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SE Alaska Soft Adventure 8 night tour

Day 1 arrive in Juneau
Day 2 Guided rainforest and seacoast nature walk.  Afternoon free to explore on own.
Day 3 A spectacular helicopter flight transports you to the Juneau Ice Fields where you spend 1.5 hours exploring by dog sled.
Day 4 Fly from Juneau to Gustavus this morning for an afternoon 4 hour whale watching cruise.
Day 5 Start your day with a full day cruise into Glacier Bay, followed by a scenic flight to Haines.
Day 6 Relax this morning, then spend the afternoon on a guided sea kayaking tour.
Day 7 Visit the museums of Haines this morning, including the one-of-a-kind Tsirku Canning Co. This afternoon enjoy a brisk, guided mountain bike tour.
Day 8 Take the fast ferry from Haines to Skagway, and enjoy the White Pass Rail excursion.  Return on the fast ferry to Haines.

Day 9 Fly from Haines to Juneau in time for your flight leaving Juneau.
SE Alaska Outdoor Adventure 7 night tour

Day 1 Arrive in Juneau
Day 2 Today you'll spend 5 hours exploring the land and sea
on a guided photography tour.  This will include approx. 1.5 hours of hiking.
Day 3  Begin the day with a rainforest zipline tour and finish
with a spectacular helicopter flight to the glaciers for 2 hours of glacier trekking.
Day 4  This morning you'll ferry from Juneau to Haines, voted one of the top 20 small towns in America by Outdoor Magazine.  This afternoon your choice of a jetboat or scenic float trip through the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.
Day 5  Today you'll do it all:  mountain biking, sea kayaking, and guided hiking.
Day 6  Head into the mountains on a 4X4 all terrain vehicle tour.
Day 7  Ferry from Haines to Juneau.
Day 8  Fly home

A Quick Look  6 night tour

Day 1 arrive in Anchorage
Day 2 Depart by train for Whittier and take the afternoon glacier cruise into Prince William Sound. Return to Anchorage by train.
Day 3  Fly to Nome for a guided tour of this Eskimo village.
Day 4 Spend the day on the train headed for Denali Park.
 Day 5 Take the morning wildlife tour into Denali National Park
then take the afternoon train to Fairbanks.
Day 6 Take the historic Sternwheeler cruise down the Chena & Tanana rivers
 Day 7 Depart Fairbanks


Stop by the corner store
before you go...
grab a good book, prepare for the elements.

Native Culture Alaska 9 night tour

Day 1 Arrive in Anchorage
Day 2  Orient yourself with a visit to the Alaska Native Heritage Center where you'll watch native dancing, listen to storytelling, and learn about the different native groups of Alaska.
Day 3  Spend today visiting the Arctic village of Nome..
Day 4  A full day scenic train ride transports you from Anchorage to the interior city of Fairbanks
Day 5  Van tour to the Yukon River and across the Arctic Circle where you catch a mail plane to the Athabaskan village of Anaktuvuk Pass.  Return to Fairbanks via a scenic flight through the Brooks Range.
Day 6  Fly from Fairbanks to Juneau and then on to Haines via a small mail plane.
Day 7  Visit the Tlingit village of Klukwan this morning. 
This afternoon you'll have time to enjoy the  museums of Haines including the one-of-a-kind Tsirku Canning Co.
Day 8  Board the Alaska Marine Highway for your Inside Passage "cruise" to Ketchikan
Day 9  Arrive in Ketchikan today.  Visit the totem parks of the area
Day 10  Fly home

Driving Distances in miles:


Anchorage to:
Fairbanks to:
250
 Denali
 115
40
 Girdwood
 395
180
 Glennallen
 250
760
 Haines
 650
220
 Homer
 580
160
 Kenai
 520
130
 Seward
 490
815
 Skagway
 700
115
 Talkeetna
 280
320
 Tok
 200
320
 Valdez
 370
60
 Whittier
 418













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