Tours of Alaska: The Alaskan Camping Tour
2007

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Day 1. Kluane, YT. Our tour of Alaska and the Yukon begins in Whitehorse, from where a two-hour drive takes us to Kluane National Park. We travel west along the Alaska Highway to Haines Junction where we visit the information centre on Kluane National Park and have lunch.   After lunch we go for a hike along the Kings Throne Trail.   Our camp is beside Kathleen Lake in Kluane National Park.

Day 2. Tok, AK. In the morning we have the option to Whitewater raft the Tatashenshini River or hike in Kluane NP. After lunch we set out for Tok, Alaska.   We stop for a short hike to Soldier's Summit, where the formal opening of Alaska Highway was staged.    After we cross the border we visit the Teslin Wildlife Museum.   We arrive in Tok in the late in the afternoon.

Day 3 & 4. McCarthy, St-Elias - Wrangell, AK.   We reach the town of McCarthy via a gravel road that was once an old railway bed. Along route we make a number of picture stops including the abandoned super structures of railway bridges. After we set up camp we head out to explore the village of McCarthy. On Day 3 travellers have the option to go for a guided glacier ice-walk on the Root Glacier. The more adventurous may wish to try ice climbing.

Day 5 & 6. Valdez, AK. We drive over Thompson Pass and stop at the Worthington Glacier. Valdez is located on the north shore of Port Valdez, a deepwater fjord in Prince William Sound. It is the southern terminus of the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. The Richardson Highway, Alaska's first road, passes through the magnificent scenery of the Chugach Mountains. On route we visit Keystone Canyon. On Day 5 travellers have the opportunity to do a cruise out into Prince William Sound or to try some great sea-kayaking among the glaciers and "iceberg bits" known as "burgies".

Day 7, 8 & 9. Denali National Park, AK. We drive the scenic Denali Highway to Denali National Park arriving in the late afternoon. On the morning of Day 8 we visit the information centre at Denali National Park and pick up our park and bus tickets. Your Midnight Sun driver/guide will orientate the group to the park area. We spend a full day in the park, jumping off and on the buses that travels the main park road to access the many trails and natural sights in the park.   Day 9 provides many options to further explore the deep wilderness; hiking, glacier flights to Mount McKinley and white water rafting.  

Day 10 & 11. Chena Hot Springs, AK. From Denali we drive north to Fairbanks where we visit downtown and the University of Alaska. After touring Fairbanks we drive to the scenic resort of Chena Hot Springs. Your tour includes entrance to Chena Hot Springs where passengers can enjoy a soak in the refreshing mineral waters. These mineral based hot springs include two indoor whirlpools and large swimming pool, and a large outdoor rock lake pool and whirlpool. Optional activities on Day 11 at the resort include, bike and ATV rentals, horseback riding, or pampering yourself with a relaxing massage. You may also choose to use Day 11 to go on an optional day trip from Fairbanks to the Arctic Circle.

Day 12. Taylor Highway, AK. Returning to the Alaska Highway we make our way east, stopping at the Rika's Historic Road House and Delta Junction (the official ending of the Alaska Highway) At Tetlin we leave the Alaska Highway and turn north to the Taylor Highway and set up camp at a beautiful lakeside campground in the Alaskan wilderness.

Day 13. Dawson City, YT.   As we make our way northeast we travel along old mining beds and through active and abandoned mining settlements before we cross the border back into Canada. We travel the full length of the scenic Top of the World Highway before we descend into the Klondike Valley and the gold rush boomtown of Dawson City. Our camp overlooks the Yukon River and Dawson City. In Dawson City passengers have the option to visit the abandoned Gold Dredge #4, pan for gold and enjoy the nightlife at Diamond Tooth Gertie's Gambling Saloon. Free time is given to explore local hiking trails, a sternwheeler graveyard, the Palace Grand Hotel, Gaslight Follies and the Klondike Goldrush Museum.

Day 14. Whitehorse, YT. We leave Dawson City to make our way south to Whitehorse. At Moose Creek Lodge, an original roadhouse built during the gold rush years, we visit an authentic trapper's cabin. We also stop at Five Finger Rapids for a short hike down to the Yukon River, where dangerous rapids made it difficult for the sternwheelers to plough the waters. We arrive in Whitehorse at approximately 5:00 pm.

Camping Tours of Alaska with Midnight Sun Adventure Travel

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