Kenai Fjords National Park Boat Tour

2 nights Denali National Park w/Wildlife and Natural History Bus Tour

Alaska State Ferry across the Prince William Sound

2 nights Wrangell-St. Elias Natl. Park (our country's largest) Historic Kennicott copper mining town; overnights in the "haunted" Ma Johnson hotel in McCarthy

Optional (included) hikes in Girdwood's temperate rainforest and onto Root Glacier in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

Two nights in the cozy, creekside Discovery Cabins in Hope

Opportunities for optional Mt. McKinley and Wrangell-St. Elias flightseeing excursions

Complete Itinerary PDF File

Tour  Price and 2012 Dates:

Abbreviated Itinerary:

Day 2 Denali; Park Visitor Center for overview; guided natural history and wildlife tour into Park interior; afternoon walk at Park entrance; overnight Healy north of Park

Day 3 Denali-Copper Center; drive across spectacular Denali Highway; old homestead visit; optional hike; Glennallen; Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (our country's largest!) Visitor Center; overnight accommodations in the historic Copper Center Lodge

Day 4 Copper Center-McCarthy; historic museum; Chitina; follow old railroad grade 60 miles into heart of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park; cross Kennicott River on footbridge to reach historic McCarthy; overnight in the historic Ma Johnson Hotel

Day 5 Kennicott/McCarthy; travel four miles to abandoned town/mine of Kennicott; extensive exploration; hike to Root Glacier; lunch overlooking Kennicott & Root Glacier; optional flightseeing; dinner at McCarthy Lodge; overnight Ma Johnson Hotel

Day 7 Valdez-Hope; board ferry for spectacular trip across Prince William Sound to Whittier, passing Columbia Glacier; drive through mountain tunnels; road through Kenai Mtns. to end of the road frontier town of Hope; overnight Discovery Cabins along Bear Creek

Day 8 Seward-Hope; morning trip to Seward; board vessel for spectacular day tour of Kenai Fjords National Park to view marine life and glaciers; afternoon return through Moose Pass; overnight in creekside Discovery Cabins

Day 9 Hope-Anchorage; morning exploration around Hope (older than Anchorage!); optional gold panning; historical museum; lunch at the world class ski resort, Alyeska, in Girdwood; optional hike; late afternoon return to Anchorage