VIP Services

What is V.I.P. Services?

Destination Alaska V.I.P. Services is proud to offer a full array of support services and adventure packages. Each year we work with dozens of managers, owners, travel agents, and operators providing the best floatplane, charter vessel, and shuttle services to their guests while visiting southcentral Alaska.  

In addition to our Homer, Alaska location, our V.I.P. outpost (the M/V Peregrine) is located on the outer coast in the Kenai Fjords near the McCarty Glacier.  A cruise around Alaska would not be complete without a visit to this magnificent National Park. Snowcapped mountains, glaciers, waterfalls, world-class fishing, and wildlife are only a few of the experiences waiting for you along the wild outer coast of the Kenai Peninsula. The Fjords has many protected bays and coves to choose from and is a spectacular glacier location for vessels traveling from Prince William Sound and Seward down to Kodiak or Geographic Harbor.  Destination Alaska Adventure Co. has put together the ultimate outpost experience for your yacht right in the heart of this incredible place. Our vessel, the M/V Peregrine, is known as “Adventure Headquarters” and is anchored in the perfect place to spend several days exploring and relaxing. She is loaded with equipment and toys and provides multiple guided expeditions for you to choose from. As our V.I.P. guest, you will have exclusive access to expert guides, jet skis, float planes, state of the art fishing vessels, kayaks, and 8x8 amphibious Argos.  Wake up each day and choose from the following activities: 

• Guided Glacier Jet Ski Tours
• National Park Brown Bear Viewing (Katmai - Brooks Falls and Lake Clark)
• Glacier Flightsee by Floatplane
• Ring of Fire Volcano Tour by Bushplane
• Homer Day (floatplane from the yacht to Homer)
• 8 x 8 Argo Backcountry Tour
• Guided Glacier Hiking
• Guided Kayaking/Paddle Boarding
• Waterfall Hot Tubbing (8 person hot tub on deck)
• Beachcombing for treasure
• Halibut and Salmon Saltwater Fishing and some Fly Fishing
• Evening Shore/Beach Campfire Smores
• Wildlife and Waterfall Dinner Cruises

Finish up the day in our big hot tub with an unbeatable view of a cascading waterfall at the end of the cove. Enjoy a multiday stop in the Kenai Fjords at the McCarty Glacier and let Destination Alaska show you the adventure of a lifetime!

Attention Managers: Logistics and itinerary planning is available upon request. 

Jetski Adventures

If you are looking for an extraordinary experience in Alaska’s coastal backcountry, this is it! Your yacht group will meet us on the M/V Peregrine where your guides, captain, and crew will be eagerly awaiting your arrival to size everyone up for warm, top of the line dry suits, helmets, gloves and neoprene boots. Even though you will never be alone on your adventure, safety is paramount in the backcountry, so we provide everyone with linked radio communications, personal floatation devices with water activated strobes, and emergency locators. We operate 300 H.P. Seadoo GTX Limited and our guides will walk you through a detailed safety brief and tutorial on how to operate these amazing and powerful machines.

One-by-one we’ll taxi away from the boat as your guide leads you into some of the most incredible bays and coves in Alaska. On the 15-mile cruise to the McCarty Glacier along the northwest shoreline, you’ll have the opportunity to see an abundance of sea life and panoramic vistas of waterfalls, beaches, alpine ridges and rocky pinnacles that will leave you speechless. At the end of the Fjord is the mighty McCarty Glacier that drops straight into the ocean. We will carefully navigate and slow roll through a maze of giant blue icebergs giving you plenty of time to take it all in and capture the memories with your camera. We’ll gather as a group and turn off the machines for a few minutes. Can you hear it? The glacier is groaning as it moves at a microscopic pace down the mountain grinding the rocks along the edges and further carving the valley below. If we experience good fortune in timing, we could be there to watch as house size chunks of ice calve off and crash into the water. This is a sound and sight experience you will never forget. Time to start our cruise back to the boat. For the return trip, we’ll cruise along the Southeast shoreline on our way to Moonlight Bay. We’ll explore a myriad of incredible bays and coves along our route of travel, many of which have cascading waterfalls originating from the snowcapped mountains above. After exploring miles of incredible coastline, we’ll arrive back at the Peregrine where we’ll tie up the jet skis, shed our dry suits, and quench our appetites with a barbeque meal fit for royalty. Once this journey is complete, you will have experienced a part of Alaska that has only been seen by the most adventurous visitors and residents alike.

VIP Planes

When Destination Alaska went looking for the best airplanes for our guests, the decision was simple.  We needed safety, reliability, comfort, and speed.  That's why we invested millions of dollars to purchase a nearly all Turbo fleet of aircraft.  Our DHC-3T de Havilland  Otter floatplanes, along with two DHC-2T MK III de Havilland Beavers on wheels were the best choices.  Not to be left out, our Cessna 206 is an incredible aircraft that gets the job done for small groups.  Here are some of the statistics for each plane:

DHC-3T Otter - 1000 H.P. - Floatplane - 10 pax or 2200 lb load

DHC-2T MK III - 750 H.P. - 35" Bushwheels - 9 pax or 1250 lb load

Cessna 206G - 300 H.P. - Aerocet Floats - 5 pax or 900 lbs

These aircraft are true bushplanes designed and built for short take of and landings, and transporting people and heavy loads of supplies and equipment throughout Alaska.  Destination Alaska invites you to ride along as we soar above glaciers, rocky coastlines, volcanoes, and snowcapped mountains across Cook Inlet and around the Kenai Peninsula.  While in the air, you’ll have the opportunity to see moose, black bears, mountain goats, whales, and other wildlife that call Kachemak Bay and the Kenai mountains home.  Climb aboard and see Alaska by air!

8 × 8 AMPHIBIOUS ARGO
BACKCOUNTRY TOUR

If you are looking to explore the Alaska backcountry by land, we have a trip designed just for you! Destination Alaska purchased four brand new Argo Conquest 950 Outfitters. These 8x8 amphibious tracked vehicles will take you places that other machines simply cannot go. Let’s get started! Our Cessna or de Havilland floatplanes will pick you up at your yacht bright and early, and fly you to our seaplane base on Beluga Lake in Homer, Alaska. Along this 25-minute route of travel, we’ll fly low and slow through the Kenai Mountains. You’ll experience awesome beauty as we maneuver through lush green valleys, over turquoise blue lakes, and past the second largest waterfall in the state. Once back at our office we’ll size everyone up for hip boots. Yes.... it’s going to be that kind of adventure! Now, load up in our V.I.P. shuttles and relax for a bit as we ride out to the trailhead at the end of Kachemak Bay. We’ll spend the next several hours navigating through the swamps and forest searching for moose and other wildlife that call this part of the woods home. Fantastic views are an added bonus as we make our way out to Caribou Lake. Once at the lake we’ll take a break and have a hearty lunch. Nothing builds an appetite like fresh air and driving through mud. After lunch, we’ll explore even more backcountry as we make our way back the landing. Are you up for the challenge?

Glacier Flightsees & Ring of Fire Tour

Kachemak Bay & McCarty Glacier Tour

Climb aboard our Cessna 206 or de Havilland Otter for an incredible flight right from your yacht.  From above the McCarty Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park and the turquoise waters of Kachemak Bay, the views are simply stunning and will be sure to take your breath away!  In the duration of the 2-hour flight, you will have the opportunity to see blue-ice glaciers, snowfields, thunderous waterfalls, and alpine lakes. Experience Alaska by air with Destination Alaska!

Ring of Fire Volcano Tour

When you visit Homer and the Kenai Fjords, you will see distant vistas of Alaska’s volcanoes, glaciers, and waterfalls.  Imagine soaring directly over these breathtaking volcanos and landscapes in a genuine Alaska bush plane.  We are proud to offer you an amazing experience in our Cessna 206 floatplane, DHC-2 bushplane, or DHC-3 floatplane.  After a short safety brief, you’ll climb aboard and take off on an extraordinary 3 - 3.5 hour trip across Cook Inlet to see Ring of Fire volcanoes Mt Redoubt, Mt Iliamna, Mt Augustine, and Mt Douglas. Our pilots are trained to get you up close for those incredible pictures that can only be taken from a bush plane.

Hear what our guests say:

"My husband and I flew with Northwind Aviation last summer and it was the highlight of our stay in Homer.  Their pilot took us through the mountains and right up over the glacier to the outer coast.  We saw black bears, mountain goats, and a huge waterfall!  Thank you, Northwind!"   Jennifer M.   Portland, OR.