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Both options offer spectacular views of Alaska: cruise-only itineraries focus on glaciers and frontier ports; cruise tours combine cruising itineraries with days of touring the vast inland wilderness of Alaska and the Yukon. The advantage of choosing a cruise tour is that you get a greater variety of Alaska attractions; a cruise tour is the only way to see Glacier Bay and Denali National Parks, the Yukon and the Arctic.

Combine a seven-day cruise with a four to ten day land tour and see the best of Alaska. Alaska Cruise tours range from 10-17 nights and include your 7-night Alaska cruise. Most cruise ours feature an inclusive tour into Denali National Park, a 6.3 million acre park, home to Mt. McKinley and one of the largest wildlife habitats in the world. Alaska Cruise Tours accommodate every lifestyle, from mild to wild.

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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?

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Travel via scenic domed railcars; deluxe, restroom-equipped motor coaches; Overnight at deluxe “rustic” lodges; great wildlife and scenery only on an Alaska cruise tour 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, a 6.3 million acre park, home to Mt. McKinley and one of the largest wildlife habitats in the world.Exclusive: Choose Your Own Park Tour!

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All Princess Alaska cruisetours include an exciting tour through the park; however Princess offers the flexibility to choose your preferred experience from four unique tour options.

 

Which Denali National Park tour experience is for you!  Experience Denali with Alaska Geographic, Denali Natural History Tour, Tundra Wilderness Tour or the Kantishna Experience.

Experience Denali with Alaska Geographic

Duration: Approximately 4-5 hours
Price: $79 per person

Tour Highlights:
  • This tour introduces participants to Denali and provides an enhanced view of the Denali ecosystem and current research taking place

  • A narrated bus tour 15 miles into Denali takes guests to a beautiful river valley where they embark on a short walk to the historic Savage River Camp

  • The tour has the smallest group-to-instructor ratio of any tour in Denali and therefore provides the most intimate experiences

  • On the walking portion of the tour, guests take part in several activities that highlight park wildlife and provide hands-on experiences

  • Following the walk, participants are given one hour for a self-guided stop at the Denali Visitor Center

  • The tour is hosted by Alaska Geographic, a non-profit partner that reinvests tour proceeds to fund teacher scholarships, research fellowships, education grants, and K-12 outreach

  • Limited space availability

Recommended for:
  • Passengers who prefer an active, hands-on tour of Denali National Park

  • Passengers traveling with children

  • Passengers who have limited time in Denali and want to more thoroughly experience their lodge and/or land excursions

  • Passengers who prefer to have more free time in Denali

Denali Natural History Tour

Duration: Approximately 4-5 hours
Price: $89 per person

Tour Highlights:
  • Fully narrated tour that focuses on the rich history of Denali National Park

  • Travels to Primrose Ridge (Mile 17) for scenic and wildlife viewing opportunities

  • Includes a screening of “Across Time and Tundra”, a film that depicts development of the park road and early visitor experiences

  • Stop at Savage Cabin to visit a rustic, back-country shelter used by rangers for decades

  • Alaskan Native Presentation

  • Possible opportunity to see Mt. Mckinley (weather permitting)

Recommended for:
  • Passengers who are interested in Denali’s history, culture and nature

  • Passengers who have limited time in Denali and want to more thoroughly experience their lodge and/or land excursions

  • Passengers who prefer to have more free time in Denali

Tundra Wilderness Tour

Duration: Approximately 7-8 hours
Price: $149 per person

Tour Highlights:
  • Comprehensive, fully narrated tour that travels deep into Denali National Park (Mile 53)

  • In-depth information about the history of the park with plentiful wildlife and photography opportunities

  • Travels over Sable Pass to scenic Polychrome Overlook

  • Stony Hill Overlook provides opportunities to see Mt. McKinley (weather permitting)

  • Note: The Teklanika Tundra Wilderness Tour is seasonally offered in place of the Tundra Wilderness Tour when the park road is not fully accessible due to weather.

Recommended for:
  • Passengers with 2-night stays at Denali

  • Passengers who want a deep Denali Park experience

  • Passengers who enjoy motorcoach travel

Kantishna Experience

Duration: Approximately 11-12 hours
Price: $199 per person

Tour Highlights:
  • All day tour that travels to the end of the park road (Mile 91)

  • This tour is guided by a National Park Service Interpretive Ranger

  • Explore the old gold mining town of Kantishna and learn about its history

  • Stop at the restored home of Fannie Quigley and learn about the early settlers

  • Visit the Eielson Visitor Center and Wonder Lake

  • Abundant opportunities for wildlife viewing

  • Possible opportunities to see Mt. Mckinley (weather permitting)

  • Limited space availability

  • Note: This tour does not operate when the park road is not fully accessible due to weather.

Recommended for:
  • Passengers with 2-night stays at Denali

  • Passengers who want to travel to the end of the park road

  • Passengers who enjoy motorcoach travel

 

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Other Helpful Information
  • To change the Denali Park tour on an existing Alaska cruisetour booking, just call us. The price difference will be applied to your booking. Changes are subject to tour availability and must be made 14 days prior to departure.

  • You may also choose to opt out of the tour altogether. The price will be credited to your booking.

  • Don’t wait; availability is limited. Space is assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Not all requests can be accommodated.

  • A snack and hot beverage is provided on the Natural History Tour.

  • Box lunches and beverages are provided on the Tundra Wilderness Tour and the Kantishna Experience.

  • Wheelchair accessible buses are available, and all stops are wheelchair accessible.

  • Children under 4 years and/or 40 pounds are required to be in a child safety device (car seat) to ride on buses. Passengers must bring their own child safety device.

  • Tour buses are school buses and are not equipped with restrooms. Buses will stop approximately every 90 minutes for restroom breaks.

  • Park road is not paved and travels through beautiful Alaskan wilderness – wildlife is not guaranteed.

  • Privately owned vehicles are not permitted into the National Park.

  • Suggested items to bring include warm clothes, rainwear, insect repellant, camera, binoculars, and personal medications as necessary.

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Tundra Wilderness Tour

Natural History Tour
Take a helicopter ride to view breathtaking

  Mt. McKinley's from the air!
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  lakes and rivers!
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What will you see? A massive glacier sending ice floes seaward? A pod of humpback whales surfacing through the morning mist to get a better look at your ship? A herd of caribou grazing on the tundra? On any given day in Alaska, so many sensations await you. You only need to embark on a cruise or cruise tour to begin your voyage of discovery.

 

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Ketchikan. "It was a nice little place, and they all fish up there. The guide took us to spots where the salmon were jumping right out of water and eagles were just looking at them." Just outside of Juneau, where they docked the second night, they visited Mendenhall Glacier. "You can just walk right up to it." They were even more impressed by the Hubbard Glacier on the Inside Passage. "You cruise right up to it, and it's making snap, crackle, and pop noises and pieces were constantly popping off."  From their stop in Skagway, they caught a boat to Haines, where the preserve has a visitors center, and then hopped a bus to the Chilkat Valley. "The skies just opened up and it was gorgeous. We had a three-hour tour with a Tlingit native on a boat along the Chilkat River. The eagles were flying and swooping and gazing at you from onshore. The natural beauty of this valley is just indescribable." The family took a three-day bus tour of Denali National Park. A highlight was taking a single-prop airplane tour out of Talkeetna to Mount McKinley, at 20,320 feet, the tallest mountain in North America. "We flew among all these peaks, alongside cliffs, through the clouds, and 400 feet above the Ruth Glacier, which is like a huge river of ice, with all these crevasses. We were dipping in and out, having a ball." Read The Article

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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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Getting to the wilderness of Denali is now quicker and easier. Step off your cruise ship in Whittier onto your railcar and arrive at your wilderness lodge that same afternoon. Or, on southbound itineraries, leave the Denali area and enjoy a direct link to your awaiting cruise ship in Whittier. Direct to the Wilderness rail tours of Alaska.Fewer transfers and less time waiting makes for a more relaxing and enjoyable Alaska vacation. More Time at Denali. Wake up to the sights and sounds of Denali National Park.  You've reached your destination nearly a full day earlier than with any other cruise tour company. That means more time to sit by the fire, linger over grilled salmon and soak up the comfort of your surroundings. 

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Escorted Tours feature knowledgeable Tour Directors who know the countryside, lore and history of Alaska like no one else. Your Tour Director also acts as your personal concierge on land and can attend to your every need. Enjoy the special camaraderie and personal service of traveling with a full-time escort. Plus, on selected escorted tours, most of your meals on the land tour are included. All meals are included while at sea. Note: Locally hosted tours do not include meals on the land portion and do not offer an Escort/Tour Director.

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Alaskans suggest: "Take a cruise first," says Jennifer Thompson 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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"We came back from our Alaska cruise tour and we are very happy for your services. Our trip was wonderful. We had no problems at all. We are truly impressed with Princess. They are very organized so that everything runs very smoothly. Thanks again to you and your company."

 

"What can I say. We felt like we were on a National Geographic cruise. Eagles, whales, sea lions, moose, bear and caribou; we saw them all. We had the best weather imaginable too. Both days at McKinley were cloudless!  We saw the whole mountain range morning, noon and night and night and night! The position of our room was great, 11th floor mid ship. We loved it."

 

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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 Cruise tour 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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"Catch sight of a humpback whale or wolf pups frolicking in the snow.

Alaska is as rustic and romantic as one could ever imagine."

 

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Here are five of Alaska's top attractions:
Denali National Park: Incredible wildlife viewing and scenery; on a clear day you can see Mt. McKinley.

The Inside Passage: This picturesque cruise route features the popular towns of Ketchikan, Sitka, Juneau and Skagway.
Flight-seeing: Whether you take a ski plane or helicopter, don't miss the chance to fly over and get a birds-eye-view of Alaska.
Glaciers: See them from above on a flight-seeing tour, by cruise ship or kayak.
Native culture: Learn all about Alaska, visit heritage centers and museums dedicated to indigenous peoples.

"Whales, sea lions, otters, eagles, bears and an incredible diversity of seabirds can appear seemingly from out of the blue.

It's just one of the thrilling aspects of Alaska - the opportunity to observe a variety of wildlife in their natural habitats"

 

" 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 our balcony stateroom. What a cruise!"

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Marty,

 

I just want to say a few words about out trip last week. First of all thank you for making all of the arrangements for us. Everything went smoothly and our luggage magically appeared everywhere we went. Princess did a stellar job with all the logistics of our land tour. Our entire experience was fantastic. We spent 4 days on the land tour first going into Denali State Park and National Park. The Princess resorts were beautiful and placed in remote areas. All the tour guides/bus drivers were knowledgeable and all had such a passion for the area we were in at that time. What I thought was going to be a long boring bus ride turned out to be a highlight of the trip. The train ride to Whittier was another great experience with trivia games and again a tour guide with incredible knowledge of the area. Reaching the ship as you turn the corner on the train was an awesome sight and as we entered the ship, sea lions were playing on the dock and eagles sat in the trees above us. Once again everything was taken care of prior to departing the train, we even received our cruise pass and just walked on the ship. The cruise was amazing and princess had a full time naturalist on board and throughout our journey, rangers came on and off depending upon where we were. Spending the day in Glacier National Park was one of the highlights of our trip. The huge ship we were on sat in front of the glacier for over an hour and turned on a dime. Amazing how close we were able to get being on the Diamond Princess. Our only disappointment was our helicopter/glacier excursion was cancelled due to weather. We saw whales, porpoises, seals and eagles all from our balcony. Great trip, would recommend bringing a good camera with telescopic lens and investing in good binoculars. Five stars to Princess and Marty.

 

Karen and Keith Smith   

 

Hi Marty,
I just wanted to thank you for all your help.  Packer Expeditions was excellent and I would highly recommend them again for anyone looking to do a glacier hike.  Also, we ended up being upgraded to an outside cabin...  It was a truly welcome surprise to say the least.  It made all the difference in the world both having a window (even though it was an obstructed view) and having a larger cabin.  Alaska was totally awesome and we thoroughly enjoyed the land tours.  My only regret was at Copper River, ... there is no transportation in the park to the various trails. Everything else was wonderful.  All the coach drivers and tour folks were very knowledgeable and helpful. So next time we are looking for a cruise I will be in touch!  Thanks again, Ann.


"Raye and Marty Trencher from Travel Direct Corporation did a stellar job in planning our recent cruise to Alaska.  Not only were we very pleased, but every other member of our group was extremely satisfied.  We're currently working with Raye and Marty on our next cruise. ...Monte"

 

"Raye, just a quick note to tell you how much we enjoyed our trip. Perfect weather! We were spoiled. Could have used shorts but didn't bring any. Cruise ship was wonderful. Trip went off without a hitch. We will definitely be taking another cruise. Hopefully in the not too distant future."
 
"Marty, thanks for your help you made selecting this Alaska trip very easy with all the knowledge you shared.  You are everything the books say a travel agent should be."


"Our [ Alaska] cruise was fantastic! I've never cruised before so was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the experience. Thanks for your help." Now we want to take our two younger grandchildren.

 

"We Just got back from our cruise tour to Alaska on Princess. Everything was excellent. The hotels and the ship was rated tops by all in our party. The help with the 8 month old was fantastic and the excursions were great. Thanks for all of your help. We are looking forward to another cruise next year, possibly the Mediterranean and working with you. Thanks again.


"Just a note to thank you for your help in booking the ( Alaska ) Princess Cruise tour for next year.

I have been doing some internet searching of info regarding the cruise tour and the ship and it becomes increasingly obvious to me that you have taken excellent care of us. Your knowledge of the advantage of a Port side room for the southern trip and your ability to get us in the mid-ships bump out area for our cabins looks to be great. I was not knowledgeable regarding the bump outs on the Coral Princess until reviewing some cruise review sites and the reviews I have read regarding being in the bump out area and on the A and B decks makes you look brilliant and makes us look lucky to have dealt with you. I found you guys pretty much by the luck of the draw on a Goggle search. At the time of my first e-mail I had no idea who you were, where you were located, how legitimate you were or what your level of expertise may be. Let me say that at this point I am very happy I found you and appreciate how well you have served us."

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