Alaska Island Hostel

  About our hostel * Things to Do * Season * Check-in/out

Rates * Reservations * Directions

Alaska Island Hostel is a cozy offering dormitory-style lodging in Petersburg, Alaska. Travelers arrive in Petersburg by ferry, off Alaska Airlines daily jet service, by kayak or skiff. Petersburg is between Juneau, Ketchikan and Sitka on the Alaska ferry route. We are off the route of mega-cruise ships.

Alaska Island Hostel's second floor kitchen & living room overlook the mountains and muskegs of Mitkof Island and Petersburg. The north harbor, downtown, schools, canneries, stores, museum, and hospital are a quick10 minute walk away. We are happy to share with travelers a glimpse of Alaska island life. TOP

Alaska Island Hostel has:

• Separate men's or women's 4-person dorm rooms.
• Living room, kitchen & laundry for guest use.
• Linen, comforter and towels.
• Guest phone & intermittent high-speed internet.
• Extensive Alaska video and book collection.
• Local information, books, maps & travel tips.
• Inside and outside guest lockers & luggage storage.
• Seafood cookbooks, outside grill & complete self-catering kitchen.
• 5 night stay limit.
• Quiet from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
• Check-out 10:45 a.m.
• 24-hour access once checked in.
• No smoking, pets, drugs or intoxication.
• Travelers from 6 years old and up welcome.  TOP

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Things to do in and around Petersburg:

• Enloy Alaska island life.
• Petersburg's Norwegian, native and fishing heritage
• Tide pools and waters full of salmon, krill, crab, herring...
• The sustainability and history of wild seafood harvest and processing.
• Rainforest, timber harvest, old-growth and muskegs of Tongass National Forest
• Humpback whales of Frederick Sounds
• Icebergs of LeConte Bay and the Stikine Icefield
• Marine life of the Wrangell Narrows and Petersburg harbors
• Stikine River Delta
• Petersburg Creek, Petersburg Mountain and Petersburg Lake
• Out-the-road including: Three Lakes Loop hike, Ohmer Creek and Blind Slough.
• Small town Alaska life with school sports, community activities and many quiet moments for reflections.
• Raven's Roost Cabin and other US Forest Service Public Recreation Cabins  - your private and affordable retreat in the Alaska's wildness. TOP

Open 2010: May 1 to August 31

Check-in and Check-out:

• Check-in: 5 pm to 8 pm
• Check-out: 10:45 am
• Middle of the Night Ferry Arrival: Late and middle of the night check-in is available by advanced arrangement at time of reservation. (See our reservation form for more information).NOTE: Outside luggage storage is available for early and late ferry arrival and departure.
• Cancellation Policy: There is no refund for changes or cancellation's made less then 48 hours before arrival. TOP

Rates:

• Adults (17 years and older): $22.75 night/person plus tax = $25/night
• Children 6 - 16 years old: $11.82/night/child plus tax = $13/night
• Family Room: price depends on number of adults & children. The family room is only available for family's traveling with children 6 years old to 17 years old.
• Couples Room: we do not have a couples/mixed dorm.
• Sorry no children under 6 yrs old.
• Youth 17 and under must be accompanied by a parent or responsible group leader.
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Reservations: Please visit our Reservation Request/Inquiry Form web page for more information about making a reservation. In order to make a reservation, you will need to provide all the information requested on our Reservation Request/Inquiry Form. You can submit your reservation request by:

• Using the reservation request/inquiry form on online.
• Calling Us:
  • In the summer (May 1 to August 31) between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Alaska time (-9 hrs GTM).
  • In the spring, fall and winter (when we are closed) call anytime between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. Alaska time (-9 hours GTM). If we are not in, please leave a message with your name and suggested time and phone number to call you back.
• Writing Us - Alaska Island Hostel  PO Box 892 Petersburg, AK 99833 USA
• E-mailing Us - reserve@alaskaislandhostel.com
  

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ALASKA ISLAND HOSTEL
805 Gjoa St

Petersburg, Alaska 99833-0892

www.alaskaislandhostel.com

reserve@alaskaislandhostel.com

Office: (907) 772-3632

Mobile: (907) 518-0987
Toll-free: 1-877-772-3632

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UPDATED: September 2010

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