Brief Overview of 2012 North Central Tour
May 20 – May 28, 2012 (9 Days) Cost $2,339
Anchorage
- 2 nights with Anchorage UU hosts
- Dinner hosted by Anchorage UUs
- Native Heritage Center
- Anchorage Museum
- Optional Nature Walk
Seward
- Scenic Bus Trip From Anchorage to Seward
- One night in our Seward hotel
- Exit Glacier – Visitors Center and/or walk
- Kenai Fjords Boat Tour (6 hours)
- Visit to the Alaska Sea Life Center
- Alaska Railroad from Seward to Anchorage
Denali National Park
- Alaska Railroad to Denali National Park
- 2 nights lodging along the Nenana River
- Optional Nenana River rafting trip
- Tundra Wilderness Tour (full day)
- Free time to enjoy Visitors Center, walking trails, interpretive talks, etc.
Fairbanks
- Alaska Railroad to Fairbanks
- 3 nights with Fairbanks UU hosts
- Alaska State Museum of the North (at UAF)
- Walking tour of downtown Fairbanks
- Optional gentle canoe trip on the Chena River
- Sunday service with the Fairbanks UUs
- Riverboat Discovery afternoon cruise on the Chena River
- Visit to Creamers Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge
- Farewell Dinner hosted by Fairbanks UUs
Brief Overview of 2012 All-Alaska Tour
June 30 - July 12 (13 Days) Cost $3,339
Fairbanks
- 3 nights with Fairbanks UU hosts
- Sunday service with the Fairbanks UUs
- Riverboat Discovery afternoon cruise on the Chena River
- Alaska State Museum of the North (at UAF)
- Large Animal Research Station (
Musk Ox Farm
)
- Welcome Dinner hosted by Fairbanks UUs
- Walking tour of downtown Fairbanks
- Optional gentle canoe trip on the Chena River
Denali National Park
- Alaska Railroad to Denali National Park
- 2 nights lodging along the Nenana River
- Optional Nenana River rafting trip
- Tundra Wilderness Tour (full day)
- Free time to enjoy Visitors Center, walking trails, interpretive talks, etc.
Anchorage
- Alaska Railroad to Anchorage
- 2 nights with Anchorage UU hosts
- Dinner hosted by Anchorage UUs
- Native Heritage Center
- Anchorage Museum
Sitka
- Alaska Airlines flight to Sitka
- 2 nights with Sitka UU hosts or at a hotel or B & B
- Alaska Raptor Center
- Interpretive walking tour of Sitka
- Tlingit traditional dance performance
- Dinner with Sitka UUs
- Sunday service with the Sitka UUs
- Sheldon Jackson Museum
- Sea Life Discovery semi-submersible glass-bottom boat tour
- Historic Russian Bishop's House tour
- Sitka National Historic Park Visitors Center and Totem Park
Juneau
- Alaska state ferry to Juneau
- 3 nights with Juneau UU hosts or at a downtown hotel
- Tracy Arm Tour Boat: calving glaciers, whales, and spectacular scenery
- Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center and nature walk
- Free time to hike, ride a tram, visit a museum, or explore downtown
- Farewell Dinner with Juneau UUs
