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From Price: 1,459.00EUR / GBP1,220.00
This is a land of majestic mountain spires, crystal-clear lakes, glimmering ice-blue glaciers: a place with abundant wildlife, rushing rivers and unspoilt beauty. The land of the midnight sun. This is a great land ... this is Alaska.
This is one of our awesome USA road trips that will leave a long lasting impression.
Accommodation
All Accommodation is included on a shared camping or hostel basis.
Getting There
The programme begins in Anchorage. If you would like assistance with your flights, we can assist with sourcing the best value flight options, just indicate on your booking form.
When To Go
The trip departs may to August.
Why Xtreme Gap?
If you thinking of waiting to book until you get out to the country you planning on travelling to think again. This is why you should book with us.Booking with Xtreme Gap ensures you will do it!
Price and Dates
The price of this gap year trip varies on dates, please contact us for details.
Luxury Wilderness Camp including boat transfers and all meals
Admission to all National and Provincial Parks and Monuments as per the itinerary
Sea kayaking
Excluded
Flights
Visas
Insurance.
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FLEXIBLE ITINERARY
Our routes have been carefully chosen to include the best night stops and highlights. However, as local conditions and passenger requests vary, no two trips will ever be the same. With the guidance of your Trek Leader you may modify certain night stops and highlights to give a truly unique experience!
Days: 1-2 Anchorage, Alaska Range & Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
We leave Anchorage and test the challenging McCarthy Road north past the massive Mantanuska Glacier en route to the towering Wrangell Mountains in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. While in this area, you will have time for a guided glacier hike or to try ice-climbing on the nearby Kennicott glacier.
Accommodation: Camping included
Days: 3 Tangle Lakes
Explore this vast wilderness, before crossing the mighty Alaska Mountain Range. Cross the Alaskan Pipeline and spend one night camping in the Tangle Lakes area before arriving at Denali National Park.
Accommodation: Camping included
Days: 4-6 Denali National Park
Travel the lone road in this awe-inspiring national park on two full day scenic bus rides to endless views and hiking opportunities. Experience this pristine preserve with its ancient residents (moose, caribou, fox, and of course, grizzly bear) and hike in the shadows of Mt. McKinley (North America's highest mountain at 20,320 ft). This national park will quickly show you why it has a reputation throughout the world.
Accommodation: Camping included
Days: 7 Anchorage
Returning to Anchorage, you have the opportunity to experience a scenic flight over some of the most beautiful and rugged snow-capped peaks in the world. Tonight in Anchorage we sample the sights and nightlife in this state's largest city.
Accommodation: Camping included
Days: 8-10 Seward
Heading south from Anchorage following Cook Inlet and after a visit to Portage Glacier, it's on to Seward, nestled at the end of Resurrection Bay. From our base in Seward, gateway to Kenai Fjords National Park, discover this misty and mysterious region via land and sea. Tour Kenai Fjords National Park by boat and follow the sparkling coastline, keeping an eye open for killer whales, and witnessing the thunder as immense glaciers calve icebergs into the sea. An easy walk to the base of Exit Glacier or a more strenuous hike to the Harding Icefields is also nearby.
Accommodation: Camping included
Days: 11-12 Kenai National Wildlife Refuge & Luxury Camp
Crossing to the other side of the peninsula, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge awaits. Canoeing the lakes of this woodland brings views of eagles perched in the treetops and moose feeding along the shore. Next, we travel by boat to our luxury wilderness camp overlooking Kachemak Bay and surrounded by the magnificent Kenai Mountains. Experience a true Alaskan adventure with activities such as sea kayaking, mountain biking and an authentic salmon bake.
Accommodation: Camping included
Days: 13-14 Homer & Anchorage
Then it's back to Homer with endless vistas of snow-clad summits surrounding Kachemak Bay. Relax and enjoy the quiet streets and special qualities of this once-isolated fishing village at the "End of the Road". Beachcombing and hiking will certainly work up an appetite for some halibut fresh from the local waters. With pockets full of postcards and memories, passing the old Russian settlements of Ninilchik and Kenai, return to Anchorage refreshed, renewed, and filled with the wonders of this great land - Alaska.
