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Tour Code: AJF
Tour Length: 8 days
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ALASKAN ADVENTURE
Overview Click map for larger sizeThis nonstop adventure in Alaska, the "Land of the Midnight Sun," is a once-in-a-lifetime family vacation. Your trip begins in Fairbanks, Alaska's second-largest city. After a city tour, visit a real gold mine, pan for gold, and indulge at a special salmon bake dinner. Cruise the Chena and Tanana Rivers aboard a sternwheeler riverboat and visit a recreated Athabascan Indian Village. Ride the legendary Alaska Railroad to Denali National Park for a Tundra Wilderness tour, where you watch for Dall sheep, moose, caribou, and grizzly bears! In your free time at Denali National Park, try flightseeing, rafting, or hiking. Travel to Talkeetna, the starting point for climbers hoping to scale 20,320-foot Mount McKinley. On your way to Anchorage, visit Happy Trails Kennels, the award-winning dog kennels of 4-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser, and visit the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Spend two overnights in Girdwood at the Alyeska Resort, and journey to the Kenai Peninsula for a float trip on the Kenai River. Have your camera ready for moose, eagles, Dall sheep, salmon, waterfowl, beavers, and bears. From Whittier, board a cruise to see glaciers calving in Prince William Sound. Return to Anchorage for the finale of your exciting Alaska vacation. What a great vacation for the whole family! City Highlights Fairbanks: Welcome dinner; city sightseeing; pan for gold at El Dorado Gold Mine; cruise aboard sternwheeler riverboat Discovery
Fairbanks - Denali: Journey aboard the Alaska Railroad
Denali National Park: Guided wilderness tour
Big Lake: Visit Happy Trails Kennels and meet Iditarod mushers and their dogs
Anchorage: Visit the Alaska Native Heritage Center; orientation tour; farewell dinner at a local restaurant
Kenai: Float trip on Kenai River
Whittier: Cruise Prince William Sound |