Chase Sanctuary VIP tour

Posted on by Ian C.

Yesterday afternoon we visited Chase Sanctuary to enjoy a VIP tour that they offer – it’s expensive but the two hours we spent with lemurs, anteaters, sloths and other animals, was a fabulous time!

We began with a presentation of what Chase Sanctuary does, then walked past red ruffed lemurs and some monkeys, into a caged area where we were allowed to interact with and feed the ring tailed lemurs – they seemed very interested in us too!

Next we saw some kangaroos, and “birthday girl” Margaret was allowed to feed one:

There were some black and white ruffed lemurs that we met and fed, in the same area where we fed sloths (see the later video for sloths):

We finished our day with anteaters, including Margaret feeding one of them again:

I also took a lot of video, so here it is:

Alaska Cruise day 6 – Ketchikan and Bears

Posted on by Ian C.

Approaching Ketchikan today had us looking at the busy port areas but also at the low fog on the hills surrounding …

We had a planned sea-plane excursion today, flying us out to watch bears catching salmon – but the low fog canceled that flight! Luckily we found an alternative way to hopefully see bears, in a wildlife preserve walk about a half hour coach ride from the docks.

About 20 minutes in to the walk someone spotted a bear – exciting! But we could not imagine what happened next, which was spotting a mother bear and two cubs coming out of the forest to feed at the river (there were many [mostly dead!] salmon in the water, offering easy pickings for the bears). While we watched these bears, a big male appeared, then another mother bear with cubs, and yet more … at least 10 in total! Our walk turned into a “stand” as we spent an hour or more just watching and photographing all the bears …

I also took a lot of video of the bears, and I’ve compiled it here: