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When you plan your Alaskan
vacation, do you plan to encounter a striking landscape, a place so
expansive that it
shelters more than six
hundred-fifty species of flowering plants and thirty-seven mammal
species? Do you envision your Alaskan
tour to include a dizzying six million acres filled with large caribou,
moose, and grizzly
bears, and offset with startlingly small flowers, miniaturized to suit
Alaska's short growth season?
Of course we're talking about
Denali National Park,
the focal point of an Alaska
Cruisetour.
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See Denali National Park, Mt.
McKinley
and the wildlife of
Alaska. Travel via scenic domed railcars; deluxe,
restroom-equipped motor coaches; Overnight at deluxe “rustic” lodges;
great wildlife and scenery only on an Alaska cruisetour can you
experience all that Alaska has to offer.
Denali
National Park is located 240 miles north of Anchorage, and
encompasses 6 million acres of forests, tundra, glaciers and
mountains - that's larger than the entire state of
Massachusetts. Yet only 90 miles of main road traverses the
park, leaving the moose, caribou, sheep and bears free to roam a
wide area of land untouched by man. Denali National Park has
long been a place of refuge for those with the will to survive
its rugged terrain. Indeed, only the strongest plants flourish
in this world of sub-artic wilderness. Species of mosses,
lichens, fungi, algae, and others spangle the slopes and valleys
of Denali. Deep pools of frost collect just beneath the park's
surfaces, and only the thinnest sheen of topsoil thaws enough
each year to stimulate new life. But the fragile nature of the
region leads to continuous rebirth. New rivers can spurt up in
days and flowers bloom just in time to serve as supper for
hungry wildlife.
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Denali National Park
Some
unique things you can choose to do in and around the park...
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 Tundra
Wilderness Tour
Natural
History Tour
Take
a helicopter ride to view breathtaking
Mt.
McKinley's from the air!
Kayak,
raft or jet boat down crystal clear
lakes and rivers!
Drive
a team of Alaskan sled dogs!
Charter
a boat or a float plane for a once in
a life time fly-in fishing trip.
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Question Of The Week
How can I
see Mt. McKinley?
Mt. McKinley, at over
20,000 feet, is North America's largest mountain. Located in Denali
National Park, between Anchorage and Fairbanks. National Park Service
sightseeing in Denali National Park is featured on most Alaska
Cruisetour itineraries. The breathtaking view you see in the brochure
and picture postcards of Mt. McKinley is never guaranteed, as Mt.
McKinley creates its own weather, so cloud cover may obscure your view.
However, when the weather cooperates viewing North America’s highest
peak is spectacular.
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"Where a balcony cabin and a spectacular train ride
become front-row seats for one of the most breathtaking
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Ship to Train to Denali — All in One Day!
Princess
rail service takes you right from the ship to a
Princess wilderness lodge the same day
for more time exactly where you want to be and
less time getting there.
Available exclusively on "Direct to the
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Journey by rail and private motor coach and
immerse yourself in the Alaskan interior. Pull
back the curtain on a vast frontier that spans
for a thousand miles in every direction. Each
day exposes a new layer of Alaska and a new
memory. Think of it as the most meaningful trip
you've ever taken.
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Notes From The Great
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"We just
finished another incredible 14 day
cruisetour itinerary for 2008. Now I'm
getting ready to help a couple decide which
one of 68 cruisetours we offer. I've already
heard exciting chatter about our guests
seeing more of Alaska and really getting off
the beaten path. And believe me, between
glacier trekking, biking through Denali
National park, and a rail tour on the
Wilderness Express, these folks are going to
be impressed."
Bob Andrews,
Explorations Coordinator
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" Expert guides recounted the
colorful history of Ketchikan and
onboard interpreters ascribed
meaning to the song of the humpback
whale as our captain navigated the
majestic waters of Glacier Bay. All
the while enjoying a Champagne
Breakfast and spectacular view from
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"Thrill to white thunder in Glacier Bay, marvel at sunlight
at midnight and close-ups of whales, eagles and caribou.
Delight in Mt. McKinley's majesty and meadows carpeted with
wildflowers. Amid unsurpassed grandeur and serenity, the
true wilderness of Denali is calling."
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Timing Is Everything:
The wide array of cruise lines and Alaska
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Good Deals Go Fast:
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can peel. Standing in front of a Glacier is much
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of the Alaska Travel Industry Association. "We have
11/2 million visitors a year, and 900,000 of them come
on cruise ships. It's a phenomenal way to introduce
yourself to Alaska. Wildlife, glaciers, majestic
mountains.
It's all there".
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