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- Day 1 Begin Your Alaska Adventure in Anchorage You'll arrive in Anchorage, where the Chugach Mountains rise beyond the rooftops, their highest folds sometimes holding traces of snow, while Cook Inlet stretches west in broad channels divided by silver-gray tidal flats. White-barked birch and dark spruce soften the city streets. Overhead, you might catch the distant drone of a floatplane rises and fades into a northern sky that seems to have no end. Later, share dinner and wine with your fellow travelers at a local restaurant. Locations Visited: Anchorage US.
- Day 2 Explore Anchorage Before Traveling to Talkeetna In downtown Anchorage, painted whales and birds stretch across brick walls as you move through its low-rise streets. At the Alaska Native Heritage Center, you'll follow the path around Lake Tiulana, moving between six life-sized Native dwellings among the trees. During your MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience, you'll taste agutak, also known as Inuit ice cream, feeling its cool, whipped texture on your tongue as you learn how Alaska’s Indigenous people prepare this traditional food. Talkeetna lies at the confluence of three glacier-fed rivers, with two historic blocks of independent shops, galleries and restaurants. At the end of Main Street, you may hear the Susitna River running beyond the trees and, on a clear evening, see the peak of Denali pale against the distance. Locations Visited: Anchorage US, Matanuska Valley US, Talkeetna US.
- Day 3 Chulitna and Talkeetna: Rivers and Wilderness Your choice experience offers two distinct ways to explore Alaska’s waterways. Choose the jet boat and feel it surge beneath you as it threads through the Chulitna’s braided channels, the water winding around shifting islands of gravel and silt before the banks narrow towards the gorge. As part of the same experience, a short nature walk leads to an authentic trapper’s cabin, where you examine rough timber walls and rustic furnishings while your guide explains how trappers lived in the Bush at the turn of the 20th century. Alternatively, choose a scenic float along the Talkeetna River. The raft drifts with the current, each measured stroke of the oars cutting through the water as you scan the banks for eagle nests, beaver dams and animal tracks. Later, explore Talkeetna independently or choose one of two Optional Experiences. Take a flightseeing tour over the Alaska Range, looking down across ridgelines, snowfields and glaciers. Alternatively, join a naturalist for a three-mile hike, listening for songbirds among old-growth trees and pausing over wildflowers, berries and mushrooms identified beside the trail. Locations Visited: Talkeetna US.
- Day 4 Ride the Alaska Railroad to Denali From your glass-domed railcar, you gaze out at swift streams breaking white over stone as the Alaska Railroad curves north towards Denali National Park and Preserve. The glass dome arches above you as the train crosses Hurricane Gulch, the ravine falling sharply beneath the bridge and mountain country stretching far beyond it. At the lodge, a local climber speaks of Denali not as a distant summit but as a 17- to 18-day test of breath, muscle and concentration. You hear how climbers build snow walls around camp, work through thin air and stay alert as conditions change around them. For your Dine-Around evening, choose dinner at a local brewery or the lodge’s rustic restaurant. Locations Visited: Denali National Park US.
- Day 5 Denali National Park: Wildlife and Tundra Across Denali’s open tundra, you follow the park road between braided riverbeds, low willow and broad slopes brushed with muted green, gold and russet. A moose may lift its head above the scrub and Dall sheep can appear as pale specks high against the rock. You scan the willow thickets, open slopes and ridgelines, watching for a grizzly moving across the hillside or caribou threading over the tundra. Near the East Fork River, the Murie Cabin stands alone beside wide gravel bars and pale channels of water. Its rough timber walls mark the place where naturalist Adolph Murie lived. The afternoon is yours. Join an Optional Experience fly fishing in clear moving water, listening to the line whisper through the air before it settles on the surface. Alternatively, take an Optional Experience helicopter flightseeing tour, rising above river valleys, ridgelines and folds of distant ice. Back at the lodge, watch the final daylight fade across the surrounding slopes as evening deepens. Locations Visited: Denali National Park US.
- Day 6 Travel From Denali Country to Girdwood Southbound through the Matanuska–Susitna Valley, you'll pass broad farmland spread across fine glacial silt. At Moonstone Farm, you'll meet David Church, whose family arrived with the 1935 Matanuska Colony Project. He shares how three generations have used Alaska’s long summer days and mineral-rich soil to grow vegetables celebrated for their remarkable size and sweetness, while helping supply food to communities far beyond the farm. The Seward Highway traces Turnagain Arm, with steep mountains on one side and vast tidal flats on the other. At low tide, narrow ribbons of water wind through gleaming silt. When conditions align, a bore tide can race along the Arm in a single advancing line, its deep rumble traveling across the inlet before the water reaches you. As you arrive in Girdwood, you'll move beneath rain-dark trunks, past moss-covered fallen timber and ferns spread across the forest floor around Alyeska, Alaska’s only year-round resort. This evening, join your Travel Director for dinner with wine. Locations Visited: Denali National Park US, Girdwood US.
- Day 7 Cruise Prince William Sound to College Fjord A relaxed morning at Alyeska leaves you time to enjoy the resort before traveling to Whittier. Here, you'll board the 26 Glacier Cruise for a 100-mile (160-kilometer) journey through Prince William Sound, moving between forested headlands and narrow fjords. In College Fjord, towering glaciers rise from the water in blue-white walls, with deep crevasses cutting through the ice. From the open deck, you feel the temperature fall as the catamaran approaches the glacier fronts. You may hear a sudden crack echo across the fjord before ice breaks from a glacier and crashes into the water. Inside the wheelhouse, you stand beside the Captain and watch the channels ahead through broad windows as he explains how he reads the water, weather and ice. Over lunch, you look out across blue ice, floating fragments and sheer rock. Following the cruise, travel back to Anchorage, where your journey comes to an end. Locations Visited: Girdwood US, Whittier US, Anchorage US.
Name: Jewels of Alaska
Brand: Trafalgar
Quality: Superior First Class
Tour Type: Escorted
Start City: Anchorage
End City: Anchorage
Location Summary: Anchorage, US, Matanuska Valley, US, Talkeetna, US, Denali National Park, US, Girdwood, US, Whittier, US
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Highlights
- Dining Summary - 3 Dinner (D). 6 Breakfast (B). 1 Lunch (L).
- Whats Included NOT IN USE - Experience enhanced hygiene protocols to align with the latest guidance following COVID-19. All Travel Directors and Drivers have completed training in enhanced well-being and hygiene protocols.. Hand sanitizer is freely available on board for you to use throughout the day.. We only work with establishments we are confident will consistently adhere to our high well-being standards, which include hotels, restaurants and sight-seeing venues..
- Summary - Anchorage city tour • Talkeetna • Scenic ride on Alaska Railroad • Denali National Park • Alyeska Resort stay • Scenic 26 Glacier Cruise.
- How You'll Travel - Top-rated dining, from farm-to-table to local restaurants. Premium regional accommodation. Business class coach with extended leg room, and train travel.
- Authentic Dining - Anchorage: Join your Travel Director and fellow travelers to savor classic Alaskan flavors over dinner.. Denali National Park: For tonight's dinner with wine, the choice is yours between a charming local brewery or your lodge's rustic restaurant during your Dine-Around evening.. Girdwood: In the evening, join your Travel Director for a wonderful dinner, complete with wine and good cheer..
- Top Rated Highlights - Anchorage: Get acquainted with Alaska's largest city on an immersive city tour. Discover how this urban landscape enriched with culture came to be as you explore the historic downtown.. Alaska Railroad: Enjoy a Relaxed Start this morning before boarding the world-famous Alaska Railroad train for a spectacular journey over swift-rushing streams, toward Denali National Park and Preserve. View the majestic surroundings from the comfort of your glass-domed railcar.. Denali National Park: Meet a local climber at a private reception and hear first-hand about their experience climbing the tallest land-based mountain in the world. A Denali climb begins deep in the heart of the Alaska Range and takes around 17-18 days round trip from the base – to hear the tales about such a trek from someone who has experienced it firsthand is truly captivating.. Denali National Park: Embark on an exhilarating journey through the awe-inspiring road corridor, immersing yourself in the heart of Denali's wilderness and seizing unparalleled opportunities to witness its captivating wildlife. Travel to Murie Cabin nestled near the East Fork Rive, where you'll see where pioneering naturalist Adolf Murie once lived.. Whittier: Travel to Whittier to board the 26 Glacier Cruise for a 100-mile boat tour of Prince William Sound and into the College Fjord where you will come up close and personal to the glaciers. Visit with the Captain in the wheelhouse and enjoy an included lunch..
- Make Travel Matter - Anchorage: Enjoy an exclusive Agutak (Inuit ice cream) making demonstration during a visit to the renowned Alaska Native Heritage Center. Learn how this culinary treat establishes a link to the past, inspires a sense of pride and spurs a dialogue about an ancient people’s remarkable ability to survive. .
- Trafalgar Choice - Talkeetna: Cruise on a jet boat tour up the Chulitna River and visit a trapper's cabin.. Talkeetna: Enjoy a scenic Float Trip on the Talkeetna River for amazing views of Mountain Denali and possible wildlife sightings..
- Premium Experience - Matanuska Valley: At Moonstone Farm in the fertile Matanuska Valley, meet David Church, whose family arrived with the 1935 Matanuska Colony Project. Hear how three generations have harnessed long summer days and glacial silt to grow giant, prizewinning vegetables with a distinctive sweetness, and see how a small family farm still supports local communities and food security today..
- Choice Highlights - Choose between two carefully selected activities. Talkeetna: Cruise on a jet boat tour up the Chulitna River and visit a trapper's cabin.. Talkeetna: Enjoy a scenic Float Trip on the Talkeetna River for amazing views of Mountain Denali and possible wildlife sightings..
