Alaska Airlines is a prominent airline that specializes in travelers who wish to go to Alaska and explore. There are several different types of vacations you can take after flying into Alaska from your home destination, from hiking mountains and glaciers to fishing and camping in the forest. The best time to go to Alaska for vacation is from mid-May to September, when the days are longest and the temperatures are at their highest.
Fly into Anchorage to experience the capital of Alaska at its best for three days and nights. Alaska Airlines offers a tour package that includes a stay at the Knik River Lodge in the Chugach Mountains (about an hour out of Anchorage). Here you can experience outdoor activities, great views and a comforting mountain lodge atmosphere. Try a helicopter tour over the frozen landscape of the Knik Glacier to see firsthand how ice moves, melts and freezes. Your vacation price includes the airport transfers, lodging accommodations, the helicopter tour and hiking around the Knik Glacier camp as well as several meals at the lodge, which includes fine dining. Prices vary, but they average a little over $300 per person. You can easily book this vacation after booking your round-trip flight to Alaska from your home destination.
Denali is one of the best arctic areas to see in Alaska. After flying to Alaska from your home city, you can enjoy an array of different packages and activities in Denali. These include relaxed events such as the Cabin Nite Dinner Theater, Denali Natural History Tour, the Denali Tundra Wilderness Tour, Denali Jeep Backcountry Safari and more. Or you can choose more adventurous activities such as Canyon Run Rafting, Denali Mountain Bike Rental, Denali Mountain Biking Tour, a Half-Day Inflatable Kayak Tour, the Mount McKinley Flightseeing Tour, the Midnight Sun Golf Tour with Power Cart, Paddle Run Rafting or the Wilderness Run Rafting. Prices all vary depending on the time of year, the amount of people and your transportation costs. Several lodges are close by to choose from in Denali for your vacation.
If you are visiting Alaska, what could be better than experiencing the best of what the state has to offer, coast to coast? Your Alaska Airline flight into Anchorage is just the start of an amazing vacation. From your hotel (usually the Ramada Downtown Anchorage with this package) you will board the Alaska Railroad for Seward. After touring the Alaska Sea Life Center, you will stay overnight at the Seward Windsong Lodge and enjoy a catamaran cruise through the Kenai Fjords National Park. Over the course of the next couple days, you will experience the National Scenic Byway, stay at the Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge, explore Mount McKinley, stay at the Denali Bluffs Hotel, and travel deep into Denali National Park for a wilderness tour. The vacation also includes a whitewater rafting trip down the Nenana River. Next, you will board the Alaska railroad to go to Fairbanks, Alaska, where you will stay for a night. The following day you will travel to Prudhoe Bay, the Yukon River and the Arctic Circle, exploring the oil fields at Prudhoe Bay and crossing the Continental Divide. Before concluding your vacation, you will cruise the Chena and Tanana Rivers for the morning on the Riverboat Discovery. Your flight home will depart from Fairbanks. You can book this vacation through Alaska Traveler, and remember that this company can customize any package to fit your needs, including substituting day tours, adding hotel nights, or reversing the travel tour itinerary.
