Grand Alaska Tour - Tour 910

10 Day Escorted Tour

One of our most popular escorted tours featuring Valdez, Fairbanks, Denali National Park and Anchorage!

From world-record vegetables to North America's tallest peak, you'll soon see why everything about Alaska is grand!

Tour Price
Prices starting at: $1675.00 per person/based on double occupancy
2008 Departure Dates

May 16, 23
June 6
July 11, 18, 25
August 8, 22, 29
September 5

Depart From:
Anchorage
Itinerary
Day 1 • Anchorage
Arrive in Anchorage today where you will be met by a local representative and transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Anchorage.

Day 2 • Anchorage/Valdez
This morning, enjoy an orientation breakfast where you will have the opportunity to meet your fellow travelers. After breakfast, board a deluxe motorcoach for your grand adventure to Valdez. Drive through the Matanuska Valley where they grow world record, monster vegetables in the 24-hour daylight. Stop at Worthington Glacier for an up close experience with this gigantic piece of ice. Upon arrival in Valdez, enjoy a visit to the Valdez museum. Overnight in Valdez.

Day 3 • Valdez
Begin your day with an included continental breakfast. Cruise today through majestic Prince William Sound and explore the three-mile face of the mighty Columbia Glacier. Keep your eyes open for seals, sea lions, otters, bald eagles, whales, dolphins and puffins. Lunch is included on the cruise. Overnight in Valdez.

Day 4 • Valdez/Fairbanks

Enjoy a continental breakfast at your hotel. Board your motorcoach for the drive north to Fairbanks. The route takes you along the Wrangell – St. Elias National Park, the largest park in the U.S., and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline that runs 800 miles from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez. Along the way, visit a rustic Alaska roadhouse and hear tales of an Alaska long ago. Overnight in Fairbanks.

Day 5 • Fairbanks
Enjoy a breakfast buffet at the hotel. This morning enjoy a sightseeing tour of the gold mining town of Fairbanks and a visit to the University of Alaska Museum of the North. Cruise on the Chena River aboard the grand sternwheeler Riverboat Discovery III and return to the hotel. Take an optional evening visit to Pioneer Park and the Alaska Salmon Bake. Overnight in Fairbanks.

Day 6 • Fairbanks/Denali

Enjoy a breakfast buffet at the hotel. Ride the motorcoach south along the Parks Highway to Denali National Park with a stop at the rural community of Nenana. The afternoon is free to experience the many optional attractions in Denali including rafting, flightseeing, helicopter tours, hiking, Park Service programs or the Denali Dinner Theater. Overnight at Denali.

Day 7 • Denali

Enjoy the morning at your leisure following the hotel breakfast buffet. This afternoon, travel deep into Denali National Park on the Tundra Wilderness Tour looking for bear, moose, caribou and Dall sheep. A snack box meal is included. Overnight at Denali.

Day 8 • Denali/Anchorage
Sample the buffet breakfast at the hotel and spend the rest of the morning exploring Denali. In the afternoon board the world famous Alaska Railroad for the trip from Denali to Anchorage. As you travel along the Susitna River, you may catch a glimpse of the majestic Mt. McKinley, weather permitting. Overnight in Anchorage.

Day 9 • Anchorage

Start your day with a breakfast buffet at the hotel. Enjoy a brief sightseeing tour of Anchorage including a visit to the Alaska Native Heritage Center. The rest of the day is open to explore until your evening farewell banquet. Overnight in Anchorage.

Day 10 • Anchorage Departure
Your Grand Alaskan Tour comes to an end with a hotel courtesy transfer to the airport for departure. End of tour.
Package Includes:
Meet and greet upon arrival, overnight accommodations, motorcoach and rail transportation, Valdez Museum admission, Fairbanks sightseeing with University of Alaska Museum of the North, Riverboat Discovery Cruise, park entrance fees, Tundra Wilderness Tour, and Anchorage city tour with Alaska Native Heritage Center.
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