Anchorage: Kenai Fjords & Denali National Park 5 Day/4 Night Adventure

Welcome to Alaska!! Your BrushBuck Guide will pick you up in the lobby of your local Anchorage hotel. We will make our way towards Denali National Park, one of the wildest places left in North America!

Along the way, your guide will host a welcome lunch where he or she will go over details of our trip and answer any questions! We will stop in the tiny hamlet of Talkeetna, a picture perfect example of small-town life in Alaska! You will be able to enjoy its artistic and creative culture. Our guests can enjoy a leisurely snack, shop, and stroll down main street! After your Talkeetna stop, we head to Denali Park where we will check in to our hotel.

Meal Plan: Lunch in Talkeetna

Accommodation: Denali Park Village (or similar)

Whether you like flying over impressive glaciers, whitewater rafting on the Nenana River, off-road ATV driving, or hiking in one of North America’s most beautiful wilderness areas, you will have your choice of adventures!

Choose your FUN!! On this day, you will be able to choose one or two of these exciting activities: 

Guided Whitewater rafting 

ATV Tours

Helicopter tour with glacier landing

Airplane sightseeing tour

Guided hiking

Guided fly-fishing (not salmon) 

*These activities are NOT included in the trip cost

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Denali Park Village(or similar)

In the morning, we will visit the historical dog mushing team of Denali National Park! These dogs are the only sled dog team in the National Park Service and are still used for supplying the backcountry of the park in the winter. After the sled dog presentation, we will be traveling to the beautiful Kenai Peninsula, stopping for scenic pull outs and wildlife sightings! Driving by the Chugach Mountains, the Knik and Turnagain Arms, you will be overwhelmed with scenic beauty! We will be stopping in Wasilla for lunch before a visit and short hike to the Byron Glacier. From there, we will continue our journey through the Kenai Mountain Range to Seward, sitting on the shores of Resurrection Bay and the gateway to the Kenai Fjords National Park! After checking into your hotel, guests will have the opportunity to explore and shop the seaside town of Seward.

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Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel Edgewater (or similar)

Day 4 includes the opportunity to see the breathtaking scenery at Kenai Fjords National Park which boasts abundant wildlife as well as alpine and tidewater glaciers. Orcas, humpback whales, harbor seals, sea otters, Steller sea lions, Dall’s porpoise, black bears, bald eagle, mountain goats, puffins, along with countless other species of marine birds can all be seen within this picturesque national park.

You will have a choice of the following activities on your free day in Seward:

Kenai Fjords National Park boat cruise with lunch

Sea kayaking and boat ride

Ocean Fishing Trip (Salmon and Rockfish)

*These activities are NOT included in the trip cost

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Denali Totem Inn (or similar)

Following breakfast, we will check out of our hotel and guests will have the chance to visit the Alaska Sea Life Center in Seward – Alaska’s only permanent center for marine mammal rehabilitation and an education and research-focused aquarium. You will see first-hand their conservation efforts and dedication to Alaska’s ocean wildlife! It is truly a unique place to visit. Then, we will make our way back around Turnagain Arm to Anchorage where your guide will drop you off at your accommodation or the airport for outbound flights.

Meals: Breakfast

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End Tour in Anchorage, Alaska