a food blogger/writer and regular attendee of IFBC. The Tour with Taste showcases why Alaska’s tasty capital city is rapidly becoming a dining destination. Guests will enjoy the best in Alaskan fare as well as learn about the importance of wild Alaska seafood. Featuring six locations, the menu includes king crab bisque, salmon, Alaska game, and the famous hog wing. We also include a cider, beer and wine tasting. This tour has been specially curated for IFBC attendees to allow for photos and chatting with owners/chefs. Minimum age 14 and eating restrictions cannot easily be accommodated.
Cost: $42 per person
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Max attendance: 25
SOLD OUT! Glacier Beer, Seafood Tasting, & Helicopter Tour
There’s nothing more spectacular than majestic glacier views – except, of course, when you pair those views with local brews and wild Alaskan seafood and take a helicopter to get there. Join Alaskan Brewing Company on a helicopter trip up to the Mendenhall Glacier to experience a true taste of Alaska. Throughout their 30 years of brewing in Alaska, they’ve learned that some of the best pairings for beer can be found in their backyard – the Inside Passage. This tasting pairs the best of Alaska’s oceans – fresh oysters, smoked black cod, and salmon caviar – with a specially curated selection of beers featuring complementary and contrasting flavors. Come talk seafood, sustainability, and beer with Alaska’s oldest brewery while soaking up some of Alaska’s most inspiring scenery – brilliant blue glacier ice, jagged crevasses, awe-inspiring ice falls, and the rugged peaks of the Mendenhall Towers – all from one of the best viewing platforms around, a helicopter.
Cost: $150 per person, regular retail value $300
Time: 12:00 – 3:00 PM
Max attendance: 20
SOLD OUT! Alaskan Brewing Company Tasting Tours
“We brew the way we brew because of where we brew.” The Alaskan Brewing Company has been brewing craft beers since 1986 and winning plenty of awards along the way. This excursion will offer a guided tasting and a glimpse into the brewing processes, including the company’s original 10-barrel brewing system. Come meet the people behind the beer while enjoying tastings of limited edition or rough draft brews plus a sampling of good eats.
Cost: $20 per person
Time: 2:30 – 5:30 PM
Max attendance: 12
Juneau Food Tours: Bites and Booze
Join us on the ULTIMATE pub crawl and experience Juneau through its food and libations. The Bites & Booze tour will include five locations, great food, locally made cocktails and lots of fun history. This tour has been specially curated for IFBC attendees to allow for photos and chatting with owners/chefs. The menus are pre fixe to showcase the best of Alaskan fare and eating restrictions cannot easily be accommodated. (Min, age 21)
Cost: $42 per person
Time: 2:30 – 5:00 PM
Max attendance: 25
Click here to register
Post-Conference Excursions: Sunday, June 23, 2019
On Sunday we are offering some outstanding excursions featuring Juneau’s incredible natural attractions.
SOLD OUT! Whale Watching Tour With Juneau Tours and Visit to Tracy’s King Crab Shack
Meet Juneau’s largest local residents – the humpback whales! Once aboard your coach, your driver guide narrates as you’re transferred to the harbor to board a custom-made whale watching boat. Experience two hours of guaranteed whale spotting and other possible wildlife. On our quest for whales, we will be on the lookout for bald eagles, seals, sea lions, black bear and more of Alaska’s wildlife. The star of the tour is the humpback whale, but we are always looking out for the playful orcas. Once we spot a whale, the captain will slow down and allow you to go on the spacious viewing decks for a great photo opportunity. After the tour, we’ll head to Tracy’s King Crab Shack where owner Tracy LaBarge will serve her famous “Combo #1” which includes King Crab Leg, crab bisque, and crab cakes.
Cost: $45 (value of $115 for the whale watching tour plus $39 for the meal)
Time: 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Max attendance: 42
Click here to register
SOLD OUT! Water to Plate: Alaska Salmon Fishery Tour & Beach Picnic
Meet some of Alaska’s hard-working commercial fishermen and join SalmonState for a rare and intimate educational excursion to the Taku River’s commercial fishing grounds with Alaska Sea to Shore. Home to one of Southeast Alaska’s largest and most abundant wild salmon rivers, the Taku River boasts some of Alaska’s most pristine and rugged wilderness. The tour will include:
- 3 hours on the water exploring the Taku River, just a short boat-ride south of Juneau
- Watch commercial salmon fishermen harvest their catch, including (weather permitting) an up-close visit with Taku River Reds fisherman Tyson Fick who will show how he catches and produces artisanal, premium wild salmon that is sold in markets around the country
- A special Taku Salmon picnic lunch on a remote beach in the Tongass National Forest
- Presentation by Salmon Beyond Borders about their work to protect the Taku River and Southeast Alaska’s salmon fisheries from upstream mining projects in Canada
- Alaska-made snacks and refreshments, including smoked salmon, kelp salsa, and local beer
Transportation to and from Douglas Harbor will be provided.
Cost: $35
Time: 12:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Max attendance: 5
Click here to register, email sara@zephyrconferences.com for password
Itinerary:
- 12:00pm – Leave downtown Juneau and drive to Douglas Harbor.
- 12:30pm – Depart Douglas Harbor and head south to Taku Inlet; enjoy Alaska-made snacks and refreshments along the way.
- 1:00pm – Arrive at commercial fishing grounds, watch fishermen in action (and perhaps whales and other wildlife as well!).
- 2:00pm – Pull ashore for Taku Salmon picnic lunch on remote beach.
- 3:30pm – Return to Douglas Harbor, drive back to downtown Juneau.
Discounted Activities during IFBC19
Wings Airways/ Taku Lodge Salmon Bake Tour
Enjoy the splendor of Alaska. Seaplane only access to Alaska’s famous Taku Glacier Lodge combines classic powerful aircraft, true wilderness, 5-massive glaciers, bears, vivid history with dog sledding roots, seafood and exclusive glacier view dining! Includes 25 minutes of Glacier Flightseeing in route to the Taku Lodge, 2 full hours on the Taku Lodge grounds, and a 15-minute return flight past the glaciers to the downtown Juneau waterfront.
Duration: 3 hours of total tour time
Cost: $275 per person, regular value $329
Note: Available to any IFBC19 attendee and their family members for the length of their visit!
Reserve your seat by calling 907-586-6275 and using the code “Flight-2-Feast”
Fishing Charter with Moore Charters, LLC
Whether you’re an independent traveler, a local, or are visiting Juneau on an Alaska cruise ship shore excursion, you’re guaranteed to have the time of your life on our sport fishing trips. The waters around Juneau are full of halibut, salmon, and other fish for you to catch, and our captains take you to the best fishing spots in the area. Bring the whole family on a fishing adventure and enjoy the majestic Alaskan views from the water.
Duration: 4-8 hours of total tour time
Cost: 10% off Salmon, Halibut or Salmon & Halibut Fishing Combo
Minimum of 4 people
Note: Available to any IFBC19 attendee and their family members for the length of their visit!
Reserve your seat by calling 907.723.2260