Alaska airfare tours offer their passengers different accommodations depending upon the chosen tour. They range from glacier, mountain or wildlife viewing. Most tours will allow passengers the opportunity for a photo stop. When booking your trip, the tours available to you will depend upon the time of year.
Tour McKinley and Denali National Park on a three-hour flight departing from Lake Hood. Highlights include seeing wilderness, Mount McKinley, Ruth Glacier (40-mile long glacier), waterfalls and icefalls. Depending upon weather conditions and time of year, you can spot wildlife such as moose and beluga whales. The tour stops on a remote lake, allowing passengers to take photos. The destination stop will vary depending on weather conditions. The aircraft has large windows, ensuring an expansive view. The tour is available year round, according to FlyRusts.com.
Rust's Flying Service
4525 Enstrom Circle
Anchorage, AK 99502
www.flyrusts.com
Tour Prince William Sound glaciers on a two- to three-hour flight departing from Lake Hood and flying over the Chugach Mountain Range. Highlights include Dall sheep high in the mountains, tidewater glaciers as they plummet into crystal blue waters, sea otters relaxing in the ocean and looking for whales, seals, bald eagles, otters and black bear, according to FlyRusts.com. Available only during the summer, the tour lands at a secluded cove for a photo stop. Again, the destination varies according to the weather.
Rust's Flying Service
4525 Enstrom Circle
Anchorage, AK 99502
800-544-2299
www.flyrusts.com
Tour the Knick Glacier on this 90-minute tour, departing from a seaplane base. You will fly over the Knick Glacier and over Colony Glacier. Knick Glacier is Lake Georges National Natural Landmark. Highlights of this tour include Chugach Mountains, seeing how the ice shaped Alaska's landscape and descending low to spot wildlife. Enjoy the extended tour of more than two hours that makes a lakeside landing for refreshments at a remote inn. The tour is available year round, according to FlyRusts.com.
Rust's Flying Service
4525 Enstrom Circle
Anchorage, AK 99502
800-544-2299
www.flyrusts.com
