Enjoyable Tour with One Drawback
Informative and enjoyable overall, but I felt the author’s repeated climate change commentary was unnecessary and detracted from the experience.
Great for parents trip
I took my parents to Alaska for a “trip of a lifetime”. We weren’t super excited to drive so much but also wanted to see as much as possible. This really helped the time fly by and filled the space in such a positive way. Totally worth the money if you’re in my position. Would love to see them add a Richardson Highway portion at some point. Thanks for creating it!
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So good I got chills
The guy reading this has an amazing voice and is super fun to listen to. Perfect for anyone who wants to get to know Alaska a little better.
5 out of 5 stars
Great local company sharing Alaska one mile at a time!
First rate!
Informative and enjoyable narration! Well timed to match landmarks- and other interesting features!
A must download for any Alaskan roadtrip
Our family of five (including a ten year old and twin six year olds) covered 2k miles in a week and a half, spanning from Anchorage, to Denali, to Talkeetna, to Seward, to Valdez. We listened to this guided tour every mile covered. Valdez was the only drive not included (recommend for future iterations!)
The content was highly interesting, and relevant — updated in the past 12 months. The stories were fun and there are a couple different voices you get to hear from. No internet connectivity required, just download all the tours ahead of your trip, and off you go. Pleasant music plays in between each segment, which auto plays based on your location. I highly recommend! And wish more locations offered such an informative, pleasant, user friendly audio tour.
The content was highly interesting, and relevant — updated in the past 12 months. The stories were fun and there are a couple different voices you get to hear from. No internet connectivity required, just download all the tours ahead of your trip, and off you go. Pleasant music plays in between each segment, which auto plays based on your location. I highly recommend! And wish more locations offered such an informative, pleasant, user friendly audio tour.
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Wonderful
This is super helpful if you are interested in Alaska ecology, wildlife, suggestions on places to visit and fun stories of Alaskans. Helpful companion on self driven tours! Definitely recommend.
sometimes the narratives are longer than the distance taken to reach the next spot, so you’d have to go back and replay later.
sometimes the narratives are longer than the distance taken to reach the next spot, so you’d have to go back and replay later.
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A must-have for your Alaska road trip!
I listened to every single one of these tours on my drive through Alaska, and I learned so much! The frequency and amount of information felt just right. I can’t wait to go back and listen to it all again!
Good times
We drove all over Alaska. We started out Anchorage to Denali and then back to Anchorage to Homer and Seward. It only goes one direction but we loved it. Saw lots of things not in the guidebooks. Not too much history. Funny stories. Loved the crappy glacier in Denali. Worth the purchase.
Disappointed
More music than information is provided. Alaska is storied with history, especially history of Alaska Natives and this app doesn’t touch on all that it could. Tern Lake to Homer is much better than the Talkeetna to Anchorage tour. As a local I was hoping for more. Some pronunciations are inaccurate.
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Expecting more for the $$$
It gives you something to listen to driving Alaska’s vastness, but some narrations really left us both confused and scratching our heads. I agree climate change is an important topic, but a 5min narrative about it on our vacation? One suggested stop was just a local pond that had security cameras to help with obvious crime problems around. The directional routes contain the same recordings in case you were hoping for new info on your round trip. If you’re buying multiple legs, there’s a lot of information overlap. In the past, Gypsy audio guides had totally transformed our trip. We had more fun discussing the awkwardness of these audio clips than gaining any actual information.
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Entertaining!
Alaska is a big state and this was an interesting and informative way to pass the time while driving in Alaska.
Perfect for our road trip!
We downloaded this app to listen to in the car while on vacation. It made for great stories, history and geography of the area. Absolutely loved it!
Fun Tours
Enjoyed driving to Seward, Homer, and to Denali. Another person didn’t like the music but we liked it. The chapters were easy to download. We had a great time.
Local Approved!
I recently downloaded this app to use with my family that was visiting from the Midwest. We listened to three narrated tours during their stay. It was enjoyed by all and as a local, even I appreciated the information and learned a few new things too!
We all agreed, aside from the fun facts shared, that the best part was all the personal stories that were included from a local resident. I recommend this app to locals if you're having family and friends visit or are a tourist coming here on your own. It might just “peak” your interest!
We all agreed, aside from the fun facts shared, that the best part was all the personal stories that were included from a local resident. I recommend this app to locals if you're having family and friends visit or are a tourist coming here on your own. It might just “peak” your interest!
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Better than nothing
This is no GyPSy guide. But with lack of other options and a lot of miles to cover, I figured I’d give it a shot. Overall, I would say it is a solid 4. Could definitely provide more info (and less reading from that Katherine something book, geez!) but two extremely annoying things took it down to 2 stars for me.
First, having bought all tours, the app does not allow you to select which one to download but instead downloads all of them. And each tour is really two separate downloads (one for each direction). I just happened to be starting with Fairbanks to Denali part and it meant I had to sit there and wait for ALL other tours to be downloaded. Literally ALL of them instead just the three I needed. What a waste of time!
The other extremely annoying part was the annoying music that would start playing at the f of EACH AND EVERY narration. Seriously? This meant that I had to switch back to the app (and in reality, keep the app always on) to pause this nuisance instead of having my maps app up or listening to music or podcasts or ANYTHING but that awful tune.
How are both of these not configurable/selectable? Very, very dumb.
There were also a few narrations that didn’t finish playing before switching to the next one (and I was going about the speed limit).
Until GyPSy or someone else comes along, this is your only choice. Not bad but a few things are just extremely poorly designed.
First, having bought all tours, the app does not allow you to select which one to download but instead downloads all of them. And each tour is really two separate downloads (one for each direction). I just happened to be starting with Fairbanks to Denali part and it meant I had to sit there and wait for ALL other tours to be downloaded. Literally ALL of them instead just the three I needed. What a waste of time!
The other extremely annoying part was the annoying music that would start playing at the f of EACH AND EVERY narration. Seriously? This meant that I had to switch back to the app (and in reality, keep the app always on) to pause this nuisance instead of having my maps app up or listening to music or podcasts or ANYTHING but that awful tune.
How are both of these not configurable/selectable? Very, very dumb.
There were also a few narrations that didn’t finish playing before switching to the next one (and I was going about the speed limit).
Until GyPSy or someone else comes along, this is your only choice. Not bad but a few things are just extremely poorly designed.
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An easy to use tool to get the most out of our Alaska visit
So glad this was recommended to us. It was like having a professional guide in the passenger seat beside us. Highly recommend.
