Experts' Choice Award Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
What the experts agree on
Drive or walk the 2-mile loop to see rescued Alaskan wildlife, including the only US wood bison herd. Interactive experiences like bottle-feeding moose calves and hand-feeding bears make this nonprofit center uniquely hands-on.
Afar Magazine "Visitors can walk or drive a 2.5-kilometer loop around the conservation center, watch interns bottle-feed moose and musk ox calves or feed fish and produce to brown bears." Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"A nonprofit wildlife center where injured and rescued animals are on display. Particularly of interest are the wood bison, the only herd in the US. " Full review
Fodor's "The center is a 144-acre, 2-mile drive-through loop with places where you can see up close the many animals the park has adopted and rescued" Full review
New York Times "The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center ($15) is a sanctuary of more than 200 acres that takes in injured wild animals that cannot be returned to nature — creatures such as Venetie, an..."
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Lonely Planet "Located about 40 minutes south of Anchorage by road, the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center offers guaranteed (and safe) close encounters with Alaska's wildlife. More a safari park than..."
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