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Dates:
July 3-12, 2003 July 24 - August 2, 2003
Length: 10 days/9 nights
Arrive/Depart: Fairbanks, Alaska / Anchorage, Alaska
Journey
Price: $5,390/person/double occupancy
$1,125/person/full single occupancy (only one
available)
$825/person/single occupancy (all locations except
North Face Lodge)
Includes all accommodations, airport transfers,
transportation in Alaska, professional guides
and daily guided activities. Does not include
airfare to/from Alaska, alcoholic beverages, or
guide gratuities.
Group
Size: 7-14 Travelers
Activity Level: Low-Moderate
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Your
Daily Itinerary |
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1 |
Day
1 -- Fairbanks
Arrive in Fairbanks by late afternoon and
settle into the northern twilight. Overnight
at a riverside hotel and enjoy a welcome
orientation and dinner with your guides.
Accommodations: Pike's Waterfront Lodge
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2 |
Day
2 -- Denali National Park
Drive south to Denali National Park this
morning, traveling in small vans. After a
picnic lunch at the Park entrance, take the
incredible trip through the park to our
remote lodge. From taiga forests to rolling
tundra and broad river valleys, we experience
the diversity and awesome scale of this
spectacular park. Enjoy a picnic dinner en
route, and dessert when we arrive at the
lodge. At North Face Lodge, Mount McKinley
frames the view and powerfully dominates the
landscape. Accommodations are in cozy lodge
rooms, complete with private bath and
electricity, and delicious meals include
fresh produce from the gre...
Accommodations: North Face Lodge |
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3-4 |
Days
3 -4 -- Denali National Park
Each day includes a choice of options
to
explore new areas of the Park. Local
naturalist guides take us off the roads, far
from tourist crowds, into areas where one
is
likely to see caribou and moose, grizzly
bears and wolves. We walk to tundra ponds
to
find moose and migratory waterfowl, and up
ridges where Dall sheep eke out their
precarious existence. We explore broad gravel
bars of glacial rivers and rolling tundra
hillsides, scanning carefully for foraging
bears.
Accommodations: North Face Lodge |
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5 |
Day
5 -- Anchorage
Depart in the early morning for the return
trip to the Park entrance, scanning for final
sightings of wolves and grizzly bears. From
the park entrance, travel five hours south
to
Anchorage, stopping for lunch and a walk in
Denali State Park. Arrive in Anchorage in
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early evening, have dinner in a lively local
restaurant and retire to downtown
accommodations.
Accommodations: Copper Whale Inn |
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6 |
Day
6 -- King Salmon/Katmai National Park
After an early breakfast, catch a flight
to King Salmon, on the Alaska Peninsula at
the edge of Katmai National Park. From there,
small planes fly to Brooks Camp, for up close
observation and photography of brown bears
feeding on spawning salmon. Special platforms
enable viewing from a safe distance, while
rangers and OBP guides educate us on
precautions when in bear country. Come
evening, return to King Salmon to settle into
hotel lodging and to enjoy dinner at a local
restaurant.
Accommodations: Quinnat Landing Hotel |
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7 |
Day
7 -- King Salmon/Katmai National Park
Return to the Park for more bear watching
or a scenic tour to the Valley of Ten
Thousand Smokes. This tour offers a view of
wilderness sculptured by glaciers and a
dynamic volcanic landscape. Opt to hike to
the valley floor on a steep, but
well-maintained trail, to experience the
myriad colors of this ash and pumice
landscape up close. Return to Brooks Camp
for
more bear viewing before returning to King
Salmon for dinner and our night's rest.
Accommodations: Quinnat Landing Hotel |
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8 |
Day
8 -- Girdwood
Return to Anchorage today for the short
drive south along scenic Turnagain Arm.
Along
the way, enjoy a panoramic view of the Kenai
Mountains and possible sightings of beluga
whales. Spend a relaxing afternoon at the
luxurious Alyeska Resort, nestled into the
forested hillsides of the Chugach Mountains,
with time to walk mountain trails or enjoy
the hotel amenities before enjoying a
mountain-top dinner at the top of Alyeska
Resort.
Accommodations: Alyeska Prince Hotel
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9 |
Day
9 -- Girdwood/Prince William Sound
Today, explore the rugged seacoast of
Prince William Sound aboard the chartered,
comfortable 60-foot Babkin. Cruise through
glacially-carved fjords and mountains that
thrust out of the sea, scanning the protected
waterways for sea otters, seals, eagles and
possibly humpback whales. Watch in awe as
a
calving glacier noisily drops icebergs into
the sea and journey ashore to observe salmon
fighting their way up a freshwater inlet.
Enjoy lunch and dinner on board before
returning to our hotel.
Accommodations: Alyeska Prince Hotel |
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10 |
Day
10 -- Depart from Anchorage
Catch flights home from Anchorage, or let
us help plan additional days of exploring
in
Alaska.
Accommodations:
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