Tag Archives: Fairbanks

Customer Experiences

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These are just a few of the reviews we have received over the years.  You could be one of these happy clients.  Alaska Denali Tours is more than happy to make you a custom tour and adventure package.  We can coordinate around the railroad,  the Alaska Cruises, and even flights to give you the most of Alaska in the most efficient time frame.  We strive to show you the best of Alaska, our home and playground:

Everyone was very friendly and made you feel welcome.  Excellent Hospitality!
-Kim and Jared Gaty –  Cabin: #24

Very nice- wonderful accommodations! Thank you!

-Susan and Mike Hurdy- Cabin: #16

Naturalists were full of informative and interesting info.  Food was delicious, well prepared and served. Managers were very helpful. We loved it!

-John and Ruth- Cabin: # 26

Excellent guides, knowledgeable and friendly. Meals and service was great, cabing was comfortable, clean and quiet.  The staff in the lodge were most friendly and attentive. They worked hard to please the guests and they succeeded!

- Barbara- Cabin:3

Wonderful people, comfortable cabins with a beautiful view! The location and facilities are great but my memories will center on the superb staff, they were very warm and helpful!

-Father Don- Cabin: #42

Come to Alaska and experience the adventure for yourself!

Summer Adventures in Alaska

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I need to get out and do more this summer.  I have lived in Alaska the majority of my life and I haven’t been on a day cruise, or even been farther north than Fairbanks.  I went snow machining once, but that scared the death out of me so I figure doing the really adventurous things isn’t for me.  Sure, it’s almost a rite of passage to go up Arctic Valley in the winter and sled down the mile long hill, but that’s not a real thrill unless you’re some of the first kids down after fresh snow.  I hiked up a mountain in middle school, but it was a field trip and every kid who went to school there was given the opportunity to do it.  Still, none of it was terribly exciting.

This summer I plan on making the most of the 20 hours of daylight.  I only live once right?  We all make promises to ourselves; only a few of them are realistic to keep.  I think that vowing to hike in Denali National Park, or even going on an Alaskan cruise is easily fulfilled.  I will commit myself to experiencing Alaska in new ways, ways that I should have seen my home years ago.  Be it taking the Alaska Railroad to Fairbanks, or going to the Seward Sea Life Center, I will have an adventure this summer.

Will you?

My Alyeska Pipeline Experience

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Last summer I touched the Alyeska Pipeline. I didn’t even know it was possible. Alaska Denali Tours made it happen though. My kids and I started in Anchorage, took in the sites and went to the Saturday Market down town. After Anchorage we boarded the Motorcoach and headed to Denali. After a night there, enjoying the sheer vastness of the country, we made it north to Fairbanks, a small town with a large attitude. The Fairbanks North Star Borough, which Fairbanks and Denali both reside in, is roughly the size of New Jersey, but the total population is less than 100,000. That means if you stretched every person in the area out evenly there would only be 11 every square mile. The town was founded around the gold boom, which started in 1902 and still continues today.
The first thing I did while I was in Fairbanks was the Riverboat Discovery tour on the Chena River. I was able to really soak in the heritage of the land. We saw a traditional fish camp and left the boat to learn about the way Native People live in the villages of interior Alaska. After a lunch near the river we headed north to the El Dorado Gold Mine, which has been mining for gold for decades. We took a train, complete with the operator singing us some Johnny Cash, into the mine to learn about the history of the industry. The guides were wonderful and really immersed you into the setting. After the train ride we panned for our own ‘flash’, and even made jewelry out of the flakes. The family who operates the mine was there and we got to touch enormous gold nuggets.
After the gold fever we departed on the train once more and made our way back to the busses. The bus took us up the Dalton Highway to a spot where the pipeline was near the road. My family and I headed right to the exposed pipeline raised five feet off the ground. There was no experience quite like knowing millions of dollars of crude oil was pumping through that enormous structure. We were even given the opportunity to take home parts of retired pipeline. What an adventure!

-Kira Elegy