Motoquest, formerly known as Alaska Rider Tours, offers several guided motorcycle tours based out of Anchorage. One of the most popular tours starts in Portland, Oregon, and travels through western Canada to Anchorage. The trip is 12 days and covers almost 2,700 miles, all on paved roads. Another tour that leaves from Portland courses through Canada and Anchorage to the shores of the Arctic Ocean. This tour lasts 29 days and explores the northern-most points of the North American road system. The Kenai Peninsula tour showcases the wildlife and scenery of southern Alaska and offers opportunities to swim in Alaskan hot springs. There is also a southeastern Alaskan tour for all women that lasts eight days. The price of motorcycle rental is included in the fee, and upgrades are optional.
Ayres Adventures offers several guided motorcycle tours of Alaska. Its North American Odyssey is a 28-day tour beginning in Boulder, Colorado, and ending at the Arctic Circle. Riders also pass through Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Park and Montana's Glacier National Park. This tour price includes motorcycle rentals, meals (without alcoholic beverages), lodging and park access fees. The roads are 95 percent paved, with the other 5 percent being hard-packed gravel. Ayres Adventures offers an Alaskan tour on the most scenic of Alaska's paved roads, which lasts 10 days. Its Best of Alaska and Canada tour is 16 days of riding on mostly paved roads from Banff, Alberta, Canada, to Anchorage. Rider magazine sponsors an Ayres tour of Yukon and Alaska that includes some unpaved roads and a ride along the Alaskan pipeline. Upgrades to different rentals are optional, as is a single room.
This epic bike tour runs from St. Augustine, Florida, to Alaska and back in 16 days. There is also a bed and breakfast tour option that runs a slower pace and takes up to 20 days. The tour is designed to arrive in Hyder, Alaska, in time for the salmon run. The tour is more flexible than other tours, allowing riders to make their own accommodations. Riders are also allowed to have spouses follow the tour in a car. The tour permits side trips, and allows riders to join the tour at any spot from Florida to Alaska. This tour is for motorcyclists with their own bikes and equipment.
