HAWAII & ALASKA
Travelling Well Includes… • On-tour film vignettes custom-made for Tauck by natural history experts
• Field equipment gadgets that may include camera traps • All departures are small group departures averaging 26 Tauck guests • Flightseeing by private charter inside dramatic, ice-capped Denali National Park
• Bear watching from boats on Crescent Lake in Lake Clark National Park; private cruise through glacier-carved Kenai Fjord; close-up views of Alaskan wildlife at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center; visit to Alaska Native Heritage Center; naturalist guided hikes & walks
• 20 meals, airport transfers as noted, gratuities to local guides, service charges, admission fees, taxes and porterage
map of Denali and surrounding glaciers which your naturalist guide will use to walk you through its unique geological features. This afternoon, board a ski plane for a flightseeing tour of the real thing. Denali (an Athabascan name meaning “the Great One”) lives up to its legend, soaring 20,000 feet above sea level, and your bird’s-eye view takes in all its breathtaking landscape. Weather permitting, your plane may touch down on a glacier for an unforgettable close-up view, before you fly on to Wasilla. Drive to Knik River Lodge, featuring cabins in a tranquil mountain setting. Meals BD
5. WILDLIFE AND WINDSONG Visit the nonprofit Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, where orphaned and displaced animals are cared for, rehabilitated, and sometimes re-released into the wild. Here you’ll have a chance to see (and photograph) native wildlife up close, including moose, grizzly bears, eagles, and caribou. Drive to the coastal town of Seward, nestled on scenic Kenai Peninsula, and check into the Seward Windsong Lodge. Meals BD
6. CRUISING THE KENAI FJORD Set out on a full day’s excursion cruising the Kenai Fjord, where dramatic scenes of the Ice Age linger in glacial landscapes. You may see puffins, whales, porpoises, and sea lions. Like this beautiful alien world, they are endlessly photogenic. Return to the lodge for dinner. Meals BLD
7. SEA LIFE AND LIVING GLACIERS Go behind the scenes on a visit to the Alaska SeaLife Center, an aquarium, ocean wildlife rescue centre and research facility. Enjoy close encounters with puffins and octopuses, and view other Alaskan sea life while rubbing shoulders with the scientists who study them. Lunch on your own in Seward, then it’s on to your next eye-opening stop at Portage Glacier; at the state-of-the-art visitors centre you can experience a living glacier from the inside. Depart for Anchorage and arrive at the Hotel Captain Cook. Meals BD
8. BEAR WATCHING ON CRESCENT LAKE Fly to remote Redoubt Mountain Lodge (the only way to get there) inside Lake Clark National Park, then set out for a bear-watching excursion* on Crescent Lake. When the salmon are running, brown bears come to the shore to fish, and from
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your small boat on the lake, you’ll have a chance to see and photograph them up close. Lunch at the lodge then fly back to urban Anchorage. Meals BL
9. THE ALASKA NATIVE HERITAGE CENTER The Alaska Native Heritage Center offers exhibits on Alaska’s indigenous people. Enjoy a cultural dance demonstration and a guided tour through the museum’s recreated Native village. Later, a film vignette focuses on a wildlife cameraman and his relationship with the bears he films in the wild. Join us tonight for a farewell dinner at a local restaurant. Meals BD
10. JOURNEY HOME Tour ends: Anchorage. Fly home anytime. A transfer is included from Hotel Captain Cook to Anchorage International Airport; allow at least 2 hours for flight check-in. Meals B
10 DAYS FROM £4,380 PLUS AIRFARE (9 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches & 7 Dinners)
19⁄ , 21⁄ , 26⁄ , 28⁄ Jul 02⁄ , 04⁄ , 09, 11, 16, 18⁄ , 25, 30 Aug 08 Sep
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PRICE PER PERSON Double £4380
Single £5190 Group Size: small groups averaging 26 Tauck guests
International Airfare is additional. Contact Tauck for rates on international air for travel originating in the UK (subject to availability). Please enquire at time of booking about additional hotel nights before or after your tour.
Note: For activities marked with an asterisk (*) in day-by-day descriptions, participation is at your own risk and a signed liability waiver will be required.
Bookings are subject to our Booking Conditions.
FINE HOTELS / GREAT LOCATIONS Night 1, 7-9 HOTEL CAPTAIN COOK Night 2,3 Night 4
Night 5,6 SEWARD WINDSONG LODGE Anchorage, AK
TALKEETNA ALASKAN LODGE Talkeetna, AK KNIK RIVER LODGE
Palmer, AK Seward, AK
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