Caribou and Mount McKinley
 
 
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Wildlife & Wilderness Of Alaska

Tripcode: TAL

Countries visited: USA

Adult Group Holidays Moderate Walking & Trekking Wildlife Wilderness

Exploration, wildlife and hiking in one of the world's greatest wilderness areas

Seaplane flying in Alaska, USA

In Alaska man's influence is still restricted to a few ports and old trading townships with much of the land untamed.

The region contains glaciers, forests, lakes and rushing rivers combining to offer some of the best walking on the continent.

The wildlife is legendary, thriving both in the sea and on land. We visit the vast expanse of peaks and glaciers in the Wrangell-St Elias Mountains and Denali National Park, where we hike near the highest peak in North America, Mt McKinley (6194m).

We have excellent opportunities to see marine life at Prince William Sound and amongst the fjords of Kenai N.P., whilst we also take a small float plane flight deep into the wilderness to see black and hopefully grizzly bears.

What makes this trip responsible?

When hiking we stick to marked trails to reduce our impact on the local environment and we camp in the designated grounds regulated by each National Park. At campgrounds (and throughout the trip) we employ a ‘leave no trace’ policy in regard to litter - everything taken into the park is taken out to preserve the local environment. We recycle wherever possible on the trip and all leaders are trained in responsible tourism to enable them to follow best practice and enforce our ‘leave no trace’ policy. Local shuttle services are used for transportation within the parks. The maximum group size on this trip is restricted to 12 in order to reduce the environmental impacts of visiting remote areas.

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Countries visited: USA

WILDLIFE & WILDERNESS OF ALASKA
Day 1
Fly to Anchorage.
Day 2
Drive to Denali N.P. with a short hike en route.
Day
3 - 4
Wildlife drives and daywalks in Denali N.P. around Mt McKinley.
 
Day 5
Visit Matanuska Glacier.
Day 6
Drive to McCarthy in Wrangell-St. Elias N.P.
Day
7 - 8
Two full days walking in the National Park.
 
Day 9
To Valdez via Thomson Pass with a walk at Worthington Glacier.
Day 10
Ferry across Prince William Sound to Seward; hike.
Day 11
Optional walk at Caine's Head Trail; half-day wildlife cruise.
Day 12
Explore Kenai N.P; drive to Soldotna.
Day 13
Short float plane flight for day of bear observation around Big River Lakes.
Day 14
Hike at Alyeska; return Anchorage.
Day 15
Depart Anchorage.
Day 16
Arrive London.
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Caribou and Mount McKinley

 
 
 
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