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Now Booking for the 2025 Alaska Tour Season

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$50 off all vehicles!*

Self-guided Skagway Jeep Tour
Self-guided Skagway and Yukon Jeep Tour
Rent a Jeep in Skagway
Explore Skagway, White Pass & The Yukon in your self-guided Jeep Rental
Rent a Jeep in Skagway
Rent a Jeep in Skagway – includes a self-guided tour!
Mama bear on the roadside during your self-guided tour/Jeep rental
Roadside wildlife during your self-guided Skagway tour!

Duration: Full Day

Price: Starting at $400.00
plus tax (per vehicle)

  • Be your own guide! Drive your Jeep into the Yukon!
  • Listen to our interactive tour guide!
  • Experience all the benefits of a private tour and a rental car combined.
  • It’s your Jeep for the day, make it your way! No crowds, no lines, no stress.
New interactive tour guide providing audio commentary for each point of interest.
New interactive self-guided tour guide providing audio commentary for each point of interest.
Available sandwich lunches with chips, cookies, bottle of water packed in a cooler with an ice pack.
Available sandwich lunches with chips, cookies, bottle of water packed in a cooler with an ice pack.
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Dog mushing add-on available during checkout!
Dog mushing add-on available during checkout!

The Convenience of a Rental, the Informative Fun of a Tour!

Tripadvisor logoDIY Jeep Tours offers you all the freedom of a car rental with the convenience of a self-guided tour! All of our vehicles are now equipped with interactive tour guides. We also have a mile-by-mile guide that features all of the historic and scenic stops! Located in southeast Alaska, Skagway offers the perfect vacation with world famous historic sites; spectacular scenery, and unique charm. We are the ‘Gateway to the Klondike’ and the Yukon Territory, home to some of the most spectacular scenery and wildlife you’ll find anywhere!

Why We’re Different:

Self guided jeep rental to tour Skagway and the YukonDIY Jeep Tours offers the only tour of its kind in Skagway! Better than a Skagway car rental, you have your own personal Jeep for the entire day… it’s part rental car, part tour, and the best of both! No more being pushed to leave when you want more photos, or having to wait when you’re ready to roll on. Stop and go at your leisure, visit the sights that interest you and skip those that don’t. You control the interior temperature, speaker volume, length of stops… even the amount of tour narration you receive!

We’ll provide you with all the information you’ll need for a memorable day in both Skagway and the Yukon. Because we are locally owned and operated, we are dedicated to helping you have a wonderful vacation with unforgettable memories: just compare our customer service and see the difference! Don’t rent a car in Skagway….rent a Jeep and take a self-guided tour for the whole family.

Rent a Jeep in Skagway and visit the Yukon

Beautiful Emerald Lake in the Yukon. Accessible via your self-guided tour.The Jeep tour includes the exact same sights as the other tours, like the Yukon Discovery Tour, with dog mushing being an optional add-on, but you go at your own pace in your own vehicle. Please see the other tours for more pictures of the sights that you can experience.

Sights you can to include with your Jeep Rental:

  • Skagway City Overlook, including views of the Lynn Canal and Chilkat Mountains
  • Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park
  • Klondike Highway
  • Views of the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad
  • Welcome to Alaska sign on Skagway's White PassPitchfork Falls
  • Bridal Veil Falls (pictured above)
  • William Moore Suspension Bridge (pictured below)
  • Climbing from sea level to 3,292 feet in 15 miles to the top of the White Pass
  • Visiting the “Welcome to Alaska” sign at the top of the pass
  • Tormented Valley – a tundra landscape filled with lakes that looks like its from another world!
  • Boreal Forest, unique ecosystem that is perfect for moose!
  • Entering the Yukon Territory and driving an additional 30 miles deeper into the wilderness then any other tour.
  • Mountain goats visible from the road in your self-guided Jeep rentalBove Island, a beautiful island made of marble
  • Carcross Desert, the worlds smallest desert! The Sahara of the Yukon!
  • Emerald Lake, the famed bright green lake carved from limestone deposits
  • Visit Carcross, a small tribal town of the Tagish tribe
    • Excellent visitors center with information about the whole area
    • Coffee, ice cream, and lunch options
    • See the last stop on the White Pass & Yukon Railroad
    • Gift stores, art galleries, and shopping options
    • Walk on the beach in the middle of the Yukon on the shores of Lake Bennett.
  • Visit Caribou Crossing, dog mushing training camp
    • Option to purchase full BBQ lunch
    • Gift shop
    • Wildlife Museum
    • Petting zoo including goats, mini horses, and alpacas
    • See and hold the puppies that one day could be running in the Iditarod!
  • Full Day adventure

Roadside waterfall accessed during your self guided Jeep rental in Skagway and the YukonMake sure to bring your cameras for all the photos stops you will be making! Take family or group pictures at any or all of the stops. Preserve your memories and include the whole group!

Weather can change quickly and drastically in Alaska. Please bring extra layers in case the temperature drops or the weather changes during your tour.

You are welcome to bring drinks or snacks in the Jeep.

Make sure all members of your group have a valid Passport that allows entrance to Canada and back into the United States. Skagway sits only 15 miles from the Canadian border so all tours do leave the United States and reenter through US Customs.

* Spring Fever Sale expires March 30, 2025

  • Full day rental
  • Up to 5 people per Jeep
  • Departure at time of rental pick up
  • Starting at $400.00 + tax for the vehicle Spring Fever Sale: $50 off all vehicles!
  • Jeep rental includes, maps, mile-by-mile guide as well as interactive tour guide.
  • Available sandwich lunch with chips, cookies and water packed in a cooler with an ice pack
  • Be sure to bring your camera and binoculars for animal spotting throughout!
  • Features the best landscapes including waterfalls, mountains, glaciers, lakes, the Boreal Forest, the Carcross Desert, and Emerald Lake
  • Wildlife spotting possible including bears, sheep, caribou, elk, linx, fox, eagles, moose
  • Venture deep into the Yukon Territory seeing a huge variety of landscapes and views
  • Walking optional
  • Be aware that getting in and out of the Jeep can be difficult for some guests, it is considered a large SUV and is higher off the ground then smaller vehicles. Step stool available, please include in booking notes.
  • Car seats available for young children
  • Jeeps seat 5 people, 4 adults comfortably with middle seat.
  • Passports required for all passengers
  • Driver must provide copy of US or Canadian auto insurance that includes coverage of rented vehicles.
  • If no insurance is available, driver must purchase insurance policy for additional $50.00
  • Bring cold weather gear for varied temperatures and climates.
I wanted to drop a quick line now that we are home from your beautiful state and thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all the work you put into ensuring our experience was memorable one. You went above and beyound given the circumstances you were all experiencing. THANK YOU~THANK YOU! I will be recommending you all to our friends and family.
 Blessing to you all
RebeccaCalifornia