Our private transport service is customized with large picture windows, complete narration and complimentary non-alcoholic beverages. Our vehicles are limited to 8-13 adults for your sightseeing pleasure. Optional custom itineraries can be designed for your group based on availability. Our glacier day tour is also ideal for senior & corporate travel.

Our "Family Package" is designed with your children ages 5-15 in mind. Choosing from select dates, our AAU guides are also parents and are experienced environmental educators with the enthusiasm and skill to excite kids of all ages to explore and learn. "Family friendly vehicles"allow for educational entertainment via plasma screen TV/DVD. View our family adventure page for details regarding special family pricing and activity restrictions. Join other families in discovering Alaska together.

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*RATES: Include transportation, park entrance fees, activities such as dog sled ride, ice trekking, and eklutna village walking tour. (unless stated as optional). Rates do not include gratuities, meals, alcoholic beverages or optional activities not listed. Itinerary is subject to change at the discretion of the escort due to weather, road maintenance & time factors.

*DEPOSIT: 100% payment due at time of booking. Cancellations will incur a 100% penalty, no refunds are available. Travel insurance is highly recommended.

KNIK GLIMPSE OF ALASKA
ESCORTED TOUR

Our local resident experts will treat you to the history & lore of Alaska. Seasoned Alaskan guides accompany you through areas resplendent with wild beauty and take you deep into the land of the midnight sun. They serve as guide, historian and personal concierge, ensuring every aspect of your journey is effortless. Our Alaska day tours combine the frontier spirit of this untamed land, the natural wonders and habitat of bear, moose, caribou and more. Premium service combined with Alaskan hospitality all the way! Our Anchorge day tours can be booked as late as the day before depature. This is the perfect pre-cruise day tour or even a cruise add-on.

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ACTIVITIES & ATTRACTIONS

• View vertical sheets of ice hundreds of feet thick
• Carve your way through icebergs the size of houses.
• Your journey takes you through bear, moose & wolf habitat.
• Lunch stop available at the remote lodge
• Walk by mountain creeks & meadows of wild flowers in Hatcher Pass.
• Independence Mine offers a glimpse into the history of the gold rush.
• Try your hand at gold panning where nuggets wait to be discovered.

One-Day Adventure:
Knik Glacier , Hatcher Pass Independence Mine & Eklutna Village

Our representatives will meet you at the Anchorage Visitor’s center at 9:00 AM. Our private transport service is customized with large picture windows, complete narration, TV/DVD and complimentary beverages. Begin your Alaskan adventure with additional guests and a meet & greet. Upon leaving the Anchorage area, you will travel north to the Matanuska Valley, the farming belt of Alaska. Along the way, visit the native village of Eklutna. Enjoy the Russian Orthodox influenced Chapel and native influenced “spirit houses”, while sharing in their cultural traditions. Continuing north, pass the “Palmer Hay Flats”, and the Knik Arm of the Cook Inlet. This tundra-covered lowland is home to wildlife and several species of birds.

Next, imagine a place where wild flowers surround you, where cascading crystal waters offer perfect photos, and your Alaskan tour continues. Your driver/guide is there to make sure you don't miss a thing. Try your hand at gold panning. Nuggets wait to be discovered in the creeks of the motherlode. Independence Mine offers a glimpse into the history of the great men of the gold rush and the lore of gold fever. Noon brings a lunch stop at Hatcher Pass Lodge or the Motherlode Lodge, for a bite to eat, where views of the Matanuska Valley are unrivaled. This wilderness is all encompassing.

The afternoon presents a 2 PM adventure that will take you aboard an airboat ride to Lake George, the base of Knik Glacier. Lake George, an ice burg dammed lake was once responsible for floods of cataclysmic proportions. Knik Glacier, 28 miles long, 6 miles wide and over 1000 feet thick, is one of Alaska's grandest natural attractions. Knik Glacier, born in the Pleistocene Glaciation period (the beginning of the Ice Age) 600,000 years ago, covered the Anchorage bowl and the entire Cook Inlet. While it remains active, this glacier is in a constant state of change. Knik Glacier always turns out to be a trip highlight.

In the evening, return back to the visitor center by 7 PM. (Times are approximate and cannot be guaranteed.)