a dining and entertainment area, Base Camp, at McKinley Chalet Resort, a property near the entrance to Denali that it acquired last year. It is expected to open for the start of the 2016 season and will have a two-storey restaurant and an amphitheatre that will be used for shows and talks by park rangers. Holland America’s Nieuw


Amsterdam moves to Alaska for the first time, to sail seven- night round-trip cruises from Vancouver in Canada that call at Juneau, Skagway and Ketchikan. Cruise-only prices start at £648. The itinerary also includes


scenic cruising in Glacier Bay, Tracy Arm Fjord and through the Inside Passage – the name given to the route to Alaska that cruise ships navigate, sailing between islands that dot the west coast of Canada and the US, where channels narrow to just a mile wide in places.


Whale and dolphin watching, stargazing and Gold Rush tours are available, and local seafood is served


Princess Cruises will operate 106 Alaskan voyages in 2016, visiting 15 destinations. Itineraries depart from Seattle, Vancouver or San Francisco for either seven or 10 nights. Prices start at £599 for a seven-night Voyage of the Glaciers itinerary. Among the excursions on


offer are train tours of the Alaska Railroad in glass-domed rail cars, while land-stay options include wilderness lodges and visits to the top two attractions in Alaska – Glacier Bay and Denali national


50 travelweekly.co.uk 15 October 2015


PICTURES: STATE OF ALASKA; BRIAN ADAMS; MICHAEL DEYOUNG


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