Explore the Grand Alaska Tour

  Description & Highlights

    This is a comprehensive, all-inclusive 16-day tour. We've put together all the popular, top rated adventures into this tour. You will visit the most outstanding glaciers, three National Parks, South and North parts of Alaska, Hot Springs, lots of water and land adventures await you. You will enjoy the Kenai Fjords National Park with its glaciers and wildlife. Dog Sledding tour, tour of the Prince William Sound,  Experience the Alaska Railroad, where the scenery is truly stunning from the dome rail car. You will have plenty of time to explore the famous Denali National Park with a tour that takes you into the heart of the park. Enjoy the views of Mt. McKinley - the tallest peak in North America, and endless Alaskan wildlife. The North capital of Alaska - Fairbanks will open its Museum with its extraordinary history collection and Dynamic Aurora displays. You will pan for gold and learn about the equipment and process used for gold. Immerse yourself in the Chena Hot Springs Resort. There is an outdoor swimming pond of natural hot mineral water. Visit the coolest Aurora Ice Museum. It stays a cool 20 degrees Fahrenheit inside all year round. Valdez, Copper River Center with its Klondike history. Explore the ghost towns of Kennicott, McCarthy and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park flying over its peaks and glaciers. Alaska Marine ferry takes you through some incomparable scenery while you travel to the "Hidden Treasure" of Alaska - Cordova with its top rated glacier - Childs Glacier. You will also have a chance to explore the largest city in Alaska Anchorage with a tour of the city and its endless shopping and flowers, Alaska Native Heritage Center, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, Portage Glacier, and Alyeska Resort.

All of our tour packages include comfortable hotel accommodations and meals.

Highlights Include:

Anchorage Highlights and Alaska Native Heritage Center, Lake Hood, Alaska Wildberry Products - See the highlights of this metropolis in the middle of the wilderness, visit the Native Heritage Center to discover the rich culture of the local people.

Portage Glacier, Wildlife Conservation Center, Alyeska Resort - see all Alaska's wildlife at one place - Wildlife Conservation Center, they have bear, moose, caribou, elk, bison, musk ox, and more. Visit the Portage Glacier with its informative visitor center, and the Alyeska Resort where you will take a tram up the mountain and have lunch enjoying the breathtaking view of glaciers, mountains, and Turnagain Arm.

Seward and Sealife Center - see Alaska's only public aquarium and ocean wildlife rescue center where you will meet puffins, octopus, sea lions and other sealife and where marine scientists are dedicated to understanding and maintaining the integrity of the marine ecosystem of Alaska.

Dog Sledding Tour - tour ride in a wheeled sled with famous Iditarod dog team, meet the mushers, dogs, and learn about this exciting Alaskan dog race.

Kenai Fjords National Park - an all day boat tour will take you to the heart of Kenai Fjords National Park, you will sail to the open ocean where mountains soar a mile straight up from the water. Enjoy views of whales and wildlife, piedmont glaciers, a fully-narrated tour with accredited interpreters and wildlife guide.

Talkeetna - you will love this little town with its Alaskan charm. On a sunny day this actually is the best spot to view the magnificent mountain McKinley, there you can also find unique Alaskan gifts and crafts.

Alaska Railroad - offers the best views in a luxury dome rail car. This ride will have some amazing scenery, so just sit back and enjoy.

Denali National Park and Mt. Mckinley - this park offers everything you came to Alaska to see: unlimited wildlife views, magnificent mountains, pristine beauty of untouched Alaskan Interior. Learn about Alaskan animals from expert naturalists, explore the unspoiled tundra and forest, see amazing views of the “Great One” – Mt. McKinley, and the wildlife in their natural environment.

Fairbanks' Museum of the North - features Alaska’s art, and an extraordinary natural history collection, a combination of grand shapes of moving icebergs, see the amazing dynamic Aurora show that captures the beauty of the northern lights.

Riverboat Discovery Tour - see a bush plane taking off from a "bush" style runway, visit a musher’s dog yard, and gain insight into the ancient Athabascan Indian culture.

Gold Dredge Tour - learn about the famous Gold Rush and gold mining operations, see the actual footage of the dredges in operation, overview the entire stripping, thawing, and dredging processes, view the actual equipment used, pan for gold yourself.

Chena Hot Springs Resort - there is an outdoor swimming pond of natural hot mineral water. There are plenty of activities to do. Here you will also find the coolest attraction in Alaska in the summer – the Aurora Ice Museum. It was created from over 1,000 tons of ice and snow. The museum stays a cool 20 degrees Fahrenheit inside all year round. 

Wrangell - St. Elias National Park. ghost towns of McCarthy and Kennicott  - all-day tour to the ghost towns of McCarthy and Kennicott that were abruptly left behind by copper miners. Fly over the mountain peaks, glaciers, waterfalls, and wildlife of the magnificent Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.

Valdez – a small town/port developed with the 1898 Klondike gold rush and then the end port of the Alaska Pipeline.

Valdez to Cordova via Alaska's ferry system - Alaska ferry vessel will take you to Valdez via the incomparable beauty of the Prince William Sound.

Cordova and Childs Glacier - this town is fairly called “The Hidden Treasure.” Take a kayaking trip in the waters that are exceptionally rich in marine mammals. You are almost assured to see sea otters, sea lions, and many other birds and animals as well. Visit the most remarkable glacier by far – Childs Glacier. It is an incredible wall of ice cut by the Copper River. 

 

 

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