Lucky Loon

Top choice in Southeast Alaska


If you’ve had it with the cruise-ship crowds, this is your escape: a beautiful home in its own wooded retreat, 3 miles from downtown Petersburg. From the deck, kitchen and living room you enjoy a spectacular view of Frederick Sound, watching an assortment of wildlife pass by every day – from bald eagles and sea lions to humpback whales.

For what you would pay for a room in town, you get the entire home (for two people; $50 per extra person). The only drawback is a five-night minimum, but what a way to spend five days. There is another two-bed apartment, 'the boathouse', next door.


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