Denali Park Resorts Tours
What Tours
 
  1. TUNDRA WILDERNESS TOUR - 6 to 8 hour tour through some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. Tour drivers, educated and trained as naturalists, provide colorful information about the land and its animals. Drivers stop to point out geographical features and animals. Travel 53 miles into Denali National Park to the Toklat River. Hourly rest stops. Price includes box lunch w/ beverage. Available May 20 thru Sept. 17.
  2. TEKLANIKA TUNDRA WILDERNESS TOUR - During early May and late September, when the park road is still not fully accessible due to the harsh Alaskan winters, a modified Tundra Wilderness Tour, called the Teklanika Tour, is available. This tour mirrors the Tundra Wilderness Tour, however, only travels 30-miles into the park and is 4-5 hours in length. Includes light snack and hot beverage. Available May 15-18 & Sept. 18-21
  3. DENALI NATURAL HISTORY TOUR - Five hour, 19 mile journey into Denali National Park to the Primrose turn-around. Fully narrated by tour driver, including colorful information about the area's early inhabitants, flora and fauna. Hourly rest stops. Price includes light snack w/ beverage. Available May 13-Sept 20
  4. KANTISHNA EXPERIENCE TOUR - 11-12 hour tour. Travels 96 miles into the park. Follow in the footsteps on Fannie Quigley to the old gold town of Kantishna on this all day adventure to the end of the Park Road. Join a Certified Interpretive Guide on this unique experience to learn more about the park and to spend time in Kantishna learning about its interesting history and role in the formation of Interior Alaska. This experience also features a National Park Service Interpretive Ranger from Wonder Lake. The Kantishna Experience is the only tour to feature an Interpretive Ranger from the National Park Service.  Visit the home of Fannie Quigley herself as you tour through the town of Kantishna. Price includes box lunch w/ beverage. This tour includes limited walking. Available June 8-Sept 15.
  5. ROCK CREEK GUIDED HIKE - 3-4 hour tour. This “front country” experience offers explorers an opportunity to blend a pleasant hike on an improved trail inside the Park boundary, with a meaningful and educational visit to the unique Denali Visitor Center.  Guests will be picked up by their interpretive guide and shuttled over to the Denali Visitor Center as the guide shares some of the basics about the unique history and attributes of Denali.  Once at the Visitor Center, they’ll have 30-45 minutes to spend browsing the insightful and eye-opening exhibits before embarking on their hike.  The participants will take off from there on a loop hike of approximately four miles on the Rock Creek Trail, returning back to the Visitor Center via the Roadside Trail. This moderate hike winds through a spruce and birch forest reminiscent of those that dominate the lower elevation hillsides of Denali National Park. Photo opportunities abound. Return transportation is provided back to the McKinley Chalet Resort. Available May 20-Sept 15.
  6. STEPS THROUGH TIME GUIDED HIKE - 3-4 hour tour Step away from the developed areas and immersing yourself in the tranquility of a hike through the mixed spruce, birch and alder forest that encompass the Denali area and Interior Alaska.  This guided hike will set you on the trail of discovery and adventure as your certified guide interprets many of the unique natural attributes of the area.  Visit an old hunting cabin and take in some of the spectacular scenery on this invigorating hike.  The trail is rustic and leads away from the lodges, gradually enveloping the hiker into a quiet and refreshing environment.  You’ll get a bird’s eye view of the glacially-carved Nenana River valley.  This is a moderately strenuous hike and proper footwear is essential in order to provide for good, secure footing along the trail.  You’ll need to step over exposed roots and around wet areas and boulder hop over Lynx Creek.  The trail rises in elevation at various spots and can provide a moderately strenuous workout for most participants. This is a well marked but unimproved trail still used by hikers, backpackers, and hunters to easily access some of the most beautiful wilderness areas of Denali.
  7. DENALI HIGHWAY ADVENTURE - 3-4 hour tour. A few miles down the road from the park entrance area is the Denali Highway, still mostly unpaved, offering you an opportunity to view the Denali summit on a clear day and to experience the open tundra and taiga that are the essence of Alaska’s wilderness. This excursion is led by certified guides who will guide you on a journey to the town of Cantwell located at the base of the Alaska Range.  Once there, you’ll head East on the Denali Highway where the guide will help you spot wildlife and look for those special photos on your own “photo safari”.  Short hikes will offer you the opportunity to look a little closer at the natural surroundings.  The ride out to the Denali Highway will take you through the dramatic Nenana River Canyon. Please bring proper footwear & clothing for strolls along the thoroughfare.
Where Denali National Park, Alaska
When Daily, Mid May through Mid September, 2010
Capacity 50 passenger bus, multiple buses available on some tours
Equipment Tour bus, experienced guide and narrator, meal service depending on tour.
Price
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Price
  1. Tundra Wilderness Tour
  2. Teklanika Tour
  3. Natural History Tour
  4. Kantishna Experience
  5. Rock Creek Guided Hike
  6. Steps Through Time Guided Hike
  7. Denali Highway Adventure
 Tours subject to availablity. Child Rate (14 & under) available. Alaska State Law requires all children under the age of 4 years or under 40 lbs. in weght to be seated in a car seat. Tour does not supply car seat.
  1. $149
  2. $99
  3. $93
  4. $189
  5. $90
  6. $90
  7. $90
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VISITORS INFORMATION CALL: 1-907-929-2822
E-MAIL TO: avc@alaska.net

Alaska Visitors Center
733 West 4th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99501
 
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