Decisions – Decisions; how to choose an Alaskan Vacation.

helicopter glacier hikeFirst; Choose what your adventure would excite you the best, this is where your dreams come true. Did you want to fish Alaska, view bears, marvel at North Americas’ tallest mountain as you sore around it on a flight seeing tour?  Would you like to see whales? Continue reading

Denali National Park Vacation Packages

Denali Backcountry LodgeDenali National Park is one of the top destinations in Alaska. It is a big national park; there are so many things one can do both at the park entrance and at the backcountry, deep inside the park. One would want to maximize their time and enjoy the park to fullest. There are many vacation packages out there with one or two nights stay in the park area. These packages just touch the fringes of what the park is all about. To have an immersive experience of all that the park has to offer, let me suggest you the following sample Denali National Park Vacation Package. Continue reading

Ten Things To See And Do When Visiting Denali National Park

Drive along Restricted Denali Park RoadMany People visit Denali National Park and mostly spend their entire time in and around their hotel, near the Park Entrance.  There is so much to do and see, in Denali National Park, even if you are just staying near the Entrance.  The first thing you have to consider is of course, how you are going to get to the park. Coming from Anchorage, you have a few choices.  One choice is to take advantage of the convenient and comfortable Anchorage Denali Express Motorcoach, traveling straight from Anchorage to Denali. Another choice is to travel on the Alaska Railroad, which takes a bit longer, but is a beautiful trip.  The last, and more extravagant option, is to charter a private plane from Anchorage, to the Park entrance. Continue reading

Flightseeing Denali National Park

If you have never witnessed the grandeur of the largest mountain in the western hemisphere, or even if you have seen it from the ground, you have missed out on a whole new perspective. Flightseeing in Denali National Park is a unique experience; there really isn’t an area comparable to the park’s near 6 million acres of enormous glaciers, towering granite walls and snow-covered peaks, on earth.  Beholding the entire Denali Massif from the intimate distance that an aircraft can offer is a humbling experience that you never forget. Continue reading

Amazing time in Denali National Park

I walked out of my room that morning to the freshest air, the crispest view of the scenery. I took a picture. I called to my husband, to have a look with me. We just stood there in awe noticing everything from the farthest tree to the dragonflies zooming by. We looked forward to our flightseeing tour in Denali National Park, through the winding valleys of the Alaska Range, and the indescribable vision of Denali herself. It was a flight into the Denali Backcountry Lodge where we stayed for 3 days. We meet some amazing people from all over the world; we went on ATV adventures that were like a dream come true. We saw moose and fox; we saw so many more animals on the trip back on the bus ride.
It was a short adventure that I can’t recommend more. The staff was so friendly, answered our questions, I am sure that they had been asked hundreds of times. Now that we’ve been there we understand what “remote” really means. And the people of the Denali Backcountry Lodge brought some civilization to the wild country in a very unobtrusive way for us to experience.
Thank you,
Jan and Rob Texas