Juneau Historic Walk: A Smartphone-Guided Audio Tour of Alaska's Capital
3.3
12 Ratings
Juneau
Explore the historic past of Juneau, Alaska's capital, on a smartphone-guided audio tour. Walk at your own pace and discover fascinating stories of native people, gold rush boom town, and famous adventurers like Jack London and Wyatt Earp.
Duration:
1 hour, 10 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Red Dog Saloon - The tour starts here, you’ll hear the story of Wyatt Earp, his gun, the gold rush miners and how they found their fortune.
What's Included
- walking tour of downtown Juneau
- Tour for one on the WalknTours App
- The tour never expires
- Go at your own pace and schedule
- After taking the on location tour you’ll unlock a virtual tour you can take anytime
What's Not Included
- No food, water, entrance tickets or in person guide. The tour is outside and on the WalknTours app
Additional Information
Juneau’s streets hold history, having been trodden by adventurers including Jack London and Wyatt Earp. It’s been the home of indigenous tribes, a bustling hub during the gold rush, and the heartbeat of Alaska as its capital.
What tales about Juneau will you narrate to your pals? Our tour guarantees encounters with Juneau’s rich history, equipping you with a myriad of stories to recount. With the tour’s first stop, you get a glimpse of what to anticipate.
Explore at a pace that suits you on the WalknTours app, powered by location aware tour technology. It effects immersive walking tours under the guidance of your smartphone. You dictate the terms and the schedule. It’s essentially a tour guide, except it’s at your fingertips and accessible round-the-clock. Currently, it caters to over 20 cities across the USA.
This is an independent, smartphone-led, walking tour.
Location
Red Dog Saloon
South Franklin Street
The tour starts at the Red Dog Saloon, it was here that the gold rush miners drank, including Wyatt Earp, who left his gun inside. You'll hear the story of the gold miners and begin the tour.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.3
(12 Ratings)
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Aylyn_y
Oct 29, 2023
Great tour! - This tour was super awesome! It was a great way to see Juno on our own… Highly recommend. Somehow the Tour knows where you are on the route and walks you through the entire town.
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William_t
Oct 3, 2023
Great way to explore Juneau and good value - Really interesting and a great way to explore Juneau and learn some of the history at your own place - and see a few things you probably wouldn’t otherwise. It’s important you follow the instructions when you first buy the tour to download the app and get the right tour ready and saved to your phone, don’t leave it until you want to start the tour. It was easy to do and the instructions were clear - I didn’t have any issues. The tour is well put together and the tech is clever, the narrator gives you directions and then waits until you reach the next waypoint before continuing the story - so you never get behind. Very cost effective for a decent tour
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Tanya_p
Aug 15, 2022
This is the best $7 I spent! - This was an excellent app and a great way to get a feel for Juneau. It was easy to use, and recommend downloading it while on WiFi at your hotel or before you leave to go walking. It was informative, well narrated and excellent way to see the sights on foot. Highly recommend!
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Edward_m
Sep 2, 2023
Great value tour - The Russian church was great! Downloaded the walk well in advance so no technical problems. The tour took us to places we would otherwise have missed (like that church) and gave a lot of interesting background information. Definitely would recommend it. Also recommend downloading individual copies and using earphones. We did not and the phone’s speakers were often drowned out by the street noise, especially in the first part of the tour.
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Bettejeang_j
Aug 13, 2023
Some Juneau history - You definitely need to download BEFORE!!
History tidbits were great !!
Need to update.
Fun to know you are in the midst of great history!
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Don_w
Aug 21, 2023
Not a great tour - Some backtracking, confusing directions, not interesting facts. For instance, Hearing that this brewery opened 50 years after Prohibition ended, was not interesting.
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Josiah_h
Sep 3, 2023
App does not work - The Walkn tour app does not work. I downloaded the content before the cruise. Could not open the app on the cruise or on land. Wasted my purchase. No need to buy this thing at all, there are plenty of information at the Visitor Center.
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Anonymous
Aug 31, 2023
Not a fun / interesting walking tour. - Not notifed (via email) until Aug. 29th that I needed to download app. Was not able to pick up this email until the Cruise ship ported in Juneau. It took 48 minutes for the app to download. Note: my travel buddy could not get the app to download on their IPhone, so they were not able to use the app. This was a lot of wasted time. We started the walking tour and within 30 minutes decided that we would be better off just visiting the city not using my phone. We had to have it on speaker due to the above issue. Also we found the narration and the locations being directed to, to be boaring. Suggested fixes:
1: Download email sent a week before date of tour
2: Not sure if Juneau really has enough historical buildings / sites to make this app relevant.
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Kari_v
Oct 31, 2022
Couldn’t understand all the steps to start guided tour - App was terrible to get on board with, I never heard the guided tour, but I paid for it! ( I think?) took my credit card info. Not user friendly to understand how to get your going. Never happened, we just walked around on our own.
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Michmo82
Jul 30, 2022
What a waste of Money and Time. - Once we past the instructions and ready to download the tour, the app did not allow us to start it. 10 different users and none was able to listen a thing. . .
I would definitely requests my money back
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