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Alaska Yukon Explorer (15 days/14 nights)

 

Routing:
Anchorage - Anchorage
Anchorage - Denali (2 nights) - Fairbanks - Tok - Dawson (2 nights) - Whitehorse - Skagway/Haines (depending on Ferry schedule) - Haines Junction - Tok - Palmer - Seward - Anchorage

Fairbanks - Fairbanks
Fairbanks - Tok - Dawson (2 nights) - Whitehorse - Haines/Skagway (depending on Ferry schedule) - Haines Junction - Tok - Palmer - Seward - Anchorage - Denali (2 nights) - Fairbanks

Whitehorse - Whitehorse
Whitehorse - Haines/Skagway (depending on Ferry schedule) - Haines Junction - Tok - Palmer - Seward - Anchorage - Denali (2 nights) - Fairbanks - Tok - Dawson (2 nights) - Whitehorse

Details:
Day 1: Arrival in Anchorage. Explore Anchorage at your leisure. Overnight.

Day 2: Drive via the Glenn and Parks Highways to Denali National Park. 231 Miles. The road is a paved the whole way. It is a multi-lane highway at first, although it narrows to two lanes once you leave town. Overnight near the Denali National Park entrance.

Day 3: Denali National Park Wildlife Tour. 6-8 hour bus tour through Denali National Park. This is your best opportunity to see bears, wolves, moose, caribou, foxes and other wildlife up close. Overnight near the Denali National Park entrance. (same as Day 2)

Day 4: Drive on the Parks Highway to Fairbanks, 121 miles. The scenic drive allows you plenty of time to explore a little on foot, either in town or in the forest. Fairbanks is no pulsing metropolis, but it does offer some interesting diversions. Overnight in a lodge near Fairbanks.

Day 5: Drive to Tok on Richardson Hwy and Alaska Hwy, 206 miles.
The Richardson was Alaska’s first road, known to gold seekers in 1898 as the Valdez to Eagle trail. On the way to Tok you pass North Pole, where you can take a picture with Santa Claus. Overnight in Tok.

Day 6: 12 Miles on Alaska Hwy, then 185 miles on the Taylor Hwy and Klondike Loop (Top of the World Highway) to Dawson.
The Taylor Highway is a typical Alaskan gravel road, which can be in very good or very poor shape, depending on the season and weather. Be sure to plan enough time to drive this road. In the afternoon, you cross the Canadian border, the road conditions improve, and you reach Dawson City, heart of the Klondike Gold Rush. 187 Miles. Overnight in Dawson City.

Day 7: Dawson
Dawson City. You have a free-day in the Las Vegas of the North. Dawson City is an old-west gold-rush town with an attitude. Enjoy the turn-of-the-century atmosphere and be sure to try the world-famous sourtoe cocktail...Overnight in Dawson City.

Day 8: Drive on the Klondike Loop to Whitehorse, 337 miles.
You  travel to Whitehorse, capital city of the Yukon Territory. Your drive takes you through gold-rush country. Relics from that age lie fallow along the roadsides. When you arrive in Whitehorse, take some time to explore this charming town, stroll along the riverside, and enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere of this little northern city. Overnight in Whitehorse.

Day 9: South Klondike Hwy leads you to Skagway.
Drive from Whitehorse up into the mountains. You travel past Fraser and Bennett Lake, and over the Chilkoot Pass, where weary gold seekers made their way from the ocean to the Klondike gold fields inland. Ferry passage from Skagway to Haines, either today or tomorrow, depending on ferry schedule.
Overnight in Skagway or Haines.

Day 10: Drive to Haines Junction on the Haines Hwy, 152 miles.
Noted for its grand views of glaciated mountains and the variety of its scenery – from coastal forests to alpine tundra- the Haines Highway winds through river flats and climbs up to a wide alpine valley, following the eastern border of Kluane National Park Reserve.

Day 11: Drive to Tok on the Alaska Highway, 297 miles.
Continue onward from Haines Junction through the Kluane National park, and over the border back into Alaska. Overnight in Tok, Alaska.

Day 12: On the Tok Cutoff and Richardson Hwy to Glennallen and on to Palmer on the scenic Glenn Hwy, total of 286 miles.
Overnight in Palmer, a community that is both a bit of pioneer Alaska as well as a modern-day commercial center for the Matanuska and Susitna valleys.

Day 13: 42 Miles on the Glenn Hwy to Anchorage, and 127 miles on the Seward Hwy to Seward.
Continue southward on the Seward Highway to Seward. 98 Miles. The highway offers outstanding sightseeing opportunities, including spawning salmon and a number of good hiking trails. Seward is a small fishing village with an excellent aquarium (Alaska SeaLife Center). Overnight in Seward.

Day 14: Depart Seward for the 130-mile drive back to Anchorage. Overnight in Anchorage

Day 15:Return your rental car and depart Anchorage.

Includes:

- 14 overnights, some with breakfast included
- Denali RT Shuttle to Eielson Visitor Center Denali NP
- Ferry Skagway - Haines incl. vehicle
- detailed travel itinerary

2010 Rates and Booking Codes:

Booking code   Price
AYES single per person, no car $2960.00
AYED double per person, no car $1555.00
AYET triple per person, no car $1355.00
AYEQ quad per person, no car $1555.00

ANC - ANC routing and FAI - FAI routing also available with compact car or 4x4 SUV including free miles, standard CDW, taxes and fees

Booking code   Price
AYCS single per person, including compact car $4906.00
AYCD double per person, including compact car $2513.00
AYCT triple per person, including compact car $1981.00
AYCQ quad per person, including compact car $2123.00
Booking code   Price
AY4S single per person, including 4x4SUV $4906.00
AY4D double per person, including 4x4SUV $2513.00
AY4T triple per person, including 4x4SUV $1981.00
AY4Q quad per person, including 4x4SUV $2123.00

Cancellation policy for Selfdrives
up to 31 days before departure date 30%
30 - 14 days before departure date 75%
13 - 0 days before departure date 100 %

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