GRAND ALASKA ABOARD REGENT SEVEN SEAS
MARINER CRUISE ITINERARY:
1. Arrive Anchorage
Tour begins: 6:30 PM, Hotel Captain Cook. A transfer from
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to Hotel Captain
Cook is included. Please join us this evening for a welcome
reception and dinner. Meals D
2. Anchorage / Fairbanks
Visit the Alaska Native Heritage Center, then take a short
flight to Fairbanks. See the Alaska pipeline; your hotel is
located along the banks of the Chena River. Meals BD
3. Fairbanks / Optional Barrow Excursion
Try your hand panning for gold on a visit to a gold mine.
Alternatively, take an optional round-trip jet excursion to the
Arctic community of Barrow (additional $490 per person – ask for
details at time of booking). Join us tonight for a salmon bake
and entertaining musical revue. Meals BLD
4. Chena River / Denali National Park
A paddlewheel boat ride on the Chena River precedes a brief
Fairbanks sightseeing tour. Travel to Denali National Park for a
two-night stay at a hotel close to the entrance. Meals BLD
5. Explore Denali National Park
Discover the natural treasures of Denali, home to moose,
Dall sheep, and grizzly bears, on a full-day tour aboard a
specially-geared bus with narration by a park guide. Meals BD
6. Private Floatplane
A 3-hour adventure by floatplane takes you over the Chugach
Mountains to Prince William Sound and the spectacular glaciers
of College Fjord. Meals BLD
7. Alyeska Resort – Day at Leisure
Enjoy a day of leisure at your resort in Girdwood;
activities (at an additional charge) include whitewater rafting,
guided wildlife walks, fishing and optional wilderness
adventures. Meals BD
8. Rail Journey / Embark Cruise
Travel in a panoramic dome car aboard the great Alaska
Railroad to Seward, on the Kenai Peninsula, for an exclusive
boat cruise through Resurrection Bay. Board your ship before
dinner for the start of your Alaskan cruise. Meals BLD
• 9. Day at Sea – Cruise Hubbard Glacier
Today you’ll cruise along Hubbard Glacier, which is North
America’s longest tidewater glacier – glaciers that calve, or
break off into the sea, and form icebergs. Meals BLD
• 10. Spend The Day In Historic Sitka
Arrive in Sitka; visit small, wood-framed St. Michael’s
Cathedral, the Alaska Raptor Rehabilitation Center, and Sitka
National Historic Park, housing historic totem poles. Fishermen
may want to take advantage of a charter boat fishing excursion
(additional charge of approximately $220 per person). Meals BLD
• 11. Tracy Arm Fjord / Juneau
Cruise through beautiful Tracy Arm Fjord. Arrive in the city
of Juneau, where you’ll attend a private Tlingit presentation
before boarding a tramcar for an exhilarating ride to the top of
Mount Roberts. Meals BLD
• 12. Skagway / Rafting / Rail Excursion
Tour colorful Skagway, then take a ferry to Haines. A
rafting adventure through the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve
provides a chance to view eagles in their natural habitat; take
a rail excursion on the narrow-gauge White Pass & Yukon Route.
Meals BLD
• 13. Ketchikan / Tlingit Village
Dock in Ketchikan this morning. Once the ancestral home of
the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian, the city boasts the world’s
largest totem-pole collection; see local totem carvers at work,
and watch traditional Tlingit and Haida dances. Meals BLD
• 14. Inside Passage Cruising – Day at Sea
Spend the day cruising the Inside Passage. Join us for a
farewell reception and dinner tonight. Meals BLD
15. Disembark Vancouver / Fly Home
Disembark the ship in Vancouver. Tour ends: Vancouver
Airport at 10:00 AM. Allow a minimum of two hours for flight
check-in. Meals B
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