This Tour begins in Australia 17 DAY ALASKA HIGHLIGHTS-WHITEHORSE-DAWSON CITY-FAIRBANKS-DENALI-ANCHORAGE-2011
17 DAYS
Departure Dates 24 June 2011
Return Air Travel Australia / Los Angeles/Whitehorse & return
Airport Taxes , Fuel Levy & Driver gratuity
14 nights Hotel with private facilities
Whitehorse (2) Dawson City (2) Fairbanks (2) Denali
(1) Anchorage (2) Valdez (1) Tok (1) Haines (2) Whitehorse (1)
Meals as shown - All Breakfasts, 1 Dinner.
Driver Gratuities.
Full Schedule of Sightseeing as shown in the Itinerary
All Entrance Fees to sightseeing venues & National Parks.
Touring by deluxe motorcoach and ferry vessels
Porterage of one (1) suitcase
All Hotel taxes & service charges
Escorted from Australia - subject to numbers.
Travel Pack
Flight to Whitehorse
Whitehorse,
Frantic Follies,
Dawson City,
Chicken, Yukon
River, Fairbanks,
Santa Claus House,
Riverboat
Discovery,
Denali N.P.
Mt McKinley,
Anchorage,
Prince William
Sound,Valdez, Tok,
Haines, Skagway,
White Pass Rail,
Flight Home.
2011 Fares: Ex Brisbane/Sydney/Melbourne
Per person:
Twin: $9,395 Triple: $9,195 Single: $10,995
Add $250 from Adelaide & Hobart $500 from Perth
Fares include Airport Taxes, Fuel Levies & Driver
Gratuities
Early Bird:
Deposit $1500 by 31 January 2011 Save $1200
Seniors /Probus Members Save $100
Friday 24: Home Port to Whitehorse
Depart Home Port by air for Los Angeles. Arrive Los
Angeles and fly to Whitehorse. Arrive Whitehorse -
transfer to Hotel.
High Country Inn - 2 nights
Saturday 25: Whitehorse
Cross the Great Divide today and parallel Teslin Lake
on our way to Whitehorse.
High Country Inn - 2 nights (B)
Sunday 26: Whitehorse
Included today is the SS Klondike, McBride Museum
(optional)and Miles Canyon. This evening we have a
foot stomping time at the Frantic Follies.
High Country Inn (B)
Monday 27: Dawson City
This morning we follow the original Dawson -
Whitehorse winter road past Lake Lebarge of Robert
Service fame, then follow the Yukon River through the
goldfields to the Tintina trench and in to Dawson
City.
Downtown Hotel - 2 nights (B)
Tuesday 28: Dawson City
Morning city tour including the goldfields and Robert
Service's Cabin. Afternoon and evening free - Don't
forget Diamond Tooth Gerties! Optional land tour over
the Arctic Circle $A250.
Triple J Hotel (B)
Wednesday 29: Fairbanks - Pipeline
Today we drive the Top of the World Highway to Delta
Junction, the northern terminus of the Alaska
Highway. Then follow the Richardson Highway to arrive
in Fairbanks the pipeline capital of Alaska.
Alpine Lodge - 2 nights (B)
Thursday 30: Fairbanks
Morning cruise on the old stern wheeeler "Discovery"
Afternoon tour of Fairbanks including the Santa Claus
House at North Pole, terminating in town so that you
can visit the Museum and Alaskaland.
Optional flight & tour to Barrow North America's most
northerly point $A699
Alpine Lodge (B)
July 2011Friday 01: Denali National Park - Anchorage
Travel south on George Parks Highway, crossing the
Tanana River to Denali National Park. Experience the
magic of Denali with a 6/8 hour Tundra tour into the
Park. Denali is an Athabascan Indian word
meaning "Great One" and is the natural habitat of
moose, caribou, dall sheep and grizzly bears.
Overnight Denali
McKinlay Village Hotel (B)
Saturday 02: Anchorage
Travel along the Parks Highway to McKinley View & on
to Anchorage via Wasilla
Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel. 2 nights (B)
Sunday 03: Anchorage
Morning tour of Anchorage including the Float Plane
Base, Captain Cook's Statue, Visitors Centre and the
Museum. Afternoon at leisure. Dinner at hotel
Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel (BD)
Monday 04: Prince William Sound Glacier Cruise
Travel on the Alaska Railroad through the Anton
Anderson Tunnel to Whittier where we join our cruise
vessel to see the glaciers & wildlife on the way to
Valdez.
Best Western Valdez Harbour Inn. (B)
Tuesday 05: Tok
Leave Valdez and travel through Glenallen and the
Wrangell Mountains to Tok.
Youngs Motel (B)
Wednesday 06: Haines
Follow the Tanana River via Haines Junction ,
enter Kluane National Park and travel on to Haines.
Captain's Choice Motel - 2 nights (CB)
Thursday 07: Haines
Return water taxi cruise to picturesque Skagway
through the Lynn Canal. Then take a train ride on the
White Pass & Yukon Railway up White Pass to the
Canadian Border & return to Skagway. Rejoin your
water taxi.
Captains Choice Motel (CB)
Friday 08: Whitehorse
Depart Haines and travel to Whitehorse for our
overnight stop
High Country Inn (B)
Saturday 09: Flight Home
Morning travel to Los Angeles Airport to board
your flight for Home.
Sunday 10: International Dateline
Cross the International Dateline
Monday 11: Home Port
Arrive Australia. After clearing Customs and
Immigration formalities , own arrangements for
deprture to your Home Port.