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Our luxury transport service is customized with leather captains chairs, large picture windows, complete narration and complimentary non-alcoholic beverages.

Our vehicles are limited to 2-13 guests for your sightseeing pleasure. Optional custom itineraries can be designed for your group based on availability. .

Our "Family Packages" are designed with your children ages 5-15 in mind. Choosing from select dates,
our AAU guides 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.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

*RATES: Include accommodations, transportation, some meals where listed, activities including rafting, jet boats, dog sled ride, gold panning, day cruise, park passes, etc.,
(unless stated as optional).
Rates do not include all meals, gratuities, 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.
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terms and conditions
prior to booking.

*DEPOSIT:
50% Deposit due at time of booking. 100% Final Payment due
by Feb 15, 2012 or at time of booking if after Feb 15, 2012. Cancellations will incur 100% penalty,
No refunds are available.
Travel insurance is highly recommended.

Subject to availability, land only, per person, based on double occupancy, US dollars, capacity controlled.
8% bed tax additional.
Adult Single Supplement is $799.00. Pre or Post transfers may not be included in published rate, so please check with your agent.

PRIDE OF ALASKA
7-DAY DELUXE TOUR

This unique tour of Alaska, with it's rugged, frontier spirit visits premier destinations. Local Alaskans know the Kenai Peninsula secret - the place to enjoy remarkable scenery, fantastic salmon and wildlife viewing. The Matanuska Valley is the "Playland of Alaska" and Denali is the cherry on the top. Follow their lead and join us on this Alaska glacier tour into both the heart of Alaska, Denali National Park and into the jewel of the Kenai, the Kenai Fjords. The size of this tour is 6 to 13 guests per vehicle ONLY!! But if your family or corporate group is 30 - 40 guests, we will send you on your way with a couple of vehicles!

ACTIVITIES & ATTRACTIONS INCLUDED IN THIS TOUR

• Matanuska Glacier Ice Trekking
• Lion's Head Whitewater Rafting or Glacier Run Slow Float
• McKinley Flightseeing w/ Glacier Landing (Optional Upgrade)
• Talkeetna River Jetboat Safari
• Denali National Park Wildlife Tour
• Independence Gold Mine Visitors Center / Panning & Hiking
• Knik Glacier Airboat Adventure / Iceberg & Wildlife viewing
• Alaska Native Heritage Center & Eklutna Native Village
• Iditarod Race Headquarters & Dog team ride & narrated film
• 2nd Most Scenic Rail Excursion in the World Anchorage to Seward
• Kenai Fjords National Park Marinelife Cruise
• Exit Glacier Hike or I-did-a-Ride Dog Sled Kennel Tour
• Kenai Peninsula Salmon / Halibut Fishing (Optional Upgrade)

DAY ONE - EKLUTNA:
Upon arrival in Anchorage, meet your resident guide and traveling companions. Begin your Alaska vacation via private luxury transport service. We offer vehicles for adults only or for families with children so everyone is comfortable. Stopping at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, native games, sports, song & dance are performed. Representatives share their culture and ideas. Traveling north through the Matanuska Valley, visit the village of Eklutna, featuring the Russian Orthodox influence on native culture and view native spirit houses, sharing in the local traditions. This evening, dine with new friends and overnite in Wasilla, yes - the very same - "Sarah Palin's Alaska - in very comfortable lodging.

DAY TWO - CHICKALOON:
View the incredible Knik Glacier & Matanuska River as you travel north to Chickaloon. This morning allows a choice of a scenic glacial river float or exhilarating Alaskan white water raft experience to enjoy a real outdoor Alaskan tour. The scenic float allows for photos and viewing of the river and it's inhabitants. Whitewater offers the thrill of the untamed glacial fed river. A lunch stop is provided near Sheep Mountain with views of Dall sheep as they graze on the mountainside. Next, step back in time to the glacial age, as you walk onto the Matanuska Glacier. Enjoy the pristine beauty of the diamond-like sparkles of the deep blue ice crevasses. No experience necessary! Overnite again at your same lodging. (B)

DAY THREE - TALKEETNA:
Depart on your adventure to Denali National Park. Visit the Iditarod Race Headquarters for interactive moments with a dog sled team and puppies! Learn about the trail and race conditions these athletes endure. En route to Talkeetna, several scenic wildlife opportunities exist and we stop to observe offering a high powered scope for close-up views. Take in the beauty of Talkeetna, Alaska featuring your choice of enjoying a riverboat adventure that is included - or upgrading to a flightseeing adventure for $200.00 pp:

2) River Jetboat Safari Adventure: Travel 10 miles of river viewing nesting bald eagles, beaver activity, and moose. Enjoy a nature walk to an authentic trapper's cabin. Combining this with a panoramic view of Denali will make for an unforgettable 2 hour adventure! (Included in tour)

Continue on to Denali National Park late this afternoon. Evening dinner at your leisure. Overnight at Denali National Park, within 10 miles of park enterance. Hotel or Inn accommodations are determined based on your booking dates. (B)

DAY FOUR - DENALI:
Everything about Denali National Park is big: the scenery, the mountains, the incredible beauty, and the animals. Early this morning, transfer to the Visitors Center where you will embark on an Alaska Wildlife Tour, an excellent way to spot the wildlife for which Alaska is so famous: moose, bear, wolves, caribou, dall sheep. With over 365 million acres of wilderness in Alaska, Denali National Park boosts an adventure around every corner. This tour affords the best chance to see an abundance of wildlife in their natural habitat. It's a fascinating 6-8 hour shuttle tour into the park that you won’t want to miss. Snack and beverage will be supplied. So bring your camera and binoculars, you won’t want to share. This Denali tour ends around 4 PM, but you do have the option of catching a returning shuttle earlier in the day if you choose. Finally upon everyone’s return, relax and take in the scenery on our return to Wasilla and your lodging. (B,L)

>>> To add a second day in Denali National Park - choose the 8-Day Best of Alaska adventure: Rate is $3999.00 per person plus $82.00 per person bed tax. Rate includes deluxe package and includes flightseeing excursion.

You may also look at our 10-Day Discovery of Alaska tour which offers 2 days in Denali National Park area as well as two days in the Kenai Fjords National Park area and two days in Anchorage.

DAY FIVE - PALMER/KNIK GLACIER:
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. 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. This evening, your Alaska adventure tour will provide transfers to your Anchorage hotel. (Moderate lodging included, deluxe upgrades available) (B)

DAY SIX - SEWARD:
Scenic rail travel between Anchorage and Seward begins today's Alaskan tour. Marvel at the towering Chugach mountains and stunning hanging glaciers. Relax in the care of the friendly staff of Alaska's first railroad. Upon arrival in Seward, you will be transferred aboard the Kenai Fjords cruise, where you will linger as whales, dolphins, sea lions, otters and every imaginable species of seabird make their way in front of your camera lens. Nothing compares to the sight of a monumental glacier calving icebergs into the sea. Complimentary lunch is provided aboard the small ship. Cruise is 6 hours in length. This evening, enjoy leisure time at the small boat harbor, shopping or watching the day's catch arrive from sea. Overnight in the beautiful small harbor town of Seward. (B, L)

DAY SEVEN - ANCHORAGE:
Every adventure eventually draws to a close, so this morning offers one last look at Alaska's interior countryside. Today is your choice. (One activity below is included in your tour.) Choose to enjoy a morning at leisure with time to explore and take in last minute scenery as you stroll along the small boat harbor area. Then choose an afternoon activity. Or you can choose to upgrade and have 2 activites today for only a $75 pp upgrade.

1) Exit Glacier Tour: Head out to Exit Glacier, a major attraction of Kenai Fjords National Park . Enjoy a short walk along the nature trail that takes you to the face of the glacial ice. Watch for mountain goats, moose or bear on the mountainside. During runs, see salmon swimming upstream to spawn. Exit Glacier flows from the 300-square-mile Harding Icefield, and visitors can approach the towering glacier face on a one-half mile easy grade footpath, accessible to all fitness levels. The glacier is one of several that branch downward from the Harding ice field - a massive field of ice spanning the peaks of several mountains. Exit Glacier flows from the ice field down through two mountains where it creates a small river from its glacial melt. The Harding Icefield Trail, is an optional 8-mile roundtrip with 3500' elevation gain to overlook the icefield which is the source of the Exit Glacier (and others). This hike starts at the foot of the glacier and follows the glacier flank upwards for those who really get into the spirit of Alaska!

2) Iditaride Dog Sled Tour: Your adventure begins with a two-mile dog sled ride. Feel the power, excitement, and energy of our amazing sled dogs as they are harnessed to our comfortable wheeled sleds. The intrigue of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, also known as Alaska's Superbowl, comes alive as you mush through the Alaskan wilderness to the base of Resurrection Mountain and along Box Canyon Creek.  Your Iditarod veteran guide will thrill and excite you with stories from the trail as you experience the raw power of 13 Iditarod sled dogs. Upon return to the kennel, tour our beautiful kennel facilities, laugh as a guest is dressed up as an Iditarod musher, and cuddle adorable husky puppies.

3) Sea Kayak Tour: This paddle is one of the Kayak Guides favorite half day paddles. The water taxi takes you to the eastern remote side of Resurrection Bay and lands in Humpy Cove. There, you will paddle around Orca Island area, and into magical rock gardens teaming with marine wildlife in them... lots of starfish... and other wildlife too! Kayakers will paddle to a salmon stream area, where there is a beautiful waterfall area cascading down pillow basalt formations that are absolutely gorgeous.... Starfish are everywhere... this calm cove is a beautiful emerald green and commonly seen here are sea lions, sea otters, mountain goats, and sometimes orca and humpback whales. Bald Eagles are common. From Orca Island and Humpy Cove we travel south to Kayaker's Cove, where we wait in a comfortable wilderness lodge/hostel for the water taxi to take us back to beautiful Lowell Point. This paddle is appropriate for any athletic ability. No experience is required.

OPTIONAL: Choose this below half-day fishing instead of your above tour for a $195 per person upgrade. OR choose a full-day fishing activity instead of the above for a $300 per person upgrade. If you choose the full-day fishing, we suggest you overnight in Seward one additional night, and take the motorcoach or rail back to Anchorage the following day. This would require an additional overnight cost. Ask your booking agent for details.

Halibut / Salmon Fishing Combo Tour:
Welcome aboard. Clear, deep-water gulf currents upwelling against offshore reefs and ledges create a nutrient-rich marine ecosystem with heavy bait fish concentrations, drawing huge game fish of all Alaska gulf species. Incredible catches are a regular occurrence in this unique environment and anglers from all over the world converge here to try their hand at Alaska halibut fishing. The Pacific Halibut is the most sought after and prized sport-fish in Alaska waters. Capable of powerful, high-speed runs, they are the heavyweight of all bottom-fish species. These fish have been known to exceed 500 pounds and are considered the hardest fighting bottom-fish in the world. Although our primary target is Alaska halibut fishing, we fish in areas where all species of bottom-fish tend to congregate. It is not uncommon to land trophy lingcod, rockfish and salmon.

- Finally, this evening, great mountain ranges converge to provide a stunning backdrop for your last minute photos while you travel north to the thriving hub of Anchorage. For further exploration, extend your stay by contacting us and adding one of several one or two day add-on's. Here is where we wish you a safe flight home, as you transfer to the Anchorage airport. (If you want to extend your vacation, your transfer will take you to your local hotel). Your Alaskan tour closes with memories to last a lifetime.

NOW IF YOU HAVE ONE MORE DAY AND YOU WANT TO HAVE THE BEST OF THE BEST - THEN ADD THE BEAR VIEW BELOW: ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL DAY TOURS MAY ALSO BE ADDED TO INCREASE THE LENGTH OF YOUR TOUR:

ONE-DAY BEARVIEWING TOUR:
Travel deep into the wilds on a fly-out Alaska bear viewing trip.  Mountains, glaciers and wildlife will pass beneath you as you travel in safety and comfort with one of Alaska's most experienced bush pilots. Depart Anchorage in the morning from the Lake Hood Landing Strip and head towards Katmai National Park, home to an abundance of brown bear and spectacular glaciers. Land on a remote ocean beach, walk along shoreline and grassy marsh viewing the coastal Brown Bears - the largest bears in the world.  Observe Alaska brown and black bear up close as they congregate in remote, untouched areas of Alaska, near salmon streams and tidal estuaries. These magnificent bears are captivating to watch.  Roaming free along the coastline, munching on berries, snagging salmon, frolicking and splashing in the water or settling in for an afternoon siesta – it’s all in a day's work!

Beachcombing is also excellent along these beaches, and you may be fortunate enough to find items such as antique glass balls, (Japanese fishing floats), ship wrecks and even whale bones! If you are quiet enough, a family of foxes often come out to visit and love to have their pictures taken. You will also see active volcanoes, still producing ash, lava and steam from the Valley of 10,000 smokes. This will be a photo safari opportunity like no other. It is truly a once in a lifetime experience. Enjoy a picnic style lunch or a shore lunch of fresh salmon (if available) cooked using secret family recipes; this will definitely be a meal to remember! Come enjoy the ultimate wilderness experience on your personalized private bear viewing tour of the Last Frontier.

This fully guided bearview add-on is available for $795.00 per person.

ONE-DAY ARCTIC CIRCLE TOUR:
Begin your day with a flight from Fairbanks to Coldfoot, north of the Arctic Circle in the Brooks Mountain Range. The flight provides an aerial view of the vast Alaska wilderness. Cross the Arctic Circle in ceremonious fashion and receive an official Arctic Circle Adventure Certificate. Visit the Arctic Circle Trading Post, situated in the rural community of Joy, Alaska. Next begin a ground tour south on the Dalton Highway made famous during the construction of the Trans Alaska Pipeline. Explore up close the amazing arctic tundra and feel the veins of ice just beneath the surface. Experience the mighty Yukon River. Marvel at the majestic beauty of the northland's most famous waterway and learn of the river's storied past. View the remarkable Trans Alaska Pipeline.

•Departs at 1:00 pm; returns between 12:00 and 1:00 am. REVERSE ITINERARY available many days. The experiences would depart at 5:00 am with a ground tour from Fairbanks to Coldfoot and then a return by flight from Coldfoot to Fairbanks; returns between 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm.

This guided add-on is available for $479.00 per person from Fairbanks (No meals included). Flights into Fairbanks additional.

INCLUDED IN THIS TOUR:

• ALL LODGING ADD-ON PRE OR POST HOTEL NIGHTS IF NEEDED
• ALL ACTIVITES EXCEPT IF STATED AS OPTIONAL
• ALL TRANSPORTATION INCLUDING FLIGHT SEEING, VAN & BOAT
• ESCORT DRIVER W/ NARRATION
• ALL PARK & ENTRANCE FEES NATIONAL & STATE PARK FEES
• COMPLIMENTARY BEVERAGES WATER, SODA OR JUICE
• SOME BREAKFASTS & LUNCHES (B, L) WHERE LISTED / BREAKFASTS LISTED ARE BASIC CONTINENTAL - NOT COOKED TO ORDER.
  
  NOT INCLUDED IS AIRFARE TO ANCHORAGE FROM YOUR HOME TOWN, DRIVER GRATUITIES (SUGGESTED $15 PER PERSON PER DAY) AND SOME MEALS.