Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center

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  R Mburu

  1 day ago
  5.0
  A wonderful opportunity to see Alaska’s wildlife up close in a beautiful natural setting! The conservation center provides a great chance to learn about and appreciate Alaska’s incredible animals while supporting wildlife conservation. From bears and moose to bison and other magnificent animals, every encounter was a reminder of how special Alaska’s wildlife is. A worthwhile stop for anyone visiting Alaska!
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  Amber Acevedo

  2 days ago
  5.0
  As close as it gets to real life Jurassic Park. Extremely fun family activity! Grandpa loved seeing all the wildlife from inside the car and my Aunt was so excited she had to get out and walk around. We all did walk around the place for the most part. All the animals looked happy and well taken care of there! I’ve driven past this place many times and so grateful we got to stop with my family visiting family in town! Not too far to visit Whittier in the same day.
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  High Cumulus

  Sep 26, 2026
  2.0
  Price is steep to get in at $30 a person for non-Alaska residents. It would be more reasonable to charge $30 per vehicle. Not that much to see. Unless it's your first time ever seeing a grizzly bear, you could just go to a zoo in just about any other major city and see more for similar cost or even less. You would also probably be better off saving the money and driving up to Denali and seeing wildlife there or even anywhere else in the area. I get that they're probably trying to do their best to help the animals, but it honestly felt a bit like a tourist trap. The gift shop is also very expensive.
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  Ettore Rossi

  Sep 24, 2026
  3.0
  Visited the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Centre, as recommended by multiples people and website. The experience I would suggest to do it walking around which has more interaction and you can actually get an audio information from the website on each animals which is interesting. However my experience was not the best, unfortunately. It could be possible period which is not the high season which I might understand however we paid $60 for two tickets and the overall walk was mostly main animals with most of the area empty or under maintenance, which I found not to be fair to pay a full ticket to have a less experienced. I totally understand that this is not for profit however I still believe that you are asking for $30 per person at least the experience should be a full experience, and not really a walk around with most area empty.
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  Mellissa Dzion

  Sep 19, 2026
  3.0
  As part of a salmonberry tour, our last stop of the day was at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. I've been to many different conservation centers across the world, but this one was a big disappointment! You are responsible for your time at the center as you're on a self guided tour. No one from the establishment even acknowledged anyone in my group. Our tour representative, Sean, did provide information to those who remained on the tour bus and drove through. The facilities seemed 'thrown' together at best! It consisted of several tall chain length fences that housed different species of wild animals. Their respective cages were unkempt and many had overgrown vegetation! While I understand that these aspects are meant to replicate their natural habitats, it was difficult to view some of the animals. In my opinion, it seemed more like a road-side zoo than a conservation center or educational facility. (Don't believe the beautiful advertisements you see online nor in the pamphlets handed out on tours/in hotels!) I would also suggest that it was a bit unsafe for pedestrians, especially young children. While allowed to walk or drive through the conservation center, most people did choose to walk it. There are NO safety rails or contained walk ways. Nor is there signage to tell you specifically where to walk or specifically where to drive. Many of the available walkways were also checkered with puddles of water, some even completely under water. I saw many people reaching over the wooden farm fences (meant to keep attendees farther away from the animal cages) and physically placing their camera/cell phones into the animal cages for clearer pictures! This is extremely dangerous with the wild animals there for rehabilitation that are already suffering painful injuries!

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