The vast wide open spaces of Alaska can be overwhelming for visitors to the state. However, many different companies provide coach tours so that visitors to the state can cover as much ground as they want with a minimum of logistical concerns. Coach travel is comfortable, convenient and allows an up-close appreciation of Alaska's natural beauty.
Alaska Coach Tours offers coach tours starting from three towns in Alaska'a Southeast region: Juneau, the state capital, Ketchikan, and Skagway. The Juneau tours include a Mendenhall Glacier/Jueneau City Tour, and the chance to visit a salmon hatchery. The Ketchikan tours include the chance to visit Totem Bight State Park and tour downtown Ketchikan, and the Skagway tours take you to the top of the White Pass Summit, paralleling the trip that prospectors took during the Gold Rush. All Alaska Coach Tours' trips take only a few hours, and include a guide telling you the details of the sites you visit.
Alaska Coach Tours
PO Box 20989
Juneau, AK 99802
907-463-4126
alaskacoachtours.com
Alaska Timberwolf Journeys & Tours is a small but very versatile company based in Anchorage and operating in Anchorage and around the Kenai Peninsula. In addition to a 28-person day coach and an eight to 14-person overnight coach, the company also uses an SUV and a 16-person van. The company does charter tours as well as prepared tour packages, which include a traditional sweat lodge experience, and Anchorage sightseeing tour, an Anchorage-to-Seward trip, and an Anchorage-to-Whittier trip.
Alaska Timberwolf Journeys & Tours
802 East 82nd Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99518
907-301-0560
alaskatimberwolftours.com
Gray Line of Alaska is one of the largest tour companies in the state. Its coach tours include both day trips and multi-day packages to a wide variety of destination throughout Alaska. Day trips are available in and around Anchorage, Talkeetna, Denali National Park, Fairbanks, and even Whitehorse and Dawson City in Canada's Yukon Territories. Multi-day trips can take you from the Yukon Territories to Fairbanks, down to Denali National Park, and onto Anchorage. Multi-day tours can take from two to 11 days.
Gray Line of Alaska
300 Elliott Ave. West
Seattle, WA 98119
888-452-1737
graylinealaska.com
Alaska Bus Charters & Tours, Inc. is based in Anchorage and offers as its primary tour the "Alaska Classic Tour," an eight-day tour encompassing Anchorage, Denali National Park, Fairbanks, Valdez, Prince William Sound, Alyeska, and the Kenai Peninsula. They are also open to developing a unique tour to suit a certain group's needs upon request.
Alaska Bus Charters & Tours, Inc.
P.O. Box 102042
Anchorage AK 99510
907-278-2929
alaskabus.com
Alaska Tour & Travel offers a seasonal "Park Connection Motorcoach" that takes visitors from Anchorage to Denali National Park or from Anchorage to Seward. They also offer connection service between Anchorage and Whittier on days in which cruise ships are arriving. This Park Connection is the only way that visitors can get between Seward and Denali Park in one day, and most trips also include admission to the Anchorage Museum of History and Fine Art.
Alaska Tour & Travel
Box 221011
Anchorage, AK 99522
800-208-0200
alaskatravel.com/bus-lines
