Ketchikan
Ketchikan, Alaska
Looking down Creek Street.
Sitka
Kayakers at dusk
Sitka
Harbor sunset
Juneau
Juneau
Tram at station
Juneau Harbor
Includes:
10
nights accommodation at specified hotels (applicable local taxes), all
air transporation in comfortable B-737 combi-style aircraft, breakfast
daily. Not included: local transfers, meals other than specified.
NOTES:
Air
travel rates based Alaska Airlines value rates and are subject to
availability. Cost may have to be adjusted accordingly if the value
rates are not available at the time of booking.
| Single occupancy: |
$3379 |
| Double occupancy: |
$2343 |
Travel Itinerary:
01 Arrive Ketchikan.
Transfer to hotel on own. A stroll down picturesque Creek Street with
its galleries, shops and café’s is the perfect start to the trip.
Hotel: Back Bear Inn
02/03 Ketchikan.
Ketchikan is ideally situated for exploring. Visit Dolly’s House
Museum, the Tongass Historical Museum, the Southeast Alaska Discovery
Center and the Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show. The nearby Deer
Mountain Tribal Hatchery and Eagle Center, and Totem Heritage Center
highlight the native cultural influences and traditions that have
helped shape today’s Ketchikan. Nearby attractions include Saxman
Native Village and Totem Bight State Park to view Ketchikan’s world
famous collection of totem poles. The hiking is world class in
the Ketchikan region; choose from several hiking trails at the Ward
Lake Recreation Area, or opt for a guided walk through the Alaska
Rainforest Sanctuary. Alaska. A visit to The George Inlet Cannery site
allows you to look back at the industry that put Ketchikan on the map
in the early 1900s when it was known as the “Salmon Capital of the
World.” A trip to Misty Fiords National Monument is recommneded; this
is a truly beautiful region of countless waterfalls, bottomless
saltwater fjords, and miles of glaciers.
04/05 Wrangell.
One of Alaska’s newest tourist destinations, Wrangell is pure,
untouched and unspoiled. A thrilling variety of Alaska wildlife
excursions get you up close and personal with giant salmon, and even
bigger bears. Anan Bear and Wildlife Observatory is one of the best
spots in Alaska to view Alaska brown and black bears up close as they
feast on Wrangell's abundant salmon. Chief Shakes Island and Tribal
House Historic Monument and Petroglyph Beach State Historic Park
provide an interesting introduction to the area’s Tlingit history.
Hotel: Rooney’s Roost
06/07 Sitka.
Sitka’s history is as old as time itself. Home to the Kiksadi Tlingit
people for thousands of years, the area was selected by Alexander
Baranof as Russia’s American capital in 1799. For more than 80 years
the Russians and Tlingits were partners in the fur trade before Russia
sold Alaska to the USA in 1867 for 1.2 million dollars, a sum almost
unheard of at the time and most ridiculed by the American public. Sitka
today, set among deep fjords, towering coastal mountains and cascading
glaciers is a wilderness paradise and one of Alaska’s most interesting
cities. 24 buildings are on the US National Historic Register! You can
still experience the Russian influence at the Russian Bishop House and
the Block House or by taking in a performance by the New Archangel
Dancers. Sitka’s Tlingit history comes alive at the Southeast Alaska
Indian Cultural Centre. Get up close and personal at the Fortress of
the Bear, a rehabilitation centre dedicated to the protection of
orphaned brown bear cubs and view humpback whales at Whale Park. And
when you get your fill of history, a wide variety of wilderness
activities such as sea kayaking, rainforest hiking tours, fishing,
wildlife viewing – you can even hike the only volcano in Alaska’s
southeast reagion – are all available.
08/09/10 Juneau.
Alaska’s Capitol city, Juneau boast as many things to do as there are
people in the only US state capitol not accessible by road. Adventures
for everyone wait in Juneau. For those seeking wildlife, whales, brown
bear and eagles can be sen just minutes away. For visitors seeking the
grandeur of Alaska's glaciers, there is no finer place to view them
than. Giant ‘bergs and flowing rivers of ice are found in and around
Juneau; the magnificent Mendenhall Glacier is located just 13 miles
from downtown! Juneau is also the jumping off point to Glacier Bay
National Park and Tracy Arm Fjord. For outdoor adventure Juneau can't
be topped. Juneau is home to over 100 miles of groomed hiking trail
that brings the temperate rainforest up close to hikers. The protected
waterways in Southeast Alaska provide excellent sea kayaking into areas
rich with wildlife. Rafting the Mendenhall River also provides
adventurer for of any age. Experience the flight of a lifetime in a
small plane or helicopter. Fixed wing aircraft offer spectacular views
from above and landings at remote lodges. Helicopters offer glacier
landings where visitors can actually walk on a glacier, go dog sledding
on the Juneau Icefield or after being outfitted with crampons and ice
axes, hike the glaciers.
Hotel: Alaska Beach Cabin