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INCOMPARABLE SMALL GROUP JOURNEYS ON THE LAST FRONTIER
 
 
8 Day - Alaska and Yukon Explorer Tour

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Tour Highlights:

Overnight in the Gold Rush town of Dawson City, Yukon Territory, and 2 nights in the frontier gem, Eagle

Top of The World Highway

Flight over the mountains of the rugged gold rush country to Fairbanks

Fairbanks - Pioneer Park, University of Alaska Museum

Denali National Park Wildlife and Natural History Bus Tour

Towns of Glennallen, Tok, Chicken, Boundary, Dawson City, Eagle, Fairbanks, Healy, Talkeetna, Wasilla, Anchorage

Note: This tour can be combined with the Kenai Explorer Tour for a truly comprehensive Alaska experience.

Complete Itinerary PDF File


Tour  Price and 2009 Dates:

Trip Code

Dates

 Comments
8M1  June 1 - June 8  
8M2  June 16 - June 23  
8M3  June 29 - July 6  
8M4  July 18 - July 25  
8M5  Aug 18 - Aug 25  


Cost per person: $2995

Group Size:  Maximum of 8

 

Abbreviated Itinerary:

Day 1 Anchorage-Tok: escape Anchorage; Native village Eklutna; beautiful Glenn Hwy through Chugach and Talkeetna mountains; lunch overlooking Matanuska Glacier; Glennallen; Mentasta Pass; Eagle Trail historic exploration; inn overnight Tok on famous Alcan Highway

Day 2     Tok - Dawson City: Taylor Hwy through Fortymile goldfields to Chicken (memorable!); outpost Boundary; Canadian Customs; magnificent Top of the World Hwy; cross Yukon River to Dawson; gold fields tour; Diamond Tooth Gertie's; Dawson B&B

Day 3     Dawson - Eagle: guided town walking tour; goldfields visit; lunch in Dawson; mid afternoon departure back to the "States"; dinner overlooking Yukon River in frontier outpost Eagle; overnight in historic gold rush cabins overlooking the Yukon

Day 4     Eagle: Breakfast in historic "Amundsen cabin"; morning tour (exceptional) of Eagle and old Ft. Egbert; visit Eagle Village (native); optional afternoon hike; evening BBQ and stroll; overnight again in historic log cabins

Day 5     Eagle - Fairbanks: flight over mountains of rugged Fortymile County and Yukon Charley National Preserve to Fairbanks; hotel transfer; visit Pioneer Park -museums, sternwheeler Nenana; Golden Heart Park and downtown visit

Day 6     Fairbanks - Denali: morning visit to University of Alaska museum; old gold mining community Ester; Tanana Hills to native community of Nenana; Railroad Depot and Native Cultural Center; White Moose Lodge in Healy, outside Denali National Park

Day 7     Healy - Talkeetna: 6 hour tour into heart of Denali National Park; optional afternoon hike; explore quaint Talkeetna; optl. flightseeing over Denali; overnight inn

Day 8     Talkeetna - Anchorage: visit Iditarod Sled Dog Race headquarters; Matanuska-Susitna valley; lunch in historic Teeland's Store, Wasilla; afternoon return Anchorage

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