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Grand Alaska - A Tauck Escorted Tour including 7 night Alaska Cruise

From £4555

Experience a land of bald eagles, totem poles, calving glaciers, and majestic wildlife by land, sea, and air on Tauck's granddaddy of Alaska tours. Cruise Prince William Sound, Glacier Bay, and the Inside Passage aboard a Princess ship. Tour Anchorage, Juneau, Skagway, and Ketchikan... explore Denali and Wrangell-St. Elias national parks... take a flightseeing tour over glaciers, two scenic rail journeys, a jet boat cruise and a raft trip in a bald eagle preserve. Meet an Iditarod champion musher and his Husky sled dogs; visit a homesteader at her wilderness farm; enjoy a private Tlingit cultural presentation, a Music of Denali dinner show and more!

Grand Alaska and 7 day cruise - A Tauck Escorted Tour

From £4555

per person (based on two sharing)

Price Includes:

Return Transatlantic flights to Anchorage, Alaska flying back from Vancouver, Canada
Traveling with Tauck’s private group and the same Tauck Director both on land and at sea aboard the ship
Private Tauck Shore Excursions
7 nights on land in Anchorage, Denali and Wrangell-St. Elias national parks, and at wilderness resorts prior to a 7-night cruise aboard Diamond Princess or Sapphire Princess
All-inclusive sightseeing: Visit to the Alaska Native Heritage Center; private scenic flight to Talkeetna; jet boat cruise; visit to a wilderness homestead in the shadow of Mt. McKinley; sled dog experience at Jeff King's Husky Homestead; Tundra Wildlife Search and music performance at Denali; private tour in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park; a Chilkat rafting adventure and much more
Two scenic rail journeys – White Pass & Yukon Route and Alaska Railroad
Credit for wine with dinner aboard your Princess ship Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted
41 meals (14 breakfasts, 13 lunches, 14 dinners); service charges, gratuities to local guides, taxes, applicable fuel surcharges, admission fees and porterage

Prices are based on low season-Please call or email for your preferred date of travel. Please ask about our supplements for travel in Business & First Class on your flights.

Tour Departure Dates: 2012 (subject to availability)

May 19th, 26th

June 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd

July 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th

August 4th,, 11th, 25th

September 1st

Prices based on off-season rates. Please email or call for availability and cost of your preferred dates

Day 1 Your Alaska adventure begins

Tauck's most comprehensive of Alaska tours begins at 6:30 PM at The Hotel Captain Cook. A transfer is included from Anchorage International Airport to the Hotel Captain Cook, overlooking Cook Inlet, downtown Anchorage, and the Chugach Mountains. Join us for a welcome reception and dinner tonight.

Meals: Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel Captain Cook

Day 2 Alaskan traditions and a flight to the wilderness

Learn about the lifestyles, traditions, and crafts of Alaska's indigenous tribes at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, then take a scenic flight to Talkeetna, followed by a drive to your wilderness lodge in Trapper Creek for a two-night stay.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Accommodation: Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge, Trapper Creek

Day 3 A wilderness homestead and a jet boat adventure

Begin the day with a visit to the private homestead of Joanne Porterfield, nestled in the Alaska wilderness; her family's gardens and farm have flourished here in the shadow of Mount McKinley for more than four decades. Set off on a wilderness jet boat adventure this afternoon.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Accommodation: Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge, Trapper Creek

Day 4 Rail trip to Denali & the sled dogs of Husky Homestead

A journey by rail to Denali National Park precedes a visit to Husky Homestead to meet former Iditarod champion musher Jeff King and his family... and of course their indomitable Husky sled dogs who live and train there. Dinner tonight is at your choice of restaurants at Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Accommodation: Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge, Denali

Day 5 Exploring Denali National Park

A highlight of any Alaska travel experience is a visit to Denali National Park, a six-million-acre UNESCO Biosphere Reserve highlighted by North America's highest mountain - 20,320-foot Mt. McKinley. Look for grizzly bears, moose, caribou, Dall sheep and other Denali denizens on a Tundra Wildlife Search in the park with a National Park Service guide. Then spend some time exploring on your own before enjoying a Music of Denali dinner show this evening.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Accommodation: Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge, Denali

Day 6 Across the wilderness to mountain majesty

Traverse the Alaskan wilderness today from Denali along the Alaska Range to your lodge situated on the Copper River near Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, known as "North America's Mountain Kingdom."

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Accommodation: Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge, Copper Center

Day 7 "North America's Mountain Kingdom"

Discover Wrangell-St. Elias National Park - home to more glaciers and mountains above 16,000 feet than any spot in North America - on a private tour of the park's visitor center with a park ranger. Return to your wilderness lodge to spend the remainder of the day exactly as you please.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Accommodation: Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge, Copper Center

Day 8 Take a catamaran ride & embark your Princess cruise

Make a stop at Worthington Glacier en route to Valdez, where you'll set off by catamaran across Prince William Sound to Whittier. Board your Princess ship in Whittier to launch the 7-night cruise portion of this most excellent of Alaska tours.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 9 Cruise College Fjord & Prince William Sound

Cruise through College Fjord, rimmed with 16 glaciers named for Ivy League colleges. Spot wildlife including sea lions and sea otters in Prince William Sound, harbouring Alaska's greatest concentration of tidewater glaciers. By night, take in a Broadway-style show, try your luck in the casino, check out the nightclub, or read in the library; join us for the Captain's welcome reception aboard ship this evening.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 10 Glorious Glacier Bay

Prepare to be awestruck by Glacier Bay National Park, an Alaska travel highlight. View blue-tinged ice cliffs towering over the sea, and hear the roar when they calve and crash into the water. Look for humpback whales, orcas, seals, and seabirds. Tonight, attend Tauck's exclusive cocktail party featuring hors d'oeuvres and an open bar as your ship sails to Skagway.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 11 Skagway, bald eagle country & a vintage rail trip

Explore historic Skagway, gateway to the Klondike gold fields, in antique cars before boarding a ferry cruise on Lynn Canal to Haines. Go rafting through the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, hosting the world's largest concentration of bald eagles. Ride the exciting White Pass & Yukon Route narrow-gauge railway built in 1898 during the gold rush. This vintage rail excursion heads up steep grades, around cliff-hanging turns, and over high bridges. Reboard the ship in Skagway.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 12 Views of Juneau and Tlingit culture

Arrive in Alaska's capital city of Juneau, set on a narrow strip of land between the Coast Mountains and the Gastineau Channel. Gather insights on the traditions of the indigenous Tlingit peoples of the Pacific Northwest during a private cultural presentation for Tauck guests only.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 13 Totem poles & native culture in Ketchikan

Today you'll dock in Ketchikan, the ancestral home of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian tribes, for an inside look at the role that Tlingit heritage plays in the local culture. See some of the city's numerous totem poles, and watch local totem carvers at work at Saxman Native Village; catch a performance of traditional Tlingit and Haida dances.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 14 Inside Passage cruising

Enjoy spectacular views of Alaska's Inside Passage from your stateroom, or a variety of decks and lounges, on a full day of cruising past the densely forested islands and coastal communities of this renowned waterway. You can also swim in four pools, hear a nature presentation, play a board game in the library, work out in the fitness center, get a relaxing spa treatment, or check out the golf simulator. Cap this most extraordinary of Alaska tours by joining us tonight for a farewell cocktail party followed by dinner aboard your Princess ship.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 15 Bid Alaska farewell

Your most memorable of Alaska tours ends in Vancouver. Disembark your Princess ship in Vancouver, British Columbia. Fly home any time; a transfer is included from the dock to Vancouver International Airport. Allow a minimum of three hours for flight check-in and U.S. customs.

Meals: Breakfast