Midnight Sun Excursions - Skagway, Alaska

Melissa Mejia

My family spent the most wonderful day with Raymie and Ellla on 8/15/2024!!! I waited to write a review because I couldn't find the words to describe how amazing this day truly was! I did extensive research before booking with Raymie and Midnight Sun Excursions. I knew I wanted a tour in Skagway for my family. What I also knew was that I did not want to sit on a big coach bus with about 30-40 other people for hours. I didn't want to stop at the locations the tour picked, but rather, places that I wanted to see or places the locals recommended! Raymie's tour is the perfect way to see Skagway, British Columbia, and the Yukon!!! It was just our family, no one else! We had our own private tour guide for the day!! That's one of the things that make Raymie and Midnight Sun Excursions so very special. Raymie makes the tour time all so very personal. She asks where you want to stop and what you want to see. I had the Gold Rush Cemetery and the Yukon Suspension Bridge on my list, so she made sure that we went to both places! She even took some extra time at the end to make sure we made it to the cemetery and Reid Falls before heading back into town! Raymie knows the absolute best locations for amazing views and beautiful photos! We spent 5 wonderful hours with Raymie and Ella traveling to the Yukon. Raymie was full of information and was so knowledgeable about the area. She told us many interesting stories about the area, its history, and life in Skagway along the way. We didn't feel like we were traveling with a tour guide, it felt like spending the day with a friend!! We saw some beautiful places that we will never forget! We also saw a bear, mountain goats, and my husband spotted a porcupine in a tree!!! At the end of the tour, Raymie dropped us off right in town so we could do some shopping to support the local businesses. We got out of her van with big smiles on our faces and had them the rest of the day! It was a beautiful day that we are still talking about, and whenever I do, I tear up just thinking about how beautiful and amazing this day was for our family! We won't ever forget our adventures with Raymie and Ellla! ❤️

Jeanine Bartsch

I booked a 5 hour excursion for me & 3 others. We all had a great time. Raymie was very knowledgeable on the area & we saw sites we would have never seen on our cruise or with a cruise excursion. She knew where to stop & take pictures based on what I told her we wanted to see when I book the trip. The scenery was absolutely gorgeous. The Yukon suspension bridge area was beautiful. The dog sledding stop allowed us to hold some of the huskie puppies, they were so beautiful! All 4 of us commented on how the value of this trip was exceptional & that her bus was very clean. All 4 of us are dog people & were so happy her dog Ella came. She was so well behaved & we all loved petting her & taking a few pics with her.
We would definitely recommend booking a trip with her, everything we experienced was amazing!

B Young

If you're lucky enough to be on a bucket list cruise ship to Alaska and headed for a port day in Skagway do yourself a favor and book a tour with Raymie. Easily the highlight of our recent 7 night Royal Cruise to Alaska. I booked a tour with Ella and Raymie almost 9 months in advance.
Why choose Raymei? Like I said if you're lucky enough to be on this type of vacation why squeeze yourself and your family onto a coach bus with 40 other people waiting around for them to take their pictures so you can take yours?
Raymei gave my family of 4 the expert personalized treatment in her comfortable private tour bus. When you book an excursion that is personal you can pivot and do things in any order you want? For example on our tour when we got to the Welcome to Alaska sign a coach bus had just started to unload their group, so we pivoted and came back on our way back to Skagway, it was empty when we arrived later in the afternoon. Raymei is a great tour guide and an even better person. She is very easy to talk with giving you the local history of the town, engaged with our 2 kids ages 8 and 10. She created a fun activity pack for them to do while on the tour that encompasses things you'll learn on the tour. My only regret was booking the 5 hour tour and not the full 7 it was so much fun! She guarantees you'll be back in port with plenty of time to shop around and she had great suggestions for local seafood too. Cannot recommend Midnight Sun Excursions enough.

Bethany Clark

Raymie was so personable and flexible; she planned our excursion based off of what we wanted to do. On one of our very first stops she stopped at a waterfall, got some glacier water, and filtered it for us to have something to drink along the way! She even allowed us to keep the cups we used that said "Midnight Sun Excursions" as a souvenir. She was so very knowledgeable and told interesting stories. She had a great knowledge of Skagway, and knew the names of many plants and flowers. She took amazing pictures of our family! She had the timing of things down to a science, like for example when the border gets busy, which made our excursion go smoothly. She was thorough and even made sure we had our passports with us before we left the area. She was conscious about what was best, for example coming back to a location we wanted to take a picture at later (after another tour bus had left.) Her dog Ella was so sweet and only barked when she met us for the morning. Other than that Ella quietly napped in the van while allowing our daughter to pet her. We were lucky and on the day we went we saw mountain goats and three bears (we saw the bears from the safety of inside the bus). We'd definitely recommend this tour, and would suggest that if you're debating between the 5 hour or the 7 hour tour, we'd recommend the 7 hour tour. We did that one, and we still wished we'd had about another hour!

Jim Burnard

What a great tour! Booked the 5 hr. but changed to 7 hr. the day of - really glad we did - the landscape is stunning! Time flew by! Raymie is a delight - lots of pertinent info as well as interesting stories of Alaskan life. One of the most enjoyable tours I've been on - Thanks Raymie (and Ella)

Jill Forbes

As I sit in my normal life, on the east coast, I am wishing I was on Raymie's bus right now. Our family of 10 enjoyed her 5 hour private Yukon Tour and we can't recommend it enough!

We ranged in age from almost 8 to 77 and we all left smarter, refreshed, and in awe of Alaska. There was something for everyone and the fact that we could tailor the day to our interests was such a bonus. Raymie had fun activity books for the kids, we panned for gold, road the dog sleds, and drank glacier water. Raymie took pictures for us everywhere.

Also, this tour was AT LEAST $60pp less than the cruise ship offerings. (We met her at 9:30am and there was plenty of time to get back to Skagway, eat, and shop before heading back on board.)

All that to say, just do it. Make your reservation and enjoy!

Rebecca Deming

We had an absolute blast on this excursion and saw parts of Skagway and the Yukon you never get to see. Raymie was a terrific tour host. She was very generous with her time and knowledge and the kids in our private party loved hanging with her dog Ella during our nearly 8-hour excursion. It flew by.

Patti Yip

We booked a 2hr van tour for our family of 14 and we had a blast! Raymie is very personable and passionate about her community -very knowledgeable about the history of Skagway, offering interesting and unique insights. She had fresh glacier water prepared for us and souvenir cups that we could take home. She picked us up and had us back on time at the port -everything went very smoothly. She took great photos for us and our kids loved her travelling companion, Ella. I would definitely recommend Raymie and if we have a chance to visit Alaska again, we wouldn't hestitate to book with her again.