Destinations
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Southcentral Alaska
Anchorage, Kenai Fjords, Seward, Homer, Valdez, Whittier, and Wrangell-St. Elias. The gateway to Alaska's wilderness.
Anchorage
Alaska biggest city is the practical gateway to everything north — Chugach Mountains visible from downtown, the best sushi outside Japan (seriously), and the hub for bush plane flights to the rest of the state
From $95/day
Homer
The End of the Road
From $100/day
Kenai Fjords
Tidewater glaciers calving into the North Pacific, humpback whales breaching alongside the boat, Steller sea lions hauling out on rocks, and puffins nesting on sea stacks — all accessible by day-cruise from Seward
From $90/day
Seward
Where Mountains Meet the Sea
From $105/day
Valdez
Alaska's Little Switzerland
From $100/day
Whittier
One Tunnel, Infinite Wilderness
From $90/day
Wrangell-St. Elias
America's Last True Frontier
From $85/day
Interior Alaska
Fairbanks, Denali National Park, and Talkeetna. Northern lights, midnight sun, and North America's tallest peak.
Denali National Park
North America highest peak at 20,310 feet dominates the horizon on clear days from 100 miles away — one road, private vehicles prohibited past mile 15, and wildlife so dense that grizzly bears are the traffic hazard
From $75/day
Fairbanks
Aurora borealis viewing from December through March, midnight sun lasting 22 hours in June, the University of Alaska Museum of the North, and the pipeline that changed everything bisecting town on its way to Prudhoe Bay
From $85/day
Talkeetna
A tiny railroad town where Denali climbers stage their expeditions and bush pilots fly daily reconnaissance over the Alaska Range — the Roadhouse is the best breakfast in the state and the views from the airstrip are overwhelming
From $85/day
Southeast Alaska (Inside Passage)
Juneau, Glacier Bay, Sitka, Ketchikan, Skagway, Haines, and Petersburg. Rainforest, glaciers, and Tlingit culture.
Glacier Bay
A national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site where the ice retreated so recently (1750) that succession ecology is visibly happening in real-time — only cruise ships and small tour boats access the calving glacier faces
From $80/day
Haines
Valley of the Eagles
From $95/day
Juneau
Alaska capital is accessible only by plane or boat, which keeps it genuine — the Mendenhall Glacier ends in a lake 12 miles from downtown, whale watching is exceptional, and the hiking above town is legitimately world-class
From $105/day
Ketchikan
The salmon capital of the world, the totem pole capital of the world, and the first port for most Alaska Inside Passage cruises — Creek Street, Potlatch Totem Park, and Misty Fjords National Monument just 30 minutes east by floatplane
From $95/day
Petersburg
Alaska's Authentic Little Norway
From $90/day
Sitka
Russia sold Alaska from this town — the onion domes of Saint Michael Cathedral still rise above the harbor, and the Sitka National Historical Park preserves the battleground where Tlingit and Russian forces fought in 1804
From $95/day
Skagway
Gateway to the Gold Rush
From $90/day
Southwest Alaska
Kodiak and Katmai National Park. Giant bears, world-class fishing, and remote volcanic landscapes.
Katmai National Park
Where Giants Feast on Silver
From $120/day
Kodiak
The Kodiak brown bear is the largest land predator on Earth and this island has one of the highest densities of them anywhere — fishing lodges, bear-viewing flights, and a coastline that few people ever see
From $110/day
Arctic Alaska
Nome and Utqiagvik. The end of the road, Inupiat culture, and America's northernmost communities.
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