Anchorage to Denali and Fairbanks Alaska Railroad Package is a seven-day, six-night train trip offered by Alaska Tours. It begins with a boat cruise of the glaciers of Prince William Sound and an overnight stay in Anchorage before embarking on your Alaska Railroad adventure. Travel to Denali National Park for an overnight stay, where you can take a helicopter sightseeing trip or try whitewater rafting, although these are not included in the vacation package. While in Denali you will have the opportunity to take in some wildlife sightseeing, which can include moose and bears. Fairbanks is the next tour stop, where you'll stay for the night. A three and a half hour sternwheeler riverboat tour of the Chena and Tanana Rivers includes guide narration of the area's natural history and the Athabascan Native culture. Enjoy views of log cabins, a bush pilot performance, championship dog sled team demonstration and a stop at a historic Chena Indian village, where you will learn about Native Alaskan fishing and hunting techniques. You will then take the train back to Anchorage. This package includes hotel accommodation, snacks and lunches, and cruises.
Retrace the steps of 19th century explorers with the First Passage to the West tour from Rocky Mountaineer. Choose from two-day to 12-day packages, all of which include hotel accommodations and breakfast and lunch. You will board the Rocky Mountaineer train at the Rocky Mountaineer train station in Vancouver, where you will pass through the Fraser Valley fields and take in views of Coast Mountain peaks before heading into Fraser Canyon. There you will see the waters of Hell's Gate and follow the Thompson River to the city of Kamloops. After an overnight stay at Kamloops, you will travel by train through the ranchlands alongside the South Thompson River past Craigellachie, also known as the site where the Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway was driven. The tour also features traveling through tunnels and glacier areas before passing over the Continental Divide to Banff National Park.
Alaska White Pass Yukon Rail tours from Go Alaska Tours are available in three-day to seven-day packages, and custom tours are also available. Lodging, choice of rental car and sightseeing tours are included with these packages. You will take a steam locomotive from Skagway, Alaska over the historic White Pass Summit. The White Pass & Yukon Railroad is a narrow-gauge railroad built in 1898 in response to the Klondike Gold Rush. Today the railroad is an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark according to Go Alaska Tours. From your vintage parlor car you will experience views of mountains, glaciers, gorges, trestles, tunnels, waterfalls and historic sites.
