Riverboat Discovery
A family-run paddle steamer tour on the Chena River, passing a sled-dog kennel and an Athabascan Indigenous village.
This paddle-wheel boat tour is run by the Binkley family and sails the Chena and Tanana Rivers for about 3 hours. Along the way you can watch a seaplane takeoff and landing show, then stop at the kennel of the late dog-sled champion Susan Butcher to see sled dog demonstrations. Finally, you go ashore to visit a reconstructed Chena Native village and learn how the Athabascan people make dried fish and fur clothing and how they hunt. The tour runs only in summer, with roughly one trip in the morning and one in the afternoon. Booking in advance on the official website is recommended.
Opening hours
Two departures daily in summer, approx. 08:45 and 14:00
Nearby sights
- Georgeson Botanical Garden
- University of Alaska Museum of the North
- Large Animal Research Station
- Ice Alaska World Ice Art Championships
- Pioneer Park
- Running Reindeer Ranch
- Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge
- Golden Heart Plaza