Alaska: The Great Exploration
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Overview
Highlights
- Visit an Oyster Farm
- Dog Sledding on the Trail
- Puffin Experience
- Kenai Fjords National Park
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Trip includes
- Double-occupancy lodging for 6 nights
- 15 meals throughout the trip, including one soft drink, local beer, or local wine with dinner
- Expert guide there to support, guide, and inform you throughout the trip
- All reliable land and water transportation with experienced drivers, including public transportation
- Admissions and entrance fees to national parks and other scheduled events throughout the trip
- Discover Corps pre-departure information booklet
- $50,000 emergency medical evacuation insurance
- Turnkey customer support from preparing for your trip to arrival back home
Itinerary
Meals: Dinner
Our Alaskan adventure begins in its charming city of Anchorage. Arrive into Ted Stevens International Airport (ANC) and meet your local Alaskan guide. We’ll get a brief introduction to the area before settling into our accommodations at a boutique inn in downtown Anchorage. Dine alongside locals at a brewhouse and get to know one another as we gear up for the week ahead.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Today's adventure takes us to the Alaska Native Heritage Center. As Alaska’s largest living cultural center, we’ll get the unique opportunity to explore a village of authentic and traditional structures from Alaska’s many nati...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Rise early for an adventure down the Alaskan coast. Hop aboard the Coastal Classic train and venture from Anchorage to Seward in style. Often ranked as the top ten train rides in North America, you’ll wind along Turnagain Arm,...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Wake to the sounds of fishing boats departing for the day and views of towering Mt. Marathon and Mt. Alice outside your window. Today we will head to Alaska’s only marine rescue and research facility, The Alaska Sealife Center. You’ll...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
After breakfast, we will hit the road and head to the other side of the Kenai Peninsula stopping along the way in the old gold mining town of Cooper Landing. We’ll arrive in Homer and visit the Wynn Nature Center at the Alaska Center ...
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Rise for a delicious breakfast followed by some free time to explore the small shops & cafes on the boardwalk along the Homer Spit. In the afternoon, we will board a boat for yet another engaging ocean experience. This time we wi...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Enjoy a relaxing final morning in Homer. Head into town for souvenir shopping or beach combing along the oceanfront. In the afternoon, we’ll drive back to Anchorage for evening flights out. Those who opt for the Denali Extension will bid the rest of the group farewell and take a domestic flight from Homer to Anchorage then onwards to Denali National Park.
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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What's excluded
- Airfare
- Alcoholic beverages beyond one per dinner
- One lunch and two dinners
- Tips for Discover Corps guide and driver
- Laundry services, phone, and Internet services
Accommodation
Distinctive s
Start your trip at a boutique hotel in the heart of Anchorage. Enjoy all the comforts of home, walking distance to local breweries, shops, restaurants, and everything Anchorage has to offer.
In Seward, stay at Harbor 360 - a waterfront hotel in this small, scenic fishing town. Located directly in the Seward Small Boat Harbor, enjoy stunning 360 degree views of Resurrection Bay and the surrounding Mountains, and views of the harbor while soaking in the hot tub or swimming in Seward’s only hotel pool. Harbor 360 Hotel is also a certified “Green Business” through the Adventure Green Alaska Program, committed to reducing their impact on the environment by using biodegradable service items, eliminating as much single-use plastic as possible, reducing energy use, and participating in local environmental sustainability programs.
Finally, end your Alaskan adventure at Aspen Hotels in Homer. Each room is a suite that includes a work desk, generously sized guest rooms, microwave, toaster, coffee maker, and mountain views you won't soon forget!.
6 Breakfast, 5 Lunches and 4 Dinners
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